looks like the USAF is considering jamming a reactor into one of their UAVS http://popularmechanics.com/science/aviation/2004/5/atomic_wings/index.phtml Think they'll resurect the "glow-in-the-dark" brigade too?

FBI agent confirms Clarke's charges: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=14334 Israel Connection Cover-up: http://www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?t=14269 Subj: Head of Sept. 11 Commission Said Iraq War for Israel Date: 4/3/04 10:38:59 AM Pacific Standard Time

An officer in the U.S. naval Reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French Admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans...

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.kmweg.de/english/index.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKMW,%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG Bradley is a P.O.S. by comparison. Rob

The Need For Speed: Going To War On Drugs ARD/acftv/Studio Hamburg Germany: ARD More information at http://www.acftv.com Film trailer at http://www.acftv.com/streaming/real.asp?stream_id=1 When Tom Cruise uttered those famous words in the Hollywood blockbuster, ‘Top Gun': "I feel a need, a need...

Another interesting tidbit about the Vigilante is that the AF considered putting it back into production for use as an interceptor.

London Times May 17, 2004 Overweight Carrier Fighters Give MoD £10bn Headache By Michael Evans, Defence Editor THE Ministry of Defence is facing another procurement disaster after a minister disclosed that the fighter jet planned for two new large aircraft carriers is far too heavy. Adam Ingram,...

From: Cub Driver lo ed flying to Australia in one of them. I can look this up in Bloody Shambles if you like. I just bought this two-volume set (and damned pricey at 29.95 pounds per volume) with high hopes. Haven't begun on it yet, but noting your comment above I turned to the description of...

Since discovering this newsgroup I've been fascinated with the real technical aviation information being banded about. It's easy to ignore the trolling bull****. Just wanted to thank the real quality contributors.

Just saw the movie 633 Squadron and was wondering: Were those all genuine Mosquitos? Or were some actually models? Some of the attack schemes seemed to be models since they flew a little strangely. How many Mosquitos are still flying? Dean

(robert arndt) wrote: http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/nw03/talonnews/1003/100603-syria.htm Way to go IAF! Undetected, on target, and unscathed. Who (besides Tom Cooper) actually believes Israel doesn't have the will, ability, and guts to attack any target in the...

LUNCH WITH SS STURMGRUPENNFUHRER OTTO SKORZENY I was in Madrid in 1970 on business shooting TV commercials for the Eastman Kodak Company. This was a sunny lazy Sunday at the Ritz hotel. I was nursing the last of my excellent room service coffee when the phone rang. "Ola Artur. Have lunch with us...

From late WW2 onwards, many aircraft designs started using the tricycle undercarriage scheme. Prior to this, most used the other one (you know, two large wheels up in front, with the plane tilted back onto a small support wheel). Why the change? Well, good visibility (while...

3 offspring are suing Yeager in ranch dispute (EXCERPT) Chuck Yeager, a World War II flying ace and the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, is being sued by three of his four children. Yeager's children are suing their father over ownership of a 3-acre, $1.35 million ranch in Penn Valley,...

44,000 ft altitude means only about 1/7 of the atmospheric pressure at sea level. So it's hard to believe a person could maintain consciousness without oxygen pressure equipment to get to 49,500 feet. With half the atmosphere below 18,000 feet the U. S. military requires oxygen masks above 15,000...

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In article , "The Enlightenment" writes: "ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Yeah. we got hit by a 262 one day. It didn't seem very well flown and did no ...

Hello Today I have read in one polish mag an article about F-8 Crusader. Quite interesting, but info about radar and avionics equipment seems to me bit confused. F-8A (F8U-1) – daylight only fighter equipped with AN/APG-30A ranging radar (same as F-100), no other details about...

Yeah it's ok to threaten Arafat with death. Emperor Perle has so decreed. We'll veto the world. Slaves. Grantland

While at the Wright Memorial earlier this week, I picked up a NASA pamphlet entitled _Celebrating a Century of Flight_. On page 13 there's a picture of Jackie Cochran with a caption quoting her as saying, about the WASPS, "We landed planes like the Hurricane and the Spitfire in fields where I...