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Flightdeck Friday – Remote Edition
Real world exigencies being what they are, we had pondered passing on this week’s edition, except… …except that there are some great write-ups out there for the reading, such as: Southern Air Pirate’s write-up on the history of Navy’s EW effort (Part 1 and Part 2) Meanwhile, over at Tailhook’s blog, a very excellent post…
Flightdeck Friday: Warbirds Air to Air
This is Air to Air footage of Warbirds from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino CA. P38, Zero, Hellcat and others.Yeah, a cop out but you don’t see many (flying) Dauntlesses, real Zeros and Hellcats anymore and well, Lex started it with his P-47 vid đ-SJS
Flightdeck Friday: Hurricane Hunter Edition
As Hurricane Bill sits off the coast today, dumping copious amounts of rain on the SJS homestead (such as it is at the moment), we pause to consider a community of aviators and scientists whose mission brings them face to face with The Beast, under conditions normally sane aviators strive to avoid.ĂÂ Today we take…
Back to the Future: LRO Images Apollo 11’s Landing Site
Apropos that on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, the latest US visitor and (hopefully) precursor to our return via the Constellation program, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the location in Mare Tranquilis that was the site of Apollo 11’s landing (click on image to enlarge): Note the object…
Flightdeck Friday: TFX — A Time for Turkeys (Pt II)
âSenator, there isnât enough power in all of Christendom to make that airplane what we wantâ VADM Tom Connolly testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee (1968) Â In Part I we explored some of the politics (and politicking) behind the TFX â the program to provide the Air Force and Navy with a common…
Flightdeck Friday: RF-8 Crusaders and BLUE MOON
(Consider it an early weekend present — enjoy!ĂÂ Now, get to reading that new Maritime Strategy – lots of discussions next week and some surprises in the offering on this site…stay tuned.ĂÂ -SJS) 15 Oct 1962.ĂÂ Imagery from U-2 flights begun on the 14th continue to roll in for imagery analysts at NPIC (National Photographic…