While I was researching pneumatic positioning systems I came across this web site which may be of interest to rec.aviation.military. It looks like a German Kid who's putting together a full motion flight simulator as a cooperative 'open source project' that is affordable for a home...

Hello everybody ! I need your advice: Several years ago I lived in South Altai (East Kazakhstan). My friends and I organized eco- and adventure tours about South Altai. Today many people all over the world who are fond of eco- tourism know Altai mountains. You can see more on...

Hello, I'm the brother of Maurizio Poggiali, captain italian air Force-died on the 8 August 1997 in an aircraft crash over Lepini Mountains, near Rome (Monte Lupone, Cori - Latina), caused by somebody else negligence. I would like to know if someone knew him: he was in Mather Air Force...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9901-2003Nov24.html Has Boing discovered shame? -HJC

Heading out to Arizona soon. On the last trip (1998) I hit the following Planes of Fame CAF - AZ wing Sky Harbor (?) Thunderbird Aviation F-8 & C-123 Luke AFB base O club parking lot on the north end to see flight ops Anything new or different in the area? Is Luke still accessable since

Last week two synagogues in Istanbul,Turkey were bombed. Today(Nov 24,2003) the Washington Post reporter Karl Vick in a front page article states clearly that these suicide bombers were trained in Pakistan. Gokhan Elaltuntas , Azad Ekinci and Mesut Cabuk had all gone to PAKISTAN for training in...

Airbus Charts Course for Military Contracts (EXCERPT) The parent of the European group has broad-based plans to challenge Boeing for defense deals after its commercial success., by Peter Spiegel, Financial Times LONDON — It is a rivalry like that of Coke and Pepsi, Hertz and Avis, McDonald's and...

Jihadis operating from Pakistan ,using a remote controlled bomb(IED) attacked a US patrol and blewup the leg of one US soldier and broke the arm of another yesterday(Nov 23,2003). Staff Sgt. Roy Mitchell, of Batesville, Indiana lost his leg and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Eichner, of Stonington, Pa....

Whoops. According to AvWeek the latest F-16I for Israel with be able to take off at a gross of 52,000lbs. Max for the F-105 (according to published sources) is just over 54,000lbs. With the F-16 likely to be in service for several decades to come in one form or another any wagers or whether or...

A new book will shortly be published: 'Flying Guns: World War 1' by Emmanuel Gustin and myself (FG:WW2 was published earlier this year). My publishers, the Crowood Press, would like to know where it might be useful to advertise the book or send review copies, particularly any magazines dealing with...

Hi, my name is alex and I am 14 years old. At the moment I am restoring a TEA-20 tractor and when it is finsihed I would like to buy a ferret scout car- for restoration. I live in the UK next to a farm with a friendly owner- so space is no probs. My questions are;

From: Steve Hix Date: 11/20/2003 1:12 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: In article , (Anders) wrote: Why dont someone point...

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:49:27 -0000, Mycroft wrote: According to the Financial Times Airbus want to expand further into the military field, they have even done studies on how they could produce bombers based on their civil aircraft. I get an image of someone throwing...

Hobo wrote in message ... How indicative of maneaverability are the max G numbers of fighter aircraft? Also, most new aircraft have reported max of 9Gs. Why are they all coming out at this same number? Modern aircraft are capable of higher G turns; however, in order to

http://www.lazygranch.com/red_flag_0401.htm No really killer photos this time around, but there is always 2004-2!

The Second Revised Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" from AeroFile Publications still has copies available, however, we are getting close to the end of our printing run. I am sure that if we expected the kind of response we have had, we would have budgeted for...

From the Washington Post: "Consequently, we respectfully wish to inform you that the National Air and Space Museum has no plans to alter the Laser 200 from the way it was when it was last flown by Leo Loudenslager and ultimately given to us by his daughters," Dailey wrote. The plane was displayed...

Sehr geehrte Kunden, Es gibt einiges an neuem Lesestoff,kurz vor Weihnachten gibt es noch einmal reichlich Neuerscheinungen. Luftwaffe im Focus Special No.1 "COLOUR" 42 Seiten,65 Farbfotos,1 Farbprofil,farbige Verbandsabz. 24,50 Euro Jagdwaffe Vol.4/2 The Mediterranean 1942 - 1943

Kadena honors legendary WWII fighter ace (EXCERPT) , By Fred Zimmerman, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, November 23, 2003 KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — A small monument honoring an Air Force legend was recently placed at his former residence here. Ret. Col. Francis S. “Gabby” Gabreski,...

http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1080164 Mele Vojvodich Jr., 74, a retired major general in the Air Force and a spy pilot who flew about two dozen top secret surveillance missions for the CIA during the Cold War, died Monday night at his home in Schertz. Vojvodich, who...