A sudden storm that blew through Norfolk Naval Station, Va., on Jul. 26, 2022, in the afternoon damaged at least 10 US Navy helicopters A sudden storm that blew through…
Airshows
Meet Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee, Blue Angels first woman F/A-18E/F Super Hornet demonstration pilot
Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee makes Blue Angels history as the first woman to fly in a demo F/A-18E/F Super Hornet with the team Lt. Amanda “Stalin” Lee makes Blue Angels…
The B-17 prototype, known as the Model 299, crashed on October 30, 1935, at Wright Airfield in Ohio, killing two of the five crew members on board, including the pilot…
Civil
When a British Airways Captain got sucked out of a BAC One-Eleven a flight attendant grabbed his legs and avoided him going out completely
With the captain pinned against the window frame for twenty minutes, the first officer landed at Southampton Airport British Airways Flight 5390 was a flight from Birmingham Airport in England…
History
Bismarck was vulnerable to attack from Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers because its guns couldn’t target slowly moving aircraft
16 Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal attacked the Bismarck as it was on her way toward occupied France to carry out repairs The…
On the radio, Kelly Johnson instructed Tony LeVier on how to land the U-2 front wheel first during the maiden flight at the Ranch In Lockheed’s “Skunk Works” in Burbank,…
Jabara of the 334th FS/4th FW dived alone after his sixth MiG was downed in F 86A 5 49 1318, making him the first “ace” of the jet age. This…
Nobody ever shot down a Blackbird. Nonetheless, 12 of them crashed out of combat The SR-71 Blackbird acquired intelligence during its service in some of the most difficult environments on…
‘On takeoff roll, an F-101 came upon our wing; he was going to race us whether we wanted to or not,’ Richard “Butch” Sheffield, SR-71 Blackbird Reconnaissance Systems Officer The…
History
The time a P-51D pilot took off on a mission in a Mustang and an RTB took off in a German FW 190
The Kommandogerat, a system of the FW 190A series that allowed boost pressure, fuel flow, mixture setting, and prop control with a single lever, made it virtually the only World…