The restored Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft
The outside of the Tu-144 was finished, but work has not yet started on the aircraft inside. The first phase of the restoration of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft…
The outside of the Tu-144 was finished, but work has not yet started on the aircraft inside. The first phase of the restoration of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport aircraft…
A severe lateral oscillation developed during the initial high-speed taxi test as a direct result of pilot-commanded oscillations as the YF-16 approached rotation speed. Phil Oestricher, a test pilot, thankfully…
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We have a thing that we do call locking the toggles: when you lock the toggles on a receiver you can actually tow him. So we did that and kept…
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