B-1 Nut Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 I am intrigued ..What is a Blind -Landing Radio Equipment.?.....please, thank you Ask and you shall receive.... Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 That was probably way more than you ever wanted to know, but it was an interesting read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Ask and you shall receive....Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 That was probably way more than you ever wanted to know, but it was an interesting read. B-1Nut... No not at all..It was well worth the read and thank you for taking the time to tell ME this... It was very informative read ..... I wonder if I may impose on you and ask another question..You know when there have been times when say a Pilot has something wrong..or had a heart attack in the middle of flying or just as they are landing or still in flight, and he is incapable of controlling the plane, you hear of persons other than the Pilot flying the aircraft down safely { VERY RARE I know } do the Air Traffic Controllers use this method with the non-pilot to guide him/her down .. I have always wondered how does a passenger who has no experience of flying or a Flight attendant who has no clue how to fly an aircraft when they have to take emergency action and say fly the plane and bring it down do they use this method with them.. Maybe I ask too many questions. so please forgive ME for that... :lol: THANK YOU HOLMES :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 You got me there Holmes. That's a little beyond my understanding. I'm sure someone on these boards will have the answer, though. May 9, 1932 First blind solo flight (without a check pilot aboard) solely on instruments was made by Capt. A. F. Hegenberger (AAC) at Dayton, Ohio. Hegenberger WAS the first pilot in the world to make a "blind" landing using instruments alone, with no back-up co-pilot on board. He later received the Collier Trophy. May 9, 1978 McDonnell Douglas delivered the 5,000th F-4 Phantom built to the U.S. Air Force. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 May 10, 1940 First wartime use of military gliders. German commandos made a successful glider assault on Belgium's Fort Eben-Emael. May 10, 1961 Maj. Elmer E. Murphy flew a B-58 from Carswell AFB, Texas, on a 30-minute, 45-second flight at 1,302 mph over a 669.4-mile closed-course. This gave the U.S. Air Force permanent possession of the Bleriot Cup given by Aero Club of France. May 10, 1965 Lt. Col. James W. Wood became the first pilot to fly the variable, swept-wing General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark at Edwards AFB, California. May 10, 1972 U.S. Navy Lt. Randy Duke Cunningham (pilot) and Lt. (j.g.) Willie Driscoll (radar intercept officer), flying McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II from the USS Constellation, shoot down three MiG-17s. This, combined with their aerial victories on Jan. 19 and May 8, make Cunningham and Driscoll the first U.S. aces of the Vietnam War. May 10, 1972 The Fairchild-Republic A-10A prototype, an entry in the U.S. Air Force's A-X competition to select a close-air-support fighter, completed its first flight at Edwards AFB, California. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Its like reading a personal blog of Aviation history and its great..thanks B-1 Nut... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 May 10th was a busy day in Aviation History ... Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 May 11, 1953 North American's F-86H Sabre made its first flight at Edwards AFB, California. May 11, 1964 Jackie Cochran became the first woman to fly more than Mach 2, when she flew an F-104G at 1,429 mph at Edwards AFB, California. May 11, 1964 The XB-70 Valkyrie, built by North American Aviation, rolls out at Palmdale, California. May 11, 1972 A C-5 Galaxy set a nonstop distance record from Kadena AB, Japan to Charleston AFB, South Carolina. The 8,019-mile flight lasted 16 hours 5 minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 May 12, 1911 Lt. T. Gordon Ellyson becomes the Navy's first pilot. May 12, 1963 The Flying Tiger Line orders twelve Lockheed C-141 StarLifter in a $64 million deal. I only listed this because that is one heck of a deal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 May 12, 1911 Lt. T. Gordon Ellyson becomes the Navy's first pilot. May 12, 1963 The Flying Tiger Line orders twelve Lockheed C-141 StarLifter in a $64 million deal. I only listed this because that is one heck of a