"The big story out of Florida over the weekend was the tragic devastation caused by Hurricane Charley. But there's another story from Florida that deserves our attention. State police officers have gone into the homes of elderly black voters in Orlando and interrogated them as part of an odd...

Has any other country had success with a Ramjet or Scramjet??? France tried Hypersonics in the 50s and failed I believe (wasn't it called the Griffon Aircraft). I have been following many new aerospace developments for a number of years (namely scramjets and aerospike rocket engines). A few things...

Ed; I finally found your book,I stumbled onto a Borders at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. Lucky for me it was the day the place opened for business and they had your book on the shelf. Great stuff,I am awaiting and hoping there will be a chapter two about the F4 days. Regards, Frank M.Hitlaw;

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Greetings all, The new and improved F-100 Super Sabre website (www.f-100.org) is now online with over 140 pages and over 1400 photographs to enjoy. Check it out! -- Respectively, Michael Benolkin Publisher, TacAir Publications

"David Loewe, Jr." wrote in : On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:27:56 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: "David Loewe, Jr." wrote in...

Eglin Air Force Base, Florida will have an open house on 3-4 April from 9AM-5PM each day. Displays of aircraft, helicopters and munitions are scheduled. Go to http://www.eglin.af.mil/airshow for details. No packages, coolers, backpacks, weapons (a leatherman is considered a weapon), etc. (Details...

Hope this isn't a dupe, but I didn't see last nights post show up. http://www.lazygranch.com/sa.htm

Airbus Charts Course for Military Contracts (EXCERPT) The parent of the European group has broad-based plans to challenge Boeing for defense deals after its commercial success., by Peter Spiegel, Financial Times LONDON — It is a rivalry like that of Coke and Pepsi, Hertz and Avis, McDonald's and...

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...

*ROTFL* UK on course to break golden rule on budget By Chris Giles Published: October 24 2003 22:00 | Last Updated: October 24 2003 22:00 Gordon Brown, the chancellor, is on course to break his cherished "golden rule" on government borrowing as rising public expenditure and disappointing tax...

From: Mari-Ohm Answers Please, Mr Bush by Michael Moore snip They have donated $2m to your alma mater, Harvard University, snip Ummm, of course Michael Morre must have meant Yale, the alma mater of several generations of...

I was in Tucson over the holidays. At the AFB there (Davis-Monthan), they keep a lot of aircraft in storage. At the south end of the base, several recent arrivals were parked near the fence. For some reason, the "U.S. Air Force" markings on the side had been torn up. Does anyone have any idea...

Does anyone have any memories of the Canberra WV787, an aircraft used by the MoA as an Icing Tanker Aircraft, and by the Army Department of the MOD as a Biological Warfare research aircraft. For the last 7 years I have been researching Porton Downs' BW experiments held in public areas of the UK....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon (news - web sites) may have to scrap its premier fighter jet program to help pay for the war in Iraq (news - web sites), Sen. John McCain, an influential member of the Armed Services Committee, said on Sunday. "It's obvious that we're paying a heavy price, I...

According to the Dec 13, 2003 section of: http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/howtomakewar/default.asp?target=HTAIRFO.HTM The Russians and the USN are working on something called "Vortex Oscillating Propulsion". Anyone have more info on how this works?

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35th Fighter Wing getting ready for its first exercise in seven months, By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) Pacific edition, Friday, May 14, 2004 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — For about 3,500 airmen here, it’s time to dust off that chemical mask, review first-aid techniques and get...

HENRY V We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles...

Army digs in on copter-defense system The Army is sticking by a decision to develop its own countermissile system to protect helicopters from the kind of attacks being committed by Iraqi guerrillas, instead of buying an off-the-shelf model now on special-operations aircraft and on Air Force...