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[Aircrew Interview @aircrewtv]

New Video!
Here is some great Tornado F3 footage from 'Wicky' and Dave Gourlay's time flying in the Falkland Islands with 1435 flight.

📺 https://t.co/pleaQ9MSG3

[corrado @coramba71]

@giuliocavalli Aslani un talento?

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Stephen and Viola Armstrong watching their son Neil become the first person to walk on the Moon, 1969...

The Armstrong family was watching from their home near Cincinnati when an estimated 600 million people around the world tuned in to the live broadcast, at the time the largest television audience in history. Neil's famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," became one of the most quoted phrases of the 20th century.

What many people don't know is that Neil Armstrong was considered one of NASA's calmest astronauts. During the lunar landing, the guidance computer generated multiple alarms, and the spacecraft was running dangerously low on fuel. Armstrong manually piloted the lunar module away from a hazardous boulder field and landed with less than a minute of usable fuel remaining.

His parents had encouraged his fascination with aviation from an early age. By age 16, Armstrong had earned a student pilot's license before he even had a driver's license. Their support helped launch a journey that took him from small Ohio airfields to the surface of the Moon.

The lunar module landed in an area Armstrong named Tranquility Base. After touchdown, he radioed Earth: "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed," a message that instantly signaled one of humanity's greatest achievements.

© Reddit

#archaeohistories

[corrado @coramba71]

@mweilx @PBerizzi Foto scattata dopo la battaglia del solstizio

[mєdoşᥫ᭡ @medoyaa]

Sadece dahiler bunu doğru yapar!

Hesap makinesi olmadan çözebilir misin?

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

This photograph should stop you cold when you read what’s about Eleven Northrop YB-49 flying wings, lined up at the Hawthorne plant in California, around 1949. No fuselage, no tail — just pure wing, like something pulled straight out of a science fiction novel.

Jack Northrop spent his entire career obsessed with this design, convinced it was the future of aviation. And he wasn't wrong — he was just about 40 years too early. The program was cancelled, the aircraft were scrapped, and the dream seemed buried.

Then in 1989, the B-2 Spirit rolled out of a hangar and the whole world finally understood what he was talking about.

The YB-49 never made it into production. But looking at this image, it's hard not to feel that something genuinely important was lost — and remarkable that one man's vision survived long enough to reshape the skies anyway.

Some ideas don't die. They just wait.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Wingsuit pilot Vincent Cotte insanely skimming just feet off the ground at over 100 mph.

[📹vincent.cotte]

[The Aviationist @TheAviationist]

Had to update this composite image with the latest mysterious aircraft. We have reported on all of them over the years, starting 12 years ago with the Amarillo and Wichita sightings, then the January 2026 image by Uncanny Expeditions, and now the most recent one by Project Fear.

You can read about the 2014 sighting ones here: https://t.co/rSugcOcyUJ

The January 2026 here: https://t.co/WzLIBh6MGm

And the latest one here: https://t.co/n2goQ7P8FW

Thank you @uncannyex @ProjectFearX

[corrado @coramba71]

@Eurosport_IT Ma che minkia dite

[corrado @coramba71]

@Netanyahu_News That' s the polish f16 demo crash last year

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

—Albert Einstein

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

Clash at Poteau
Encounter at Poteau

The clash at Poteau between Task Force Mayes and Kampfgruppe Hansen has often been described as an “ambush”. Oxford’s definition of ambush is as follows, surprise attack, lying in wait in a concealed position. However this was far from the facts, it was more of an encounter. Oxford’s definition of encounter, run into, come upon, stumble on. When the Group received orders to muster whatever vehicles they could, head east and retake Recht and Born the encounter was inevitable. Both units were heading in the opposite direction. German forces were definitely not hiding in wait to ambush as a very rigid time table of advance was to be followed.

Kampfgruppe Hansen provided the southern flank protection to Kampfgruppe Piper and as such was adequately equipped. The unit consisted of the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment with three battalions of infantry, artillery, flak units. However without a doubt the most valuable asset was the attachment of the 1st SS Panzerjager Abteilung equipped with the Jagdpanzer IV L/70 (V) with a 75mm Pak 42 main gun. This was the first action of the newly created Abteilung.

