Several aircraft have been built with both a pull (or tractor) propeller and a push (or rear) propeller aligned with each other. Supposedly the arrangment is inefficient, yet the some of the Dornier aircraft were record breakers. Given that some aircraft were ruined or delayed by the problem...

Iran is preparing for an underground nuclear test with North Korean help before year's end - London Daily Telegraph January 24, 2007, 1:52 PM (GMT+02:00) North Korea's Yongbyon reactor The British paper, quoting a senior European source, reports that North Korea is helping Iran prepare an...

Geostrategy-Direct Week of May 2, 2007 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY Helmet system replaces heads-up display on F-35s WASHINGTON - A helmet system has become mandatory on flights of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Helmet Mounted Display System was used in a recent F-35 flight by

Inside the Navy MARINE CORPS TEAM PREPARES MV-22 OSPREY FOR HARMFUL DUST IN IRAQ Date: June 25, 2007 LE BOURGET, FRANCE -- A team of experts is developing tactics, techniques and procedures to help safeguard the MV-22 Osprey from dust and sand particles when the tiltrotor deploys to Iraq in...

According to: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20071128.aspx "The B-2 can carry Harpoon anti-ship missiles." Since when?

The Washington Times June 26, 2008 Thursday Russian flights smack of Cold War; U.S. fighters ID bombers near Alaska BYLINE: By Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SECTION: PAGE ONE; EXCLUSIVE; A01 Russian bombers have stepped up provocative flight exercises off the

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We haven't played with this for some time now. Seeing as how we have newer members let's see how this plays out. You have the opportunity to travel back to the '50s, '60's, '70s'. You may select any airframe of that era and "rebuild" it with modern engines, avionics, etc. The basic dimensions...

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"Military action has been in planning since before the wars with Afghanistan and Iraq. This could come in any one of three forms or some combination of them: A US attack by air power alone, a ground invasion as in the 1991 and 2003 attacks on Iraq, or the encouragement of an Israeli attack. The...

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/9366221/detail.html "This ain't your grandpa's V-22," said Maj. David Lane, of the U.S. Marine Corps. "This aircraft is phenomenally safe. I've got a family. I wouldn't strap myself in if I wasn't comfortable with where it stands and where it was at." Has it really...

From http://www.staugustine.com (St. Augustine FL 21 Dec 2003) By SUSAN PARKER Historian With this past week's centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight, the focus on aviation pioneers has been both historical and personal for me. My uncle, Charles Eugene Richbourg, a son of...

Too bad, I'm reading 'Over the Beach', about initial combat ops in VN off the 'O' boat... Finished that one just last week. It is a good read. _____________ José Herculano

How many on this newsgroup ever made paddles passes to aircraft carrier landings? How many to straight decks and how many to angled decks? On which carriers did you make them? How many in this newsgroup even know what paddles passes were? Let us hear from all you really old, formerly...

I have a friend (golfing buddy) who was a engineer back in the beginning phase of the F-14. I mentioned that I had notice on this NG that it was referred to as the Turkey. He wasn't happy with that a said it was no Turkey, great plane. What is the origin of the nick name? I believe it is an...

I'm researching something and can use some assistance if anyone has the expertise or the inclination to be of assistance with this. Apparently there was a training manual put out during the forties on the P51 Mustang (not the airplane's dash 1 which totally contridicts this manual) that said the 51...

In WWII, aircraft used torpedoes to attack ships. Since the 1980s, various anti-ship missiles are in use. However, unless I'm seriously mistaken, torpedoes went out of fashion soon after WWI. What did aircraft use to attack enemy ships in the meantime? Bombs, rockets and guns? Or was the torpedo...

He was just sentenced to 100 months. Most for ANY Member of Congress! EVER. Took at least $2.4 million worth of bribes. Yacht, Home, Rolls-Royce, trips, jewelry.

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After wandering around this Aviation NG, gotta find a way to fly again...anything. Small business ownership is a PIA, gotta see what i can scare up-any suggestions?? 'Will fly for food' sign? P. C. Chisholm CDR, USN(ret.) Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer