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ANG F-16 pilots who were tasked to ram United Airlines Flight 93 recall being ready to Sacrifice their Lives on 9/11 – The Aviation Geek Club

“Sass would ram his aircraft into the cockpit where the terrorists were, to destroy the flight controls, I would take the tail by ramming my jet into the tail of the aircraft,” Heather Penney, F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with 113th Wing of the DC Air National Guard. On Sep. 11, 2001 then-US Air Force (USAF) …

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Airline pilot explains why future passenger jets could be Windowless – The Aviation Geek Club

Boeing built its first windowless jet airliners in the 1960s—and they flew as passenger-carrying jets from 1968 to 1992. Why are the passenger windows on aircraft so small? Would it not reduce the feeling of claustrophobia and thereby make air travel more comfortable if the windows were larger? The answer to these questions is that …

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The story behind this photo of an SR-71 afterburner blowing apart during an air show (according to Kelly Johnson this Blackbird was structurally unsound) – The Aviation Geek Club

Taken at Andrews Air Force Base during an Air Show in May 1984 the main image in this post features SR-71 Blackbird #960 right afterburner blowing apart. CLICK HERE to buy unique SR-71 Blackbird merchandise for your HABU collection. Taken at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB) (today Joint Base Andrews) during an Air Show in May …

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Former T-39A Pilot tells the story of when a Saudi Prince arrived in the US to buy F-15s pulled out a Roll of $1,000 Bills and asked him how many he needed to pay for the Sabreliner Fuel – The Aviation Geek Club

‘I reminded him that Saudi Arabia would be billed directly for the total cost and so he didn’t need to pay now. The roll disappeared back in the folds of his robe and he went inside to wait,’ Ron Wagner, former T-39A Sabreliner pilot with 89th AW. The 89th Airlift Wing (89th AW) is one …

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