Could somebody please help me in reaching a few manufacturers of Part No. SRU-16/P, Desc. Parachute Pack Survival Kit as per the NSN : 4240-00-741-9713. These are required by Royal air Force of Oman. Sanjeev K. Negi Manager - Defence Division Maathir LLC P.O. Box 1097, Ruwi, Postal Code...

Interesting. ANyone care to guess what kind of aircraft were all "bombed-up"? lol. http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=792292003

Airline or Military transport pilots .. I would like to ask you some = questions about the maximum speed that an airliner like a B-767 or 757 = can travel at low altitude. Someone claims that the speed at altitude = is much higher than that at low altitude because the drag of the wide = body...

Let's take two planes going on low level support missions. They will have to fly through heavy ground fire including small arms fire. One plane is equipped with a radial engine,. let's say an R-2800. The other with a jet engine. Which plane would have a better chance of survival inder these...

From: (cave fish) snip The horror of Hiroshima is the sheer indiscrimate nature of the destruction. If atom bomb had been dropped on a Japanese military target it might have been justified. But, to kill like that in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was blind and savage...

"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well-placed managed to wangle slots in the Army Reserve and National Guard units." -- Colin Powell, My American Journey, 1995 Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:46:51 GMT, "jim" wrote this crap: Your not allowed to point out the obivious duplicity of the liberial mindset. You should learn some grammar.

How exactly did they work? Could the turrets be fired independently at multiple targets? What crew members controlled them? etc? etc?

I am going to outline a real situaitoin that occured during WW II. I would like to hear opinions and solutions as to how the situation should be handled. I will give the real solutuion that was imposed during the war after a week or so when many opinions have been offered. There was a large...

Monday, 30 June 2003 CAPs were flown for protection of the President during his trip to Miami and Tampa Florida today. The Air Force One back-up plane was staged at Patrick during the late afternoon and evening. I will be uploading some of my recent aircraft pictures to my website, but will delay...

Oelewapper wrote: GWB: "A government-run health care system is the wrong prescription. By keeping costs under control, expanding access, and helping more Americans afford coverage, we will preserve the system of private medicine that makes America's health care the best in the world." -...

Is it OK to post an aviation-related question in this NG and not mention B*sh or K*rry? The Times published a review last week about a book covering the allied crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The accompanying picture, captioned as being US bombers over said river, showed a formation of B-29s (I...

Favor request: Looking for crash footage of the awesome B-52 model. Can someone point me to a URL? Thanks.

A question for all of the pilots, engineers, and people who are a lot smarter than me. Is there a simple rule of thumb for comparing the amount of thrust or lift you can get from an engine which drives a set of propeller or rotor blades to the amount of thrust you can get from the exhaust of...

I was watching this programme called "flying through time" which this week was about the century series fighters from f-100 to f-106 and it mentioned that the f-104 toted the genie rocket as one of its weapon options . Now this programme usually gives info whilst givin the wrong imagery or both but...

I need an air police badge for my collection. Can anyone here point me at a source or does anyone here have one they want to get rid of one? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The X-43A flew this afternoon. 4780 miles per hour. Not bad. -- cirby at cfl.rr.com Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.

There's recently been speculation in the media that UK defence cuts ewill result in some or all of Scotland's infantry regiments being disbanded. If Scotland became an independent state, what sort of armed forces should it have -- if you were appointed Scottish minister of defence, what would you...

I see that no civil discussion can take place here despite the fact that you "adults" claim to cherish military aviation. So why all the fuss about German aircraft, jets or otherwise? I live in America now but don't like the blatant arrogance I see whenever history is talked about in regards to...

Dear Aviation and History Enthusiast The first online documentary channel dedicated to the History of Aviation has made its debut. AEROCINEMA: A Web Channel for The Aviation Enthusiast www.aerocinema.com From the battles of WWII to secret and experimental aircraft that altered the course of...