U.S. Naval Aviator
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Aircraft Carriers / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Aviator explains why USAF Pilots land softer than US Navy Pilots
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Naval Aviator tells why during cat launch pilots of aircraft with conventional controls can hold onto the control stick whereas pilots of FBW aircraft must keep their right hand up off controls
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The crews never saw the ship once! USS Midway Sailor recalls when during a typhoon 35 planes (a mix of F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) successfully landed at night on the carrier.
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USS Constellation Main Propulsion Assistant tells the story of the EA-6B Prowler pilot who turned in his wings after a scary Carrier Flight Deck Landing in Rough Seas
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
Military Aviation
Meet the all-female Navy aviation team that conducted the flyover at Super Bowl LVII commemorating 50 years of women flying in the US Navy
Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
F-35Cs, F/A-18Fs and EA-18Gs to Perform Super Bowl LVII Flyover To commemorate 50 years of women flying in the US Navy
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
US Naval Aviator recalls when an F-4 pilot had diarrhea aboard his Phantom II over North Vietnam. He continued the mission and when he returned to the carrier, he had to clean his cockpit seat.
Aviation History / Aviation Humor / Military Aviation
Chicks dig ‘em! US Naval Aviator explains why fighter pilots wear sunglasses
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Once a US Navy F-4 squadron CO decided to give wives a ride taxiing in the backseat of the Phantoms. The event shut down after an F-4 went high speed on the runway, another blew tires and another got airborne.
Aviation History / Military Aviation
US Naval Aviator explains why even according to the famed photo featuring the F-16 vs F-4 Minimum Turn Radius the Viper is the most successful fighter ever built
Military Aviation / U.S. Navy
UFOs: Pentagon releases New Video of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena observed from a US Navy F/A-18 last year
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Remembering Captain Carroll “Lex” Fairfax LeFon, the Founder of Neptunus Lex Blog and Patriarch of online Aviation Communities
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of the F-4 Phantom II pilot that ejected, hit a large boulder and fell 20 feet down after his parachute deflated. He survived and flew in the US Navy for another ten years.
Cold War Era / Helicopters / Losses and Aviation Safety
Former Naval Aviator explains how he was able to find the Aircraft Carrier at Night, with no Electronic Transmission, with his Helicopter Low on Fuel
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
