Hey Geeks! Here you can read all Cold War Era stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
Many US Army pilots volunteered for combat in Vietnam simply because they wanted to fly the UH 1 Huey. The UH-1…
Studies indicated 170 “ADCOM F-14 Tomcats” could provide the same level of Defense as 290 F-15 Eagles Taken at the Grumman…
What would happen if an SR-71 tried to surpass 85,000 feet of altitude? Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the iconic SR-71…
‘I flew with a Navy pilot who had three ejections from the A-7E Corsair II aircraft. I was with him on…
The Museum’s M-21 Blackbird first flew in 1964 and is the sole surviving example of its type. Taken in 1991, the…
Operation Spring High was a costly fatal mission with last minute changes, wrong tactics, improper ordnance, and a high loss of…
A ready market existed for the Lockheed X-27 Lancer as nine European and six other nations were still operating the F-104…
Lockheed test pilots Bill Weaver and Jim Zwayer on Jan. 26, 1966… were flying the #952 at Mach 3.18, at 78,800…
To keep the Saab 37 Viggen landing distance short Saab developed a thrust-reverser integrated with the rear fuselage, still the only…
It is interesting to note that the B-36 program might have been canceled at least five times during the big bomber’s…
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