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Tales From The Cockpit: First Flight In A Eurofighter Typhoon Prototype

January 19, 2021 Fabio Consoli

First hand account of a test pilot’s first flight in a Eurofighter Typhoon prototype, 25 years ago. Editor’s note: Fabio Consoli is a former Italian Air Force test pilot and USAF Test Pilot School distinguished […]

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Vintage Video Shows F-104 Using “Tossing” Technique To Drop A Nuclear Bomb And Escape The Blast Effects

December 24, 2020 David Cenciotti

Footage shows the tactical nuclear weapon delivery technique used by the F-104 Starfighter (and many other aircraft). Although some of our readers may already have seen it, I still think the video of a tactical […]

Military Aviation

This Awesome Video Of A General Electric J79 Engine Shows The Theory Behind Afterburners And Variable Exhaust Nozzles

September 14, 2019 David Cenciotti

This is how one of the most famous jet engines works. Videos like the one below are interesting for several different reasons. They show the raw power of a jet engine working at different throttle/thrust […]

Aviation

Watch Starfighters’ TF-104 Intercept and Escort “One More Orbit” G650ER World Record Flight To NASA’s KSC

August 23, 2019 David Cenciotti

65 years since its first flight, the F-104s of the NASA’s KSC-based “Starfighters” continue to carry out a variety of missions for government and commercial customers. Starfighters operates the world’s only fleet of flight-ready F-104s. […]

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15 Years Ago Today, The Italian Air Force Bid Farewell To The F-104 Starfighter With A Memorable Airshow At Pratica di Mare

May 30, 2019 David Cenciotti

Few months before the retirement from the active service, the Aeronautica Militare organized an airshow to bid farewell to the iconic “manned missile”. The F-104 wrote the final chapter of its extraordinary career within the […]

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