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CO Detector Study

http://www.tc.faa.gov/its/worldpac/techrpt/ar0949.pdf

f-35b-lightning-ii-40-knt-approach-and-landing

http://www.aircraftowner.com/videos/view/f-35b-lightning-ii-40-knt-approach-and-landing_966.html?m=1

Builder's quote

fwd by Pete Z "Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own." --Arnold Bennett, British writer

cockpits

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/test/archives/2007/articles/jan_07/cockpits/cockpits.html Check out the Desert Hawk

lift

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"If you thought that lift on an airplane wing was created by the top of the wing, then you ought to re-consider. A man from the Greeley airport was flying his Citabria this week, and he heard a "pop". He flew back to the airport, in a normal fashion, and landed. He didn't know anything was amiss until he got out and looked at the wing. " This was sent to me from a friend who lives in Greeley CO. Roy

miniature OX-5 engine

http://airbum.com/NeatShtpix/NeatShtOX-5.html

SU-35 Wave Off

The interpertation of the short hand is NO GRADE: (LUR-X) OCTMP IM NEPIC-AR PNUAR-WO No Grade A little lined up right on start Over control Too Much Power in the middle Not enough power in close to at the ramp Pull nose up at the ramp Wave off I think it is a cut pass one grade below a no grade and would have sent him to beach. Had the wire caught (inflight engagement) it would have been a crash. I rode through a inflight as a NFO in the prowler and it wasn't even our fault. It wasn't near as heinous as this one. Tim

videos and pictures from Jet cockpits

http://www.jetphotos.com/ check out the Photo Gallery and the Videos.

The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447 By Gerald Traufetter

Follow this link to a longish article about concerning the Air France Crash. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,679980,00.html

Charlie Brown was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot - great truestory!

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Look carefully at the B-17 and note how shot up it is - one engine dead, tail, horizontal stabilizer and nose shot up.. It was ready to fall out of the sky. (This is a painting done by an artist from the description of both pilots many years later.) Then realize that there is a German ME-109 fighter flying next to it. Now read the story below. I think you'll be surprised ... Charlie Brown was a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot with the 379th Bomber Group at Kimbolton, England . His B-17 was called 'Ye Old Pub' and was in a terrible state, having been hit by flak and fighters. The compass was damaged and they were flying deeper over enemy territory instead of heading home to Kimbolton. After flying the B-17 over an enemy airfield, a German pilot named Franz Stigler was ordered to take off and shoot down the B-17. When he got near the B-17, he could not believe his eyes. In his words, he 'had never seen a plane in such a bad state'. The tail and rear section was severely da

will fly for free

This series is best described as "Ice Road Truckers" except with airplanes. http://www.willflyforfree.com