I thought it might be fun to check the retirement dates of famous jet fighters, say post WWII. Could be extended to attack jets and propeller fighters too. Also foreign types.
Last F-80C: Uruguay, 1970 https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p80_12.html
Last F-84G: Portugal, 1975...
Vladas Kensgaila was born on September 23, 1933 in the village Bikavėnai, in the Šilutė district of Lithuania. Vladas was very proud that this was also the year that his heroes Stephen Darius and Stasys Girėnas flew across the Atlantic (a landmark which would have a strong impact on his career...
Here is a recap of all IS- and SWD- designations. For each I have provided a link to a Polish page whenever possible (many other pages exist, notably Wikipedia). The IS- series stopped with IS-7, which became the SWD-7. Apparently the SWD-6X was previously designated IS-6X, but that designation...
I think post ww2 more ships have been damaged and sunk by mines than any other weapon
Yet it’s barely talked about and most navies devote proportionally less resources to it
What can be done to change that post ww2 ?
Hi,
I've been looking into the Royal Ordnance 'RO2004' light tank design that was built in the late 80s/early 90s; and am now looking for more information regarding its armament.
The tank was armed with a 105mm L7 derivative, called the Improved Weapon System (IWS).
Supposedly it had:
- A...
A YouTube series covering 'Numbers Stations' quasi-mysterious shortwave stations, which are widely suspected to be used by various intelligence agencies to contact agents in the field. This series is covering the stations one at a time. When they were more common (In the 1970 - 2000s) time...
Well-known French journalist, author, pilot, THE voice of aerial meetings in France (La Ferté-Alais air show, Salon du Bourget air show, Paris Villaroche Air Legend and so on). He was 78 y.o.
1980s
1990s
cold war
computing
early 21st century
kingdom of the netherlands
late 20th century
national institute for subatomic physics
nikhef
post-coldwar
Hi, I have been studying the details of the cancelled projects in the past and drawing artwork of they.
Many projects have not been drawn or drawn incorrectly, and my dream is to complete them.
Harbin H-5 Light bomber re-engine project:
The feature of this project is that the original...
RIP Frank
https://robinsonheli.com/press-releases/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-passes/?fbclid=IwAR1gXT23VVaZLR6XC3yQtWiI81tx8VaQFeU5S6iPIvUdbItPQI_dEpP0W1I
As it is i fly R44 and 66 …was in Cologne for European Rotors this week so here my pics below
All the best
late 1990s
post-coldwar
tactical uas
tuav
united states
united states army
united states marine corps
united states navy
unmanned air system
unmanned air vehicle
The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
cold war
early 21st century
late 20th century
nasa
post-coldwar
space race
space shuttle
space station
space transportation system
united states air force
On this page, http://www.hisutton.com/Warships sunk by sneak attack.html, I see this line "Combat swimmers with stand-of mini-torpedo" used to explain the sinking of the PC 176 Mukos. I had no idea this was a type of weapon fielded, and am super duper curious.
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NASA and Space X artist Tony Bela
https://www.tonybela.com/page2.html
Starship illustrations by Matthew Cushman
https://www.behance.net/gallery/33225347/Cutaway-Illustrations-by-Matthew-Paul-Cushman
Great English artist LESLIE ASHWELL WOOD - Eagle magazine. The best technical illustrations...
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