That's where the falcons come in. Cooke said that so far, the longest it has taken one of the World Bird Sanctuary falcons to clear the airfield, once released, is two minutes. 鈥Robert Goodrich Of The Post-Dispatch
Twenty minutes later, four F-16 Falcon fighters sitting hot alert at a dispersal airfield in Northern Poland launched into the night sky and headed southeast. Because each pilot had a different target set, the fighters split into two elements. All maintained radio silence, streaking over the Pol...
The aerodrome there was the closest air base to occupied France – just ten minutes flying time – so was at the forefront of the Battle of Britain. In the last twenty years the airfield has been converted to a housing estate. However, the Kent Battle of Britain museum is still based the...
Flew a nice approach to 27 right at Bartow. The tower closes there at 5.30 pm so the airfield reverts from Class Delta to Class Golf. The folks at the FBO were nice enough to let us have a quick look at their museum. Bartow is another WW2 airfield where P42 Mustangs were based fo...