How to land a C-7 Caribou on an austere field over a hilltop
“We had stopped with just enough runway overrun remaining to turn sharply to taxi back to the cargo ramp area. Another five feet and we’d have been bouncing down the…
“We had stopped with just enough runway overrun remaining to turn sharply to taxi back to the cargo ramp area. Another five feet and we’d have been bouncing down the…
On Mar. 27, 1977, a KLM Boeing 747 and a Pan Am Boeing 747 collided on the tarmac at the Tenerife Airport, resulting in the deaths of 583 people. On…
“Can you please explain how can my morning flight taking off from LCY to Düsseldorf land in Edinburgh? While an interesting concept, I don’t think anyone on board has signed up…
On March 5, 1962, Capt. Robert G. Sowers, Robert MacDonald, and John T. Walton, flying in the Hustler, completed the flight from Los Angeles to New York City with an…
The house was re-christened ‘Dakota’s Rest!’ Bill Innes, a retired airline pilot with more than 40 years of flying experience, had the seemingly impossible dream of becoming a pilot as…
As the near end of the runway disappeared below the pointy nose of his Rhino, Slammer snapped to the left, one wing pointed straight at the earth, the other up…
General Curtis LeMay threw his cigar down and said, ‘I don’t believe this.’ The Blue Angels traded the F9F-8 Cougar for the supersonic F11F Tiger in 1957. As told by…
This article pays tribute to the 24 paratroopers who passed away in the Green Ramp tragedy on March 23, 1994, at the former Pope Air Force Base At around 300…
As he moved through missile ranges to get close enough to fire his 20 mm cannon, Hoser soon scored two gun kills. He completely outmaneuvered the F-15 pilots in round…
The aircraft is the sole Boeing 747 carrying weapons for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Syria. Taken on Mar. 17, 2019, the interesting photos in this post show the only…