deal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 May 13, 1913 The Russky Vitiaz is the first aeroplane fitted with a lavatory. May 13, 1940 The first successful free flight of a true helicopter is made by Igor I. Sikorsky's single-rotor VS-300. May 13, 1949 First flight English Electric Canberra prototype VN799. May 13, 1985 The Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB California, completed its evaluation of the KC-135R Stratotanker under minimum interval takeoff conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 May 14, 1908 The first passenger flies in an airplane. Wilbur Wright takes Charles W. Furnas of Dayton, Ohio on a 28 3/5 seconds flight that covers 600 meters at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. May 14, 1909 Samuel Cody makes the first powered airplane flight of more than one mile in Britain. He flies the British Army Aeroplane No.1 from Laffans Planin to Danger Hill in Hampshire at average height of 30 feet. May 14, 1973 From Kennedy Space Center, a two-stage Saturn V launched Skylab 1 into orbit, where its two Solar Array System wings failed to deploy. The Skylab was America's first manned orbiting space station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 May 13, 1913 The Russky Vitiaz is the first aeroplane fitted with a lavatory. May 13, 1940 The first successful free flight of a true helicopter is made by Igor I. Sikorsky's single-rotor VS-300. May 13, 1949 First flight English Electric Canberra prototype VN799. May 13, 1985 The Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB California, completed its evaluation of the KC-135R Stratotanker under minimum interval takeoff conditions. see now that is kind of quirky thing I like to know as well...Simply mind training with these facts... HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 May 14, 1908 The first passenger flies in an airplane. Wilbur Wright takes Charles W. Furnas of Dayton, Ohio on a 28 3/5 seconds flight that covers 600 meters at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. May 14, 1909 Samuel Cody makes the first powered airplane flight of more than one mile in Britain. He flies the British Army Aeroplane No.1 from Laffans Planin to Danger Hill in Hampshire at average height of 30 feet. May 14, 1973 From Kennedy Space Center, a two-stage Saturn V launched Skylab 1 into orbit, where its two Solar Array System wings failed to deploy. The Skylab was America's first manned orbiting space station. Wow I wonder if Samuel Cody came across tall tress as some are taller than his flight altitude...WOW ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 May 15, 1930 Ellen Church becomes the world's first flight attendant, working for Boeing Air Transport. May 15, 1942 Interceptor and pursuit organizations of the U.S. Army Air Force redesignated "fighter." May 15, 1963 Astronaut, fighter pilot, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Leroy Gordon Gordo Cooper Jr., piloting Faith 7, becomes the first American to spend an entire day in space, and the first man to sleep in space. May 15, 1983 The comparative fly-off between the F-16XL and F-15 in a dual-fighter role ended at Edwards AFB, California. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 May 16, 1958 Capt. Eli L. Beeding Jr. became the first man to absorb 83 "Gs" in a Daisy Track experiment. Short synopsis of the "Daisy Track" Experiment May 16, 1958 Over a 10-mile level course at Edwards AFB, California, Capt. Walter W. Irwin flew a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter to a FAI speed record of 1,404.09 mph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 (edited) May 16, 1958Capt. Eli L. Beeding Jr. became the first man to absorb 83 "Gs" in a Daisy Track experiment. Short synopsis of the "Daisy Track" Experiment May 16, 1958 Over a 10-mile level course at Edwards AFB, California, Capt. Walter W. Irwin flew a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter to a FAI speed record of 1,404.09 mph. What an ingenius method Of producing G's.. Simple and SO effective.. Thank you B-1 Nut... You are doing a BRILLIANT job with these facts.. HOLMES EDIT:Spelling. Edited May 17, 2010 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 May 17, 1919 The U.S. War Department ordered use of national star insignia on all planes. May 17, 1942 Vought-Sikorsky XR-4 delivery flight to Wright Field after record 761-mile cross- country flight. First helicopter accepted by U.S. military. Wikipedia's R-4 History May 17, 1997 The first flight of the McDonnel Douglas X-36 tailless fighter