Severe corrosion which required non-routine maintenance repairs was found on Fat Albert at an air show in Alaska Taken in the summer of 2016 the interesting photos in this post show…
Airshows
“I came away with one observation—the more recommendations an applicant had from general officers, the less likely were his chances of getting into the SR-71 program. Flying skills rather than…
F-15Cs aircraft scrambled out of Portland, Oregon, and were in the air within a few minutes and the pilots kept people on the ground safe On Aug. 10, 2018, a…
“The B-52 suddenly snapped nose down ten degrees, a horrendous and panic-inducing loss of control that promised to kill us all in about ten seconds as the moonlit pine forest…
“Everything seemed to unfold in slow motion. I learned later the time from event onset to catastrophic departure from controlled flight was only 2-3 sec. Still trying to communicate with…
“I am the spirit of the Phantom. My spirit will live long in the minds and hearts of those in whom I have captured something. They are the ones who…
MiG Killers
Exercise Agile Archer 2002, when US Navy fighters engaged in dogfights with the MiG-29 Fulcrum
“Nothing can simulate the Fulcrum like a real Fulcrum. It was incredible to look across the BFM circle, see a real MiG-29 and hear the German pilot in his accent…
“As the plane leveled off, Hunt’s Mesa suddenly appeared above the aircraft on the crew’s radar scopes that displayed the plane’s position well below the mesa rim. The pilot firewalled…
Carriers
Boeing says India can launch the Super Hornet from INS Vikrant’s ski jump with significant payload
The Super Hornet strike fighters would replace Indian Navy MiG-29Ks that are facing problems with engines and electronic control systems Dan Gillian, Boeing’s program manager for the F/A-18 and EA-18G,…
“It grows on you. It smells like an airplane, it makes a lot of noise, vibrates, goes fast, it’s real loud. You put it on like a glove. I’ll never…