Just returned from a visit to the site. I'll be tipping a few back tonight, in memory of them. MSgt Peter Vierps 962 AMU

Aircraft Speed Altitude Mach Number SR-71 Blackbird 2,275 mph (3,660 km/h) 80,000 ft (24,385 m) Mach 3.35 MiG-25 2,110 mph (3,390 km/h) 42,650 ft (13,000 m) Mach 3.2 This data is from Aerospaceweb. Question: SR-71 looks like alien plane, have

hobo wrote: http://www.codeonemagazine.com/photos/gallery/jsf_gallery/photo12.html In this photo the JSF is hovering over what looks like a giant metal grill. Is this a special test site for testing JSF hovering? I imagine that such a grill would allow you to simulate higher altitude...

I was watching the Discovery Channel program comparing the F-86 and Mig-15 and heard that the F-86 can break the sound barrier. I know that this has been claimed many time before but is that the official position of the US Air Force? Is Yeager still officially the first man to break the...

With the USSR stuck in northern Iran (Azerbaijan) in spring 1946, there were Soviet complaints of incursions into Soviet airspace by two US aircraft. I believe that Mosquitoes of 680 Sqn RAF undertook recce sorties over southern USSR, but does anyone have details or a reference for USAAF (or...

I would appreciate help for a forthcoming article. I have read accounts that the 339th and 355th FGs claimed 11 Ju 57s destroyed, 1 probable and 6 damaged around Orleans on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Does anyone know the Luftwaffe unit or units involved, since there should not have been any Ju 87s...

Just found this out. Type "Miserabel failure" on Google search and the first result you get is .... the "Biography of President George W. Bush " at www.whitehouse.gov . Strangely, neither the word "miserable" nor "failure" show up on the pages's text. That's weird ... :-)

Pulled from the cold waters of Norway after 64 years. http://www.airliners.net/open.file/659892/L/ http://www.airliners.net/open.file/659893/L/

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/duggy/b52.wmv Seems like oly a couple of wing servos and a pair of engines were recoverable. A sad end for an impressive R/C model. :-(

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=63b39e56-def3-48d5-8543-b0e0b1ac6c51 Quoting what was posted in another forum: "History is not a commodity to be modified and repackaged to suit the particular political agenda of a certain organization... " Other thoughts about the subject are...

Just read this in a Brazilian Aviation Magazine's website. Absolute nonsense IMHO... Of course, the editor is known for his preference for russian aircraft. ;-) Of course he has the right to have his opinion and prefereces, but I guess some good sense might help a bit... For those who can...

AFAIK, P-51D's had their wings painted silver (upper & under surfaces) before delivery, while the fuselage remained with a natural metal finish. OTOH, I've seen some pics of WWII P-51D's with wings in natural metal finish. On a scale modelling forum, someone pointed out that "... the covering on...

http://www.mcgirt.net/RC/VIDEOS/Giant_B52/B52_flight2.wmv Slightly big file (30 Mb), but I had fun watching it. Would surely have much more if I had one of those. :) Cheers, Vicente

WW2 and Korean ace Edwin Heller has passed away. Many of us will best remember him as the pilot of the 352nd FG P-51's marked "Heller-Bust".He also flew F-86's in Korea, and spent two years as a PoW of the Chinese after his plane was shot down by a MiG-15 while he was pursuing another MiG. May he...

Pierre Clostermann mentions, in his book "The Great Circus", he saw a dogfight between a Spitfire of his squadron and an FW 190A-6 piloted by a certain "Major von Graf", nicknamed "Donald Duck" by the Allies. The Fw was, according to his book, painted in overall bright yellow scheme and, curiously...

1) When were dorsal fins (fillets?) introduced in production P-47D's? I know they've been installed in P-47's as Field Modification Kits but, though I've gone through some books and websites, I can't get to a conclusion about when they started to be fitted to P-47's in the production line. 2)...

(ArtKramr) wrote in message ... As time goes on there is less and less about flying on this NG? We have been invaded by hot eyed political loonies spouting crap. Maybe those interested in flying should form a new NG....

Let me try to post an aviation-related message among this rec.aviation.political.ihateyou.military messages that have taken over the board. :-) There's always a discussion among scale modellers regarding the correct colors for IJN Mitsubishi Zeros. One of them is about the existance or not of a...

Hello We need help to find a log or the story about 2nd July 1944. Her you find a the story om my Sq. 26 web page, http://www.holum.net/gen/squadron26.htm#A%20tragic%20day%20for%2026%20sqn Any tip on sourches? Any advice will be positive.

Michael P. Reed wrote in message ... In message , gayboy wrote: how good were they against american pilots? They were better than the Chinese pilots, and if you...