"mellstrr" wrote in message ... Listen, the little dicktater is worried that all this is going to hurt his chances of re-election, since all the democratic challengers are beating on these issues day in and day out in the...

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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...

Hi All: I've just updated my web site and posted some previously unpublished images of the 1998 launch of a Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's TRACE satellite into orbit. The photos are at http://www.spacearchive.info/trace.htm. Although this was a civilian launch, it occurred on the Western...

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"Ken Duffey" wrote in message ... If anyone is interested........ I have just added a page of photos to my Flankers website showing the new Su-27SK(Upgraded)variant - plus a few new photos of the Su-27KUB ...

Whoops. According to AvWeek the latest F-16I for Israel with be able to take off at a gross of 52,000lbs. Max for the F-105 (according to published sources) is just over 54,000lbs. With the F-16 likely to be in service for several decades to come in one form or another any wagers or whether or...

I thought I'd start a new thread with this because the clip is so interesting. The launch was from a high altitude but some views damn near look like their from space :-) Anyway thanks to Mark for providing this link: http://mrdata.com/~blakef/mystery-aircraft/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cheney Faces Grilling Over Leak as Bush Election Hopes Slump Scandal of naming undercover CIA agent engulfs Vice-President and puts pressure on White House Paul Harris in New York Sunday June 6, 2004 The Observer

"Admin" wrote: "= Vox Populi ©" wrote in message ... National Guard soldier charged with desertion (CNN) -- The U.S. Army charged a Florida

My ggrandfather was a Canadian who flew a Handley Page 0/400 bomber in WW1 for the RFC. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any that still existed in a museum somewhere in England perhaps. We have the bombsite from the one he flew. Thank you. Rick.

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Can anyone tell me how I can find out where the nearest DC-3 to me is located? I live near Eglin AFB, in Florida (about 40 miles east of Pensacola). I need to gather some information on its structure. TIA. Ed "If an enemy power is bent on conquering you, and proposed to turn all of his resources to...

note: I posted this to sci.military.naval, and then realized it might have more to do with rec.aviation.military! I hope I will get a chance to complete the translation of part of an interesting article over the weekend, here is the gist. I wonder if anyone knows where to get good refs for the...

Is there a version of the Mk 84 'iron bomb' that contained depleted uranium (DU) to give the Mk 84 a better performance as bunker buster? I'm asking as a spokesperson for the State Department said on 8 June 1981 in reaction to the Israeli attack on the Iraqi Osirak/Tammuz 17 nuclear...

http://www.germanvtol.com/a6folder/a6.html Rob

Anyone been to the site dedicated to supposed time traveler John Titor? If so, can any of you identify the box that Titor claims to be a GE C-202 Time Displacement Unit from 2036? I read his story and looked closely at his color photos of the machine but to me it looks just like an ordinary (our...

A friend recently assured me that the mystery stealth aircraft that crashed at Boscome Down was a TR-3B ASTRA (Advanced Stealth Technology Recon Aircraft) which was positively identified as aircraft AV-6, serial number 94-2414, call sign "Blackbuc 11". He also said that Lockheed isn't the most...

Cub Driver wrote: Gilmore, alone, also entered the fray but was quickly latched onto by a Zero he shook off with a series of Dutch rolls What is a Dutch roll in this context? It's usually applied to oscillations that can't be damped out, as in the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing bomber. I can't...

Greeting all and happy holidays! I've significantly expanded the F-86 Sabre section with walkarounds of the F-86A, F-86D, F-86F, F-86H and F-86L. Check it out under Aircraft Walkarounds at www.cybermodeler.com -- Respectively,