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Vought V-173: The Flying Pancake That Flew
1+ week, 3+ day ago (735+ words) by Connor Kerr | 21 luglio 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 comments It sat on the ground at twenty-two degrees nose-up, which meant the pilot could not see forward at all. To take off and land he looked down through windows cut…...
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf - Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (587+ words) Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf – Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino Vintage Aviation News Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-1945 by Ermanno Martino, reviewed by Joe May, available on Amazon. Ermanno Martino is greatly esteemed as a naval historian, especially regarding the Imperial Japanese…...
Seaman First Class Calvin Graham Was 12 Years Old Aboard the 45,233-Ton Battleship USS South Dakota at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Japanese Shellfire Killed 40 of Her Crew That Night.
23+ hour, 59+ min ago (267+ words) USS South Dakota lost electrical power, took repeated hits, and did not score. Twelve miles away, the USS Washington sank the Kirishima — the only one-on-one battleship kill of the American war....
The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (547+ words) The Soviets found both Maus tank wrecks, took the good turret off one and the good hull off the other, and welded them into a single working tank. It is still on display....
The Convair XFY Pogo: Fighter That Took Off Standing Up | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ week, 3+ day ago (729+ words) by Connor Kerr | 8. Mai 2026 | Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt | 0 comments Then he has to land it. By looking backwards over his shoulder. While the aircraft hovers vertically and falls, very slowly, towards the ground. Most pilots could not have done it....
Retired Navy Commander Mike Stock Gives His Perspective Of Being A Survivor Of PA-97 Helistat
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (1093+ words) MENTONE – Retired Navy Commander Mike Stock gave his perspective at being a survivor of the PA-97 Helistat crash at Rotors Over Mentone on Saturday, Sept. 12. Stock started the presentation by giving the history of the logging industry, and how there…...
USMC Harrier pilot on how fighter pilots can talk to an enemy aircraft in an air engagement
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (540+ words) Fighter pilots absolutely do not chat with each other in the way you see in the Top Gun movies: they know that anyone on the assigned frequency can hear what you say, unless you use encryption or other methods to…...
45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (717+ words) More than 3,000 workers in Norfolk built the battleship USS Alabama around the clock and finished in 30 months — nine months ahead of schedule. She was decommissioned after four and a half years....
Fold, Fire, Repeat: Foxtrot Mike’s VFM-9 Meets the Atrius FRS
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (48+ words) The VFM-9 was already a weird little folding 9mm. An Atrius Forced Reset Selector, some FAB Defense parts and roughly 800 rounds per minute made it even more interesting. The post Fold, Fire, Repeat: Foxtrot Mike’s VFM-9 Meets the Atrius FRS appeared…...
Japan's Electromagnetic Railgun Has Fired More Than 100 Shots Without Replacing Its Rails. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 on Its Own Railgun and Shut the Program Down in 2021.
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (709+ words) At times, the electromagnetic railgun has looked like the future of naval warfare. Replacing gunpowder and rocket propulsion with electrical currents that generate magnetic forces sufficient to accelerate a projectile down two conductive rails, the railgun promised to offer so…...