(ArtKramr) wrote in message ... Subject: #1 Piston Fighter was British From: (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised) Date: 6/30/03 7:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time ir enough. Now jus take the...

(JDupre5762) wrote in message ... Why were they buying Shafrir (or whatever the name of that early version Sidewinder-derived pre-Python AAM was) instead of buying the latest Sidewinder variants? I think because the...

If you have never visited Spy Flight, recommend you give it a look. Very professionally done, lots of good info on lesser known programs, and more information than pictures (though the pics are pretty good too). The owner does it as a hobby and handles expenses out of his own pocket, so no pop-ups,...

CNN this morning reports a C-17 has conducted an emergency landing after losing an engine shortly after takeoff, allegedly due to MANPADS hit. Out of twelve personnel onboard, one reported slightly wounded. Brooks

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According to an article in the current issue (Nr. 49, 2003) of the Rheinischer Merkur, Gustav Whitehead (Gustav Weißkopf) flew his plane (photo shown on p. 22 of the newspaper) on the night of 13 August 1901 in Fairfield, Conn. It seems clear to me that the article is motivated by both the...

Just for fun, off the top of your heads, which post-WW2 combat aircraft (any country) have NOT been used in their intended roles in an actual shooting war (or police action, or soccer riot, or whatever it's called these days)? And why? Some ROE: 1. Combat aircraft means it was designed or...

What was the last piston-engined airplane (not aircraft - lets keep the helo's out of this one) to employ weapons in A/A or A/G combat (guns, bombs, rockets, nukes, whatever). Where and when? Just being there doesn't count. Oh, and it does have to have a pilot on board - so Predators don't count...

A question for any Warthog jocks (or fans) out the Why is the front of the right gear fairing on all A-10s painted gloss black? Is is a radome of some sort? If so, what for? Unless, of course, you would have to kill me if you told me, etc... Just curious, Kirk

HIGH FLIGHT Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds (1) of Earth and danced the skies (2) on laughter-silvered wings; sunward I've climbed (3), and joined the tumbling mirth (4) of sun-split clouds (5) - and done a hundred things

I need a picture of a kind of container ( looks like a fuel depot ) for pilot "personal items" that can be attached to the wing in fighters. thanks.

Sometimes the feelings is like knitting a sweater, the beginning of each stitch carefully prepared, eventually just gently pull back to the starting point in the good feelings there is no material basis outcome is the same. But when with the material as a foundation, the feelings are not in...

It's a training aircraft. should be compared with yack-130, mig-AT, BAe hawk, T-50 and so on

I am asking for anyone with clear photo's of the B-25's flaps in the full extended position, from the rear of the A/C and from under the wing, showing what is exposed in the wing when deployed, please contact me. I have gone through all on the web and through all the books and info I have including...

Very easy, she arrived at the airport , checked in using her ticket and photo id and was given a boarding pass Unlikely. So far I have not seen a single american without at least 10 different credit cards. As usual, a sweeping generalization that bears no resemblance to facts. Michael,...

This year strategic exercise will be on smaller scale than that of 1982, but the biggest one since that time. What, *three* bombers?

This is hogwash. If they really wanted to know where he was, they should be looking at his logbook, which would prove where he flew and when. Why dont they even mention his logbook? v/r Gordon

Naval content: Yes Naval Aviation content: None Political Agenda: Obvious add to it, its a repost that was thoroughly discussed to death not more than two weeks ago. Bottom line is that it just plain doesn't belong on R.A.M. Gordon

Goebbels would be quite proud of your effective use of the "Big Lie" tactics. Michael, you live up to all expectations.

I am currently working with an Aussie, a Canadian, and a Brit friend to knock out YAMB ("Yet Another Mosquito Book") and so far we have gathered over 200 photos of the DH-98, plus assembled comprehensive captions for nearly all of them. Unfortunately, only 9 of them are of nightfighter variants,...