History & Legends, Military Aviation
By the late afternoon of Saturday, 27 October 1962, the men of Soviet submarine B-59 had very little left to breathe. The boat had been at sea for almost four weeks, hiding from the US Navy in the warm water north of Cuba, and her batteries were nearly flat. With the...
Fighter Flights, History & Legends, MiG-29 Flight, Military Aviation
To start with: What is the Sound Barrier? The “sound barrier” refers to the point at which an object travels at the speed of sound, also known as Mach 1. Sound travels as pressure waves through a medium like air, and its speed depends on factors like temperature and...
Amazing Aviation Stories, Aviation History, Aviation World, Cold War, Experimental Aircraft, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Videos
The F-104 Starfighter, known as the “missile with a man in it,” is already one of the most iconic aircraft ever built. With its supersonic speed, razor-thin wings, and futuristic profile, the F-104 seemed like something plucked straight out of science...
Amazing Aviation Stories, Aviation History, History & Legends, Military Aviation, WWI
The Luckiest Man Alive Imagine this: it’s 1918, the skies over Europe are a chaotic ballet of whirling biplanes, and our star, Captain John H. Hedley, is perched in the back of a Bristol F.2B, a two-seater fighter, with his pilot, Captain Reginald...
Amazing Aviation Stories, Aviation History, Bomber aircrafts, Cold War, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Soviet
The Flight of HOBO 28: A Cozy Catastrophe Imagine, if you will, a B-52G Stratofortress, a titan of the skies, soaring over the frigid expanse of Greenland. It’s 1968, and this isn’t just any flight; HOBO 28 carries four Mark 28 F1 hydrogen bombs, each a...
Amazing Aviation Stories, Aviation History, History & Legends, Military Aviation, WWII
Margaret Horton was a Leading Aircraftwoman in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during World War II. She was stationed at RAF Hibaldstow, a satellite of Kirton Lindsey in Lincolnshire. Horton worked as a flight mechanic, and her duties included sitting on...
History & Legends
All of them from the tiny French speaking part of Switzerland! Yves Rossy [ted id=1271] Claude Nicollier Bertrand Piccard (Balloon – Solar Impulse) [ted id=723] Vibrant Aviation industry: Swiss Space Systems Related QuestionsWho are Switzerland’s most...
History & Legends, Military Aviation
http://iliketowastemytime.com/facts-you-didnt-know-about-sr71-blackbird Related QuestionsWhat was the SR-71 Blackbird?The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was an American long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the fastest air-breathing crewed jet ever built,...
Amazing Aviation Stories, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Pilots
Pardo’s Push – an incredible story of flying skills and bravery In the realm of aviation, stories of heroism and bravery often take center stage, capturing the essence of the human spirit. Among these extraordinary tales is the remarkable account known as...
Aviation World, History & Legends, Space
The story we are about to tell you today is closely connected to everything we love about aviation: risk, exploration of the unknown, and overcoming barriers that once seemed insurmountable. The legendary X-15 rocket plane, which continues to captivate aviation...
Aircraft Carriers, Aviation World, Bomber aircrafts, Experimental Aircraft, Fighter Jets, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Soviet
Having been able to offer flights in some amazing aircraft such as the Mach 2.8 monster Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat, we at MiGFlug always had a soft spot for the fantastic Soviet creations that saw the daylight. After all, the interest in that stuff and all related...
Aviation World, Fighter Flights, History & Legends, Military Aviation, Pilots, Reconnaissance, Space, World Records Aviation
As you probably know the SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest plane in the world, at least when we do not take rocket planed into account (otherwise the winner would be the X-15). There is a funny story about the Blackbird – coming from “Sled Driver”...
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