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Reader Mail : Why Do Air Force Jets Have Tailhooks?

Tailhooks on military aircraft are a common sight … although we tend to only think of them as being part of aircraft landing on aircraft carriers, not those landing on runways.   This Reader Mail comes from Damian Willis in the Great White North (aka: Canada) who asks, “I recently spent some time watching US Air…

US Air Force ‘Jumbo Jet’ Flyby Over New York City. Good Idea? Not Really

Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 29/04/2009 – US Air Force ‘Jumbo Jet’ Flyby Over New York City. Good Idea? Not Really If you have ever had the pleasure of seeing a United States Air Force VC-25 fly overhead you know that it is a beautiful plane. I have had the pleasure of watching these planes…