USS Lexington

This is Without a Doubt the Weirdest Ejection in US Navy History

September 14, 2016 // 11 Comments

A good friend of mine who, in his younger days, flew the Grumman A-6 Intruder strike jet for the US Navy once gruffly told me: “They don’t make ’em like the [read more...]

Wrong Ship, Sherlock

January 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Earlier today, we had posted this picture on Facebook of what happens to an aircraft that lands on the wrong aircraft carrier while at sea: Doubtless to say, the pilot in [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...]