360 Degree Video: Low Level Flight in a Super Hornet
Not too long ago, I shared a 360-degree video created by the Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss Air Force’s jet demonstration team. The cool thing about 360-degree videos [read more...]
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Dropping a Fully-Loaded Super Hornet 20 Feet
Aircraft designed to operate from the decks of seagoing aircraft carriers need to have extremely resilient landing gear, allowing them to withstand the effects of carrier [read more...]
Think the F-35 is Bad? It Could Always be Worse: F7U Cutlass-worse
Lockheed Martin’s F-35A/B/C Lightning II gets more than its fair share of bad press these days. But, as they say, it could always be worse. Let’s have a look at [read more...]
The Marine Corps Has Just Integrated the F-35B into its own “TOPGUN” Program
Held twice a year at Marine Corps Air Station Yume, the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course (WTI) is one of the most demanding high-caliber schools available to Marine [read more...]
The Royal Navy Plans on Landing Their F-35Bs at Sea, Soviet-Style
Ordinarily, fixed wing aircraft require the use of a tailhook and arresting three/four arresting cables to safely come to a halt aboard the deck of an aircraft carrier. Jets [read more...]
Take a Ride with the Blues Angels in This Video
Chances are that if you’re interested in aviation in some way or another, especially military aviation, you’ve more than likely wanted to fly with the Blue [read more...]
Look, Ma!! No Hook!!!
The C-130 has been the workhorse of cargo aircraft for the the Marines and the Air Force since it entered service in 1954. As of 2009, there have been more then 2,300 [read more...]
A Quick Visual Primer to Every American Aircraft Carrier Class of the Past 97 Years
The Naval History & Heritage Command put together this awesome and simple graphic that demonstrates the evolutionary history of American aircraft carriers throughout the [read more...]
The F-8 Crusader Once Scared a Vietnamese MiG Pilot Into Ejecting Before a Dogfight
Every fighter pilot out there just wants to fly an aircraft so badass that nobody dares tangle with it (or them by extension). But there’s a secret part of them that [read more...]
Putting Eagles Out to Sea
Most aviation buffs will agree that within the diverse realm of military aviation, one of the most interesting topics of discussion is aircraft that never were. No, when I [read more...]
