Tempest appeared as a Royal Air Force fighter-bomber in several novels by John Nichol, who served as a navigator on the real-world Panavia Tornado around the time of the first Gulf War. Tempest is a clear proxy for Tornado, following the meteorological naming scheme, with both being twin-en...
The 2015 Rose Bowl featured a B-2 stealth bomber flyover. On Jan. 1, 2015, Rose Bowl college football bowl game played at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California was opened by the flyover conducted by a B-2 Spirit with 509th Bomb Wing from Whiteman
a flight of eight Hunters was redirected to another airfield due to inclement weather. Six aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed, with one pilot killed. One of the aircraft that landed ran out of fuel while taxiing. On the positive side, the ...
This is the first time I've seen aB-29up close. While certainly bigger than the nearby B-17, it wasn't quite as big as I expected. Possibly because it was sitting next to a B-52. 44 of 63Geoffrey Morrison/CNET "It's Hawg Wild" This B-29 is one of only two on ...
and the front portion a manned aircraft with a single ramjet. The Super Hustler could either be launched from under a B-58 bomber or from a ground trailer using a booster rocket. For the air launch, the Super Hustler would be carried to a speed of Mach 2 at 35,000 ft (11,000 m)...
Picture - The huge new XB-36 alongside the first superbomber, the B-29 Superfortress. The wings of the 'Peacemaker' were 7 feet (2.1 m) thick at the root. Picture - The XB-36 taking off. Production aircraft had four-wheel main gear instead of the giant single tires seen on the pro...