by Lee Cloer | Jun 15, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
When you take your family to an airshow, you’ll see a lot of civilian aircraft parked near the runway that you can walk in and around. There will be flight demonstrations of specialty aircraft and sometimes aerobatic demonstrations that will amaze both children and...
by Lee Cloer | May 18, 2018 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
In 1907, the U.S. Air Force, which was originally part of the United States Army as the Aeronautical Division using balloons for observation, took its first steps to leave the earth by requesting bids for heavier-than-air aircraft. In July 1909, with President Taft...
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...
