On 31 May 2004 18:45:49 GMT, Ian MacLure wrote: wrote in : The Vietnam Memorial Wall The what? IBM

Aviation Week & Space Technology 05/23/2004 F/A-22 Secrets Revealed Raptor Unwrapped With long-term military budget cuts looming once again, the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are finally talking about some of the F/A-22 Raptor's closely held secrets that they hope will keep Congress...

After raising the questions in the previous thread regarding Marshal Michel's "Eleven Days of Christmas" I thought it might help to post the review I wrote of the book about two years ago when it was first released: Win, Loss or Draw: The Eleven Days of Christmas Participants, modern warriors and...

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 01:50:11 -0600, "** Bu$h's Porch Monkey **" wrote: ---= Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñ0ßí =--- wrote: Around 500 B.C. Sun Tzu Wu spelled out five essential points to follow for victory in battle: 1. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to...

I'm pretty sure that Sunderland was the last name of one of the designers of the sunderland flying boat. I can't find any source other than a Wikipedia article concerning the origin of the name. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland), This article indicates that that the craft was named after...

I am trying to get some information on a P-51 mustang called "Spare Parts". My wifes grandfather worked on this plane while he was in WWII. Said it was his favorite airplane. He was a mechanic and help build this plane from three that were damaged. I am an amature artist and would like to make...

Anybody know about the bombing of Marauders? Wasit accurate? Abby

I was wondering, after reading the "You are on a mission..." thread, about the radar warning sounds. Is there a web site that has a .wav files of aircraft warning sounds?

'Culture' is no excuse Savage executions in the Arab world must be condemned as wrong by anyone's standards David Aaronovitch, columnist of the year Sunday May 16, 2004 The Observer A man from Maidstone had this letter published in the Independent last

Just discovered this site; have no idea of the veracity of its articles. Typos in original. NORTH KOREA: Syrians, 'equipment' were in N. Korea train blast Syrian technicians accompanying unknown equipment were killed in the train explosion in North Korea on April 22, according to a report in...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=526948

BBC Three Counties Radio will broadcast a three hour show from the International Glenn Miller Festival 2004, LIVE from Twinwood Airfield in Bedfordshire, England on Monday 30th August. The show will be streamed live on the internet between 1100 & 1400 GMT at http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties And...

I have set up a new website to connect military members who want mail with those who want to write to them, called Write Letters to Soldiers: http://www.writeletterstosoldiers.com I already have some people signed up who want to write letters of support, but no military members yet! It's free....

In another online forum, it has been claimed that on the F-18, F-14, F-4, and possibly F-8, A-7, A-6, and A-4, all the landing gear doors stay open when the gear are extended. While typically (or at least in most other military jets), some of the landing gear doors open only during...

-------------------------- http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/ -------------------------- The above is a link to a site that is very powerful, very moving. It is a site that we all should visit to get that much needed dose of reality. If you do go, be prepared and take a moment to...

There was nice discussion on B2 Split Rudder use during climb earlier. http://www.ammochiefs.com/Diego%20Garcia%204.jpg The discussion made me think concerning B2 yaw control. In general, large rudder input is needed for number of situations. First is the crosswind take off and landing. For...

A portion of thread from different news grope: loss of a 757 a few years ago in which clogged pitot tubes caused bad overspeed warnings; the Turkish crew pulled back the power and stalled and crashed. It was later determined that the A/C had sat for a month and insects had gotten...

Take a look at this 737 belly landing video clips. http://radioscanning.wox.org/Scanner/Sounds/video/737gear.mpeg On a first sequence it appears the pilot is trying to get the gear unjammed by bouncing the aircraft on the good landing gear. The second sequence shows the actual landing. But I am...

Is it correct to say that maximum sustained turn rate of an aircraft is equivalent to steepest bank angle aircraft can sustain in a turn? Emilio

Where can I get a hand on flight charts WW2 pilots used to navigate in Europe? I like to see what kind of information they had for navigation. Emilio.