Monday, February 26, 2018

F-111A vs B - What Drove the Weight?

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Another opportunity to set the internet record straight: what drove the F-111's empty weight? Some assume that it was the Navy's c...
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Friday, February 16, 2018

One More Time, The Grumman F12F

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This is not the Grumman F12F: It is the Grumman Design 118, proposed to the Navy in December 1955. The Navy rejected it because they di...
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Saturday, February 10, 2018

The A-12 Avenger II Program - The Fat Lady Finally Sang

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I'm embarrassed to say that I neglected to cap this story off when she did back on 24 January 2014. The settlement, according to a Reute...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Pre-war Downward-Vision Windows

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One of the interesting features I noticed early on as I grew better acquainted with the history and development of U.S. Navy carrier-bas...
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Sunday, October 1, 2017

The First Supersonic U.S. Navy Fighter?

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Revised 14 May 2021 to add more information about the F4D Skyray The statement that the F8U/F-8 Crusader was the first is in the subtitle of...
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Saturday, September 30, 2017

Vought F-8 Crusader by William D. Spidle

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If you're considering buying this book—and you really should if you have any interest in carrier-based airplanes—note the subtitle. I...
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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Brewster F2A Buffalo

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I have a soft spot for unappreciated or much maligned aircraft as you could tell from the subjects of most of my monographs, i.e. soft-cover...