Behind The Yoke

For all the vintage military aviation buffs out there I created a new website called AircraftNoseArt.org
“Aircraft Nose Art is an online resource and community where aviation fans can learn about the wonderful stories behind the artwork on military and civilian aircraft.
Military aircraft nose art acted as the superstitious protector during times of war. The nose [...]

James May of BBC’s show Top Gear had the amazing opportunity to cruise at 70,000ft in a Lockheed U-2 spy plane.  Where do I sign up?

Military aircraft nose art acted as the  superstitious protector during times of war.  The nose art identified the aircraft and gave its crew the mark of individuality in the even tenor of the military.  Often controversial, most of the artists who paint the aircraft remain anonymous.  Here is a great collection of nose art put [...]

Can’t afford your learjet anymore? Take cover.  Salon News has a great article about a man who’s responsible for stealing back big expensive aircraft from people that aren’t paying the bills . He’s the super repo-man.
“Popovich’s first rule of firearms is pretty simple: The man who tells you he’s going to shoot you will not [...]

The National Air and Space Museum has a wonderful interactive demonstration on the principles of flight called How Things Fly. Don’t forget to get your kids! For a more detailed explaination go here.
WikiHow’s take on How to Land an Airplane in an Emergency.
A huge list of aviation humor.
Fighter-Planes.com is a very informative and entertaining source [...]

Happy holidays everyone! I just had to post a little something about NASA putting their Space Shuttle fleet up for sale once the program is over in 2010. The shuttles will cost approximately $42 million plus $6 million for shipping and handling. I imagine that the only interested parties will be science/aviation museums and other [...]

Definitely reserve 45 of your minutes to watch Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag by Stephen Low. The IMAX film is about a fighter pilots experience of the advanced military aviation exercise based out at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.  It was released in 2004 and for some reason I’ve never even heard of it [...]

Here is a very cool F-22 Raptor video where Major Paul “Max” Moga explains the maneuvers he performs during airshow demonstration flights.

Needless to say Oshkosh was incredible. It was my first time going and I was blown away. I couldn’t believe the number of aircraft that were there in one place. It was overwhelming.  I’m not going to write much about it because words can’t express the feelings you experience. Exhilaration is one word that comes [...]