Interesting. ANyone care to guess what kind of aircraft were all "bombed-up"? lol. http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=792292003

Boeing & BAE have signed a deal that should the RAF adopt the 767 tanker BAE will get a slice of the pie. Myc -- " We need a socio-polical nerd to offset our overwhelming coolness". To reply just remove the X's

Just read this in a Brazilian Aviation Magazine's website. Absolute nonsense IMHO... Of course, the editor is known for his preference for russian aircraft. ;-) Of course he has the right to have his opinion and prefereces, but I guess some good sense might help a bit... For those who can...

Low-Tech Grenades A Danger to Helicopters (EXCERPT) By Renae Merle Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 18, 2003; Page A17 For the hundreds of U.S. helicopters ferrying troops and supplies around Iraq, one of the most persistent dangers is also an old one: rocket-propelled...

I have seen one model and several original photos of overall RLM "76" (pale blue) Me-109G-10's. Does anyone know their actual service purpose in this color scheme and what units flew them? Al

I believe this is the one: http://www.rockwellcollins.com/newsroom/photos/gallery.asp?cat=comsys&subcat=&page=1&imageNum=2

3 Misawa pilots get Distinguished Flying Cross (EXCERPT) , By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, December 6, 2003 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — A medical condition once dashed Capt. Melissa May’s dream of becoming an Air Force pilot. Undeterred, May sought and received a...

SHOULD YOU OPEN FIRE? Easy question right? Are you sure? Let's take a case in point. You are sitting in the top turret of a bomber. You spot a formation of fighters coming toward you. They are clearly the P-51 fighter escort you have been waiting for. "About time they showed up", you are...

Hawkins and Powers got one of their C-119s flying again, and it was flown to Namibia, apparently for a remake of "Flight of the Phoenix" Interesting webpage of lists and photos of aircraft of H&Ps at Greybull Wy.. http://www.ruudleeuw.com/grey-logs.htm Ron Pilot/Wildland Firefighter

Anyone have a photo of the wooden mock-up for the British RR F.T.B. Mustang? This was a mid-engine contra-prop attack aircraft with a RR Griffon engine planned for '44/'45. Rob

Ran across it while looking for something else: http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/NorthAmericanP51/Enforcer.htm Interesting... Rob

Which fighter is better in offensive counter-air role? As I understand it, both Tornado F2/F3 and Mirage 2000C/5F were designed more or less as bomber interceptors, not as a dedicated air superiority fighter like F-15A/C. After the end of Cold War, they had to adapt to new roles in...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - High-tech jobs may be moving overseas but one low-tech job Americans could always fall back on was flipping burgers at McDonald's. That could change in the not-too-distant future. Later this year, a Chicago-area McDonald's restaurant will fry up hamburgers with an automated...

I saw a PBS special on the X-plane competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the Joint Task Force (JTF) fighter; the jet of the future. I think the whole thing was a total waste of money, and that by signing off on this competition the Pentagon has doomed America to a useless arsenal. Boeing's...

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:58:35 +0200, "Peter Glasø" pgglaso @ broadpark.no wrote: Apparently,the austrian politician Anton Gaal has quoted an article in Der Spiegel,saying the eurofighter won't be allowed to take off in conditions f -5 degrees celsius,or in fog.Sounds rather incredible - what...

Peter Stickney wrote: for that matter, necessarily any greater. Working on the tires of a heavy truck, or, to keep thinga a bit on topic, a fairly good-sized airplane has quite a bit of risk involved. Go down to the local Which brings up the question of precisely what is the method...

Captain Brian Udell, an F-15E fighter pilot will acknowledge the anniversary of that fateful night without celebration because his Weapons Officer, Captain Dennis White, was killed during his ejection - or drowned after parachuting into a heavy sea at night. Udell miraculously survived one of the...

I'm about to mash the big, red button on my desk, deploying my Tex Houstonbot, which will shortly arrive to beat you about the head and shoulders while simultaneously blaring "OFF TOPIC!" in your face. BTW, a young soldier on leave from duty south of the Korean DMZ just won 150 "Very" large. Its...

How about "lend lease" convoys to Murmansk during the war. They fistly armed Hitler and after Stalin to destroy Europe... USA is the worst enemy of Europe...

http://www.deepsky.com/~firstflight/ Lots of good info here with documentation, photos of aircraft and engines, affadavits, etc... For those who really are interested in who flew first... Rob