General Interest
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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...
In Reality, the First 10 Minutes of Top Gun Would Have Been A Whole Lot Different
When you think of aircraft stationed on a US aircraft carrier, the first plane that comes to mind is likely a fighter attack aircraft like the F/A-18E Super Hornet. However, the safety and welfare of the battle group depend just as heavily on two lesser-known...
Playing the Bad Guy (Adversary Air) Around the World
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” ― Leonardo da Vinci One dream many children around the world have is to grow up to fly, most likely to be a...
Jet Friday – Introducing the F-16C – Early 80s Video from Inside the Cockpit
When the F-16A/B Fighting Falcon was first introduced into service over four decades ago, it was developed to be a premier air superiority aircraft. To gain the advantage over its opponent in a dogfight, the F-16 was designed with a one-piece polycarbonate bubble...
Jet Friday: The SLUF A-7 Corsair II
The A-4 Skyhawk was a single-seat delta wing subsonic jet-powered carrier-capable aggressor aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. It was instrumental during the Vietnam War, launching from carriers stationed at Yankee Station in the South China Sea just...
Australia’s Beautiful Landscapes From an F-18 Cockpit – RAAF Hornet Ball 2020
Each year the U.S. Navy celebrates the expeditionary flights of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet strike-fighter community in an event called the Hornet Ball. To demonstrate the achievements of the pilots and their aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet, the Navy shares a compilation...
“What Does That Button Do?” A Fighter Pilot Identifies F-15 Cockpit Controls
The F-15 fighter jet is an all-weather tactical fighter that is highly maneuverable with superior acceleration. Even though it was introduced in 1976, this twin-engine jet is still one of the U.S. Air Force’s top air superiority fighter jets. It has an impressive...
Time Lapse of Desert Storm’s Air War on Day 1
On January 16, 1991, coalition armed forces led by the United States and comprised of 35 other countries were in the final hours of preparation. A United Nations resolution deadline of January 15, 1991, stating Iraq should leave Kuwait had passed. For many weeks,...
