The best F-22 Raptor demo Filmed by Dafydd Phillips at the Pacific Airshow that took place at Huntington Beach between the end of September and the beginning of October, the…
A U-2 pilot recalls how the Cuban Missile Crisis almost turned into WWIII
A U-2 pilot tells a scary story that took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis August 1955 saw the first flight of the original U-2A, which was built by Kelly…
SQUAWK, NO JOY, TALLY HO: commercial pilot explains some colorful expressions used by flight crews
SQUAWK, NO JOY, TALLY HO: colorful phrases that pilots say were conceived of in the sky and shared widely among staffers If you’ve ever passed the cockpit while boarding a…
The story of the Blue Angels F11F pilots that developed the team’s trademark Back-to-Back Pass maneuver
The two solo pilots on the 1958 team, John Damian and John Dewenter developed the back-to-back pass The origins of the F11F Tiger (redesignated F-11 in 1962) can be traced…
Before Operation Iraqi Freedom began, Saddam Hussein buried Iraqi Air Force fighter jets in the desert
No opposition from the Iraqi Air Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom Preemptive attacks against the presidential palace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and specific military targets marked the start…
A navalised version of the well-known Spitfire designed for use on aircraft carriers was the Supermarine Seafire 2646 Seafires were built and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the…
BUFF to land in South Korea for first time amid Seoul ADEX 23, the airshow that celebrates 70 years of US – Republic of Korea alliance
A B-52H Stratofortress (dubbed BUFF, Big Ugly Fat F****r by her aircrews) is slated to land on the Korean Peninsula for Seoul ADEX 23—the first time ever the famed bomber…
DHC-4 with Controls Locked: video shows Caribou crashing after a Poor Preflight
The Canadian DOT concluded that the control locks were still locked when the DHC-4 Caribou took off DHC-4 Caribou Crashing after Taking Off with Controls Locked The shocking footage (posted by…
SSN-810 Virginia-class attack sub to be named after San Francisco
Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the name for the future SSN-810 as part of the Navy’s Fleet Week events in San Francisco Secretary of the Navy…
The Speed Spitfire’s Racing Merlin led to the development of the Merlin III
The Speed Spitfire The “Speed Spitfire” was designed to break the world speed record shortly before World War II broke out. It started as a standard Spitfire Mk I, K9834,…