Cold War – The Aviationist

Shot Down 60 Years Ago Today: We Visit Gary Powers U-2 In Moscow Now.

May 1, 2020 Tom Demerly

U-2 Wreckage Is Haunting Insight Into The Cold War, Shows How Far We’ve Come. I grew up during the Cold War. We viewed the Soviet Union as our defacto enemy, an “evil empire” rooted in […]

Here are Some Great Aviation Book Recommendations for the COVID-19 Quarantine.

March 26, 2020 Tom Demerly David Cenciotti

Here is what The Aviationist Suggests You to Read During the Quarantine, Isolation or Stay at Home period. During our Instagram Live Story show on Tuesday, March 24, David Cenciotti and Tom Demerly got ideas […]

We Visit the Last Surviving Titan II Missile Silo in a Flashback to the Cold War

March 12, 2019 Tom Demerly

Arizona’s Remote Titan Missile Museum is a Rare Gem of Cold War History. Miss Christel Widera may be the sweetest grandmother you’ve ever met. A great sense of humor, wears a neatly turned out cardigan. […]

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

January 12, 2018 Tom Demerly

“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

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 […]