Antiskid anyone?
It's not easy to slow down a heavy B744 Jumbo after a high and fast approach....
Photo: flying with bent propeller blades or mobile phone's camera oddity?
These pictures were shot by a friend of mine who was flying a two ship formation with another SF-260EA. The images are beautiful but what make them more interesting is…
S.79 Sparviero Torpedo Bombers Versus Royal Navy In The Mediterranean Sea in WWII
Nicknamed "Gobbo Maledetto" (Italian for "Damned Hunchback" - although it's not clear whether this nickname was genuine or created by the Fascist propaganda) for its distinctive fuselage “hump”, the S.79…
Fighter generations comparison chart
The appearance of the new J-20 (unofficially dubbed "Black Eagle") raised many questions about the Chinese stealth fighter. Some experts think it will be more capable than the F-22; others…
Clear to land, runway 18…..sorry….runway 19
When I landed in Tampa in 2005 I couldn't imagine that the runway 18 that was used our Song Airlines B757 would be renumbered in a matter of a few…
Modern fighters: why so similar?
Let's make it simple. According to aircraft designers (often accused of copying from other projects....), modern fighters are similar one another because computers model more or less in the same…
