The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, Thunderbirds, flew over New York City, Newark, Trenton and Philadelphia in honor of frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers April 28, 2020. Continue reading
Category Archives: Video
Why was the BF109 so Slow Compared with the P51?
Why is the ME 109G with it’s huge engine in a small airframe about 40-60 mph slower than the P 51 Mustang? Continue reading
US Navy Officially Releases UFO Videos
The US Department of Defense has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, one taken in November 2004 and the other two in January 2015, which have been circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017. Continue reading
Aerobatics Training (ca 1942)
This film presents a straightforward how-to guide for instruction in some of the basic aerobatic moves: loops, rolls, spins, etc.. Continue reading
Dornier 335 – Hitler’s Steel Arrow
One of WWII’s strangest aircraft was also one of its best. The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”) was a Nazi Germany World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. Continue reading
COVID-19 Impact on European Air Traffic Network
The above video shows a traffic comparison between Tuesday 31 March 2019 and Tuesday 29 March 2020 in the EUROCONTROL Network. Continue reading
Abandoned Technology and Vehicles
Every technological product we use today started off as an idea in someone’s mind. It then went from an idea to a blueprint, and then to a prototype, and then eventually to a product that we were able to go out and buy. Continue reading
F-16 Familiarization Flight
Senior Airman Mathieu Cyrus, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team avionics specialist, received a familiarization ride in an F-16 Viper fighter aircraft. Continue reading