CIA Deception Saved the Downed F-15E Weapons Officer
Related: F-15E Down Over Iran — Crew Fate Unknown Quick Facts EventRescue of F-15E Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) shot down over Iran DateApril 5, 2026 — approximately 36 hours after shootdown on April 3 Aircraft LostF-15E Strike Eagle (494th Fighter Squadron, 48th...
Albert Ball: The Boy Hero Who Hated Killing — And Couldn’t Stop
Quick FactsNationalityBritish 🇬🇧Aerial Victories44Aircraft FlownNieuport 17, SE.5, Bristol ScoutWarsWorld War IBorn / Died14 Aug 1896 – 7 May 1917 (age 20)UnitNo. 11 Sqn RFC, No. 56 Sqn RFC St. Louis Post-Dispatch of St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 1943 — via...
Supercruise: The F-22 Outruns Everything Without Afterburner
Quick Facts: SupercruiseDefinitionSustained supersonic flight without afterburnerFirst Operational FighterF-22 Raptor (2005)Supercruise SpeedMach 1.5+ (approx. 1,000 mph / 1,600 km/h)Engine2x Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100Thrust (each, dry)~26,000 lb (est.)Fuel...
Flight 961: The Hijacking That Ended in the Ocean
Quick Facts FlightEthiopian Airlines Flight 961 DateNovember 23, 1996 AircraftBoeing 767-260ER (ET-AIZ) RouteAddis Ababa to Nairobi (diverted by hijackers) CaptainLeul Abate (Ethiopian Airlines) Passengers/Crew175 total (163 passengers, 12 crew) Survivors50 of 175...
The Ejection Seat: 12,000 Lives Saved by Controlled Violence
Quick Facts InventionThe rocket-powered ejection seat Lives SavedOver 12,000 worldwide (all manufacturers combined) First Use (Combat)January 1945 — Luftwaffe pilot in a Heinkel He 162 Leading ManufacturerMartin-Baker (UK) — 7,700+ lives saved, seats in 93 air forces...
World’s Only Airworthy Yak-7B Takes Flight at Wanaka
Quick Facts AircraftYakovlev Yak-7B (Flugwerk reproduction, ZK-YKB) StatusOnly airworthy Yak-7B in the world First FlightMarch 26, 2026 — Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, NZ OwnerMike O’Rourke (New Zealand) Restored ByJEM Aviation, Blenheim (Jay McIntyre)...
How to Read the Sky Like a Pilot
Quick Facts Cloud FamiliesHigh (cirrus), Middle (alto), Low (stratus), Vertical development (cumulus/cumulonimbus) Key Warning SignsAnvil-shaped cumulonimbus (thunderstorms), lenticular clouds (mountain wave turbulence), rapidly building cumulus (convection) Wind...
471 Pages to Reinvent How America Trains Pilots
Quick Facts ReportComprehensive Modernization of Part 141 Training Organizations Length471 pages Prepared ByNational Flight Training Alliance ReleasedApril 1, 2026 Comment DeadlineApril 10, 2026 (10 days) Key ProposalsCentral Management Office, SMS for all schools,...
Artemis II: Fighter Pilots Fly to the Moon
Quick Facts MissionArtemis II — first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 (1972) Launch DateApril 1, 2026, Kennedy Space Center, Florida CrewCDR Reid Wiseman, PLT Victor Glover, MS Christina Koch (NASA), MS Jeremy Hansen (CSA) SpacecraftOrion MPCV atop Space Launch...
Delta Picks Amazon Over Starlink for In-Flight Wi-Fi
Quick Facts AirlineDelta Air Lines Provider SelectedAmazon Leo (Project Kuiper LEO satellite constellation) RejectedSpaceX Starlink Aviation Aircraft Equipped500 (approximately 40% of fleet) SpeedsUp to 1 Gbps download, 400 Mbps upload per aircraft Installation...
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