Flypast

The Queen of England Will Be Getting A Massive Flyby for Her 90th Birthday

June 9, 2016 // 3 Comments

When you’re the reigning monarch of a country that possesses one of the world’s most diverse and storied air forces, you’re probably going to be on the [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...]