Michael Glynn
@realmikeglynn
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Founder at @ValorAir | Aviator, aviation ops and MRO consultant, aircraft ferry
Palm Beach, FL
Joined September 2023
Big thanks to @penswordbooks for publishing my first book: Airborne Anti-submarine Warfare - From the First World War to the Present Day https://t.co/JqZnowJ2Q2
pen-and-sword.co.uk
Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare unlocks the history and theory behind the shadowy art of how aircraft hunt for submarines. Written by a veteran US Navy submarine…
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Amazing footage - these crews do really Impressive work.
Inside the cockpit of NOAA's WP-3D while flying into Hurricane Melissa
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If you get into a slow-speed WVR turning fight with a Hornet (legacy/Super) something's gone wrong with your gameplan...
An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to VFA-195 Dambusters scores a simulated gun kill on an F-35B Lightning II attached to HMS Prince of Wales during dissimilar air combat training over the Pacific. 📷CDR Justin Reddick, USN
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After hearing about the USN and the admin speculating about fuel contamination being a potential cause of the loss of two aircraft within 30 mins, I spoke with a few former squadron mates who served on carriers with deck division or support roles. Here's what they said to me ⬇️
🇺🇸🇨🇳 2 U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CRASH IN 1 HOUR - TRUMP BLAMES "BAD FUEL" A Navy helicopter and an F/A-18 Super Hornet went down in the South China Sea within 60 minutes yesterday. Both launched from the USS Nimitz. All personnel safe. Trump's response from Air Force One? "Could be
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E-767 low transition wasn’t on my bingo card, but I’m here for it.
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Whew boy. If that was the impact from an inert weapon - imagine it with the live warhead!
Gloster Meteor target drone disintegrated by the impact of an inert Bristol Bloodhound ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile during trials at the RAAF Woomera Range Complex in the 1950s
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Wild footage! Thankfully the OA-1K crew is safe.
Some crazy footage from what seems to be a Tesla dashcam found on TikTok of this incident. Username is mtopchian1
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Gannet - important mission, not the easiest to look at. Absolute cinema indeed.
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Great footage of a Gannet shutting down a motor. The Double Mamba engine had two Mamba turbines each fitted to one contra-rotating prop via a gearbox. For ASW flying - there’s plenty of time you are flying at max endurance speeds - when low power is needed. Sometimes enough
Fairey Gannet AEW.3 prototype XJ440 shuts down and restarts half of its Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba turboprop powerplant in flight circa 1958
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Criticize what you will for the Kuznetsov class (you have lots of material to work with), but the missiles launching with the fresnel lens in the foreground goes hard.
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Doubly so because VAQ-129 is also the EA-18 Growler Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS). They’re taking the students down to learn the finer points of fighting the jet. OPs normal. Carry on.
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Guarantee accounts will say “Growlers flying south - we’re going to war!” No. Normally if there’s a squadron of Navy jets heading to Key West it’s because they’re doing an air combat maneuvering (ACM) detachment with the aggressors there. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Yesterday afternoon, twelve EA-18G VAQ-129 electronic warfare aircraft with Call Sign Vikings flew over from NAS Whidbey Island, Washington, heading south to Navy Key West (KNQX). I was also able to observe C-40s from the same facility from the north @thenewarea51
@LatAmMilMVMTs
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One of the major issues that benefits the low cost carrier (LCC) model in Europe vs the U.S. is geography and the relative scale of flight times. Most of the intra-EU or holiday destination flying is on flights of less than 2.5 hours - where the high density configuration, lack
Discount Airlines Changed Flying. Now They’re in Trouble.
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Cockpit voice recorder transcript is unreal: FO: “God look at that thing. That doesn’t seem right, does it? Uh that’s not right.” CAPT: “Yeah it is, there’s 80 [knots]” FO: “Naw, that doesn’t look right.” No low speed abort, go flying, 78 dead.
On Jan 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-200 (N62AF), crashed into Washington D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge moments after takeoff from National Airport. The jet struck 7 vehicles and plunged into the icy Potomac River — killing 78 people, including 4 motorists. The NTSB
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“Pilot is laughing at us over the radio”. Great story, have to respect the A-7.
@TomcatJunkie Late 80's I'm in White Sands (also the Range for Ft. Bliss) attending ADA school for the Stinger Missile. I'm running a 3-man Stinger team vs NMANG SLUF's. THT's (tracking head trainer, not live). Got my team trying to get tone (no joy) on what I think are some A-7's from a
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7 T-45s from NAS Kingsville arrived at KIWA today; they are spending the night and then departing to NAS El Centro tomorrow. Nice mix of the iconic orange-and-white and new grey liveries.
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Born too late to fly a Pan Am Clipper.
Name one airline that no longer exists but you wish you could fly again...
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There have been dozens of very uninformed takes on this story. No, the Qatari Air Force is not getting a “base” on U.S. soil. Training of foreign aviators in the U.S. has been completely routine for decades. At Mountain Home AFB, where this project is planned, there is already
NOW - U.S. and Qatar sign deal to open a Qatari "air force facility," in the U.S., at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
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It’s remarkable to consider that the wing designs for Victor were on the drawing board circa 1947-1948 and the prototypes flew roughly seven years after the end of WW2. Pace of development post war was extraordinary.
A fantastic shot of the Handley Page Victor prototype (Circa 1955). Hard to imagine just how futuristic this must have looked back in the 1960s, especially when compared to contemporary aircraft.
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Interesting to catch an AAS equipped P-8 making a low approach at a field that is not home base or a detachment location. When the AAS pod is mated, P-8 is not permitted to do practices landings (“bounces”). Curious what the reason for the approaches would be.
Made a run out to PDX this afternoon in hopes of seeing a Homeland Security Dash 8 but it ended up going to a satellite airport. Still managed to get a Angola 787 and a P-8 came in for a low approach after I left 🙃. 1/3 ain't bad...
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Went back to my logs to look - I flew this jet, side number 234 (BuNo 167085) many times while in Kingsville. The last time was as a lead on a night formation training flight on 3NOV16. Most importantly - crew is safe. Order up another Martin Baker ejection seat tie.
T-45C 167085 was destroyed in a crash near NAS Kingsville earlier today, the pilot ejected safely. #AE630E #BLZR234
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