Jet Friday: How Producers Got Maverick’s Realistic Flying Footage
After 34 years, Top Gun is returning to the big screen. Things have changed quite a bit since Maverick was being launched off the USS Enterprise in his F-14 Tomcat. Instead of the Enterprise, this...
View ArticleJet Friday – Low Flying Fighter Jets in the Mach Loop
When you see fast-moving military aircraft, you are usually always looking up. For that matter, anytime any aircraft is moving through the sky, unless you are also on another aircraft, your head is...
View ArticleTime Lapse of Desert Storm’s Air War on Day 1
On January 16, 1991, coalition armed forces led by the United States and comprised of 35 other countries were in the final hours of preparation. A United Nations resolution deadline of January 15,...
View ArticleAustralia’s Beautiful Landscapes From an F-18 Cockpit – RAAF Hornet Ball 2020
Each year the U.S. Navy celebrates the expeditionary flights of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet strike-fighter community in an event called the Hornet Ball. To demonstrate the achievements of the pilots and...
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Jet Friday: The SLUF A-7 Corsair II
The A-4 Skyhawk was a single-seat delta wing subsonic jet-powered carrier-capable aggressor aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. It was instrumental during the Vietnam War, launching from...
View ArticleIn Reality, the First 10 Minutes of Top Gun Would Have Been A Whole Lot...
When you think of aircraft stationed on a US aircraft carrier, the first plane that comes to mind is likely a fighter attack aircraft like the F/A-18E Super Hornet. However, the safety and welfare of...
View ArticleC-2 Greyhound Pilot Highly Focused During Carrier Landing – Split View
Any time a Naval Aviator is approaching the back of a carrier they are attempting to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. military – landing on it. It takes nerves of steel and intense...
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Video: Fly-By-Wire, How Does It Work?
CABLE AND PULLEY FLIGHT CONTROLS In many traditional aircraft, the link between the pilot’s controls and the aircraft’s flight surfaces is what is referred to as mechanical flight controls. The force...
View ArticleJet Friday: Train to Fight. Train to Win. Red Flag Exercise
“It’s not a contest or a competition. There are no winners or losers. It’s about training and saving lives.” ~ Narrator, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag Above a 12,700 square mile area of desert in...
View ArticleJet Friday: What Is The Pilot Doing During A Carrier Landing
There are many cockpit videos of jet aircraft performing missions, like destroying a moving ground target, evading a SAM in an F-16, or flying in tight formation as part of the Blue Angels...
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