Cold War – The Aviationist

That Time the Luftwaffe Experimented with a Rocket-Launched F-104G Starfighter

January 12, 2018 Tom Demerly 17

“Zero Length Launch” Was Tested in Germany on an F-104G. Here’s the Video. Almost every aviation enthusiast has probably seen the famous June 1957 test videos of a North American F-100 Super Saber being launched […]

“We Did Barrel Rolls Around Tu-95s At The Request Of The Soviets”: F-4 WSO Explains The Story Of The Phantom Upside Down Near Bear

December 9, 2017 David Cenciotti 13

Here are some memories from the Weapon Systems Officer who shot the famous photograph of the F-4 flying inverted near a Soviet Tu-95 Bear bomber. Last week we have published a blurry shot of a […]

U.S. Air Force A-10 pilot who took part in a famous mission that knocked out 23 Iraqi tanks logs 6,000 hours in the Warthog

December 2, 2016 David Cenciotti 3

Whiteman Thunderbolt pilot has spent the equivalent of 250 days flying the A-10 “tankbuster” across the world (including 11 combat deployments.) On Nov. 14, 2016, Lt. Col. John Marks, a pilot with the 303rd Fighter […]

The most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian planes since 2013 in one infographic

May 21, 2015 David Cenciotti 13

Mapped, all the most interesting close encounters between NATO and Russian warplanes all around the world since 2013. Last week, all those readers who completed a quick survey on The Aviationist were given the possibility […]

Surreal aerial footage of old Soviet warbirds in the east of Germany (filmed by drone)

November 4, 2014 David Cenciotti 6

Extremely cool footage of some old Soviet combat planes in a Cold War atmosphere. Here’s a really interesting footage filmed by a quadcopter drone with some surreal close ups of MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-22, […]