Archive for November, 2013

Light Sport Aircraft Lands on Make-Shift Carrier at Sea

Posted on November 4th, 2013 · Posted in Gun Camera Videos

With footage of six cameras including from inside the aircraft. Whilst filming how a small aircraft does aerial photography at sea, the “just in case something goes wrong” flat area for emergency landings just looks too good, so I cannot restrain myself and get away with landing on the moving..
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Story of finding the B-29 Superfortress ‘Kee-Bird’ in Greenland

Posted on November 4th, 2013 · Posted in Gun Camera Videos

Article courtesy of War History Online. The “Kee Bird” was a United States Army Air Forces B-29-95-BW Superfortress, 45-21768, of the 46th Reconnaissance Squadron, that became marooned after making an emergency landing in northwest Greenland during a secret Cold War spying mission on 21 February 1947. Although the entire crew..
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Lockheed-Martin SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft, Twice as fast as the Blackbird

Posted on November 1st, 2013 · Posted in Aviation News

In 1976, U.S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird crews flew from New York to London in less than two hours, reaching speeds exceeding Mach 3 and setting world records that have held up for nearly four decades. But those world records may not stay unbroken for long. That’s because today, at..
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