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Top Gun: Maverick – What it’s like flying in the F/A-18 Super Hornet

… be true.” Monica Barbaro – Lt Natasha “Phoenix” Trace “He [Tom Cruise]  designed what he would for himself, a really intense …

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Top Gun: Maverick (NO SPOILER) review

… Top Gun: Maverick (TGM) especially interesting is that Tom Cruise insisted that the in-flight footage was shot for real. … There are brief romantic interludes, some emotion (with Tom’s trademark flexing jaw) and several laugh-out-loud …

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Flying on a British Airways A380 – passenger experience

… hours 22 minutes in the air and parked at the refurbished Tom Bradley International Terminal, sandwiched between an Air … than eight hours a second first-officer is carried as a cruise pilot to allow for crew rest.  On my flight the crew …

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ICBM missileer to B-52 pilot on Gulf War missions – an extraordinary career

… The October 2017 issue of Aviation News featured Tom Kaminski’s article on how a USAF officer who initially … – and added the capability to carry AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCMs). Once he’d qualified as a B-52H …

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Convair B-36 Peacemaker: The World’s Biggest Bomber

… as well as enhanced performance at medium and high cruise levels.  An upgraded AN/APQ-24 bombing navigation …

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Why Orlando International's new South Terminal C is game-changing

… Disney World, Universal Studios, Port Canaveral’s massive cruise port, and of course NASA , there’s no shortage of … Seattle-Tacoma’s new international terminal, and LAX’s Tom Bradley facility. Major construction players, …

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Onboard a B-52 during NATO fighter interceptions

… for heating food. Apart from the high noise level, even at cruise power, the environment on the flight deck was … us) and closing. The radar lock was broken when our EWO, Tom Eisenhut, dispensed some chaff. To quote Tom: “That chaff sure tears them up.” The fighters …

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How they made the film Top Gun

… reported on a new wave of ‘Hollywood patriotism’. It made Tom Cruise into a household name and elevated the careers of … factor. They had benefits, such as excellent fuel specs in cruise, but were susceptible to rapid throttle movement and …

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Supersonic flight - the latest developments

… a mission statement that calls for high subsonic overland cruise working within existing supersonic flight … over land and near coasts. “Over the ocean, Overture will cruise at supersonic speed, cutting many flight times in … experienced industry executives to its ranks, including Tom Vice, ex-president of Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. …

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Makanna at Wanaka: Stunning air-to-air photo collection

… She also starred in the feature film Valkyrie (starring Tom Cruise)and the Christopher Nolan-directed Dunkirk. Shipped by …

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What is the real TOPGUN like?

… to a scene from the 1986 Hollywood blockbuster starring Tom Cruise. The eagerly awaited sequel is placing the spotlight …

NASA ER-2 Article

NASA pilot reveals what the ER-2 is like to fly

… Surveys – or SEAC4RS – from Houston’s Ellington Field NASA-Tom Tschida Light in the dark: The view inside a NASA ER-2’s … across the northern hemisphere. NASA research pilot Tom Ryan snapped this selfie while flying an ER-2 over New … flying, whereas in the air force, we used cruise climb,” Nelson pointed out. “In the ER-2 because of …

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Tailwind Air: the Concorde of regional travel?

… commuter airline Tailwind Air has lofty ambitions, reports Tom Batchelor The “ Concorde of regional travel”: that is how … Pratt and Whitney PT6 engines and fixed-wing design allow cruise speeds up to 185kts and make missions up to 250 miles …

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The secretive F-117 Nighthawk's post-retirement ops

… flying – although the USAF is reticent to talk about it. Tom Kaminski explores the stealth fighter’s pedigree … of Defense A quartet of Edwards tail-coded F-117As cruise over California’s Antelope Valley in March 2007. The …

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How Convair tried capturing the market with its CV880 and CV990

… had 14 CV990As. Here, EC-BQQ soars away from Palma Airport TOM SINGFIELD COLLECTION   “Convair failed to make any … N5605, pictured at Orly, Paris, was leased to the airline TOM SINGFIELD COLLECTION Photographed at London Heathrow, … San Diego to Miami, during which the airline claimed a cruise speed of 642mph. The airline’s publicity film provided …