I saw some of the discussions on this group involving the effects of the boundary layer on the power produced by military jet engines. I thought participants here might have some input on the idea I present below. My idea is to use boundary layer air to provide oxidizer to the engines at hypersonic...

Any leads to what this V4 missile might have been? Any pics etc...From what I gather it used a Pabst style ramjet similar to the Ta 283.

Pooh Bear wrote: Duster wrote: I saw for the first time, a brief black and white WWII clip of a B-17 getting its left wing quite litterly shot off... It was quite eerie I think, but I would like to find it. So, does anyone know where I can find...

Do you know what happens to pilots who try to impress the camera crew, waiting half way the runway for a spectacular take-off shot ? Well, look for yourself at http://www.dappa.nl/crash.htm. Don't worry about any blood stains or casualties, there is only going to be material damage and a pilot...

Sun Myung Moon, the Washington Times, is the proof that Bush is a fake Christian. No Christian can accept Sun Myung Moon's declaration he is messiah and "King of Kings". In the context that Moon is NOT SHUNNED and is not taken to task for selling nuclear sub technology to North Korea, it means that...

Hello, I'm wondering which aircraft received such device : CONTROL PANEL EXTR LIGHTS Part Number G-4720 A-1 GRIMES MFG CO URBANA OHIO Another label on the back side shows : SUD-AVIATION GER 15 JAN 1970 IRAN

THE PILOT WHO WOULDN'T FLY I am only telling you this story because he passed away two years ago. I won't reveal his identity. Let's call him Captain Johnson. Captain Johnson's plane was badly hit over the target. He and his crew bailed out. But Johnson never liked to keep his chute harness...

"Oelewapper" wrote What's going on here ?? It's called a war. Go hide in a corner with your duct-tape.

Speech: A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dfullschedule {EXCERPT} Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops Shorewood, Wisconsin (United States) Waller, Douglas C., Correspondent, http://www.americanwarlibrary.com (310) 532-0634

I just learned that Captain VV Utgoff died exactly a year ago. A fair-to middling pilot, but stunningly good administrator, Comfair Whidbey and elsewhere, 1996-8, and a superb roll model for boot ensigns such as I. Black Cats WW and much more. Anybody out there remember the man? Email me? Quent

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/09/mil-040921-voa01.htm Haaretz: Israel to Get 5000 US Smart Bombs, Bunker Busters VOA News 21 Sep 2004, 12:40 UTC An Israeli newspaper says the United States plans to sell Israel nearly 5,000 smart bombs, including 500 one-ton "bunker...

From below article it appears that 21 can still hold its own in dogfight: Try to point at and shoot well flown MiG-21! Predrag Pavlovic, dipl.ing. and Nenad Pavlovic, dipl.ing, JAT Airways Maneuverability of modern fighter is measured by how slow it can fly and how high angle of attack it can...

Saw the Tuskeegee Airmen movie earlier this week where intermission had discussions with a couple fellows who were members of the real thing. Quite interesting. However, they mentioned the oft repeated accolade that they never lost a bomber to enemy fighters that they escorted. One reason,...

The USAF is examining several options for its Hunter-Killer Drone program: http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/09204top.xml

After only six attempts I finally got Global Security to fix the B vs C confusion on their Joint Strike Fighter page. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-35.htm But the pic they picked to show the three variants raises a question. Will the F-35A and F-35C have 2D thrust...

That book, "Heaven Next Stop" really doesn't belong with the rest. Its far more of a novel than any sort of a history book - they even put "Impressions of a Fighter Pilot" on the old cover, as a soft way to let readers know they are dealing with claims that simply do not line up with facts. ...

I just picked up a copy of Flyboys at BJ's Wholesale Club. Read the first two chapters last night. I was amazed that the author uses the term Flyboys throughout the book, or at least throughout the first chapter. I'd assumed it was just a cute title, but no: "Flyboys were over Chici Jima"...

18th FG comes to mind, but I may be mistaken. What was the unit in Korea that bugged out to leave it's maintenance personel to the mercy, or lack thereof, of the advancing North Koreans? They were supposedly from thereon to wear a squadron patch featuring a chicken on it? Thanx, Mick

An interesting passage in General Yeagers book "Press ON". " Just a ten inch steel shaft, once silvery, but now, after forty years in various Yeager closets and attics, a kind of dull gray It jumped out at me as something special. It was the pitot tube off the Bell X-1 I picked it up and plopped...

"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message ... I inserted a link to a small drawing of the plane. http://members.chello.nl/a.bruin5/onbekendvliegtuig.gif The only likely candidate seems to be the de Havilland Sea...