Talking Warbirds with Paul Wood
We're taking a pause this week and replaying a recent Patreon 'Happy Hour' discussion with Mr. Paul Wood, founder of the Warbird Heritage Foundation. Paul owns (and flies!) an impressive array of nota...
3 Jul 202048min
FPP085 - Big Wing Tankers
When aircraft designers and military planners sought a simple way to extend the range, increase the payload, and lengthen the endurance of combat aircraft, they may have been inclined to consider a ho...
23 Jun 20201h 37min
FPP084 - Mirage 2000
When you think of 4th generation fighters designed in the late 70’s, which aircraft come to mind? Likely the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon for starters, perhaps the F/A-18 Hornet, and for Easter...
13 Jun 20201h 5min
FPP083 - Electronic Attack
Disrupt /disˈrəpt/ verb — to interrupt an event, activity, or process by causing a disturbance or problem. …Modern aerial combat is a challenging, fast-paced, three-dimensional chess match that requir...
3 Jun 20201h 6min
FPP082 - MiG-21 Fishbed
The MiG-21 Fishbed. There may be no more recognizable, mass produced, widely proliferated, iconic, enduring fighter jet in existence or throughout history. With more than 11,500 produced and at one ti...
23 Mai 20201h 42min
Harnessing the Sky with Dana Tibbetts
The excellent book 'Harnessing the Sky' chronicles the life and adventures of aviation pioneer and early test pilot Fredrick "Trap" Trapnell during the tumultuous years leading up to World War II and ...
16 Mai 202013min
FPP081 - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds, 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, are a Canadian icon comprised of Canadian Armed Forces members and National Defence Public Service employees—pilots, technicians, mobile ...
13 Mai 20201h 23min
FPP080 - AC-130 Gunship
Once in a while, popular culture affixes certain expressions—memes, really—to particular military aircraft. “Get some!” is affiliated with Vietnam-era Hueys; “I feel the need for speed,” is a Tomcat-i...
3 Mai 20201h 4min
