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Michael Russell's Articles in Aviation

  • The F-22 and the Fighter Aircraft's Future
    Without doubt, the most exiting combat aircraft of the early 21st century is the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. A far different aircraft from anything preceding it, the F-22's development history reflects the many problems, both technological and financial, than can beset an advanced system of its kind.
  • The English Electric Lightning
    Only the RAF, of all the world's airforces, made the jump from subsonic to Mach Two fighter with no "Mach One plus" intermediary. They replaced the Hawker Hunter day fighter and the Gloster Javelin all-weather fighter with the Mach 2 English Electric (later BAC) Lightning. The Lightning had its origin in a Ministry of Supply Specification which was issued in 1947 and called for a manned supersonic research aircraft.
  • World War II - The Foo Fighters
    Foo Fighters was the name used for numerous unexplained phenomena in WW II, as well as being used in a derogatory sense. Some pilots over Europe called them "Kraut balls".
  • The First Rocket Powered Airplanes
    In 1947, the first recorded flight in excess of the sound barrier was recorded. This was the famous flight of Air force Captain Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1 rocket powered aircraft. There are disputes that other pilots had previously broken the sound barrier but their claims were not substantiated.
  • The B-50 Superfortress
    Officially, the justification by the USAF for the new B-50 designation was made on the basis that the changes introduced by the B-29D were so major that it was essentially a completely new aircraft. The ruse worked and the B-50 survived the cutbacks to become an important component of the postwar Air Force.

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