A Chinese fighter jet closed within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber in a nighttime intercept over the South China Sea on Oct. 24 that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command deemed “unsafe and unprofessional.” Continue reading
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Should the F104 Starfighter Have Been the USAF’s Air Superiority Fighter in Vietnam?
The F-104C Starfighter is a real symbol of ‘50s and ‘60s aviation. It looks fast. It looks aggressive. It just exudes air superiority. And yet, when the US really needed to establish that superiority over the jungles of Vietnam it was the F-4 Phantom that got the call. Continue reading
The Convair B-58 Hustler was Useless Before it Even Took to the Sky…
The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. Continue reading
F-22 Raptor Freefall at Huntington Beach Airshow
Pacific coast air show Huntington beach had it all!. First up the United States Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo. Captain Samuel (jaZZ) Larson pushed the raptor to its limits and beyond with a tail slide and the falling leaf to name just few of his amazing manoeuvres. Continue reading
North American X-15 – the Plane that Almost Melted at Mach 6.7
On October 3rd, 1967, at a millisecond before 14:32 local time, Air Force Major William J. “Pete” Knight hit the button. His North American X-15, one of the most experimental aircraft ever built, lit up its 600,000-horsepower XLR99 engine. The plane began to tear through the atmosphere, approaching a record-breaking speed of 4,520 miles per hour – Mach 6.7. Continue reading
The Aircraft About to Brutally Break the Rules of Aviation
Under the watchful eye of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an extraordinary creation has been taking shape – a remarkable aircraft that emerged as the culmination of groundbreaking innovation. Continue reading
Blohm & Voss P 111 – Germany’s Absurdly Asymmetric Seaplane
Blohm & Voss of Germany produced several notable seaplanes and flying boats in the lead-up to World War 2 (1939-1945) and one of these was the Bv 138 “Sea Dragon”. However, before this aircraft was formally adopted, company engineers penciled out a fall-back design in the P.111 project. Continue reading
Gloster Meteor – the Only Allied Jet Fighter of WW2
The Gloster Meteor was the RAF’s first jet fighter, bringing Britain into the Jet Age. At the same time, engineers of the German Luftwaffe had been working on developing their own operational jet fighter, and the Messerschmitt Me 262 entered service a few months before the Meteor. Continue reading