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Hitler's vengeance weapon, the V-1, flew at 400 miles per hour, as quick as the latest RAF fighters. Trying to intercept and shoot down such fast-moving objects was proving difficult for the RAF pilots detailed to defend Britain's skies. Yet, in theory, if the flying-bomb's gyroscopic guidance system could be disturbed the V-1 might crash to the ground. On 20 August 1944, a Belgian pilot put the theory to the test for the very first time.
 Here is an update on Me262 "WHITE 3".
After
the successful completion of the flight test
program and some bureaucratic and weather delays, I
ferried the airplane from Paine Field, Washington
to Suffolk County Airport in Virginia. For the
last two test flights we had converted it to the
two-seat configuration, which allowed our lead
mechanic Mike Anderson to come along as crew
chief/navigator on this 2,500 mile trip. As our FAA-
operating limitations mandated 'Day VFR only', and the max
altitude of 18 000ft not exactly optimal for range, it took
us four days and six refueling stops across the
continent to reach our destination, with "WHITE 3"
performing flawlessly.
ATC
doesn't have a computer code yet for the Me262,
and controllers frequently asked me for the type of
airplane. They usually couldn't wait then to pass
the information on to 'their' airliners on the same
frequency, e.g. "Delta 123, you have a
MESSERSCHMITT!! at your ten o'clock, five miles".
One of the many funny replies: "Are we being
invaded?"...
After receiving its new airworthiness certificate and operating limitations (the initial ones were valid only for flight test and repositioning), I'll be flying "WHITE 3" from its maintenance base in Suffolk County to its final destination, a small airport south of Virginia Beach with a 5,000 ft grass runway, where it will join - as the first jet - the world's largest collection of privately owned warbirds in the "Military Aviation Museum." I am sure you'll be able to follow the operation of this airplane in the future on YouTube and in aviation magazines. Cheers, Wolf Czaia Jim Larsen took the picture of "White 3" with Mt. Baker in the background. |
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The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.
The Thunderjet became the Air Force's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 missions and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced served w... more | |
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The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 flew in 1946. Although it entered service in 1947, the Thunderjet was plagued by so many structural and engine problems that a 1948 Air Force review declared it unable to execute any aspect of its intended mission and considered cancelling the program. The aircraft was not considered fully operational until the 1949 F-84D model and the design matured only with the definitive F-84G introduced in 1951. In 1954, the straight-wing Thunderjet was joined by the swept-wing F-84F Thunderstreak fighter and RF-84F Thunderflash photo reconnaissance aircraft.
The Thunderjet became the Air Force's primary strike aircraft during the Korean War, flying 86,408 missions and destroying 60% of all ground targets in the war as well as eight Soviet-built MiG fighters. Over half of the 7,524 F-84s produced serve... more | |
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