The Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet – Rafale M’s competitor – already demonstrated the ski-jump capability in December 2020 at NAS Patuxent River in the US. Dassault aims to bring its…
Carriers
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, it was decided that all B-17 Flying Fortress bombers stationed in Hawaii need better camouflage than the USAAC olive drab scheme From December 1941…
The first of a series of Silverjavelin-coded long-distance, high-speed, high-altitude test flights took place on January 27, 1965. In about one hour and forty minutes, article Number 129 flew the…
“I said, ‘There’s no chance the bomb will get him now,’ even though Dan was working hard to keep the laser spot on him. I got a good lock with…
History
Lightning vs Spitfire: Mach 2 interceptor struggled to prevail against the WWII aircraft in mock dogfights
“We did find that the piston-engined fighter presented a very poor target to infra-red homing missiles, especially from the rear aspect,” Wing Commander John Nicholls, former Lighting Pilot. The interesting…
Carriers
Shortage of tea on board Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier averted thanks to Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Winnipeg frigate
The Royal Canadian Navy helped solve a shortage of tea on board HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Royal Canadian Navy helped solve a shortage of tea on board HMS Queen Elizabeth,…
History
The urban legend of Kelly Johnson receiving a bag containing $30M. to pay the first six CIA U-2s
The contract for the first six U-2s the CIA bought is the subject of an urban legend David Peters, an SR 71 pilot, was accepted into the program in 1976…
Civil
Braniff Airways was the only US airline to operate the Concorde supersonic airliner (but at subsonic speeds)
Due to the American noise regulations, Braniff Airways Concorde supersonic airliners were limited to Mach 0.95 yet they flew at slightly above Mach 1. The Aérospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Concorde…
The P-51 Mustang was mostly used as a long-range escort fighter because of its superb range and maneuverability One of the best and most well-known fighters employed by the US…
A world record for the fastest time between John O’Groats and Land’s End was set on February 24, 1988, by RAF Phantom “Black Mike,” which traveled that distance in 46…