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Most of what I've read has been eye witness statements that turned out to be incorrect or speculation by reporters. I suspect that the lawyers have shut up anyone directly involved. What's pretty clear in the photos is that the prop on the number 2 engine was feathered at some point before the...

What a shame, but those guys' putting it it between two towers with an outboard engine out, landing intact in a corn field, and getting everyone out alive has got to be comparable to Sullenberger's crew's successful ditching in the Hudson.

Could you explain what you mean by directing harmonics to the main bearings?

Sounds a bit like the attitudes that were the norm in our Pentagon in the 70s and 80s. Fortunately we had a guy named John Boyd who built up a cadre of young officers who took a pledge to put "doing the right thing" ahead of their careers. They stood up to th likes of Casper Weinberg and Kelly...

David- since you've mentioned the Nimrod several times, I did some quick research into it to see why its modification is so poorly regarded. It looks to me as though it points up a larger issue--the culture at the Mod (our DoD). The loss of the Nimrod and its fourteen member aircrew to an...

It's a very impressive demonstration of low-speed stability and control, but in air to air combat, low and slow realy isn't where you want to be in the energy maneuverability envelope. And David, is your government really dropping the Harrier from its inventory?

But David, you got the fabulous F-111, instead, and just think of all the jobs it created in maintenance, repair, and funerary services.

Yeah, most of the Century Series fighters had development problems. North American's chief test pilot was killed testing the response of the F-100A to a high speed max G pull up (it tumbled, the vertical stab failed, and the aircraft disintegrated) Up to the D model, the plane didn't have...

This was provided by Mr. Werner Bergmans, of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, on his site: FIGHTER PLANES and MILITARY AIRCRAFT (pictures and information). It's something of a masterpiece of understatement. McDonnell F-101 Voodoo The Voodoo had numerous problems during its lifetime that...

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Off topic, but your thread, David. In the mid-sixties, F-105s were shooting up ships along the North Vietnam coast with their gatling gun. PACAF got wind of it and the directive came down, "No more shooting at ships! You'll kill a Russian!" (The 104s out of Da Nang were firing sidewinders at...

Back in '71 there was a Canadian exchange pilot in my squadron who had previously flown RF 104s. He had a photo on his desk of a column of tanks photographed from very low altitude. It was taken over Czechoslovakia during the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion, and you could see the tip tank in the...

I got tripped up assuming it was a single engine, and obviously over-thought the whole thing. But I still am in the dark about the instruments. Can you shed any light on what the various gauges are, apart from the electric panel?

Rats, I was sure the big lever must jettison the undercarriage (which, incredibly, someone at Miles thought was a good idea), and I mistook the instrument at the panel top left for a VVI, which it isn't. But I still think that odd panel holds the key to the ID of this plane. The instrument...

Last try: Fleet Air Arm version of the Miles M.20 with tailhook and jettisonable undercarriage?

Guesses: Tailhook lowering lever on the right Arming switch on a release lever housing on the left above a serious fuel management panel What looks like a VVI (climb/dive) indicator in an unusually prominent position on the instrument panel Obviously 30s-40s military, but no trigger on the...

The black lever on the left side cockpit rail looks like some type of release mechanism- target or glider tow?

Westland Whirlwind?

I wonder how many Americans realize the anthem has four verses. Verse 4 has some relevance today and, I think, should be sung every once in a while, if just to break the monotony. O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation. Blest with vict’ry...

J-18?