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C-130 “Franken-Herc” is disassembled at the 934th Airlift Wing

August 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Watch as a C-130 is taken apart systematically in this 30 second video from Military.com! [read more...]

111 Years Ago Today: Man’s First Powered Flight.

by tomdemerly in In History

By Tom Demerly for Alert 5. It is equipped with side stick controls like an F-16 Fighting Falcon. It uses an advanced, “mission adaptive” wing that has no seams at the control surfaces. The wing is so unique its design is protected under U.S. patent 821,393. The entire wing changes shape to control the roll axis of the aircraft. Like many [read more...]