My son was taking his inaugural flight today, thanks to a "Chuck Yeager - Young Eagle" program at Gillespie Field (El Cajon, CA). He was standing on the wing of a sparkling red Grumman Yankee, getting his preflight brief from the owner while various civil and antique a/c came and went on the...

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Any museum? Probably, Boeing Field (not sure for AF Museum)? Or shamely put in hangar? Insiders, tell us! Gregory Omelchenko Moscow, Russia

Did the French ever put the aircraft in a museum? I was also wondering if there are any color photos of the machine known in French service as the AAS-01A. All I can find is the old B&W photos like this one: http://www.luftwaffepics.com/LCBW4/He274-2s.jpg Ashton Archer III

I remembered the USAF did aquire the recon phantoms but they and their role seems to have disappeared alltogether come the 90s. Did they get phased out due to spy saterlites or do f-16s have a secondary recon role that hasn't been used yet?

had actually put a U.S. style R&D system in place during WWII, and instead of coming up with (however pretty they look on paper) dozens of designs that never made it beyond wind tunnal designs and focused on say two or three fighter designs. For example, if they'd pushed through the first jet...

What then? The war in central Europe (ETO) could have gotten our full resouces, D Day would have been a year earlier and the war would have been over a lot sooner, German troops in No. Africa and the MTO would have simply been isolated and would died on the vine. Why not? Regards,

A coworker is taking lessons at the local airport and he mentioned having the get out of the way of Air Force 7 which was a 757 hanging around the area for a few days. Off at a distance a few days ago I noticed a 757 flying around the airport and wondered what it was. 757's are not normally seen...

Hi there, Could anyone tell me examples of 1st..5th? generation fighters and other planes and what seperates them? (Apart from time) Thanks!

During my recent visit to San Diego on Jan 1, There is another carrier at nearby pier. I am quite interested to learn more about it. Thank you.

I heard somebody talking about a new version of the Huey helicopter called Huey II or Huey 2 ?? Does anybody know what is different ? Is it an Army project ?

Heard this as a reference to an '80s stealth aircraft. Never heard of it before. Kenneth Williams

Hello everyone, I've been lurking in this group for quite a bit and have really enjoyed some of the conversations. Now, I am asking for your help in identifying something that I just found recently: I live in South Texas near the Mexican border. There is a national park nearby called "Laguna...

WHAT IT TOOK TO GET WINGS IN WW II (part one) 1. First apply. You would be given a physical and a written test. You could pass the written test if you were a good high school student with good skills in math, physics and the general sciences. The physical exam was a lot tougher. The vast majority...

Never mind, I found out it's the Stearman A75. http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z36/thighmister/Scan3.jpg My grandfather was an Army Air Corps teacher, flying B-17s. I always wondered what plane this was and what it might have been used for. It looks like it must be a biplane to me. Would...

A friend recently assured me that the mystery stealth aircraft that crashed at Boscome Down was a TR-3B ASTRA (Advanced Stealth Technology Recon Aircraft) which was positively identified as aircraft AV-6, serial number 94-2414, call sign "Blackbuc 11". He also said that Lockheed isn't the most...

The B-52 could carry about 27 tons of conventional bombs. What about the never put into production B-70 bomber ? I've always wondered what its bomb load was. Was that information ever released ?

French or German? I favor the Breguet-Dorand while most others claim the Focke-Wulf 61. I can see how the German machine was proven superior in the long run, but this does not invalidate the earlier B-D which IMO was the first practical helicopter in the world. For a short time it held many...

Here's a little trivia quiz on this eve of the 100th anniversary of powered flight: 1. What was the military response to the Wright brothers' offer to sell them one of their Flyers? 2. Which military personnel responded to the Wrights' offer? 3. What was the Wright brothers' response to the...

Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my place. I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in the day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130, propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we have and...