RC-135 pilot interview: Cold War Spyflights - Hush-Kit
Dec 2, 2018 · The RC-135 has been quietly snooping and changing history for almost 60 years. Robert Hopkins flew the RC' in the heat of the Cold War, braving intercepting MiG-31s and other threats to eavesdrop on the US' potential enemies and hoover up vital intelligence for Presidents and generals. We met him to find out more. What…
Spitfire versus Messerschmitt Bf 109: A comparison of the
Apr 17, 2018 · January 31, 2019 - 12:11 pm Pingback: 10 Worst German aircraft | Hush-Kit; October 25, 2019 - 2:42 pm Pingback: Top 10 night fighters | Hush-Kit; November 13, 2019 - 11:32 am Pingback: O Combustível de Alta Octanagem na Batalha da Inglaterra – O Velho General; November 25, 2019 - 3:29 pm John Starkey “Spitfires tasked to carry out offensive fighter sweeps and raids over Northern France in ...
How good is China’s J-10C fighter? We ask Justin Bronk ... - Hush-Kit
Feb 26, 2019 · The Chinese J-10 is in service in large, and growing, numbers. The latest version, the J-10C, is a formidable machine. We spoke to Justin Bronk, Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology at the RUSI think-tank to find out more. No nation has more new aircraft programmes than China, and the progress it has made in the twenty years has been spectacular.
The F-19 stealth fighter: Would it have worked in the real world?
May 25, 2018 · June 14, 2018 - 1:37 pm Pingback: Stingbat LHX stealth helicopter: would it have worked in real life? | Hush-Kit; November 3, 2018 - 2:21 am CJ. Vaguely recall an article circa 1986 from the industry only publication “Nato’s Sixteen nations” where they examined the alternative concept of using nap-of-the-earth guidance to achieve ‘stealth’ in the European theatre with an air-frame ...
The 11 Tiniest Jet Fighters - Hush-Kit
Dec 27, 2020 · Wingspan roughly equal to the length of a Panzer VI. 5. Early Yakovlev jets (Yak-15, Yak-17, Yak-23) L: 8.7m, W: 9.2m (Yak-15) First flown less than a year after VE Day, the Yak-15 came into being by shoving a reverse-engineered Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet into the front end of a Yak-3 piston fighter.
Pilots of 7 rival fighter aircraft types describe dogfights against F ...
Mar 17, 2020 · Whenever I interview a modern fighter pilot, the subject of how his or her fighter compares to the F-16 in a close-in fight is always brought up. I collated these answers for a snapshot of how the pilots of other types (including the 'Flanker', Gripen and Rafale) rate the formidable Viper. (The full interviews can be…
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Jun 24, 2012 · “The miracle and wonder of flight, which has inspired poets, philosophers and madmen, has dwindled into a workaday procedure that we anticipate with the same enthusiasm we feel when we visit the dentist.” JG Ballard Hush-Kit is reminding the world of the beauty of flight. "Hush-Kit is an absolutely fantastic aviation site, much recommended.
Flying & Fighting in the JF-17 Thunder: Interview with Pakistan Air ...
Jul 19, 2019 · The JF-17 Thunder is one of the rarest and least known fighter aircraft in the world. Operated solely by the Pakistan Air Force*, it is a capable fighter in the same class as the F-16. On conditions of anonymity, we spoke to one JF-17 …
Flak: myth versus reality with Donald Nijboer - Hush-Kit
Mar 25, 2021 · Much feared by military aircrew, flak blew thousands of aeroplanes from the sky across the 20th century. We grilled Donald Nijboer author of Flak in World War II, about the dreaded flak. What is Flak? "Flak is an acronym/initialism for the German word, Flugabwehrkanone, meaning aircraft-defence cannon. When the Allies began to use the term is…
Flying & fighting in the Sukhoi Su-30 ‘Flanker’: A pilot interview
Jul 20, 2019 · Described as a ‘royal merciless game-changer’, the Sukhoi Su-30 ‘Flanker’ is a monster: a long-ranged, well armed, unbeatably manoeuvrable fighter uniquely equipped with 3D thrust-vectoring control (TVC) enabling it to perform seemingly impossible aerobatics in the sky. We spoke to IAF Gp Capt Anurag Sharma to learn more about flying and fighting in …