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FIFTH GENERATION?

Mosquito fighter-bomber, the first "fifth-generation"fighter? It has been said that one of the most important reasons for Canada acquiring the F-35 is that it is the only fifth-generation fighter available. So just what is a fifth generation fighter anyway ...

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Posted: 8 days ago

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The Spey-Powered Phantom Changes

This is a draft post addressing the fuselage shape differences between the J79-powered F-4J Phantom and the Spey-Powered F-4K M Phantoms. As it happens, my first job after college was working for McDonnell Aircraft as a junior flight test engineer on the F ...

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Posted: 13 days ago

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2006 07 17 RIAT departure day

A week of heat, sun and action can sum up the RIAT 2006 experience. Today was the last day at Fairford with the departures of all aircrafts and helicopters.It'sa great joyto see so many take-offs of all participanting countries in a few houres time. As alw ...

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Posted: 2 weeks ago

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Planes of Fame 2012 Preview

Check out these AMAZING air to air shots courtesy of ASM contributor Matt Shinavar These were taken at the media preview for the Planes of Fame airshow in Chino, CA. Youll find some more stunning shots and his report below. On May 5 and 6 the Planes of Fam ...

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Posted: 3 weeks ago

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Fwd: Collings Foundation's April eNews

Above photos by Mark Goldman 4 25-4 27 San Diego, CA (B-17, B-24 P-51) Airport Gillespie Field 4 27-4 30 Carlsbad, CA (B-17, B-24 P-51) Airport McClellan-Palomar Airport 4 30-5 2 Ramona, CA (B-17, B-24 P-51) Airport Ramona Airport 5 2-5 4 Murrieta, CA (B-1 ...

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Posted: 3 weeks ago

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2006 07 15 RIAT day 1

This years Royal International Air Tattoo was held at 15 16 July, with on both days absolutely great weather with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius. Main themes of this years RIAT where the Rapid Global Effect and the Army Aviation. This time the RIAT h ...

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Posted: 4 weeks ago

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1/48 CH8 Hasegawa McDonnell Douglas F-4 British Phantom FGR1 25th Anniversary : South Lanarkshire : £45

1 48 CH8 Hasegawa McDonnell Douglas F-4 British Phantom FGR1 25th Anniversary Plus updated nosecone and Xtra decal set for 43 and 111 Squadrons RAF Leuchars. Limited issue High Grade kit with cast metal landing gear, wheels seats ect +much more, very large ...

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Posted: 4 weeks ago

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E.D. Francis Jr. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II Test Pilot, 1966

Like this Like Be the first to like this post. This entry was posted on April 16, 2012 by jetpilotoverseas . It was filed under 1960's , L-2b , Test Pilot , USAF . Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an i ...

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Posted: 1 month ago

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“Refuel Over Alaska” by Dale Jackson

A KC-135A Stratotanker refuels a B-52G Stratofortress while an F-4E Phantom II and T-33A Shooting Star fly in formation. It took approximately 60 hours it took to complete this art with about 16 hours involved in research. The serial numbers were supplied ...

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2006 07 12 RIAT Fairford arrival day 1

RIAT 2006 opened for business with the tradition first arrival by a USAF ACC B-52H Stratofortress. Stars of the day were from Greece and Turkey.The Hellenic Air Forcecame witha pair of A-7E Corsair II, one of which was the example in a spectacular tiger sc ...

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Posted: 1 month ago