General Interest
Duotech General Interest Posts
Barrel Roll Over A Russian Bear
In 1986, we had TOPGUN the movie, an action drama about Naval aviators attending the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program commonly referred to as TOPGUN. In it, the star Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, explains to an astrophysicist civilian...
Duotech’s Airborne Radar Test Platform Has Arrived
On June 5, 2021, Dan Bader, COO of Duotech Services, arrived at the Macon County Airport (1A5) with Duotech Services' latest radar system testing platform, a Cessna 425 Conquest 1. The weather was perfect for the midday landing at 1A5 located in Franklin, NC. When the...
F-15 Sets World Record But Then The SU-27 Takes It Away
The F-4 Phantom and MiG-25 Foxbat were both fast and powerful fighter aircraft. Between the two, they held many world speed records for time to climb (time-to-altitude), meaning the time it takes to fly from the earth’s surface to certain known altitudes. One of those...
The New F-15EX Eagle II Sees Its First Training Mission
The F-15 Eagle is a dominant air-to-air platform. This all-weather tactical fighter was introduced into service in July 1972. The primary user for the highly maneuverable twin-engine jet is the United States Air Force, but it has also been exported to Japan, Saudi...
Jet Friday: Train to Fight. Train to Win. Red Flag Exercise
“It’s not a contest or a competition. There are no winners or losers. It’s about training and saving lives.” ~ Narrator, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag Above a 12,700 square mile area of desert in Nevada, F-15 Eagles from the United States Air Force, Eurofighter...
Switzerland’s History With The F-5 Freedom Fighter
The single-seat, supersonic light fighter F-5 has been in service since 1964 with the United States Air Force. This agile, reliable jet provided great engine performance to its user with low operational costs. Its service life began as the F-5A (single-seat) and F-5B...
All Female C-17 Flight Crew and Parachutists for Women’s History Month
During Women’s History Month in March, the United States Army and Air Force teamed up to celebrate the women of the U.S. military. This was achieved with an all-female flight and airdrop on March 17, 2021. The all-woman C-17 Globemaster III aircrews were with the...
Video: Fly-By-Wire, How Does It Work?
CABLE AND PULLEY FLIGHT CONTROLS In many traditional aircraft, the link between the pilot’s controls and the aircraft’s flight surfaces is what is referred to as mechanical flight controls. The force applied by the pilot to the yoke, either left or right, front or...
Jet Friday – The RAF’s (Previous) Record Holding Bomber
The Avro Vulcan - a uniquely shaped aircraft that was birthed as a high-altitude strategic bomber for the Royal Air Force (RAF) of the United Kingdom. With the growing concern of the Soviet Union in the Cold War, there was a need in 1947 for the RAF to develop a...
The F-5’s CADC Arms The Pilot With Flight Data
An F-5 Tiger II rips through the cloud bank at 19,000 feet, on the hunt for a U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper. The pilot’s F-5 Nemesis radar scans back and forth and locates a fast-moving target fifteen miles away. The obvious target is the F-16 aircraft and it’s moving...
7 Fast Facts About the Mirage F1
Flying low across the Chadian landscape, the two French Mirage F1 aircraft are hoping to see a radar signature from a radar station to their north. As they scream through the barren landscape, slipping between canyon rocks about 100 feet above the desert floor, a...
C-2 Greyhound Pilot Highly Focused During Carrier Landing – Split View
Any time a Naval Aviator is approaching the back of a carrier they are attempting to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. military - landing on it. It takes nerves of steel and intense concentration to bring a fast-moving aircraft like the F-18 Super...