Michael Petukhov wrote: Let the dollar drop cut/ Being a long-time subscriber of The Economist, I appreciated your quotation from it, but... what has it to do with Military Aircrafts or Military Ships ? Regards,

In article , says... It may be just what it looks like - a modified BNC. I've seen this kind of thing on test equipment, usually for signals that are frequently connected/disconnected and where a positive lock isn't...

Hi, Bob! You, sir, are gonna get in a peck of trouble with writin' like that. Nicely done, as usual, tho'. Frank "Bob McKellar" wrote in message ... Usual notes:

Let's compare and contrast here, shall we? Three years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR has the Germans and Japanese by the throat. Three years after 9/11, Bush 43 allows Al Qaeda to murder American civilians at will. Walt

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Russian *White* helicopters, the analog to our ubiquitous, yet never confirmed "black helicopters"? A couple days ago the news mentioned Russians rescuing some Russian (??) scientists at an Antarctic station. I think the ice had broken loose from the continent. Some video of the rescue showed...

THE PILOT WHO WOULDN'T FLY I am only telling you this story because he passed away two years ago. I won't reveal his identity. Let's call him Captain Johnson. Captain Johnson's plane was badly hit over the target. He and his crew bailed out. But Johnson never liked to keep his chute harness...

Would a fighter plane (say a P-51 or P-40 for example) that was on mission to drop some tactgical bombs and encountered some any fighters generally drop its bombs before engaging the enemy? or just try to run away? or fight with them still hanging on (sounds pretty dangerous to me with the...

Dose anybody know any info.on the 497th,BS?

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"Oelewapper" wrote What's going on here ?? It's called a war. Go hide in a corner with your duct-tape.

Air Force announces acquisition management reorganization (EXCERPT) PRESS RELEASE -- Secretary of the Air Force, Directorate of Public Affairs Release No. 0820037 Aug 20, 2003 Air Force announces acquisition management reorganization WASHINGTON, D.C. - Air Force officials announced a major

(ArtKramr) wrote: Subject: OT - For my American Friends From: "Bob Southgate" Date: 2/15/03 1:57 PM Pacific Well, Fangio, Hawthorne and Nuvalari are all dead. Moss is alive, in his 70's and is now Sir Stirling Moss. F1, like...

Antonov cockpit: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/391247/L/ Galaxy cockpit: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/498959/L/ Aside from a truck parked on Galaxys hood, what is the major design philosophy difference between American and Russian cockpit layout? Russian

I 've noticed that many of the more modern fighters (F-16, SU-27) only reach max alt while subsonic, whereas older fighters ( F-4, MiG-21 for instance) reach max altitude around M 1.6 or more. Is there some general reason for this? --

Michael P. Reed wrote in message ... In message , gayboy wrote: how good were they against american pilots? They were better than the Chinese pilots, and if you...

BOEING CO., under fire over allegations it wrongly used a rival's documents to win a government rocket deal, is holding talks with the Air Force that could see it lose some contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported. Boeing is the subject of probes by both the U.S. Air Force and the Justice...

A question has come up on anoouhter thread: Did airbases during W.W.I.I have mini-factories near-by able to assemble airplanes from a combination of recylced parts, mini-milled machine parts (ferrous parts and aluminium parts, but not organic parts), and new spare parts? I have seen several...

The Squadron was particularly effective at a time when being judged by merit was apparently not common and for this its men deserve great honor. However the reason the Trugegee Airmen worked, indeed the reason integration has not degraded the effectiveness of the US military is this: ...

od piece plus letter to the editor: The Washington Times June 21, 2004, Monday, Final Edition OPED; Pg. A19 HEADLINE: Rebuilding air defenses; September 11 and the 'peace dividend' BYLINE: By Darl Stephenson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040620-095246-4578r.htm