The same warhead was used in atomic demolition munitions.

I know the microsecond-level accuracy needed in detonating the U.S. miniaturized W-78 thermonuclear warhead. I learned it while on a visit to Pantex where I witnessed explosives testing (used in the warhead’s primary). A more likely threat from DPRK ( in my opinion and described in my novel EDGE OF HEAVEN in 2009) is…

Here’s some background information of what you just saw, same relative speeds, altitude and rate of climb. I wrote and co-directed this for Aviation Week in Paris in 1987:

Funny to see how high the pilot flew on afterburner to avoid breaking windows... in a town where I assume there were a few broken windows anyway. Here’s my encounter with a B-1 on burner:

Look at the horrible font used in this rendering and you see how important every little detail is in industrial design. I have the film positives used by Air Force One’s designer Loewy to consider the final font he used. The man was a genius: Avanti, Coke machines, Greyhound bus (I also own a rendering of his of the…

This orange paint scheme was an intermediate one, created by the same French designer Raymond Loewy who came up with the blue scheme known today. I am lucky enough to have original artwork of Loewy, including the logo font style renderings which replaced that seen in this photo for UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Mrs John…