Friday, March 13, 2020

U.S. Navy 1950s Light-Attack Jet Programs

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By January 1952, nuclear weapons light enough to be carried by tactical fighters and bombers had been qualified and were being stockpiled. ...
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Saturday, September 28, 2019

Angelo Romano's USN Electronic Aggressors Parts 1 and 2

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Angelo sent me copies of his latest monographs a couple of months ago. They are so impressive and comprehensive that my words failed me wh...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

F8U-3 vs F4H-1 Dogfights at Patuxent River?

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Often when the subject of the Vought F8U-3 comes up on the internet, someone posts something like "Crusader 3 test pilots would oft...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

U.S. Navy F-84 Thunderjet

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When I first saw this picture I thought it might have been Photoshopped: The designation, F84-CKX, also looked bogus (the dash number is...
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Scooter!

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The first edition of Scooter! has been selling for silly prices on Amazon so Crécy decided to publish a second one. I've corrected typos...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Well, That Was Colorful

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On 4 November 1981, a visiting Marine pilot flying an RF-4B made his first catapult launch in a Phantom, which required a bit of finesse ...
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Friday, November 16, 2018

Birth of a Legend, McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II

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I've been perfecting my latest and very likely last monograph/book for almost as long as my first, U.S. Naval Air Superiority . At s...
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