Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
On the afternoon of August 9, 1896, Otto Lilienthal took off from a hillside near Stölln, Germany, in his standard monoplane glider — the same machine he had flown hundreds of times before. A sudden gust caught him wrong. The glider stalled. He fell from about 15...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Quick Facts Pilot Sub-Lieutenant Ian “Soapy” Watson, Royal Navy Aircraft British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 (serial ZA176) Date June 1, 1983 Ship MV Alraigo — a Spanish container vessel Location Atlantic Ocean, approximately 50 miles south of the Canary...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Quick Facts Operation Black Buck 1 (first of seven missions, April 30 – May 1, 1982) Aircraft Avro Vulcan B.2 (XM607, 101 Squadron RAF) Crew Captain Flight Lieutenant Martin Withers Distance ~8,000 miles round trip (Ascension Island to Port Stanley and back) Flight...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Datos brevesNacionalidadFrancés 🇫🇷Victorias aéreas75 (oficial) - posiblemente 127 en totalAeronaves voladasSPAD VII, SPAD XIIIGuerrasPrimera Guerra MundialNacido/fallecido27 de marzo de 1894 - 18 de junio de 1953 (59 años)UnidadEscadrille N103 “Les Cigognes” René Fonck 02 - a través de Wikimedia Commons El...
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
In 1799, a 26-year-old Yorkshire baronet engraved a small silver disc with two drawings — one on each side. On one face: a diagram of the forces acting on a wing in flight, showing lift, drag, and thrust as separate vectors. On the other: a sketch of a fixed-wing...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Quick FactsOfficial NameUnited States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) programFoundedMarch 3, 1969, NAS Miramar, CaliforniaFounderLt. Cdr. Dan “Yank” Pedersen — the “Godfather of TOPGUN”Why It Was CreatedThe Ault Report revealed Navy kill ratios had...
Mundo de la aviación, Historia y leyendas
Quick FactsConcorde’s SpeedMach 2.04 (2,180 km/h) — London to New York in 3.5 hoursConcorde Service1976–2003 (27 years, British Airways and Air France)Modern Cruise SpeedMach 0.78–0.85 — slower than the Boeing 707 cruised in 1958Why We Slowed DownEconomics (fuel...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Quick FactsFirst Claimed Jet-vs-Jet KillNovember 8, 1950 — 1st Lt. Russell J. Brown (F-80C) vs. MiG-15 (disputed by Soviet records)First Confirmed KillNovember 9, 1950 — Lt. Cdr. William T. Amen (F9F Panther) vs. Captain Mikhail Grachev (MiG-15)TheatreNorthwest Korea,...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Datos rápidosNacionalidadFrancesa 🇫🇷Victorias aéreas54Aviones pilotadosNieuport 12/16/23, SPAD VII/XIIIGuerrasPrimera Guerra MundialNacimiento/Fallecimiento24 dic. 1894 – 11 sep. 1917 (22 años)UnidadEscuadrilla N3 “Les Cigognes” Ww guynemer 01 — vía Wikimedia Commons Francia tuvo muchos héroes en la...
Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar
Quick Facts Nationality American 🇺🇸 Born / Died January 24, 1922 – October 25, 2016 (age 94) Wars World War II Aircraft Flown Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, F-86 Sabre, F-100 Super Sabre, Aero Commander Shrike — and virtually every American fighter of the jet...
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