Blue Angels star in air show (EXCERPT) , By Arlo Wagner THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thousands of air-show fans returned to a sun-drenched Andrews Air Force Base this weekend to see the latest in U.S. military planes, helicopters and airborne armaments. A flyover by the Blue Angels precision flying team...

Fighter Tactics Academy is back on-line at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~fta/ after a computer and ADSL connection update that took almost four months (what a pain). Before we went into hibernation we published a 'Global Swarming' page at: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~fta/swarming.htm about historical...

The Blue Angels are in St. Louis this weekend. Having seen several shows in past years, I'm surprised that they've flown only the "low show" here this year. Initially, I thought that perhaps the ceilings were marginal, but yesterday's weather was perfect. The only reasons I can think of: (a)...

Air Force Print News for March 10, 2004 Airmen return from deep freeze http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007180 Roche requests Army nomination be withdrawn http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007173

ANTHRAX IN A CAN When a lone terrorist can decimate a city with a Coke can full of anthrax it’s time to rethink our policies. Over six million 40x8x8 foot containers enter our ports annually and less than six percent are inspected. It only takes one container to conceal weapons that could wipe...

Greetings all, I was lucky enough to meet an ex-RAF rear gunner last week. Couldn't chat for long, but he shared a few memories with me, so I thought I'd pass them on. I suppose he was either lucky or skilled. He was a rear gunner between 1940 and 1946, first Wellingtons, then Lancs, and...

The model aircraft that led to the aeroplane: http://www.amars.hpg.ig.com.br/plantas/planoph.html Rob

How accurate is that statement and did weather also account for more losses than combat in previous wars (e.g: WW2, Korea, etc?) My specialty is WWII nightfighting and I can say that, particularly in the first half of the war, as many a/c were lost or abandoned due to weather (or collisions in...

"Mike Keown" wrote in message ... Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and search and rescue are aware of your situation and location. How do you put 'her' down? Mike --

You can,t believe what these mens had to face up there. A nice site and a must see..... http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm

I read through most of those threads and I actually might be learning something from them. ( BTW Art, keep posting your stuff too! I try to read most all threads unless the subject line looks absolutely boring. ) My question is, there were two A bombs dropped, but only one by the Enola Gay. Why...

Clell Harmon wrote in message ... On 10 Nov 2003 04:00:37 -0800, fleeing his large male nurses, (Transition Zone) wrote: "Chris Crandall" wrote... : : "Will" wrote in...

See this latest example of the stupidity of British Police forces in an article from a local Wilstshire paper.....when will these ******* realise that they are gradually alienating just about every law abiding member of society? The Gloucester Citizen July 9, 2003 Copyright 2003 The Gloucester...

The U.S. Air Force has not changed its plan to purchase 1,763 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, a U.S. Department of Defense official said. "Right now the Air Force has not changed their numbers," said Steven Enewald, director of the F-35 program for the Department of Defense at...

If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper. Walt -----= Posted...

Sometimes I forget that this is a rec.aviation group and not for pros like AvSig on CompuServe used to be when it was sponsored by ASI and John G. ran it. Still there are some here who have been there and done that and care to share with each other and others. But there are also those who think...

http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1021971&t=Local+News&c=2,1021971 Last Updated: 11:31 pm, Friday, December 19th, 2003 WWII hero Robert Lapham dead at 86 By Thomas Geyer ..

Hi all, I have some really difficult specs I need to find out about the C-141 Starlifter. If anyone can answer some or all of these questions, please post them here or email to me (remove NOSPAM)). I know some are very obscure, but I need them for work (ATC). Thanks...

"John Mullen" wrote in message ... I was driving down the A9 from Inverness to Edinburgh today and got a really good look at a Tornado GR as it passed at low level over the road. Later I saw what looked like F-15's (2, maybe 3 -...

There will be a B3 manned heavy bomber. The mission is not going away. The big question is will the United States be able to build a bomber that is a big enough improvement on the B2 to justify the development before we run out of heavy bombers? I think the answer is yes.