‘I think the Bronze, Silver, and Gold for difficult aircraft to land has to go to Vought aircraft,’ David Tussey, former US Naval Aviator Landing on the flight deck of…
Carriers
‘How were the Serbs able to shoot down an F-117 stealth aircraft? Through a combination of Complacency, Strategy, and Luck,’ Chris Morehouse, Aerospace Engineer at U.S. Air Force. The F-117A Nighthawk was the first operational…
Helicopters
The SH-3 helicopter that flew to Haiphong harbor and saved a downed A-4 Pilot who was being fired at by North Vietnamese mortars
The fire from the shore increased as Millikin entered a hover over Cain, and he could see the water erupt into geysers as the rounds came perilously close. At first,…
David M. Densford, the Chinook pilot with 4,000 flt hrs and 24 years in the CH-47 models A thru F, lists 14 amazing facts about this legendary helicopter. In 1960,…
Carriers
USS Gerald R. Ford completes 1000th Aircraft Arrestment, 1000th Launch, gets Flight Deck Certification
USS Gerald R. Ford will be the only carrier regularly available to provide carrier qualifications to pilots who require them on the east coast this year. The interesting picture in…
Airshows
Hornet of RCAF 2020 CF-18 Demo Team will not feature any Special Paint Scheme because of COVID 19 Pandemic
The RCAF also announced they will not be supporting any airshows or special events until at least Apr. 30. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Hornet used by the service…
The world believed that the Luftwaffe could easily burn down entire cities as a result of the greatly inflated tales of the bombing, which was undoubtedly beyond their capacity in…
Fighter jets are among the most extreme forms of machinery that mankind has ever produced. They are capable of flying faster than the sound itself, doing feats of gravity-defying, and…
Carriers
Have you ever wondered who Maverick salutes before launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier for the Top Gun final dogfight?
If the pilot’s happy with the airplane’s performance, he or she will salute – that’s the signal that “we’re good to go.” Then the shooter – the catapult officer –…
Airshows
That Time a Blue Angels F-4 Phantom II went Supersonic during an Air Show and Knocked Out the windows of eight blocks of a Canadian City
In August 1969, the Phantom demonstrated its ability to exceed the speed of sound at Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The McDonnell two-place, twinjet, all-weather F-4 Phantom II, with top speeds…