I'm currently working on a 1/72 Bell X-1, and I'd like to put it in a vignette showing Yeager standing next to the plane just after landing on the day of his first supersonic flight. In one (maybe both) of his biographies, Yeager says he was met by the Muroc fire chief, just like on every prior...

In article , Vivek Thomas wrote: But that's the purpose of a FOD walkdown, where everybody available on the 'base' walks down the entire length of the runway looking for and collecting all the debris that could get...

In article , tedster wrote: Is the Hawk 128 good enough for training pilots for fly-by-wire aircraft (is that even an issue)? Yes. And avionics-wise it's not a 1970's aircraft any more. BAE is not entirely blameless....

In article , JGB wrote: But they didn't. And I think you mean AIM-9X instead of AIM-9L, as RAAF already had AIM-9M. And they didn't choose Python 4 either, but ASRAAM. -- Urban Fredriksson ...

Easy, the endurance of the crew!!! I know there is no such thing as a stupid question,,,except that one! The only mechanical limiting factors would be servicing the consumables, (oil, oxygen, hydraulics, etc..)just like any inflight refueling capable aircraft. On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:04:56 -0800,...

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the control unit can maintain a constant output current characteristics. led voltage characteristics from the work point of view, menu board such control device is most appropriate, it does not require additional current limiting impedance, the output can be connected directly in the led load. led...

I have checked every where that I can think of and still have not located anyone who can identify this AF logo. This was the unit that a friend of mine's father served with in the Pacific during WW2. He said his dad was on a bomber but could not remember what type. Do you have any connections that...

"juzmackjr" wrote in message ... All you Bush haters out there, you are some dumb uninformed retards.Do you honestly believe that "help me with what you wanna hear" Kerry can do a better job? I just wish that all of this...

"R. David Steele" wrote in message ... ...some more of that OT political ****.

"R. David Steele" wrote in message ... Open Letter to John Kerry: Please knock off the OT political ****. There are newsgroups just for that stuff, and you might trigger a fruitful discussion there; however...

"Rude Awakening" wrote in message ... What a criminal waste of bandwidth.

I happened to be passing through SF a week ago while the Blue Angles were doing their thing. There is no airshow like that anywhere else! The Blues manage to buzz around the downtown buildings several times during the show, and even go beat up several other bay area communities. I know of no...

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...

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Phil Miller wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:28:40 GMT, "Gord Beaman" ) wrote: WooHoo!!!...finally got my wish today...I met the Captain of the Gimli Glider! (Bob Pearson). I've always been fascinated by that story, saw the film, read...

(ArtKramr) wrote: Honor to those who came forward... GB wrote: ...and were lucky enough to get a slot as aircrew in a B-26? Mind you if they were conscripted and assigned to a grunt unit and were unlucky enough in their last few seconds of life to watch the surf roll their...

From another forum - "Small Plane Diverted After Violating Philadelphia Airspace Posted Jan 16, 2004 08:30 AM PST The fact that this small plane was brought to ground by a police chopper pretty much establishes that all this dashing around in the skies with military planes is just for show. Had the...

Make up your own mind Martin but this post from Brash (below) seems a fair representation of the RAAfs attitude to their operational screw-ups and inadequacies. From such oafs right up to Air Marshal Errol McCormack, AO Chief of Air Force who reportedly told Kim at the time of the tragedy ...