Imagine an AH-64 Longbow dogfighting with a Lotus. Imagine no longer. http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/Top_Gear_Exige_lo.wmv I hope this doesn't kill his bandwidth, but it's possibly the coolest Apache footage ever taken.

I'm posting this because I think it might be a welcome opportunity for the rec.aviation.military community to pick up some good magazines. They're all from my collection, and I've got another 15 or so that I'll be posting to Ebay in the next couple of...

Perhaps this is a sermon to the choir, but I dropped by the UH annex last Monday (MLK Day, off from work) and spent a good couple of hours just wandering around on my own, marveling at the place. It's HUGE...realistically speaking, the curators have probably only filled 2/3 of the floor space...

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Hi, guys. An acquaintance has asked me to help decode a bit of Navy pilot jargon his daughter heard at a Poli Sci lecture. The prof is a former Tomcat pilot, and was apparently regaling the class with Tomcat tales. He used the acronym "SBFAFP" (spelled out, not spoken as a word as Navy types are...

Hi, My name is Jeff Young and I am organizing a box (a-72 front row) this year. I am still looking to fill 3 more seats to make ten, but can go as high as 15 per box. Please email me if you are interested. Thanks,

WANTED. I am looking for information, Literature and A few parts for the small Lawrance L-5 5 cylinder radial APU engine used in the B-29 WW2 Bomber. The engine I have was put in military storage in 1943 and covered with cosmoline. Part of the govenor assembly is missing. I would like to locate...

(Michael Petukhov) wrote in message ... For Whom the Death Tolls. Deliberate Undercounting of "Coalition" Fatalities Full of crap as usual. Defenselink reports daily the causalties of all US fatalities. Local Radio,...

air ( P ) Pronunciation Key (鈘) n. A colorless, odorless, tasteless, gaseous mixture, mainly nitrogen (approximately 78 percent) and oxygen (approximately 21 percent) with lesser amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, helium, and other gases. This mixture with varying...

My client has a need for a Helicopter Pilot and/or trainer to act as a subject matter expert for their training materials. If you know of anyone that wants to consult on this project, please let me know. Located on the East Coast prefered. Thank you! Regards, Jenna

12:38 NZST (GMT+12) an A4 Skyhawk just crossed Auckland International Airport. I work out at the airport & was having lunch when I heard a loud jet, obviously not the usual turbofans you hear around the airport. Looked up to see an RNZAF Skyhawk coming from the north heading south essentially...

Indeed they would be jettisoned only if doing so would be critical to either the mission of the survival of the aircraft. The situation you mention is one, another is where the pylon itself is heavily damaged causing a lot of drag which would prevent the aircraft from reaching home. Or you might...

` ` ` ` Sat, Mar. 27, 2004 ` A KNIGHT RIDDER INVESTIGATION Air Force let Boeing rewrite terms of tanker contract ` BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY

Think anybody would want a "Polhemus Celestial Computer-Air Navagation" Type CPU-41/P------New, never unpacked --in original plastic case.--- I can supply a picture of one unpacked, if you're really interested... Jerry

Hi All, I am reading a book written by John Nichol, name of the book is "Exclusion Zone". They fly aircraft called Tempest GR7. I have now been googling around for a while, but simply did not find any data on what sort of aircraft this "Tempest GR7" is. Does it even exist? Could the novelist be...

Today we have uploaded our new "WinNotam" software tool: - Download and organize worldwide Notams for locations of your choice - Display in OUTLOOK style window, print at your discretion - Automatic download function with selectable time intervals - Send e-mail when new Notams have arrived - Setup...

in USAF in Nam around '65-'66. Tall, thin, dark skin, black hair. Supposed to have done around 108 missions. Very good at hand-wrestling too among other things. Old high school buddy; lost contact after 1970. I knew he flew for Delta Air Lines sometime afterwards.

Instead of relying solely on the media's coverage of Iraq, why not consult the Iraqi people themselves? Well, that's exactly what several recent polls have done, and the results have been encouraging, to say the least. Two weeks ago, the American Enterprise Institute published the results of a...

"= Vox Populi ©" wrote in message ... You chicken**** armchair coward ... get your own ass over to Iraq or Afghanistan if you wanna play tough-guy you gutless weasel. So says big pussy Vox who has 911 on speed dial so he call...

Anyone know the tail nos for crashed RAF Harriers since '96? I'm doing some research into the area. I know of the following crashes (but not the tail nos), although there must be mo GR7s: Nevada 99 Laarbruch 99 Another Laarbruch (99?)