The unique image of a Concorde in supersonic flight
The Tornado crew needed the Concorde to slow down from Mach 2 to Mach 1.5–1.6 in order for them to get the shot The stunning photograph in this post, which…
The Tornado crew needed the Concorde to slow down from Mach 2 to Mach 1.5–1.6 in order for them to get the shot The stunning photograph in this post, which…
Col. John “JB” Stone came up with the idea for the strategy that would later play a crucial role in aviation history over a few inexpensive beers with Olds and…
Because it was a hybrid made of the first YF-12A’s rear fuselage and a functional engineering mockup of an SR-71A forward fuselage created for static testing, SR-71C S/N 61-7981 was…
Maj. Maury Rosenberg, the SR-71 pilot, and Maj. E. D. McKim, the RSO, were heading southwest on their final pass over the DMZ when North Korea launched two Soviet SA-2…
The six-on-six missile shoot was seen as a major success because it showed that the AIM-54 Phoenix missile and the F-14 Tomcat were both ready for active service The F-14…
The F-117 Nighthawk was so covert that it was referred to it as a UFO in Nevada legend The F-117 Nighthawk, a highly classified aircraft that Nevadan folklore referred to…
“We were not aware at that time of the firestorm, but we did realize that the target was well and truly alight, for as we looked back even halfway across…
Tibbets came over to us and said ‘there is a new bomb under construction and, if successful, it will shorten the war’ Tech. Sgt. Brandon Shapiro first published the following…
“I’d had absolutely no idea that Tower Bridge would be there. It was easy enough to fly over it, but the idea of flying through the spans suddenly struck me.…
The B-17F Memphis Belle is a symbol for the countless bomber crews, maintainers, and others who supported the bomber mission and whose dedication and sacrifice helped end World War II…