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Hi, Here is a newbie question. What are the merits and the pitfalls of rail vs ejector launchers for guided missiles? I suppose bombs have to be ejector launched and rockets rail. Whenever I visit an airshow, I ended up scratching my head.

In this month's "Combat Aircraft" there is an article on the F-22 and in it one of the people invloved in flight testing says "Flying at the edge of the envelope pushes this aircraft harder than any operational F/A-22 will ever be pushed." Is that hyperbole? There are instances in the past where...

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7264071.htm "The range ability increases dramatically. It allows us to reach any place in the Middle East," he said. "It's a very sophisticated aircraft that allows us to do almost anything." Yes, but are they nuke capable? -HJC

I stumbled up on an A-26 site earlier & it mentioned that 130 (I think) A-26s had been ordered by the RAF but were later diverted to the Navy or something. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone's ever seen a paint scheme for the Invader B. Mk. 1. Sand & spinach over sky, or what? might look pretty cool.

Hiroshima. Nothing ever even came close in effect importance or end result. End of story. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Combat Related Special Compensation update for Sept. 8-12 (EXCERPT) Combat Related Special Compensation update for Sept. 8-12 Another 189 applications for the Combat Related Special Compensation (CRSC) were received by the Physical Disability Division during the week of Sept. 8-12. This brings...

I am a disabled American Veteran and have published a newspaper called Veteran News. It's news and information for veterans and military personal. We also have a website (www.veteran-news.com) that contains much of what the paper has plus more. The idea behind my paper came one day when I went to...

Now that's a pretty low flypast, no wonder the presenter's crapping himself. http://www.airshows.tv/vids/ohmygod.wmv -- James... http://www.jameshart.co.uk/

Turkey Dinner Tour Now, http://gc.kls2.com/ says the Great Circle distance KADW-BGW is 6200m, and AF1 has a published range of ~~7300 miles. But Great Circle would have taken them across multiple countries, including those evil fried potato folks; so I'd assume they did not use that...

Boeing sale to China skirts ban on technology transfer China has obtained military navigation technology from Boeing used on advanced U.S. missiles and warplanes that was improperly approved by the State Department, according to U.S. government officials. at...

Channel 2 in Los Angeles had their news helicopter taping the landing of a B-17 at the Van Nuys airport this afternoon and got more excitement than expected. The plane's main landing gear collapsed on both sides during rollout. According to the TV station's copter pilot, the B-17 is named "Aluminum...

Take a look at this 737 belly landing video clips. http://radioscanning.wox.org/Scanner/Sounds/video/737gear.mpeg On a first sequence it appears the pilot is trying to get the gear unjammed by bouncing the aircraft on the good landing gear. The second sequence shows the actual landing. But I am...

Just when did various nations adopt the various cross and cockade or roundel insignia? Was it after WW1 started and the need for recognition became apparent or did some nations adopt an insignia before WW1? When did the US adopt the Star with a dot insignia? I know that they used a roundel style...

I'm looking for pictures of KLu F-16's with live bomb's, please mail them. Erik Peter Meijer

....we were hanging in lake st. clair yesterday (located a few miles northeast of detroit and a few miles from selfridge ANG). during the course of the day there were several overhead passes by F16s and an occasional C130 approaching the base. then i looked directly above and saw the...

Calling all aviation enthusiasts – this is your chance to see two classic RAF movies on the big screen. To commemorate Battle Of Britain Week in this the 60th Anniversary Year of D-Day, HULL SCREEN – East Yorkshire's only art house cinema is bringing two classic British films back to the silver...

Air Force Print News for Sept. 21, 2004 Special ops maintainers team up on Kadena's tiny troubles http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008727 Airmen evacuate injured Russian sailor http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008720

Just returned from a visit to the site. I'll be tipping a few back tonight, in memory of them. MSgt Peter Vierps 962 AMU

Air Force Print News for Sept. 24, 2004 Air Force issues 'stop movement' for Patrick, Cape Canaveral http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008751 Political activity rules basically same for active-duty, reserve http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008754