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Bingo Fuel
What’s missing from aviation photography? This musing takes you through a journey of self-examination on the world of aviation...

Rich Cooper
Mar 28, 2021
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Not Today
“Aww, man.” In retrospect, it was poor timing for such a rueful remark. I had just rolled wings level on downwind and lowered the landing...

Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Feb 8, 2021
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Guidance and Control
On episode 95, I ended up in the proverbial “1v0” trying to describe the differences between surface-to-air missile guidance and control....

Ken Katz
Jan 19, 2021
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Welcome to the ‘Caterpillar Club’
BANG! The sound was as startling as the rapid deceleration accompanying it. My feet were knocked off the rudder pedals and the jet began...

Mike Torrealday
Dec 18, 2020
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Aircraft Nomenclature (part 2): Europe
In part 1 of our Aircraft Nomenclature series we explored the conventions used in naming Russian and Chinese military aircraft—both...

Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Dec 5, 2020
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God of Fire
Witnessing the Vulcan There’s very few aircraft that quite literally strike awe into every fibre of your being. This truly massive...

Rich Cooper
Nov 14, 2020
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Aircraft Nomenclature (part 1): Russia and China
This unclassified article was originally penned in 2015 for inclusion into a classified Navy tactics periodical. Juliet was wrong. …Well,...

Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello
Nov 5, 2020
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Crossing the Pond
Having accrued more than 4,000 flight hours in nearly every block of the F-16 over a 30-year military career, I am often asked a variety...

Mike Torrealday
Oct 20, 2020
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