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Naval Aviation "A" School in Millington, TN by
[email protected]
On Tuesday, May 6, 1997 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, wrote:
I am going to Millington, Tennessee for 6 months after boot camp.
Their training me to be an aviation electrian. Does anybody have any
info on this place?
Casey Cameron
Hi there does anyone...
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V-22 Prop Configuration, 3-vs-4 blades by
Don McIntyre
Why did they settle on the 3-blade configuration? Wouldn't a 4-bladed
system allow for a smaller footprint on the ground (or ship)? Or is
there too much thrust loss involved?
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April 10th 06 03:23 AM
by Dann
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Soviet Ekranoplan redux, FWIW by
Ogden Johnson III
During lunch time this afternoon, The History Channel reran one
of their "History Undercover" series shows "Soviet Top Secret
Weapons". Half the show was on the '50s era "Quebec" submarines,
but the other half had good coverage, including film footage of
the Roosian tests, of the development...
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SAVE MY MOM - John Kinal pleads for mercy, for justice.. please help tell the story.. by
SAVE MY MOM - John Kinal pleads for mercy, for justice.. please help story
I am working to try and save my mom's life, held against her will
and my own in a Winnipeg hospital. They said she had organ failure,
and were putting her to a quieted death with a poisoned opiate..
Hydormoraphone. I fought to stop it.. and it turned out, she did
not have organ failure.. Now...
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Delta's last MD-88 flight: Farewell to a Mad Dog by
BiologyMajor
Delta's last MD-88 flight: Farewell to a Mad Dog
Story by Chris Sloan; video by Chris Sloan and Channon Hodge, CNN •
Updated 2nd June 2020
Washington to Atlanta (CNN) — In normal times, special flights like
Delta Air Lines' retirement of the last McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series
aircraft...
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18 Oct 2005 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by
Otis Willie
18 Oct 2005 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
News
You can also receive this resource listing that is published
daily via
email by The American War Library. To subscribe go to
The Library’s phone number dot com (13105320634.com).
Select the ‘Daily Military News’ hyperlink...
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Old airframe, new engine by
Jim Strand
Every year or so I post a similar version of this. Always nice to see
the comments. Seeing as how we have a few new faces around here now
lets have another go at it.
You are able to select any tactical jet airframe from the past. We'll
assume all engines would fit properly. What bird would you...
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Question on ditching an Orion by
a425couple
In 2001 a US reconisance plane fell into Chinese
hands for full examination
(for fuller background, read the below).
If pilot Osburn had tried to fly as far as he could
toward an 'authorized' airport and had to 'ditch'
in the open ocean, what were the chances of
the 24 crew...
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Former Navy Seal smashes wingsuit distance record in daring flight by
a425couple
Former Navy Seal smashes wingsuit distance record in daring flight
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/11/12/former-navy-seal-smashes-wingsuit-distance-record-in-daring-flight.html?cmpid=NL_SciTech
One Navy SEAL, one mission, one wingsuit . and a world record gets
smashed at more than 140 mph.
An...
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Are they phasing out the S-3 too? by
Prowlus
Is the S-3 Viking going to be retired? According to this article here
they want to axe it asap
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/1204527.html
Wouldn't this make the F-18 the only fast jet asset the navy can field
until the f-35 becomes available? Thank god theres no "F/C-18" .
Whatever happened...
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Navy Connie squadrons (unique) by
[email protected]
On Sunday, May 3, 1998 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, Jjjg4 wrote:
I've got several questions on some squadrons and/or units of the Navy that
operated 121's, R7V's, Connie's.
The first is a squadron know as MATRON-2, I have seen a picture of a R7V-1
(131659) with "MATRON-2" painted on the fuselage,...
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"F-35 Test Flight Deemed a Success" by
Mike
F-35 Test Flight Deemed a Success
By ANGELA K. BROWN
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 16, 2006; 12:03 AM
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The new stealth fighter jet that will replace an
aging fleet of military planes experienced a largely successful first
flight Friday, with only a minor glitch,...
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USS America to be sunk off East Coast by
D
I just read in Defense News that the carrier USS America is going to be sunk
in tests off the East Coast of the US. They will detonate various
explosives aboard her to determine how much damage she takes. Six A-7
Corsairs will be located at various positions to see how much damage they
take. The...
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Hercs used for anti-ship bombing by Argentina by
a425couple
Yes, a Herc was used for anti-ship bombing.
You gotta love people who improvise in wartime!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Ward
"the Argentinians had been using a C-130 to attack merchant
ships re-supplying the task force by simply pushing a bomb
out of the back of the aircraft as it flew...
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January 17th 12 06:45 PM
by bill
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Navy enlistment questions by
Atcrossroad
It's quite loser's story but, hell, I'll not fall lower by telling it.
I've made a big mistake in my life, namely, I've got a Ph.D. in
engineering from a second tier graduate program. Since graduation, I
had a string of sh*t pay, no benefits, long hours, dead-end postdocs
("permanently" temporary...
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Aircraft Carrier naming by
Bob
Anybody else bothered by the naming of US aircraft carriers after
people who were still living at the time? I'm sure that Carl Vinson
(CVN-70) & John C. Stennis (CVN-74) did good thing but to have a
carrier named after them? I wish the US Navy would go back to naming
carriers after famous battles &...
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January 30th 04 09:26 PM
by Rich
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What is a "forward identification light"? by
john Szalay
(J.D. Baldwin) wrote in news:ocupbr$a2e
:
Saw an S-3B today at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. It had a little red light
on the nose that wasn't there on the "A" variant, which I flew back
about 100 years ago. A little dilligent...
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