Articles by Tom Demerly

About Tom Demerly

Tom Demerly is a feature writer, journalist, photographer and editorialist who has written articles that are published around the world on TheAviationist.com, TACAIRNET.com, Outside magazine, Business Insider, We Are The Mighty, The Dearborn Press & Guide, National Interest, Russia’s government media outlet Sputnik, and many other publications. Demerly studied journalism at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan. Tom Demerly served in an intelligence gathering unit as a member of the U.S. Army and Michigan National Guard. His military experience includes being Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Georgia (Cycle C-6-1) and as a Scout Observer in a reconnaissance unit, Company “F”, 425th INF (RANGER/AIRBORNE), Long Range Surveillance Unit (LRSU). Demerly is an experienced parachutist, holds advanced SCUBA certifications, has climbed the highest mountains on three continents and visited all seven continents and has flown several types of light aircraft.

We Got A Spectacular Close Look At The Darkstar Movie Prop That Broke Cover at Edwards AFB

October 14, 2022 Tom Demerly

Convincingly Real Darkstar Movie Prop from “Top Gun: Maverick” Will Display with SR-71. It’s a movie prop, but it’s a very convincing movie prop. The hypothetical U.S. Navy, Lockheed Skunk Works Darkstar hypersonic test aircraft […]

Report: Lockheed Skunk Works Darkstar Movie Prop to be At Edwards Air Show

October 7, 2022 Tom Demerly

Fictional Movie Prop From “Top Gun: Maverick” Will Appear at STEM Display. The fictional movie prop of the Darkstar hypersonic test aircraft featured in the opening scene of “Top Gun: Maverick”, will be on static […]

Check Out This Crazy Video of a NOAA Aircraft Flying inside Hurricane Ian

September 29, 2022 Tom Demerly

Extreme Turbulence, Equipment Flying, Mattresses Falling and a Very Cool Crew! A video surfaced yesterday across social media and news outlets of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration member Nick Underwood on a weather surveillance flight […]

Could Sabotage Have Caused Nord Stream Pipeline Ruptures? And If So, How?

September 28, 2022 Tom Demerly

Naval Capabilities Exist That Could Have Caused the Nord Stream Pipeline Damage. It’s a non-fiction story that fiction writers like Tom Clancy or Ian Fleming could have dug their teeth into: a pair of mysterious […]

U-2 Dragon Lady Thrills Miramar Crowd with ‘Touch And Go’ During Display

September 27, 2022 Tom Demerly

U-2 Pilot Wearing High Altitude Pressure Suit Made Approaches with McLaren Chase Car. While appearances of the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft have become more common at western U.S. airshows, it’s still a little unusual […]