Bede is right, hope all RSPWers, RAM/RAMN/SMNers and AFTSers get through this OK and with minimal damages.

IS the F18 as good a dogfighter as the F14? Will F14 aviators transistion over to the F18? -John Cip

The cover of current issue of The Hook shows four LSOs, two of whom are using their stopwatches. For what part of the landing are they starting and stopping their watches?

While visiting the flightline at NAS Fallon in early September, I photographed a Phantom taking off. On examining the photo today, it appears to be an F-4E from the nose configuration. Also, it's a darker grey than the navy aircraft in other photos. Does anyone have any thoughts on what this...

This extremely powerful Green Laser Pointer is visible over 2 miles away. Its perfect for pointing at starts and planets. The green beam is actually visible through the air. www.GreenLazer.com

(Mike Weeks) wrote: (Issac Goldberg) wrote: (Mike Weeks) wrote: (Issac Goldberg) wrote: In both the Lavon Affair and the Liberty Attack, one of Israel's goals was the removal...

I just heard a black sheep state on a history channel program that there was one paint stripped corsair (in which Boyington may have flown (in addition to other aircraft) in combat?). Upon a comment it might be too easy to see in the air, Boyington's response that it might attract more Japs to him...

I've been playing around with GoogleEarth and looking for decommissioned aircraft carriers. I have only found one, CV-66, at Philadelphia. Where were the others kept? D

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap021110.html http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/atoptics/gfim12.htm http://spaceweather.com/swpod2006/31jan06/zinkova.jpg So, anyone ever seen it from the air or a boat? -- -Jeff B. zoomie at fastmail fm

I was out at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy annex of the National Air and Space Museum today (near Dulles airport) and saw their newest acquisition: an F-14D Tomcat. This is one of the remanufactured F-14As, and it is one that shot down a MiG in 1989. Oddly, it does not have a MiG silhouette painted...

I'm aware that B-17s attacked Japanese Shipping during WW2 (battle of Midway comes to mind), but that they were way too high and didn't hit anything. Speaking hypothetically, would it have radically improved anthing if the B-17 attacked from a much lower altitude? I'm thinking that the B-17 was...

After years of preparation, the USS Oriskany is now under tow from Allegheny Pier at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida to become an underwater reef and paradise for qualified SCUBA divers. See the newspaper articles...

I realize this is probably a large and complicated subject and varied between aircraft and carriers, but just as a gross oversimplification when would naval carrier aircraft typically fold up their wings and unfold them? Obviously, they would have to be unfolded before takeoff :) But would it be...

If the IFR probe won't retract, what's the usual reason, and what other effects will that failure have on other systems, specifically those associated with landing. Got asked that on another forum. Relates to a segment in this video: http://www.big-boys.com/articles/theairforcefun.html Ignore the...

Just curious. In 1958 a friend of mine in Airgroup Nineteen said that some of his VA-195 AD squadron mates had SIOP missions as long as twenty four hours during our WestPac deployment. He claimed to have flown a fifteen hour SIOP training mission. He also said they carried four different types of...

From the AP (via SDiego UT paper): start Aircraft carrier captain relieved of command after crash in Gulf By John J. Lumpkin ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:47 p.m. August 26, 2004 WASHINGTON –– The Navy is relieving the captain of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in connection with a collision...

Reading 'Over the Beach', Questions- -How many pilots did they deploy with? They had a det in Cubi and 10 jets... -Seems like a pretty unhappy group. Dept heads that were either labeled as effeminate or cowards, JOs that got short and yelled at the CO, a JO that turned his wings in cuz he didn't...

Does anyone have a sujestion as to what would be a good replacment for Aussie aging F111? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.639 / Virus Database: 408 - Release Date: 22/03/2004

Looks like the need for more than single seat fighters is becoming an issue again. From the April Seapower: http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/apr_04_16.php "Boeing's Ted Herman, business development manager for the F-18 program, told Sea Power the Super Hornet tanker helps "extend the legs" of...

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