Ondřej Dvořák

Aerospace engineer with a passion for all things airborne (especially gliders)

[Hush-Kit Aviation News, History & Satire @Hush_Kit]

I crashed a Mirage IV into the sea and lived to tell the tale: https://t.co/dDJIWlkMZK

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@heatloss1986 @Hush_Kit Gs...

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@Hush_Kit E.g. the fact that a NATO air force seriously had to actively fly Thunderjets well into 1970s is in my eyes even worse.

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@heatloss1986 Yeah, but those things went through completely normal test and procurement processes and everyone can now see they kinda sucked at first.

On the other hand, the mysterious German missile would 100% work on the first try (if it was ever launched).

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@Hush_Kit It is an awesome article, but the ultimate steel miracle bomber is of course not the Valkyrie but Boulton Paul Bodmin. I do not make the rules.

The lengths to which British aviation went, in order to avoid aluminium, were truly incredible.

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@heatloss1986 @Captain_Fubar I was under impression that rather than going for non-American, it is about Sweden being a long-term desirable partner for Canada. It somewhat makes sense to me. They just did a successful project, both want to bring more defense inhouse and share threats and the Arctic region.

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@Hush_Kit Will there be a solution at one point?

According to my machine-readable military aircraft operator database, the only aircraft operated by at least four of these air forces is DH.9 (but no Nepal). So I wonder what everyone missed.

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@Hush_Kit @FunkadelicHorse @Zaphod2042 It is a tough problem!

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@FunkadelicHorse @Zaphod2042 @Hush_Kit I am certain that one solution is Fokker 100. It flew for domestic airlines in all the mentioned nations.

🇳🇵- Cosmic Air
🇨🇭- Swissair
🇦🇫 - Kam Air
🇲🇳 - Aero Mongolia
🇮🇪 - EUjet

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@Hush_Kit It's Fokker 100, no?

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@Hush_Kit Then I will guess Airco DH.9 or some licence variant. The Soviets produced them too, so they were surely present around Asia.

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@BretDevereaux Out of curiosity, does this sometimes actually happen?

Are there real outsiders, who manage to break into good journals in a field like yours without formal education?

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@FlightPolish @EiseleRonald01 @ron_eisele Afaik, it was to observe shipping in support of U-Boot campaigns

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@aniemyer I never thought about it either. I think the good part is the backspin. If I imagine it correctly, with backspin you always get aligned yaw/roll reaction. With frontspin it should be opposite and that sounds less manageable.

[Ministerstvo obrany @ObranaTweetuje]

Již brzy Česká republika obdrží první ze dvou transportních letounů Embraer C-390 Millennium ✈️

V Brazílii v minulém týdnu proběhl první zálet letounu C-390, který vyrobila společnost @embraer pro Českou republiku. Ten bychom měli obdržet již v polovině letošního roku a bude součástí flotily 24. základny dopravního letectva. Po přistání v Česku jej prostřednictvím médií představíme také veřejnosti!

Díky letounům získá Česká republika nové schopnosti při přepravě materiálu nebo osob, při hašení rozsáhlých požárů, evakuaci zraněných nebo při tankování paliva.

#KC390millennium

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@Hush_Kit The red and white J-22 is the coolest aviation image I have seen in a while.

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@Hush_Kit I base it in Napoli and fly to all the little islands and ports in the Med.

Latecoere 631 for long distance, Do 26 for shorter routes, Breguet 790 for sightseeing flights, N-3PB as fast aerotaxi, Mars for cargo and firefighting.

Crews have togas and Poseidon tridents.

[The Aviationist @TheAviationist]

A U.S. Navy F-14D Tomcat Might Return to the Skies Thanks to Congress’ “Maverick Act”

Three U.S. Navy F-14D Tomcats would be transferred to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission in Huntsville, Alabama, and one might be made flyable again, following the approval of the “Maverick Act.”

Story: https://t.co/mNsS7Khml7