You go out for a nice dinner with your friends at one of the best restaurants in the city. You have enough budget to savor anything you want. Being a sensible man, you order a soup, main course and a dessert. Your tummy is full now but you still h…
Advantage: speed. When we hear of the Mosquito we almost always hear about wood construction and light weight - but it was the selection of balsa wood that was really brilliant. Balsa, one of the lightest of all woods can also be one of the stronges…
YES - in by a huge amount Which is why only the military uses jets!! Those engines on the Airbus or Boeing you see they are not “jets” they are turbofans The basic equation is simple Thrust = mass flow rate x “exhaust” speed But the Power = Mass flo…
That’s a legitimate question, and kudos for not just automatically declaring “ergo conspiracy”. In fact, the damage caused by the aircraft impacting the towers — even at the high rate of speed they were traveling — was not fatal to either tower. The…
The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production models of the F-111 had roles that included attack (e.g. interdiction), strategic bombing (including nuclear weapons capabilities), reco…
As an F-4 pilot during Vietnam I had studied and trained extensively on how to fight a MiG-17. Unfortunately I never actually got the chance to fight one in real life in that war. Ironically in later years during the constant-peg-secret-migs-in-the-…
Is it true that the A-10 Warthog is not all that effective Depending on whom you ask it's considered the most lethal and effective combat aircraft in history. and can barely penetrate tank armor? You need to be more specific in saying that it…
Definitely yes. It had the best payload of the three (11 short tons or 9979 kg), was fastest of the three (245 knots) and had the smallest crew (seven). It was far more versatile and modifiable than either B-17 or B-24 and it had the second longesty…
The B-17 did not perform poorly in the Pacific. The B-24 carried a heavier bomb load over longer ranges a bit faster than the B-17. On the other hand, the B-17 was easier to fly especially at altitude, could fly higher than the B-24, and was conside…
