Author: Daniel Tom

Every air force and navy feels the need for speed. It’s just a fact. When trying to scramble your defending aircraft, time is of the essence and speed is a critical element of that. Aircraft developers have come a very long way since the development of the first jet engine in the mid-20th century. These…

The F-15EX Keeps Pumping Out New and Exciting Technology: As fans of the Top Gun film series certainly know, learning to be a modern fighter pilot comes with some risks. While many pilots will hone their skills with flight simulators on the ground, but the technology certainly has its limitations – and even the most…

Momia Juanita (‘Mummy Juanita’) is the name given to the mummy of a 15th century Incan girl who was discovered in Peru in 1995. She is known also as the ‘Lady of Ampato’, and the ‘Inca Ice Maiden’, the first because she was found on the top of Mount Ampato, a dormant volcano in the…

Welcome back to Daily Aviation for a feature on one of the busiest strategic military airlift aircraft designed to operate from virtually anywhere, exceeding 4 million total flight hours in 2021. As a loadmaster for 20 years, I have had the privilege of flying these wonderful planes. You’ve been to some great places around the…

They call them the саtасomЬ Saints – ancient Roman сoгрѕeѕ that were exhumed from the catacombs of Rome, given fictitious names and sent abroad as relics of saints from the 16th century to the 19th century. They were decorated with extгeme lavishness, as you can see below. . But why – why would they be…

A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated. Credit: NAOJ Position and velocity map of the Milky Way Galaxy. A Japanese radio astronomy project revealed Earth is 2,000 light years closer to the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center. The…

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The original B-1A was built for unusual (Nuclear) missions of high-altitude high-speed penetration. Before the B-1A became the IOC, the Soviets had built air defenses that could topple it. (Advanced SA-2 systems and SA-5 systems as well as MiG-25) Thus convention canx the B-1A.   Then, to avoid a huge loss in development and acquisition…

    The A400 was never intended for verticle capability. It was designed to have short field takeoff and landing. It is a very capable aircraft.   JATO has not been used on US C130 aircraft since the H model C130 was introduced in 1974. The H model -15 engines create the same power as…

Michigan was digging into a field, for the purpose of drainage, when, about eight feet deep, they encountered a substance that looked like wood. As the Detroit Free Press reports, the farmers soon realized they were hitting not wood, but bone.   Is it a ᴅιɴosᴀuʀ bone? They called the University of Michigan, who relayed…