RNZAF double the capability as the 2nd Boeing 757 has just returned

Posté le 19 février 2009 de Toni G.

Military aircraft - RNZAF Boeing B-757 The second of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Boeing 757 aircraft has returned to New Zealand from Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Alabama after a significant airframe and avionics upgrade.

Text and photo: © RNZAF 2009

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The citizens of Danville, California honor their hero Chesley « Sully » Sullenberg, the flight 1549’s pilot

Posté le 25 janvier 2009 de Toni G.

Jim Zwayer and Bill Weaver took off that day – January 25th, 1966 !

Posté le 25 janvier 2009 de Toni G.

SR71 Blackbird – USAF photo by Tech SGT Michael Haggerty – Source: www.af.mil

This unbelievable test flight happened in 1966, and remained top secret for decades given the constraints of the Cold war at that time. You can read this breath-taking story in browsing into Google. Type – SR-71 Blackbird breakup at Mach 3.18 – (or click on this link, then on the first webpage of the Google list proposed). Plant yourself firmly in an armchair, then you can start to read the most amazing aeronautical report I have ever read!

NEW HUDSON JET WATER-LANDING VIDEO

Posté le 19 janvier 2009 de Toni G.

Pilots simulate Chesley Sullenberg’s feat – ditching into Hudson river

Posté le 17 janvier 2009 de Toni G.