I reside about 6 miles off the departure end of MSP runway 12, so I'm used to hearing a lot of jet traffic. I've only lived here for 6 months but I quickly adjusted to the noise. It's acutally not that bad, excepting the venerable DC-9. Today, though, what looked like an F-18 flew over. Wow. I...

Vince Brannigan wrote: William & Susan Maddux wrote: To this retired Gulf war vet it did not matter if they had found WMDs. I have seen what Iraq have done in Kuwait and to some of their own people. He needed to be removed.

From the AP: start Navy Sues Civilian for Return of Plane ..c The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The federal government has filed a lawsuit against an airplane collector demanding the return of the wreckage of a World War II Corsair fighter that the Navy abandoned after it crashed in a...

I thought congress put a cap on the program cost and basically said "this is how much you get for the program, buy however many you can with it". That being the case why is congress bitching and moaning about it (not to mention the idiots at POGO) again? If they cost a billion a pop for the...

They were the bad guys, thats a given. That is not the issue. The issue is, did we, the good guys, go down to the bad guys level. Its my understanding that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were targeted because they were undamaged cities... it had nothing to do with their military production capacity.

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I have recently red that instantenious rate of turn of Vietnam vintage supersonic fighters is less than 15 deg/sec. What are the excat figures for F-4, F-105 and F-8? Please include speed and altitude. Nemanja Vukicevic student of aircreft engineering

So the pair went to a secluded area and enjoyed wild, stark naked sex against a wall and on top of a subway grate, he claimed -- making no mention of the prosecution photos showing Tatiana's multiple bruises, which included stripe-like abrasions from the grating. "Yes! A public display of...

That great western loony of a leader, George Bush is again, yes AGAIN at the planning stage of yet another regime change idea... or UN unapproved illegal overthow/invasion for simple people. This time its Cuba and cause Bush cant handle a country running itself as communist, denying free trade and...

"JDupre5762" wrote in message ... Did the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force operate any of the same make of aircraft? It seems to me that that at least with some combat aircraft the...

From: (Michael Petukhov) snip If this isn't the election issue, I don't know what is. Why do you care? You aren't even eligible to vote and the results will not affect your country if it is as strong as you say it is. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

LAUNCH ALERT Brian Webb Ventura County, California E-mail: Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info 2004 March 24 (Thursday) 20:47 PST ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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A BOMB PATTERN IS LIKE A FOOTBALL: BOMB PATTERN ANALYSIS One thing I never see in any WW II literature is bomb pattern analysis in tactical bombing. There is a lot to it that we had to live with, and I thought I would share it with those on this NG before it gets lost to history. Think of a...

Greetings all! I've just uploaded the new A6M5 walkaround of the last authentic airworth A6M5 from the Planes of Fame Museum. Check it out at www.cybermodeler.com! Cheers! Michael Benolkin

The Douglas F4D Skyray had high performance in its day, holding several time-to-climb records that were not broken until the Phantom II was built. Was the Skyray ever flown in simulated air combat maneuvering against other fighters? If so, how well did it perform? Thank you, Peter...

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/annex/an51.htm .... more "borrowed" German-tech courtesy of Dr. Alexander Lippisch. From the Lippisch DM-1/P.13 we got the XF-92, F-102, F-106, and B-58. Rob

wrote in message ... Not in any particular order: Oh my. This is a list of misconceptions about FAA Procedures? Let me have a look. Net Kook Maxwell Smart claimed the following when attempting to fulfill a repeated...

"Sparky AKA_Sparkticus" (SNIP) phosgene and mustard gas (what was wrong with blockading Japan, it is a couple of tiny islands) You see this is my problem the Country's that claim to be fighting on the side of GOOD stoop to use tactics that are worse then those employed by the enemy.

Anyone have any information on how they feel Fort Rucker will fare in the next round of Base Realignment and Closure. What are its strenths and what are in weaknesses, and what are its major threats? Any information is appreciated.