Take a trip with Mike Machat around Idlewild and John F. Kennedy International Airport during the magical era from Props to Jets. Subscribe to Mike Machat’s “Celebrating Aviation” YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivSCpBJdNkACW_3G-C4nCA/videos
This United States update (World Update 2) features an improved digital elevation model with resolution up to one meter, along with new aerial textures for significantly better appearance in several states across the country. Add to that, four new hand-crafted airports (Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth, Friday Harbor, and New York Stewart),..
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Famous aviation artist and historian, Mike Machat, shares many of the fascinating details of the discovery and exploration of the flight regime at and above the speed of sound.
After 10 years of perseverance and more than 1.5 million man-hours of work, noted warbird restorer Tom Reilly, EAA 802376, brought his XP-82 Twin Mustang to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019.
This Pre-Flight press conference was conducted on July 5th, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins before their Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon. The box structure behind them was put in place, along with ventilation fans blowing air away from them, to reduce the..
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At the end of April 2019, for the first time in the 30-year history of the U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber program, video footage showing the cockpit of a Spirit stealth bomber was released by Dallas-based film producer Jeff Bolton. The historic video provided a rare glimpse into the..
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By David Cenciotti On Jul. 31, 2018 the first prototype of the Bell V-280 Valor, registration N280BH, performed a flight demo for invited media and dignitaries at Bell Helicopter Amarillo Assembly Center. The V-280 Valor is Bell’s submission for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) phase, the technology..
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CIA A-12 pilot Lt. Col. Frank Murray (USAF retired) was assigned to Area 51 during CIA A-12 Project Oxcart, and was one of six CIA pilots chosen to fly surveillance missions in the A-12 at Mach-3 and 90,000 ft. over Southeast Asia during Operation Black Shield. Operation Black Shield Forty-five..
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Mike Machat, official Douglas Aircraft Company artist, historian, author, and previous owner/editor/publisher of Wings & Airpower magazines, presents a compendium of the history and achievements of Donald Douglas and the company he founded. For More Information… Visit Mike Machat’s web site: http://www.mikemachat.com Mike Machat Aviation Art on Instagram:Â https://www.instagram.com/mike_machat_aviation_art/ History..
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Pan Am promo film from 1959 featuring fantastic scenes of B-707s. Also included are some lovely DC-8 scenes near the end. A must for Pan Am & Boeing 707 fans, this one is a real treat. Boeing 707 Touch & Go, Departure, and Landing Great Planes Boeing 707 Documentary Tex..
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