C-5 pilot stuck in a holding pattern over Frankfurt
“Fascinated, I watched this process that produced an airborne spiral staircase of circling and descending planes below me. Soon, however, disputes arose. Most of the aircraft had flown from all…
“Fascinated, I watched this process that produced an airborne spiral staircase of circling and descending planes below me. Soon, however, disputes arose. Most of the aircraft had flown from all…
The Blackbird The Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft served as the basis for developing the SR-71, also referred to as the “Blackbird” a long-range, advanced strategic reconnaissance aircraft. The 4200th…
The deaths of seven crew members in the crash of an EA-3B during a night recovery onboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the Mediterranean rapidly solidified the effort to get the…
The XB-70A Valkyrie The 1950s saw the conception of the futuristic XB-70A Valkyrie, a high-altitude, nuclear strike bomber capable of flying at Mach 3, or three times the speed of…
The F-4G Wild Weasel The F-4E, the most advanced Phantom II version with an internal gun and a wide range of ground assault capabilities, served as the basis for the…
Which aircraft’s ejection seat is the most comfortable? An ejection seat is a mechanism installed in an aircraft that is intended to save the pilot or other crew members in…
The SR-71 One of the most advanced Blackbirds, the SR-71 (along with the A-12 and YF-12), was designed by a team of Lockheed personnel under the direction of Clarence “Kelly”…
The F-14 Tomcat When it came to Cold War fighters from the Free World, none could match the Grumman F-14 Tomcat of the US Navy. Six long-range AIM-54A Phoenix missiles…
SH-2 Seasprite The SH-2 Seasprite, which made its first flight in July 1959 and was provided to fleet squadrons starting in 1962, gave the Navy an all-weather helicopter that could…
The SR-71 Blackbird The most advanced Blackbird developed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation’s clandestine “Skunk Works” division, the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft was also the fastest jet-propelled aircraft in the world. Everything…