by Lee Cloer | Nov 15, 2019 | Jet Fridays, General Interest, Video
The XB-70 Valkyrie was the largest and fastest strategic bomber the United States ever built. It was designed to exceed Mach 3, or over 2301 mph, and had a service ceiling over 77,000 feet. It performed these speeds and reached these altitudes using six General...
by Lee Cloer | Nov 1, 2019 | General Interest, Jet Fridays
Black Rock Desert is a very flat and open expanse 100 miles north of Reno, Nevada. It’s also the home of two successful land speed records. This is not the story of one of those. A professional race car driver, Craig Breedlove, was determined to set the land speed...
by Lee Cloer | Oct 18, 2019 | General Interest
World War II is filled with many now-iconic events and stories. Forever woven into the tapestry of United States history are dates of Pearl Harbor: 7 Dec 1941; Doolittle Raids: 18 Apr 1943; Battle of Midway: 4 June 1942; D-day: 6 June 1944; Iwo Jima: 19 Feb 1945;...
by Lee Cloer | Oct 11, 2019 | General Interest, Jet Fridays, Video |
As popular an aircraft as the F-16 Fighting Falcon (Viper) is, it was not warmly welcomed when it was in development. Those against this small single-engine air superiority fighter were concerned it would be a threat to its larger big brother, the F-15 Eagle, a...
by Lee Cloer | Oct 4, 2019 | Video, General Interest, Jet Fridays |
In previous Jet Friday articles, we have covered the jet engine by showing how one works and how turbojets operate in extremely high altitudes at very high speeds. In this article, we will show you how a jet engine gets started. Though there are differences in how a...