I thought it might be fun to check the retirement dates of famous jet fighters, say post WWII. Could be extended to attack jets and propeller fighters too. Also foreign types.
Last F-80C: Uruguay, 1970 https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p80_12.html
Last F-84G: Portugal, 1975...
Vladas Kensgaila was born on September 23, 1933 in the village Bikavėnai, in the Šilutė district of Lithuania. Vladas was very proud that this was also the year that his heroes Stephen Darius and Stasys Girėnas flew across the Atlantic (a landmark which would have a strong impact on his career...
I think post ww2 more ships have been damaged and sunk by mines than any other weapon
Yet it’s barely talked about and most navies devote proportionally less resources to it
What can be done to change that post ww2 ?
A YouTube series covering 'Numbers Stations' quasi-mysterious shortwave stations, which are widely suspected to be used by various intelligence agencies to contact agents in the field. This series is covering the stations one at a time. When they were more common (In the 1970 - 2000s) time...
Well-known French journalist, author, pilot, THE voice of aerial meetings in France (La Ferté-Alais air show, Salon du Bourget air show, Paris Villaroche Air Legend and so on). He was 78 y.o.
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computing
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national institute for subatomic physics
nikhef
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association of science fiction artists
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famous authors
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popular culture
san diego comic-con
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science fiction and fantasy writers association
RIP Frank
https://robinsonheli.com/press-releases/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-passes/?fbclid=IwAR1gXT23VVaZLR6XC3yQtWiI81tx8VaQFeU5S6iPIvUdbItPQI_dEpP0W1I
As it is i fly R44 and 66 …was in Cologne for European Rotors this week so here my pics below
All the best
The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
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space station
space transportation system
united states air force
During tests run by the USSR, it was determined that putting ERA on lightly armored vehicles was a bad idea, as it would break the hull. I see lots of people talking about "it's a vbied now lol" every time a photo shows ERA on a vehicle with less than BMP-3 levels of armor. But the thing is, we...
I love airliners but hate the whole rigmarole of flying today..So here is another typical UK 75 thread.
British Airways became one of the world's largest operators of the iconic Boeing 747 and even painted and.even painted one up in the colours of their predecessor BOAC.
Imagine if instead of...
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https://history.nasa.gov/sp4543.pdf
This document published in 2009 contains a summary of published books about NASA history and also a guide to the collections and archives found at various NASA locations.
Looks potentially useful for researchers.
Sadly, Vangelis passed away yesterday in France:
https://apnews.com/article/vangelis-dead-chariots-of-fire-b7a98666ff96ca049dbe7964da98d44d
My guess is that a bit of all of us went with him.
View: https://youtu.be/uPe27x0_W2M
Rip in the new eden world.
I have just heard, via the latest Hawker Association newsletter, that Roy Braybrook passed away last June.
Another of the great authors who got me, and probably many on this forum, interested in aircraft has gone to the great aviation library in the sky.
He was also, of course, a designer in...
https://www.reuters.com/world/afghanistan-pullout-spurs-eu-revive-rapid-reaction-force-2021-09-01/
A bit of background:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Battlegroup
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