by Lee Cloer | Apr 13, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
We have shared video footage of F-18 Hornets piloted by the Navy’s Blue Angels as they put on air shows in previous Jet Friday posts. We have also shown you low flying jets on training maneuvers just above the landscape, zipping through canyons and into snowy mountain...
by Lee Cloer | Mar 30, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays |
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are more commonplace today than they were in 1970. Often, these unmanned technological marvels are operated remotely by a ground-based controller, from take-off, through the mission, and during landing. Still, even a UAV will not land in...
by Lee Cloer | Mar 9, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
A dogfight between a Dutch F-16 Fighting Falcon and an American F-15 Eagle—This video is shot from two angles inside the cockpit of the F-16. One perspective is forward facing off the starboard side of the pilot’s helmet and the other from the port side of the...
by Lee Cloer | Feb 9, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
The F-5 Tiger II is a light fighter that was developed to be a high-performance day superiority aircraft. When loaded, the F-5 weighs only 15,745 lb compared to the F-16 at 26,500 lb. Combine that with its two turbojets propelling it to a maximum speed of 1,060 mph, a...
by Lee Cloer | Jan 19, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
A Marine infantry squad is assigned house-to-house clearing of a couple of small buildings in a small village. The Marines have already pushed through four of them with little resistance. Dividing the village is a rough, dirt-covered street and on the other side are...
