Did the Red Baron ever engage in battle with Eddie Rickenbacker? I have seen conflicting stories on various websites. Some say Rickenbacker shot the Baron down, ... some say the Baron died before Rickenbacker saw action. Also, is it true that Rickenbacker's parents (or one of them)...

"But Thurlow's military records, portions of which were released yesterday to The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, contain several references to 'enemy small arms and automatic weapons fire' directed at 'all units' of the five-boat flotilla. Thurlow won his own Bronze Star that...

Let's take two planes going on low level support missions. They will have to fly through heavy ground fire including small arms fire. One plane is equipped with a radial engine,. let's say an R-2800. The other with a jet engine. Which plane would have a better chance of survival inder these...

"Therasa" wrote in message ... Why won't Kerry sign a form 180 releasing his records? It will take an overwhelmingly vocal and visual public demand by a large special interest group like the Swifties to force...

"u don't have to know" wrote in message ... What happen to obsolete weapons as AIM-7 Sparrow which have been replaced by AIM-120 ? Destroyed or stored ? Generally they're used up if still useable, scrapped if past...

http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=25162&lang=en Coalition servicemen killed in the war against Iraq: Total announced as of 2nd of November: 433 (377 US, 51 UK, 1 Denmark, 3 Spain, 1 Ukraine) Total casualties after 1st of May: 262 (239 US, 18 UK, 1 Denmark, 3 Spain, 1 Ukraine)

Anyone got info on what the Red Hats Sqn flying foreign Migs were doing at Groom lake aka Area 51 in the early-late 70s?

Airline or Military transport pilots .. I would like to ask you some = questions about the maximum speed that an airliner like a B-767 or 757 = can travel at low altitude. Someone claims that the speed at altitude = is much higher than that at low altitude because the drag of the wide = body...

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:51 GMT, "jim" wrote this crap: Your not allowed to point out the obivious duplicity of the liberial mindset. You should learn some grammar.

This article seems to indicate that the US State Dept. is pressing a policy of negotiations with the Chechnyan rebels. Ummmm...calling Colin Powell: Get a clue!! There is no reason to negotiate with the murderers of school children. I'm with Putin. Fire up the bombers and wipe the criminals...

"Michael Petukhov" wrote in message ... http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=18346&lang=en TASHKENT - Russia added its skeptical voice Friday to those of France and Germany by saying that a UN...

Anyone need an IR target seeker head from a Voodoo for your collection? ;-) Stumbled across this on the web! Just what every military enthusiast needs, eh! Infrared Receiver P/N 463767-110, FSN 12709541589 $ 600.00 US Please visit: www.torontosurplus.com for further details. This unit was used...

On June 22 last year, during close air support training in Djibouti, a B-52H flying out of Diego Garcia accidentally attacked the observation post controlling the bomber. Nine M117 750-lb unguided bombs killed one U.S. Marine and wounded seven Marines and a sailor. Both parked CH-53E helicopters...

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in : "Bàidh Stidean" wrote in message ... On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:31:56 -0400, "Scott M. Kozel" wrote: ...

A question for all of the pilots, engineers, and people who are a lot smarter than me. Is there a simple rule of thumb for comparing the amount of thrust or lift you can get from an engine which drives a set of propeller or rotor blades to the amount of thrust you can get from the exhaust of...

I was watching this programme called "flying through time" which this week was about the century series fighters from f-100 to f-106 and it mentioned that the f-104 toted the genie rocket as one of its weapon options . Now this programme usually gives info whilst givin the wrong imagery or both but...

Im just wondering why pure oxygen is used for high altitude flying instead of regular air. I thought prolonged exposures to breathing pure oxygen can be harmfull as you can become oxygen dependant.

Is it OK to post an aviation-related question in this NG and not mention B*sh or K*rry? The Times published a review last week about a book covering the allied crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The accompanying picture, captioned as being US bombers over said river, showed a formation of B-29s (I...

I am going to outline a real situaitoin that occured during WW II. I would like to hear opinions and solutions as to how the situation should be handled. I will give the real solutuion that was imposed during the war after a week or so when many opinions have been offered. There was a large...

This from the latest AW&ST "SECRET STREAKER? On the morning of Jan. 7, an aircraft using call sign "Lockheed Test 2334" told the FAA's Albuquerque Center it would be "going supersonic somewhere above Flight Level 60 " for about 10 sec. It was flying over the Pecos Military Operating Area in...