Jacqueline Cochran is one of the most famous female aviators in the United States, and she was also the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound when she broke the sound barrier in 1953. During ...
... Fortress, which has a similar size, its control forces are not very well harmonized. "They are not linear, nor are they coordinated with one another, and you need different pressures around all axes," explai ...
... Additionally 15 RF-4EJs, which were modified fighter jets and equipped with different pods under their centerline station, were added to the Recce fleet in the course of the ‚Kai‘ upgrade program in the ...
... e La Ferté-Alais crews.
Managing Crew Workload
For the selection of their Junkers-pilots the AJBS puts a strong focus on the fact that they possess experience as an airline pilot. This is not so mu ...
... is... - and tends to bring in humidity, snow and clouds over from the Japanese Sea. This bad weather mix then cannot cross the mountains, and then tends to stay around the Western coast. And the coastlin ...
... of the IAF and the event itself were underlined by the presence of Israel’s defence minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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... unctual sequence of actions of a defence project provided very few headlines, and may symbolically stand for the KSK missions, which are usually wrapped under an even denser shroud of silence.
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The Farnborough International Airshow rates amongst the world's biggest trade airshow. The 2018 edition was once again packed with massive airline orders and business behind the scenes. Exhibitors use ...
... assembled on the tarmac. They stood side-by-side with the line-up of the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France as well as the Rafales of the Armée de l’Air / French Air Force’s Rafale Solo Display. Especiall ...
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Sunset Spectacle
Despite where you are during the day, be sure to be back around the centre of the flightline for the sunse ...
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...and missed opportunities
The Radom Airshow 2018 was a good airshow with a big line-up of flying display, but a slightly bad tast ...
... and risk the show not being held. Not really, wouldn’t you think…
The approach to the island was already very promising with a beautiful sunrise and no sign of clouds along the Western coastline.
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Where? Líně Airport, Pilsen, Czech Republic When? 08-09/09/2018
Arriving on the day before the show turned out to be a good idea. As part of the festivities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of ...
Wings over Houston 2018 was headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels display team. With a big concentration of Commemorative Air Force (CAF) warbirds all around the oil-rich state of Texas the line-up of WW ...
... e operates out of the Czech’s Flying Legends hangar at Plzen-Line. It changes its colour scheme quite regularly to gice some variety. Additionally to that the wingtips can be changed rather easily to sh ...
Ten (R)F-4EJ Phantoms lined up in front of the crowd was a sight to behold! The Hyakuri Airshow 2018 was the last ever opportunity to see such a large number of mighty Phantoms in action as JASDF Phantom ...
... of high angle-of-attack maneuvers.
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Romanian Aviation on Show
A nice local touch was the fly-by of a Romanian national Airline Boein ...
... 28th February 2019.
Where? RAF Marham, UK When? 28/02/2019
The first Tornados GR1 entered service with the RAF four decades ago in 1979 and was assigned to frontline Squadrons in 1982. A total of ...
... d line up along the fence line to the active apron in as much as ten rows even though nothing was going on. So photos of the aircraft parked for the flying display were also hard to get.
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... formations, amongst them a stunning 4-ship formation of Buchons - a real treat not seen for ages! And not to forget the seemingly endless line-up of nearly 50 airworthy warbirds along Duxford’s grass runway. ...