William Barton C/18 who was towards the head of the column through dense fog could make out the faint shadows of infantry and “some sort of vehicle” out in front of the convoy. Several Jagdpanzer IV’s began shooting up the column before the cavalrymen could even see what was before them. Needless to say the lightly armed Task Force was no match. Drivers and crewmen attempted to turn vehicles around, however the column was closely assembled and many vehicles attempted to use the road shoulder and muddy soft fields to return to Poteau. As a result several became stuck and immobilized. Others hopelessly bumper to bumper abandoned vehicles and returned on foot.

While still holding on to the town elements of both Squadrons were involved in a hilltop battle northeast of Poteau. The Germans were attempting to out flank the Cavalry Group and attack from the wooded area from that direction. The Group occupied the town until approximately 14:00, ordered to withdraw towards Vielsalm and closed at that location at 16:45.

Several of the cavalry vehicles were deliberately set on fire by advancing Germans for the benefit of an SS photo unit that was attached to the Abteilung. The very famous widely published photos of advancing Germans past wrecked and abandoned vehicles were shot by the same photo unit. (see photos) Close observation of the photos will show that the infantry is advancing in two different directions.

This encounter reinforces the fact that during World War II Mechanized Cavalry was not utilized as intended. (see earlier post on Cavalry missions) Often out gunned its speed and maneuverability could not even the field against an enemy with superior firepower.

It must also be considered that ordered to “retake” Recht and Born was not a mission that the Group could accomplish, considering that earlier elements of the 7th Armored Division were pushed out of the same location. Records indicate that this order came from the 106th Infantry Division H.Q. who until this point very little communications had occurred between the Group H.Q. and Lt. Jones of the 106th.

Colonel Devine had made several trips to the H.Q. of the 106th Infantry Division during the month of November however a working relationship was never established. On one visit to discuss potential defense/counterattack plans should they be necessary, Jones did not even remember who Devine was. Not to infer that this was a recipe for disaster, but it was. The 18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron had been in their defensive positions since mid October replacing elements of the 2nd Infantry Division. The 106th Infantry Division newly arrived and untested in combat. Not a reassuring fact either. But then again this sector of the front line was known as the “ghost front”.

[Untold War Stories @UntoldWarFacts]

The paintings on the noses of WW2 aircraft were rarely just decoration.

To the men who flew behind them, they were luck. Protection. A charm against death.

The tradition was older and stranger than almost anyone realizes, and it runs from an Italian sea monster in 1913 to the Ferrari logo to Walt Disney.

This is the story of nose art..🧵1/7

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Stuart Sutcliffe collapsed in his art class in Hamburg, Germany, in February 1962. He had been complaining of headaches for months, and they were steadily getting worse. He couldn't see clearly anymore, and the light hurt his eyes.

When he fell to the floor, the class panicked. Stuart was only 21 years old—a young Scottish painter, engaged to a beautiful German photographer, and studying under one of the most famous artists in Europe.

He also had a secret life he had just left behind. He used to be in a band. That band was called the Beatles.

Six months later, they would have their first hit. Eighteen months later, they would change music forever. But Stuart wouldn't live to see any of it.

Here is how he got there.

Stuart was born on June 23, 1940, in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a schoolteacher and a civil servant. The family moved to Liverpool when Stuart was three. His father went to sea, and his mother raised the children. Stuart was different from other kids—quiet, smart, sensitive, he drew constantly and painted obsessively.

In 1956, at age 16, he started at the Liverpool College of Art. That was where he met John Lennon.

John was loud and rough; Stuart was quiet and elegant. Despite their differences, they became best friends. John was already trying to start a rock band with his school friend Paul McCartney. They called themselves the Quarrymen, then the Silver Beetles, and went through a few other names.

