All present day GPS systems including GlOSNASS are fairly easily locally jammed. And in fact, during large US exercises like RED FLAG, GPS jamming is done frequently. It forces the aviators to align their INS’s old fashioned ways and more frequent crosschecking of their INS position using other methods. The good news…

You got it backwards DM.. An aircraft with indicated airspeed of 85 mph at 5000 feet with a standard temperature is actually doing 93 mph over the ground. This assumes zero wind. Study your wiz-wheel (EA6B computer)

For some reason, I'm always confronting other commentators on this board, but the SR-71 was limited to subsonic flight below 10,000ft. You can do a search of the Dash 1 (the flight manual which was declassified) and refer to the performance charts. F-4s and F-14s had no problem flying formation with it a low altitude…

The flight control surfaces, elevators, rudder and spoilers (there are no airlerons) are all controlled by hydraulic actuators just like any large plane. Cables (this aircraft is not flybywire) run back to the tail and out to the wings to control these actuators from the steering column and rudders pedals. …

Actually, the minimum altitude above Death Valley National Monument is 2500' for environmental reasons. These videos were shot in a valley a few miles to the west of DV. Before the altitude restriction sometime in the 70s, the Thud (F-105s) pilots out of George AFB use to fly Death Valley at 100 ft to get a negative…

"Modern commercial jets can takeoff, fly, and land in nearly all weather and without the human pilot adjusting anything other than initial setup. ......"

"2) F-16s are notorious for flaming out and forcing the pilot to eject."

There is absolutely ZERO evidence that the transponder was switched off by a human hand. Every former NTSB investigator (and I know a few) will simply say "The transponder quit working!" and leave it at that until more facts come out.

90th Tac Fighter Squadron, Clark AB, Philippines, circa 1984. Vehicle was 'For Unofficial Use Only'..like for getting a case of San Miguel on Friday afternoons.

And one on 'Hooter's airlines'. Include plenty of photographs please!

I don't know if these gyrocopters are US, British, Russian or Chinese.. But sign me up for one and include the flight attendant please.

Looks to be a Piper PA-38 Tomahawk.

Judging by the photo, I don't believe they were shipping the dog anywhere. The Lab was the family pet, riding in the family light airplane flown by the family alpha dog. It's entirely possible the masters didn't know she was close to popping, or just thought that a possible birth at 5000' in the baggage stowage area…

And 727's also were authorized power backs..before they were put out to pasture.

Your an avionics guy..Let the egress people answer the question. All US fighters have a one man life raft integrated into the seat pack and deploy automatically in an ejection.

Almost as fascinating is the story of the the three America West pilots (one who was VP of operations and one who was the chief pilot) who bought a DC-6 and attempted to smuggle weed from South America in 1986. More on the story here:

So did Big Spring, TX (Webb AFB) and Laredo, TX (Laredo AFB). Local towns usually can't wait to get their hands on the real estate after the base closes thinking it's going to be an industrial air-park or something similar generating big bucks. More often than not, it turns out to be a bust.

Holy Shit! A whole herd of celebrity rhino's. Looks like Nellis AFB in Vegas...let's just say Circus Circus has landed!

Yup, a very fast truck and mainly a bomber. However, it did have several MIG kills and occasionally strafed targets..

Maybe for the Blue Angels. As far as the Thunderbirds go though, I think the Thud F-105 was marginally louder due to its hard light afterburner.