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Flight Test Files: Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Vintage Aviation News

Since the 1940s, Dryden has been a hub for cutting-edge flight testing, contributing significantly to the development of modern aviation technologies. NASA 991 was returned to the Navy on September 6, 1985, having completed its mission and left a lasting impact on both NASA and Navy aviation research.

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A Bristol Bulldog Biplane Fighter is Once Again in the Sky

Vintage Aviation News

What you do is you sit up high for takeoff and as you add power and the tail comes up almost immediately, very quickly. “I started to make a normal landing, but as I was getting ready to touch down, I pulled the power off and the tail just fell out from underneath me,” he said. of Great Britain, built 443 of the type. .

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