Awesome and Interesting Facts About Military Aviation

[Sine Nomine]

16.In 1989, a Soviet pilot ejected a perfectly working MIG 23 thinking the plane’s engine had failed. It flew over 560 miles, crossing Germany before running out of fuel and crashing into a house in Belgium killing one teenager

17.As impressive as the Lockheed SR-71 was, it had a secret older brother (the A-12) which was even faster, lighter, and had a higher service ceiling

18."Cornfield Bomber" An F-106 made an unpiloted landing in a farmer's field in Montana, suffering only minor damage, after the pilot had ejected from the aircraft. The aircraft, recovered and repaired, was returned to service, and is currently on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

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Ilyushin Il-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

True story??? A WWII airman shoots down a Japanese Zero wit | Jetcareers

The Fastest plane (Worlds Fastest plane 3529.6 kmph/2193.2 mph )

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Grumman F-14 Tomcat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of F-15 losses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Air Force Commentaries: Articles about Typhoon's engagements against F22

James H. Howard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Air Force One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

forgetomori » Top Secret: Jet-flying Gorillas

F11F-1 Shoots Itself Down

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1989 Belgian MiG-23 crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cornfield Bomber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sine Nomine]

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[HariPrasad]

Thanks for tagging Me. I shall response later.

 

[Jango]

No 2 and 13 seem a bit dubious.

Pretty interesting facts though...

 

[Sine Nomine]

No 2 and 13 seem a bit dubious.

Pretty interesting facts though...

Click on source.......

 

[Jango]

Click on source.......

Np 2 still is dubious, the people on that forum are also not sure, it's sort of those 1 in a trillion things!

No 13 makes sense now though considering the whole scenario, but it wasn't due to the aircraft flying at high speed which was the major factor...

 

[Windjammer]

No 2 and 13 seem a bit dubious.

Pretty interesting facts though...

At least one of them is not dubious but scandalous.
Imagine the quality or reliability of parachutes during the second world war, the jumper would be holding on to sdear life rather than practising heroics and what are the chances of them being flying parallel for one to have time to pull out his gun, aim and fire.
As for other....
"The F-11 Tiger is noted for being the first jet aircraft to shoot itself down. On 21 September 1956, during a test firing of its 20 mm (.79 in) cannons, pilot Tom Attridge fired two bursts mid-way through a shallow dive. As the velocity and trajectory of the cannon rounds decayed, they ultimately crossed paths with the Tiger as it continued its descent, disabling it and forcing Attridge to crash land the aircraft. The pilot survived.''

 

[gambit]

No. 4 is a myth.

No. 9 is bullshit.

 

[Sine Nomine]

No. 4 is a myth.

It's not Myth but they were using Vacuum Tech because there Electronic industry was not developed.

 

[MilSpec]

No 13 is suspect.

 

[Sage]

Great sharing !

 

[gambit]

It's not Myth but they were using Vacuum Tech because there Electronic industry was not developed.

Not because of EMP. That was the myth.

 

[S.U.R.B.]

No 13 is suspect.

Superstitious?

 

[MilSpec]

Superstitious?

lol,
F11 Tiger had 20mm mk 12 cannon, with a muzzle velocity of 1010m/s thats what around 2.9 mach, I doubt stubby lil bugger could ever fly that fast.

 

[S.U.R.B.]

lol,
F11 Tiger had 20mm mk 12 cannon, with a muzzle velocity of 1010m/s thats what around 2.9 mach, I doubt stubby lil bugger could ever fly that fast.