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North American XB-70 Valkyrie NASA Flight Research Video Compilation
I’ve had a busy week at work AND I’m working on the mother of all blog-posts. I’m hoping to get done with it by the end of the week (riiight). Quite frankly, the post I’m working on is getting messy...
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The Lockheed Martin X-55 Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft
You may look at the LM X-55 and think ho-hum and say, “It looks just like a Fairchild Dornier 328JET.” It certainly does and is, in fact, based on that design. The X-55 certainly lacks the implied...
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The Daily Lex – October 28th
Systems Knowledge Originally published October 28th, 2008.
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The Atomic Tourist
Cross posted at http://airpogue.blogspot.com/ View up from level 7 Having grown up and served during the cold war prior to the present unpleasantness, artifacts of that era hold something of a...
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British Airways Boeing 747-400 Victor X-Ray Undergoes D-Checks
Every 5 years commercial airliners undergo what’s called, a D-Check. D-checks entail disassembling most of the major components of the aircraft. Everything from instrumentation, wheels, wiring, control...
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SU-27 Flanker Documentary
Despite the end of the Cold War, Sukhoi’s SU-27 (NATO code name “Flanker”) still remains somewhat enigmatic. It’s a 4th generation fighter somewhat equivalent of the USAF’s F-15 Eagle. However, unlike...
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Book Review: Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman’s Glory Days Faded
This book is written by George M Skurla (a former President of the Grumman Corporation) and William H. Gregory. Mr Skurla opinions on what happened at Grumman are certainly controversial and...
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Another Ghost, Reborn
“They’re gone away, never to return.” “No more of them, except in museums.” Don’t tell that to people who care. Who find a place in their budgets to seek out the rare, the wreckage, the lost...
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Tiltrotor and The Future – The Secret Story of the V-22 Osprey
Taking a quick break from the day job to post an interesting Youtube find. This is what happens when sleep doesn’t come easy and getting an iPhone for Christmas/Birthday (thanks out to my sis)....
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Oh, My goodness…
(Cross posted from AirPogue) …Showing some thigh! Well, not really, but it is a little more exposure than the engine usually gets. We have regular inspections on our helicopters, many of which are...
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Satchel wasn’t a fighter pilot
“Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” Satchel Paige, the famous pitcher and Baseball Hall of Fame member, said that. Funny statement from a ground pounder. Not so humorous for a fighter...
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F-102 and F-106 Flight Testing
Convair’s delta-winged interceptors, the F-102 Delta Dagger and F-106 Delta Dart are icons of the Cold War. Both aircraft had generally the same configuration but the Delta Dart was a more refined...
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XF-11
Since I’m home sick for the next several days, I’m watching favorite movies that I haven’t seen in a long time. Up for today is The Aviator. And as I watched this scene I was vividly reminded of just...
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Book Review: A View from the Hover
John Farley’s A View from the Hover is a long-awaited memoir of sorts from one of the UK’s most experienced test pilots. John Farley is best known for the first flight of the P.1127 in 1964 while a...
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McDonnell Douglas YC-15 (part 1)
The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was a prototype developed of the USAF ‘s AMST program in 1972. The competition was the Boeing YC-14. McDonnell Douglas developed the YC-15 from the Breguet 941s, using...
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Cutaway Thursday: A-5 Vigilante
I host a “Patch Tuesday” on my Facebook page. “Patch Tuesday” is my accumulated collection of various aviation patches I’ve collected through the years. I also occasionally share aircraft cutaways on...
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McDonnell Douglas YC-15 (part 2)
Part one is a general description of the YC-15 aircraft. You can view that here. This post will detail the flight test program of the YC-15. There were 2 YC-15 aircraft,serials 72-01875 and 72-01876....
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Mc Donnell Douglas YC-15 (part 3)
Parts 1 and 2. Aerial delivery tests, as part of further operational demonstrations were conducted at China Lake, CA using dummies for static-line drop tests. Cargo drops with 5000lb to 20,000lb were...
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