http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/07/10/bomber.crash.ap/ CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) -- A World War II-era German bomber en route to an air show crashed into a building under construction Thursday, killing the pilot and his passenger, police said. Witnesses said they heard a sputtering sound shortly...

Fat lot of good it does him now...

Since discovering this newsgroup I've been fascinated with the real technical aviation information being banded about. It's easy to ignore the trolling bull****. Just wanted to thank the real quality contributors.

I read through most of those threads and I actually might be learning something from them. ( BTW Art, keep posting your stuff too! I try to read most all threads unless the subject line looks absolutely boring. ) My question is, there were two A bombs dropped, but only one by the Enola Gay. Why...

Pilots on jury short list for friendly-fire court martial (EXCERPT) U.S. general names 12 potential panel members Michael Friscolanti National Post Thursday, July 10, 2003 A senior intelligence officer, a civil engineer and a B-52 pilot are among the prospective jurors chosen to decide the fate...

After having been excoriated for saying that civil designs such as those envisioned for the MC2A and ACS have no business over the battlefield, this article gives me a bit of gratification: USAF Plans Serious Look At Replacing Special Ops Aircraft By Marc Selinger February 6, 2004 The U.S. Air...

Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2? A visiting friend of mine in the Navy told me the Japanese had a battery-fired AA weapon that was actually fired in battle. I guess it didn't work as the ship was sunk! Anyone know what this weapon was? I can't find anything...

BTW trying to having a debate with Walt M140 is about as entertaining as talking to a concrete wall :-) Are you -ever- going to apologize for saying that Martin Caidin fabricated the story of the B-17 that survived a head on collision with an FW-190? Should I post the serial number of that...

Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is projected to cost $5.1 billion, or 17%, more than budgeted, forcing a one-year delay and a cut in the number of planes produced, according to Pentagon documents. And only two years into the program.

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Bush should be arrested, not reelected. "President Bush failed to carry out a direct order from his superior in the Texas Air National Guard in May 1972 to undertake a medical examination that was necessary for him to remain a qualified pilot, according to documents made public...

Around 1500 people attended this years ceremony held at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery on Monday and more than 118 associations laid wreaths at the beautiful plot on Madingley Road which was gifted to the US by the grateful people and Colleges of Cambridge. Approx 4000 US servicemen of...

From: (HiC) Regarding the Iraqi prisoner scandal, whether the actions of the soldiers was right or not - and I don't believe nearly enough of the facts have been brought to light to make an informed judgement - does anyone believe that any of this could have possibly...

The Pentagon is protected by a computerized system. When a plane enters the pentagon protected space the computer automatically sends a message to the plane demanding the pilot punch in a code allowing it to enter the space. If that is not done within seconds, the plane is automatically shot...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4126651556 You wont believe the price... Rare APH-5 flight helmet worn by the legendary boat and race driver in his 1964 attempt recently was sold on ebay... "This is the ORIGINAL helmet worn by DONALD CAMPBELL during his attempts to break the...

Hi, the following info was forwarded by a reader of "Aviation News" (Sept. 2003), which has an article about the ASCC code name system (sometimes not quite correctly known as "NATO code names"). He said the article mentioned the following recently assigned (or not so recently, but not widely known...

Clell Harmon wrote in message ... On 10 Nov 2003 04:00:37 -0800, fleeing his large male nurses, (Transition Zone) wrote: "Chris Crandall" wrote... : : "Will" wrote in...

The Blue Angels are in St. Louis this weekend. Having seen several shows in past years, I'm surprised that they've flown only the "low show" here this year. Initially, I thought that perhaps the ceilings were marginal, but yesterday's weather was perfect. The only reasons I can think of: (a)...

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:02:08 -0600, "Montblack" wrote in Message-Id: : While the usual inanity contained in articles posted by Montblack are easily dismissed, this caught my eye: "Styled by the laws of...

a few other interesting tidbits in here as well. notably, the implication that china's recent forays are having a motivating influence on congress. (finally:)) http://www.spacedaily.com/news/beyondleo-03a.html Washington - Oct 29, 2003 A report by Space Lift Washington and published by NASA Watch...