Delta Queen

Delta Queens and the Chinook

September 5, 2015 // 2 Comments

When you think of the words “workhorse” and “helicopter”, the CH-47 Chinook is more than likely one of a number of aircraft that immediately jump to [read more...]

Flight of the Valkyrie: The Mach 3 Mega-Bomber that Never Was.

by tomdemerly in In History

By Tom Demerly for ALERT 5. 29 December, 1966. SAC Chrome Dome II Patrol Route, Flight Level 370 over Queen Elizabeth Islands, 631 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Their bellies bloated with nuclear tipped mega-death, the Valkyries ride tails of afterburner flame on a Mach 3 stampede to incinerate the Red Menace before they can launch. WWIII has [read more...]