In an attempt to move this discussion into something useful... A vehicle capable of satisfying the requirements for the X-Prize would be useful for joyrides. This can make money, but it's a limited market. How would you envision a commercial private space enterprise developing from this...

Jul 13, 2003 - During a press briefing on Friday, investigators ruled out the age of the space shuttle Columbia as a contributing cause to its destruction. With the most recent foam test, which knocked a large hole in sample shuttle wing panel, the force of the impact would have broken through,...

wrote in message ... Not in any particular order: Oh my. This is a list of misconceptions about FAA Procedures? Let me have a look. Net Kook Maxwell Smart claimed the following when attempting to fulfill a repeated...

wrote in message ... Not in any particular order: Oh my. This is a list of misconceptions about FAA Procedures? Let me have a look. Net Kook Maxwell Smart claimed the following when attempting to fulfill a repeated...

wrote in message ... Not in any particular order: Oh my. This is a list of misconceptions about FAA Procedures? Let me have a look. Net Kook Maxwell Smart claimed the following when attempting to fulfill a repeated...

Should some day some how a P-51 come to fight an AH-64, who would win the fight? Assume the combat starts with both sides seeing the other at beyond gun range. Assume equal pilot skill. Assume the only missiles on the AH-64 are some TOWs. -Thanks

I thought I'd start a new thread with this because the clip is so interesting. The launch was from a high altitude but some views damn near look like their from space :-) Anyway thanks to Mark for providing this link: http://mrdata.com/~blakef/mystery-aircraft/

Anyone know why the AIM-54 Phoenix is carried only by the F-14?? Why hasnt the air-force developed a long range air to air missile like the phoenix? As far as I know, the AIM-120 is about the longest range modern missile they have in their arsenal.

The AIM-9X hac achieved initial operational capability in the Air Force. See: http://www.aerotechnews.com/Business.htm#Business008

When we were stationed at Florennes Belgium a bunch of officers showed up one day. They were a strange lookign lot. Kind of pudgy and out of shape looking.Didn't look very military at all. In discussions they didn't seem to know much about military flying but had higher rank than most of us;...

Ain't War Great? http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer/Onegoesdown.htm Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at:

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Hiya was just browsing through my copies of WAPJ and reading Vol 42's article about the Russian Forces in Chechnya when I came across a piece which claimed the PGM's employed in that conflict had a poor success rate due to the high altitude causing missile/bomb control surfaces to freeze up and...

Air and Space Museum Invites Aviation Vets to Opening (EXCERPT) By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2003 * The National Air and Space Museum will highlight the contributions of military aviation during opening ceremonies of the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Dec....

I have heard mention of air battles over normandy--or german attempts to attack the normandy beaches- after D-day but I have never read anything on the subject. The only thing mentioned is the two sorties by Fw-190's on D-Day. Did the Germans belatedly attempt to attack the normandy beaches and...

Group Captain Bill Garing was nicknamed "Bull" for his voice, not his size. He was a small powerfully built man, from Corryong, Victoria, whose abilities resulted in his being one of the most highly qualified airmen in the RAAF. Garing won the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in July 1940, when he...

od piece plus letter to the editor: The Washington Times June 21, 2004, Monday, Final Edition OPED; Pg. A19 HEADLINE: Rebuilding air defenses; September 11 and the 'peace dividend' BYLINE: By Darl Stephenson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040620-095246-4578r.htm

Please see http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-1.jpg and http://mdorfman.home.netcom.com/737-800-2.jpg. These were taken at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, on March 10. Sorry, they are the best I could do from an airplane window at that distance. It is a Boeing 737-800 (with winglets) in...

Air Force Academy Introduces Sweeping Changes, Looks to Future (EXCERPT) By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 7, 2003 — When the Class of 2007 cadets reported for in-processing at the U.S. Air Force Academy http://www.usafa.af.mil/ in late June, they found...

Air Force Academy OKs training flights to resume (EXCERPT) ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:09 p.m. January 20, 2004 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Forty-five training gliders and other aircraft grounded because of safety concerns have been cleared to fly,