Plane of the Week: KC-135 Stratotanker

KC-135 Stratotankers serve a crucial role in several areas of the military--their main mission being to refuel long-range military bombers. Four turbofans power the massive machine under swept wings and allow it to carry up to 83,000 pounds of cargo while refueling F-105 and F-4 fighter bombers. The aircraft has been servicing the United States Air [...]

By |September 1st, 2017|Plane Of The Week|Comments Off on Plane of the Week: KC-135 Stratotanker

Plane of the Week: F-16 Fighter Falcon

The Lightweight Fighter Mafia contributed to the F-16 Fighter Falcon design used today. As founding members of the Fighter Mafia, John Boyd and Tom Christie did more than attract controversy by advocating for a new US air combat doctrine. The informal group wanted military reform in one way—do more with less. Boyd made his mark [...]

By |July 20th, 2017|General Aviation, Plane Of The Week|Comments Off on Plane of the Week: F-16 Fighter Falcon

Chemtrails Are Not Skywriting (Not Even of the Alien Variety)

If you do an internet search for "chemtrails," your search results are going to be inundated with talks of conspiracy theories--I guarantee it. When I did a search of the term in google, for instance, the very first hit was the Wikipedia page for "Chemtrail conspiracy theory." The general theory (which you can read on [...]

By |April 3rd, 2017|General Aviation|Comments Off on Chemtrails Are Not Skywriting (Not Even of the Alien Variety)