This is Chad Potter. Wendy Potter was my wife. The squadron was S-3 squadron VS 22 .

Dodge has been gracious enough to allow the design of a custom painted 2009 Dodge Challenger. Lets turn this contest into a positive message for all those who fought and are still fighting as well as for those who wound up as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action by voting for this POW/MIA Custom...

I see this newsgroup is being overrun by trolls and spammers. This has also happened with most of the other newsgroups. I hope most of the regulars here realize that you can block a sender so their posts do not appear on the list, at least to you. In Outlook Express, click on the message from...

A fully loaded Russian IL-76 cargo plane...... payload 1 million pounds!!!! This really raises the pucker factor.... Listen to the "controllers" in the tower who are Australian: Ya gotta love it. "The Vodka Burner" as the Aussies call it, literally uses every inch of runway....... WATCH THE WHOLE...

I thought I knew US aircraft until I saw these pictures ........ http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

Once the A-6E was retired a few years back, Congress approved the aircraft for Foreign Military Sales. At one point in time France expressed interest in the A-6E to be used as a shore based tanker. There does not seem to be much information going around on the aircraft slated for FMS. Not counting...

"Charles Borris" wrote in message news:... Spent a couple of years during WW2 in an outfit with 6 R4D's and 3 R5O's. Two of the R4D's were R4D-1,s and carried 4 letter Buno's. . To prime the engines in the R4D-1 you climbed up on the main mount into the wheel well ...

I'm looking for a few good blogs by pilots (fighter, tanker, cargo, heli, etc). Can anyone suggest anything worth reading? -Much Thanks -Charles

When was the first modern air-air refueling? By modern I mean "compatible with a modern tanker/receiver (either boom or hose)". This question seems to be tricky, in that many of the early systems would not be compatible with a modern airplane. For bonus points, when was the first carrier based...

Did the change from F-14s to F-18s increase or decrease the total number of planes per ship? Overly simple math suggests that the amount of room needed to hold 22 F-14s could also hold 30 F-18s. If the number of planes did not increase, what happened to the extra space? -Curious -Charles...

I'm curious how Air Force/Navy pilots get their wings? Do they go to some place like Emory-Riddle and fly Cessna 172s. Do they get instrument ratings in these 172s? What's the transition to 'real iron'? Basically, what's a newly minted Air Force/Navy pilot's logbook look like and where did he...

I understand that the order to Dassault is for 28 aircraft, with an option of 20 more. However, I have read on the web that Dassault is to deliver 1 Rafale this year, and only 4 next year. I have also read that there are only 13 operational Rafales with the French Military. The slow speed of...

Suppose someone tried to land an F4F Wildcat on a modern American aircraft carrier. We'll give the carrier a few hours to prepare, and lets assume the carrier is at sea and moving. Can a WWII fighter land on a modern carrier? Can it get back in the air? -Much Thanks -CMTalleyrand

What's the best naval fighter of 1963? The mission is pure air defense, with not a pound for air to ground. Not suprisingly, most web sites talk about modern planes and don't describe the tactics and equipment of this era.

How good was shipborne radar in the 60s against a 2003 airforce? For example, could a 1964 ship detect an incoming modern strike before the explosions began in the face of modern ACM. I ask both because I'm curious about the past and because there are navies out there using old-fashioned...

How is aircraft maintenance organized? Is you average mechanic assigned to a plane or to a subsystem? In other words, is the mechanic assigned to Airplane #1234, or to "left wing hydraulics"? -Thanks

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:24:01 -0700, wrote (in article ): / / On September 11, 2001, corporate media and the government elite launched an aggressive political and media campaign upon and against the American people....

Anybody heard anything yet? My best guess (and ONLY a guess) is bird ingestion.... Anything would be appreciated... Regards,

Can any of you regulars here in r.a.m.n. help with this request?? Or point him in the right direction? Regards, On 10 Oct 2006 11:09:34 -0700, "msvuh" wrote: My friend, Mr. Ho, is currently petitioning for resettlement in the US. In his last interview, he was asked...

I had a brief discussion with a gentleman last night and the President of our local Community Development group and this gentleman is interested in moving a high tech business into our small rural town. He says the basis for the work is photonics. I told him about some of my background ( BS Comp....