The Columbia Model 107-II Vertol helicopter is the commercial model of the military variant, CH-46 Sea Knight Columbia Helicopters, the world’s leading heavy-lift helicopter OEM, MRO, and operator, announced today…
An F-4G Wild Weasel dodged six SAMs during Operation Desert Storm
‘I immediately selected AB, rolled the aircraft inverted, and pulled. All this while keeping the SA-2s on the beam. I was at 25,000 [feet] when I started for the deck…
“The SR-71 Blackbird knew when your eyes started to wander to the spectacle of earth from 85,000 feet; that’s when something would go wrong,” Curt Mason, owner of Project Habu…
This Japanese H8K flying boat that tried to collide with a US Navy PB4Y but crashed
Lt Graham Squires reduced power to avoid overshooting the flying boat, but as he was about to cross over the H8K, its pilot pulled his aircraft up sharply in an…
HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters were involved in their first real-world casualty evacuation operation in the African area of responsibility A combined force of deployed US assets coordinated…
When a F-4 pilot had diarrhea on board his Phantom II over North Vietnam
‘When he later returned to the ship after his mission, he spent a long time cleaning his cockpit seat after he had abandoned his flight suit and showered, of course,’…
Soviet Tu-16 Badger bomber buzzing the USS Essex aircraft carrier before crashing into the sea
After making four passes over the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex, a wing of the Tu-16 Badger clipped the sea on the final pass, resulting in a crash that…
The F-4 pilot that outran an F/A-18 Hornet and zoomed in at 82,125 feet per minute
‘When the Hornet maxed out at Mach 1.6 (didn’t make its max), I was approaching Mach 2 and closing rapidly,’ Travis Brannon former F-4 Phantom II pilot with the US…
‘Flying the Boeing 737 Next Gen is like going back in time 3 decades.’ Former USAF C-17 pilot and now airline pilot explains why despite being constantly updated the Boeing 737 remains a 1960s jet
‘I went from flying a C-17 (heads up display, fly by wire, glass cockpit) to a 737 Next Gen (glass cockpit) and felt like I went back in time about…
Full-rate production and deployment of the CH-53K King Stallion approved
The CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter has entered full-rate production and its deployment phase The CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter has entered Full Rate Production (FRP) and its…