Aircraft

47 Years Ago Today: The Fastest Manned Aircraft Flight Ever.

October 2, 2014 // 175 Comments

By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. It flew at nearly Mach 7, seven times the speed of sound and twice the speed of a rifle bullet. The speed record it set 47 years ago today still [read more...]

It’s Time to Widen the Celebration of Aviation and Expand the Air Show!

October 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Towards the end of the summer holiday, I had the chance to head to Toronto’s air show, closing off the Canadian National Exhibition and ushering in the dreaded school [read more...]

Preflight 12/13/2013

December 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

F-35 Gets a New Tailhook USNI reports that the controversial F-35C (carrier variant) will receive a newer functional tailhook soon, hopefully allowing it to commence [read more...]

Syrian Air Force L-39 COIN Ops

September 9, 2013 // 1 Comment

The current conflict in Syria has been an extremely contentious topic these past few weeks. Above is an image taken by a Reuters photographer of an L-39 Albatros of the [read more...]

The fight to bring to Phantom back to flight

by Alan Kenny in The Hangar

The Wings and Rotors Museum in Murrieta, California currently has a bold project underway. They are restoring an F-4 Phantom II to flight. This isn’t just any Phantom, it is an F4H-1F. The example at the museum is the eleventh F-4 ever built. Alan Kenny found out more. The F4 Phantom II story started in 1954 when the US Navy approached McDonnell [read more...]