Recent content by GrauGeist

It seems to be the case. The three are an Mi-8, Mi-28 and a Ka-52 with seven crewmen lost. They're still trying to sort out if the aircraft were downed by friendly fire, Ukrainian assets or a combination of both.

I'm liking the dual (or triple) antenna masts, myself.

WOW...ok, now's the time to get into the betting pool - 20 bucks a spot. 1) he falls up three flights of stairs and falls out of a third storey window. 2) he has a sudden heart attack and drowns while swimming. 3) he commits suicide by pistol (while stopping to reload). 4) he kills his entire...

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Thr Kremlin's minister of bullsh!t will just say it was an "unscheduled maintenance issue" - that or it was a "terrorist attack" (by the nation they are terrorizing).

ok, yeah...so tell me you have zero clues about aerodynamics without actually saying you have zero clues about aerodynamics.

Just looking at the image, it appears that the fuselage is too short and the CoG is too far forward, so the outboard vertical stabilizers were there to help stabilize the aircraft's flight characteristics. Plus, it's French...

If the plane was damaged in flight and started going down, the crew would leave it and bale out. The bombsight was not expected to survive. If the pilot was able to safely bring the bomber down relatively intact, then yes, destroy the bombsight. I don't recall reading where the bombardier was...

Swede may not have actually downed his claims, but he survived the attack and preoccupied the Zeros who could have otherwise gone on to down other aircraft. Vejtasa's action was actually during the Battle of Coral Sea and he was deployed as auxiliary CAP and, it was three claims, btw. Also at...

Absolutely.

Sorry, no. Three Me262B-1a two-seat trainers were converted to /U4 nachtjagers by Blohm und Voss at their Wenzendort facility. The three were WrkNmr 110305, 110306 and 110307. After conversion, all three were assigned to 10./NJG11 and were Red 8, Red 6 and Red 4, respectively. Red 4 (110307)...

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VFR pilots are just as capable as IFR pilots under conditions that they are trained for. The majority of accidents that occur for VFR rated pilots, is where they encounter an IMC situation that puts them at a disadvantage. One of the key factors is loss of spacial orientation as well as loss...

Compare the KI-60/KI-61 to the He100.

This gives a little insight as to what happens to people who are against Putin's "three day special operation" https://www.amnesty.org/en/projects/anti-war-protest-in-russia/