technology demonstrator, power for which is provided by a 700 lb. s.t. Williams International F112 turbofan. The fighter takes off from Edwards AFB, California. Built to 28% scale of a possible fighter aircraft, and controlled by a pilot in a ground station virtual cockpit with a view provided by a video camera mounted in the nose of the aircraft. Wikipedia's X-36 History Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 good going ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Washingtonians who were alive, and living there remember what happened thirty years ago today at 8:32 a.m. PST. I was in Moses Lake, WA in the McDonald's parking lot saying goodbye to my fellow CAP cadets on their way to the Fairchild AFB "Armed Forces Day" Open House/Air Show. As badly as I wanted to make the trip with them that year I had to work that day. ($3.25 an hour as I recall!) We actually heard the eruption, but thought it was a sonic boom, which in 1980 was not unusual to hear, even on a Sunday morning. Then-Captains Randy Neville and Bob Crow were flying near Mt. St. Helens and witnessed the eruption! http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20...GONS%20VIEW.htm Wow, thirty years ago! Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Mark. Goddness that was something else....... thank you for the link... The account written by the Capt Randy Neville and his colleague is just amazing....what a sight they must have seen and the Photos they took are AWESOME... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 May 18, 1923 WWI ace Frank Ford pays $5 and becomes Charles Lindbergh's first paying passenger. May 18, 1953 Jacqueline Cochran, flying a Canadian-built F-86 Sabre at Edwards AFB, California, became the first woman to fly faster than sound. May 18, 1953 -- Capt. Joseph C. McConnell Jr., shot down his 16th enemy aircraft in the Korean War to become its top ace. McConnell scored all of his kills over a four-month period, from January 14 to May 18, 1953. McConnell was the first American triple jet-on-jet fighter Ace and is still the top-scoring American jet Ace. May 18, 1964 Jacqueline Cochran set a speed record for women: 1,429 mph at 37,000 in altitude, in an F-104G at Edwards AFB, California. May 18, 1991 Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield, has blasted into orbit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 May 19, 1919 MSgt. R.W. Bottriell made the first free back-type parachute jump. May 19, 1949 A Martin JRM Mars sets a new record of 308 for the largest number of people to be carried on a single aircraft. Wikipedia's JRM Mars History May 19, 1963 On a nonstop from Washington, D.C. to a Moscow flight , the U. S. presidential aircraft, a Boeing 707-320B, set 15 nonstop FAI records in flying the 5,004-mile route in eight hours 39 minutes, and 2 seconds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Nice work.... ....I mean you B-1 Nut..thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 May 20, 1930 For the first time, an airplane was catapulted from a U.S.dirigible. A Vought two-seat observation plane was catapulted from the airship Los Angeles and then flew to the carrier USS Saratoga. May 20, 1940 Inventor Igor Sikorsky demonstrated his helicopter invention to the public. May 20, 1951 In a F-86 Sabre, Capt James Jabara from the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron became the world's first jet ace. May 20, 1977 First flight Sukoi T-10, the prototype of the Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B-1 Nut Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 May 21, 1957 Major Robinson Risner flew Lindbergh's transatlantic route with a F-100 in 6 hours 40 minutes (as compared to 33.5 hours). May 21, 1959 Test pilot Major Robert C. Ferry flew Bell Aircraft's XV-3 Converti- plane on its first flight for the U.S. Air Force. May 21, 1969 The C-5A Galaxy became the heaviest aircraft flown to date in a flight from Dobbins AFB, Georgia, with a 728,100-pound takeoff weight. May 21, 1977 The Concorde makes a special trip from New York to Paris to mark the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's historic flight on the same route in the Spirit of St. Louis; the airliner takes just 3 hours, and 44 minutes, compared with Lindbergh's time of 33 hours, and 29 minutes. May 21, 2007 Viagra reduces hamster 'jet lag'. You can't make this up That last one was for you Holmes. You told me you loved odd aviation facts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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