Chronicles of Naval Aviation: Tailcodes
Alas, the budgetary axe eventually fell on both the Steeljaws (’96) and Wing 12 (’05) so it would appear that would be the last time GE will fly on a Hawkeye…
– SJS
P.S. Hey Boom — SH is taken by VMFAT-101…
Alas, the budgetary axe eventually fell on both the Steeljaws (’96) and Wing 12 (’05) so it would appear that would be the last time GE will fly on a Hawkeye…
– SJS
P.S. Hey Boom — SH is taken by VMFAT-101…
By any measure, fifty years is remarkable. Birthdays, reunions, wedding anniversaries – in all of these the marker set at fifty years is justifiably prominent and noteworthy. For aircraft — especially those in carrier aviation, it is signatory. This month the E-2 Hawkeye will celebrate 50 years, starting with the first flight of the prototype,…
…or if you prefer – ÐŸÐ¾Ð»ÐµÑ‚Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð¿Ð°Ð»ÑƒÐ±Ð° в пÑтницу – роÑÑийÑкий ВыпуÑк Today’s edition will actually be a couple of installments, all stemming from news out o f MAKS 2007, the Russian Air Show and Trade Fair underway outside of Moscow this week. First item up – MiG’s UCAV, just revealed yesterday: Video of the…
As a squadron of U.S. Navy dive bombers, flying at 12,000 feet, closed in on a Japanese target the sky ahead would fill up with bursting anti-aircraft shells as the Japanese defenders ranged in their guns. A high speed run in to 10,000 feet placed the squadron almost two miles high over the target in…
Project Cadillac (Part III) 1050L 24 Oct 1944. USS St. Lo (CVE-63) is under heavy air attack. After successfully fending off the superior surface force of VADM Takeo Kurita’s Center Force, “Taffy 3†is now defending against a surprise air attack that has lasted some 40 minutes already. One of the features of this attack…
“Racing,” as the saying goes, “improves the breed.” And during the Roaring 20’s, the rage of the nation (and the world at large) was airplane racing. While the sport would reach its ultimate form in the 1930’s with the likes of the Thompson Trophy races, one of the earliest trophy races was the Schneider Trophy,…
Certain pairings, on the surface, seem to be made for each other – Bogie & Bacall, rum & Coke ®, etc. But balsa wood and afterburners? Almost seems counter-intuitive. This weeks feature is the Vought F6U Pirate, the Navy’s first composite-built and afterburner fighter. By 1944 it was apparent from the reports being returned from…