Although Toon now appears to have been a propaganda mashup of multiple excellent North Vietnamese pilots, the Showtime 100 crew met a fantastic dogfighter that day Lt. Randy “Duke” Cunningham…
History
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Walter J. Boyne demonstrates why the F-86 pilots’ 10:1 victory-loss record against the MiG-15 pilots was merely propaganda
As a result of the MiGs’ superiority against Luftwaffe pilots in World War II, the Air Force was obliged to stop using Superfortresses for daytime bombing flights and limit their…
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The story of British Airways Flight 9, the Boeing 747 that lost all four engines due to volcanic ash (yet it landed safely)
British Airways Boeing 747 flight BA 009, flown by Captain Eric Moody, lost thrust from all four engines at 37,000ft. In the past 40 years, several jet-powered commercial airplanes have…
“In a matter of seconds, all hell broke out. Without any warning the A-12 pitched up and went into a flat inverted spin,” Ken Collins, A-12 test pilot Lockheed started…
A conventional F-4 ejection sequence calls for the back-seater to exit first, followed by the front seater, but Lieutenant Bell’s emergency canopy release line had been damaged by an internal…
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A Luftwaffe Do 17 bomber was rammed by an RAF Hurricane pilot, which saved Buckingham Palace
The Do 17’s unarmed bombs dropped over London as it disintegrated. One of the two 50-kilogram bombs that were dropped on the grounds of Buckingham Palace landed on the grass…
Robert Powell, the first SR-71 pilot to clock 1,000 hours of flight time in the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, passed away on August 27, 2021, at the…
To find out who the hell tried to tear the roof off Senator Biden’s house with a C-5, a call to the Pentagon was followed by calls to the MAC…
The decision has been made to fund 12 new aircraft – nine for the Red Arrows and three operational spares. British firm Aeralis is almost certain to win a contract…
“As the Phantom neared the end of twenty-five years as a front-line fighter with the U.S. Navy, its aircrews wanted to show they still had it. Meanwhile, we Tomcat crews…