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The story of the F11F Tiger Test Pilot who Shot Himself Down by Overtaking his Bullets in a Dive

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story of the F11F Tiger Test Pilot who Shot Himself Down by Overtaking his Bullets in a Dive

Dario Leone

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Impressive video shows F-14A Tomcat becoming uncontrollable after flat spin test gone wrong

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

US Navy Test Pilot tells the story of the F-14 Tomcat Fatal Flat Spin Mode That Was Never Supposed to Happen

Dario Leone

First man to fly the iconic SR-71 recalls when he flew the Blackbird Inverted and he turned off the Instrumentation so that Kelly Johnson wouldn’t find out

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

First man to fly the iconic SR-71 recalls when he flew the Blackbird Inverted and he turned off the Instrumentation so that Kelly Johnson wouldn’t find out

Dario Leone

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New supersonic corridor named "Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor" unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Aviation History / Military Aviation

New supersonic corridor named “Bell X-1 Supersonic Corridor” unveiled at Edwards AFB during the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show & STEM Expo

Dario Leone

Former F-14D pilot tells the story of when Chuck Yeager called his Super Tomcat “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Aviation History / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation

F-14D pilot recalls that time Chuck Yeager said his Super Tomcat was “the only real fighter” featured at Edwards AFB air show

Robert Jones

Here’s how much Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin earned for their moonwalk on the Apollo 11 Mission

Here’s how much Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin earned for their moonwalk on the Apollo 11 Mission

Dario Leone

The story of Neil Armstrong's X-15 Test Flight that Bounced Off the Atmosphere

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Space

The story of Neil Armstrong’s X-15 Test Flight that Bounced Off the Atmosphere

Dario Leone

The story of legendary test pilot Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown and the Seafire ‘crabbed’ landing

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Warbirds

The story of legendary test pilot Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown and the Seafire ‘crabbed’ landing

Dario Leone

Join Test Pilot Jim Sandberg for YF-23 PAV-2 “Gray Ghost” walk-around

Military Aviation

Join Test Pilot Jim Sandberg for YF-23 PAV-2 “Gray Ghost” walk-around

Dario Leone

This former A-10 Driver has become the First Female F-35 Test Pilot

Military Aviation

This former A-10 Driver has become the First Female F-35 Test Pilot

Gabriele Barison

Bailing Out at Hypersonic Speed: the X-15 Ejection Seat

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Bailing Out at Hypersonic Speed: the X-15 Ejection Seat

Dario Leone

The Story of Mike Adams, the only Pilot to lose his life during the X-15 Flight-Test Program

Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The Story of Mike Adams, the only Pilot to lose his life during the X-15 Flight-Test Program

Dario Leone

Cool photos show RN and RAF F-35 pilots conducting first night flying trials off HMS Queen Elizabeth

Aircraft Carriers / Military Aviation

Cool photos show RN and RAF F-35 pilots conducting first night flying trials off HMS Queen Elizabeth

Dario Leone

That time an XB-70A Valkyrie performed an emergency landing on "tip-toe"

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

That time an XB-70A Valkyrie performed an emergency landing on “tip-toe”

Dario Leone

Here's why BAe Test Pilot Keith Hartley flew this Tornado with the canopy off

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Here’s why BAe Test Pilot Keith Hartley flew this Tornado with the canopy off

Dario Leone

The story behind this famous ejection from a RAF Lightning interceptor

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The story behind a famous photo of an ejection from a RAF Lightning interceptor

Dario Leone

MiG-21s

Aviation History / Military Aviation

Legendary Soviet test pilot Georgy Mosolov has passed away. He had been the first to fly the MiG-21.

Dario Leone

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