YO-3A QUIET STAR BUILT BY LOCKHEED AND SAW SERVICE IN VIETNAM HAS ITS OWN WEB PAGE WWW.YO-3A.COM. WE ARE PLANNNG A REUNION FOR SPRING 2004. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR VIETNAM ERA FILM OF YO-3A. CONTACT KURT

Is there any truth to this or does the guy being quoted just not know what he's talking about? http://www.afa.org/magazine/July2004/0704watch.asp "In most USAF aerial combat training, the service has “dumbed down” adversarial equipment and training to simulate what it believed to be

Northrop Grumman's "forgotten" advanced tactical fighter leaves museum and could be heading for bomber contest Northrop Grumman's long-abandoned YF-23A advanced tactical fighter (ATF) is emerging as the possible basis for a surprise contender for the US Air Force's interim bomber requirement. The...

I'm currently building a model of the YF-23, and need some help detailing the exhaust area. The italeri kit depicts some strips around the exhaust tiling. In the real aircraft, are these strips sheet metal? I've seen a walkaround: http://www.aircraftwalkaround.com/yf-23/yf-23.htm of a museum...

That's when tom clancy published his popular novel "Debt of Honor" about terrorists flying a fuel-laden jet into the Capitol Building. Now you know why condoleeza rice and others in the bush gang don't want to testify to the 9-11 panel. Condi told us after 9-11 that no one could have imagined such...

Thanks, though. I have a specific composition in mind, and luckily I have some EXCELLENT crystal-clear aerials taken in 1994 by the RAF. Got them from the troops who arranged my visit last year. I have in mind a composition featuring a very famous aircraft making a right turn to final on the...

The NTSB has posted a preliminary report on Chuck Yeager's October 2 T-6 mishap. http://www.ntsb.gov/NTSB/brief.asp?ev_id=20031009X01689&key=1 "According to the pilot, he elected to land on runway 23 with a slight tail wind. He said the winds were light and variable with occasional gusts. The...

For the "It can happen to anybody" file----- http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20031003/localnews/379960.html Does anybody here know what type the plane was? Bob McKellar

Yeager hurt at Rabun airport (EXCERPT) By PEARCE ADAMS The Times Legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager reportedly suffered only a minor head injury around 3 p.m. Thursday after wind blew his World War II trainer off a private runway in extreme Northeast Georgia in Rabun County. "It was something...

I was at Albrook Field in the Canal Zone 1952-55, when our fledgling Air Force decided to host a Central and South American ' good will ' tour centered around the AF's Thunderbird Team of F-86s -- and one Chuck Yeager -- who was the AF's renowned test pilot. The Caribbean Air Command was to be...

Yassin assasination: Prelude to attacking Syria? http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=14199

Chlorine gas train collides with ammonium nitrate train head on. Three people dead so far. You really don't need any terrorists, you can do it alone! What about US railroad safety? There have been so many terrible accidents, almost like...

Y2K (MK304) Spitfire restoration project invites you to Open House at the Comox B.C. airbase on Sunday, May 23. Too late for many on this list but you can read about the project at: www.y2kspitfire.com This Spitfire participated at Normandy Beach Head flying with R.C.A.F. 442 Squadron. 442 is...

Roadside Bomb Kills 3 U.S. Troops in Iraq http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

We fly two missions again today. No losses. The sky is once more full of C-47's and parachutes as the 101st continues to be resupplied. The C-47's will fly over 5,000 missions before the battle is over. The men of the 101st await Xmas Eve deep down in their frozen foxholes clutching their K...

Daniel K Aviation Images is updated with free Christmas e-cards (virtual postcards) + a special "100 years of flight" card. http://www.daniel-k.com/aviation/

I am trying to find some good, accurate drawings of the Lockheed XF-90. If you know of any, please respond here or via email. Thanks.

Check out one of the F-102's competitors. This aircraft is truly "out there" when compared to the technology of the time: XF-103 Mock-Up: http://wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/fighter/f103.jpg XF-103 Cut-Away: http://www.testpilot.ru/usa/republic/xf/103/images/xf103v.gif XF-103 Colors:...

Hello, I have updated my website (scale model page) : www.xb70.free.fr Enjoy. ---------------------------------------- Benoit MAREMBERT (LFRD) www.xb70.free.fr : North American XB-70 Valkyrie http://aircraftstories.free.fr : YF-23, mirage 4000, F-105, ...

http://www.lazygranch.com/x43a.htm Some not as good as NASAs photos of the X43a test. Photos shot from a location near highway 58.