Does anyone know where I can get a copy of this book or why it is proving so difficult to find a copy?? Thanks

How many Gs can a pilot withstand before blacking out? If an ejection seat failed, how would one get out of the plane? What's the caliber of an M-16? Do all fighter pilots carry a sidearm? What's the order of rank for pilots?

When I was a kid (appox 1957) I got a model of a Russian Jet. I ran many searches on the net but can't find anything on it. I don't remember the designation, but I think it was a Yak. Yes I ran 4 Yak sites that came up. The Jet had a nose like the F-86D, swept wings with a high sweeping tail. The...

I see we have that old problem again about if "it" should have been used or not.. Well I did some research. I checked over the wanted adds in papers from Ca to Wa for Oct and Nov 1941. I did not see any adds from America asking another country to attack us. Ok we got that out of the way, We did...

Was anyone in Kent this weekend who recognised the fighter doing the low passes over the World War 2 display?

what happens to n aor force recruit who fa;s tech school? is there any wy to get out without the threat of the brig?

So, how does everyone here feel about Albanians killing 5 NATO soldiers today? -- __/ G R E E T I N G S ! \__ \ /

They just awarded the contract to Boeing. I doubt we'll see it until the FA-22 gets fielded (or canceled) -- Les F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret) .. "Hobo" wrote in message

Accident reports are public information and are releasable. They are the determining factor in any legal claim against the government. Mishap reports on the other hand are not releasable. -- Les F-4C(WW),D,E,G(WW)/AC-130A/MC-130E EWO (ret) And former Wing Safety Officer

O.K., Art, you gave it your best shot- and it was a dud. You lied about "Bush Lying About WMD." Any other examples of "Bush Lying?" Care to trot out the "Bush Lied About Niger Yellowcake?" Or "Bush Lied About Iraqi Terrorist Training Camps?" Didn't think so.

Hey Gang: So with all of the recent anonymous smear campaigns- unsubstantiated, "howler" type accusations- you know, the ones from anonymous posters with all of the ~~~ symbols etc. . . . .. . . does anyone want to take up a rational, fact based discussion of the premise that "both sides do it" ...

Joint Fifth Generation Fighter Project Proposed The government chairman, Mikhail Kas’yanov, announced the other day that he had reached agreements with the French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffaren regarding a joint project for creation of the fifth generation fighter. However, he has been quiet...

A working ABM system! http://www.cheniere.org/books/part1/teslaweapons.htm

Dear Mr. I'm avionics engineer. I'd like to know about SU-37 family avionics aquipment specification. If anyone know about that... please give me it.. Best regard,

Okay, online flightsim question time. Did the Curtiss or P&W Radial engines rotate on a mount and spin the propellor like their WWI predecessors or were they fixed and drove a propellor shaft? I've seen WWI Era fighters with the engine exposed and the cylinders spin, but all the WWII aircraft the...

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:14:42 UTC, Col. RJ wrote: On 20 Dec 2003 23:32:03 -0800, (cave fish) First off, **** Japan, they started it, we finished it. Second, Arm chair quarter backing the leaders back then is as stupid today as saying some...

How many think we won in Viet Nam?Lost?

Seems like Rasimus won the Viet Nam war. we all lost but him, the great warrior. What a bragggard.

I'm currently in Bavaria and since I've seen (and heard.... the sonic booms?) a couple of jets fly around (presumably USAF?), I was wondering if there was any military airfield nearby with some detachment that I could plane spot at. There's a list of bases...

Just read a very good novel by Homer Hickam (October Sky). Titled The Keeper's Son.. Lots of adventure and romance. A great book to curl up in your chair with a cup of hot chocolate and just enjoy. Stephen Coonts says it's great, too. Set on the Outer Banks during WWII.