Archive for the 'Aviation' category
Warbird Heritage Foundation’s F-86 Sabre Returns to the air
December 10, 2008 2:25 pmWarbird Heritage Foundation’s NAA F86F Sabre (N188RL/52-4986) took to the air on Dec. 7, 2008 at 10:45 AM for the first time in over a year. The WHF’s Sabre has been undergoing extensive maintenance in 2008.
The annual maintenace of this aircraft was covered in a thread on WIX that include numerous pictures and discussions on the project.
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Laser Gunship Fires; ‘Deniable’ Strikes Ahead?
August 20, 2008 9:04 amFrom blog.wired.com
Boeing announced today the first ever test firing of a real-life ray gun that could become US special forces’ way to carry out covert strikes with “plausible deniability.”
In tests earlier this month at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Boeing’s Advanced Tactical Laser — a modified C-130H aircraft — “fired its high-energy chemical laser through its beam control system. The beam control system acquired a ground target and guided the laser beam to the target, as directed by ATL’s battle management system.”
“By firing the laser through the beam control system for the first time, the ATL team has begun to demonstrate the functionality of the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft,” Boeing exec Scott Fancher said, in a statement.
Picture Of The Day – Flyby
April 26, 2008 9:43 am
Russian Mig 29 shoots down Georgian UAV
April 23, 2008 6:24 amOkay Okay, its not a warbirds, but it’s still cool
January 13, 2008 5:52 amFound On YouTube – How A Radial Engine Works
January 10, 2008 10:04 pmFound On YouTube – P-3 Orion
January 1, 2008 4:08 amFound On YouTube – Blue Angels low solo pass
December 31, 2007 2:09 amFound On YouTube – USS Bataan carrier operations
December 30, 2007 2:00 amColorful F-16 represents 90 years of history
December 7, 2007 7:41 am
“An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the Texas Air National Guard’s 111th Fighter Squadron flies with a special paint job in honor of the squadron?s 90th anniversary. All the colors and markings have specific meanings, reflecting the unit?s nine-decade history. (Photo courtesy of John Dibbs)”