The band desperately needed a bass player. Stuart didn't play any instrument and didn't really care about rock music, but he had just sold one of his paintings for £65—big money for a teenager back then. John talked him into spending that money on a Höfner bass guitar, and then taught him three basic chords.

Stuart officially joined the band in May 1960. He couldn't really play, so he would often stand on stage with his back to the crowd so people couldn't see his fingers. He couldn't sing well either, but he had something the rest of the band didn't have: he was incredibly beautiful.

Tall, with dark hair, sharp cheekbones, and wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses before anyone else, he looked like a movie star. Whenever Stuart sang Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender," girls in the audience screamed louder than they did for any of the other Beatles. It even made Paul McCartney a little jealous.

Stuart and John also invented something else: the band's name. Both were huge fans of Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets, and wanted a similar name with a double meaning based on a bug. They came up with "Beetles," and John tweaked the spelling to "Beatles"—like a musical beat.

In August 1960, the band got an offer to play in Hamburg, Germany. It meant playing eight hours a night, six nights a week—a few months of brutal, exhausting work. They took the gig.

Hamburg changed everything. The Beatles played in seedy clubs and lived in tiny, cramped rooms behind a movie theater. They slept on bunk beds, and through the grind, they grew tougher, faster, and much better.

It was also where Stuart met someone special in the audience: Astrid Kirchherr. A German photographer, she was 22, tall, blonde, and exceptionally cool, specializing in taking photos of art-school groups. She came to a Beatles show, and she and Stuart locked eyes. By November 1960, they were engaged, exchanging rings in the German tradition.

Astrid was the first person to take serious photographs of the Beatles. Her black-and-white shots later became legendary: the young Beatles in leather jackets, smoking, looking dangerous.

She did something else, too. Stuart asked her to cut his hair, and she gave him a French art-school cut, brushed forward and cut straight across the forehead. At first, the other Beatles laughed at him and called him a "mop top." A few months later, they all wanted the same look. It became the most famous haircut in music history, and Stuart wore it first.

© Reddit

#drthehistories

[Aviation @xAviation]

While the DC-8 typically rotated in the 150-160-knot range, Concorde often delayed rotation until roughly 220 knots due to its slender delta wing design.

Despite the higher Vr, Concorde still achieved airborne status first thanks to its exceptionally high thrust-to-weight ratio and the Rolls-Royce/Snema Olympus 593 turbojets, which delivered greater combined takeoff thrust than the DC-8's entire engine suite.

📹: Oddgeirsson

[Untold War Stories @UntoldWarFacts]

In April 1943 an American Major General's ashes were scattered from a B-17 Flying Fortress near the Arizona desert.

24 years later his son led one of the most successful aerial ambushes of the Vietnam War.

7 North Vietnamese MiGs shot down in 12 minutes. Zero American losses.

The mission was called Operation Bolo.

This is the story of Robert and Robin Olds..🧵1/7

[TV Football 1968-92 @1968Tv]

On a really hot day, like today.
It always reminds me of July 5th 1982
And the classic World Cup game.
Italy 3-2 Brazil
Memories of a great summer!
#WorldCup

[Untold War Stories @UntoldWarFacts]

A rebellious Canadian teenager who could barely hold a job became the highest scoring Allied fighter pilot of the Malta campaign.

In one brutal stretch over Malta he shot down 27 Axis aircraft.

RAF officers considered him brilliant in the air and nearly impossible to manage on the ground.

German pilots feared him.

This is the story of George Beurling..🧵1/5

[KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨‍✈️ B-737 Wrangler @MCCCANM]

Good illustration of ejection seat technology:

Look at where the rockets on the seats fire. Both jets are inverted when the ejection is initiated, so the seat should fire the pilots straight at the ground…

But they are smart. They fire enough to clear the jet, then re-orient themselves & fire enough to slow the descent. Once they do, the seats cut the occupants loose from the straps & deploy the parachute.

Look where the parachutes deploy in relation to the jets. Absolutely incredible technology!

[Combat Learjet @Combat_learjet]

Just lost sight of each other, it so easy to do.