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Tag Archives: fighter pilots
The Dawn Patrol
In World War I, the fighters went out at dawn. In short order, the fighter pilots and maintenance crews began referring to this early morning mission as “The Dawn Patrol.” The pilots would rise early, breakfast, and then go out … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, fighter pilots, flying, judgment, learning to fly, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, taildraggers, The Dawn Patrol, waking before sunrise, World War I
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High Flight
My last blog was about the men who saved England, no, indeed the world. The documentary I watched about the pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain moved me. Their story overwhelmingly impressed me because of my realization of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History
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Tagged airplanes, Canada, discipline, England, fighter pilots, flight training, flying, friends, High Flight, inexperienced pilots, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., judgment, learning to fly, military service, No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, RAF, RCAF, student pilots, taildraggers, the Battle of Britain, the Fleet Finch, training aircraft, Winston Churchill, World War II
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Air Dancing II
The subject of yesterday’s blog was unique. The things the human mind can come up with to entertain itself amaze me. Even more amazing is the control the human mind has over the physical body. The cliché about being able … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged a 20-something year-old brain trapped in a 50-something year-old body, a mighty blast of wind, aeronautical engineers, Air Dancing, air pressure, angle-of-attack, athletics, born too early, born too late, choreography, dance, engineering, fighter pilots, lift, mathematics, mechanics, music, sky diving, sticking our hand outside the window of the car, the concept of “q”, the human mind, to fly, “airspeed”, “dynamic pressure”, “relative wind”, “relative work” (RW), “Whoa! That ain’t right!”
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Air Dancing
For those of us who fly, we know our ability to fly is predicated on mathematics and air. In other words, to fly you must have lift and to generate lift, you have to have a lot of air pressure. … Continue reading →
Posted in Flying, Life in General
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Tagged a mighty blast of wind, aeronautical engineers, Air Dancing, air pressure, airspeed, angle-of-attack, athletics, choreography, dance, engineering, fighter pilots, lift, mathematics, mechanics, music, relative wind, sky diving, sticking our hand outside the window of the car, the concept of “q”, to fly, “dynamic pressure”, “relative work” (RW)
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Ed’s Hotrod
Occasionally one of my students will ask me which airplane I liked flying the best in the Navy. The answer I always give is, “Depends. If I was going out to deliver weapons, no question – it is the A-7. … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged A-4, A-7, air combat maneuvering, attack pilots, dogfight, Ed Heinemann, Ed’s Hotrod, fighter pilots, formation flying, Gulf of Tonkin, naval aviators, Navy, North Vietnam, Pratt & Whitney J-52, shooting guns, Vietnam, wings of gold
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