Flying. Everything planes.

[tokyojoe]

Pilot was still troubleshooting when ejected from MiG-23 in airshow crash.

 

https://www.globalair.com/articles/pilot-was-still-troubleshooting-when-ejected-from-mig-23-in-airshow-crash?id=6286&utm_source=airmailnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=airmailnews&utm_content=pilot-was-still-troubleshooting-when-ejected-from-mig-23-in-airshow-crash

[Kepler-186]

This is a good vid from a US YouTuber with plenty of nice history. 
 

Most underrated British aircraft of WW2? 
 

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Bit of a mad story, this. Off duty pilot charged with 83 counts of attempted murder. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/23/alaska-airlines-flight-diverted-pilot-disable-engines

[Kepler-186]

[Kepler-186]

A thing of beauty. 

[polymerpunkah]

Flew for the first time in a couple months yesterday. Two short hops, I've done both dozens of times.

 

That feeling of taking off never gets old.

[Lee909]

30 minutes ago, polymerpunkah said:

 

That feeling of taking off never gets old.

 

I hate it 

[Redder Lurtz]

36 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

I hate it 

 

Me too. I'm off to the Canaries at the end of January. Dreading both flights, I hate it. 

[Kepler-186]

Top 5 torpedo bombers of all time. 

 

“ Interesting” website and lobby group. 

 

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/top-5-torpedo-bombers-all-time-208565

 

“In terms of prestige, it’s hard to argue against the Avenger. It scored the two biggest ship kills of WWII, taking down the 72,000-ton IJN super-battleships Yamato and Musashi. In both cases, of course, Avenger crews had some help from Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers. The Yamato received 11 torpedo and 6 bomb hits, while the Musashi absorbed 19 torpedo and 17 bomb strikes before finally succumbing.” 

[TheHowieLama]

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Hahaha. Totally believable.

[TheHowieLama]

'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower told family friend before death

[Captain Willard]

On holiday in Crete and an F16 flys over the villa about 3 x a day. Brilliant to see.