The Abode of McThag

One of the news reports about the Palm Beach Learjet crash made a point to tell us that one of the passengers was wealthy. Um... Us poors do...

Somewhere, Blue Angel #1 is looking at themselves in the mirror and saying, "I knew I should have shifted left just a tiny bit." P...

How would Spain, France or Germany know we'd overflown their countries with our B-2's? Think about it. 

I understand that sending Artemis up and around the moon was something that needed to be done to confirm that the equipment worked... It...

One of the constant concerns that our allies have had about the F-35 was the online maintenance portion of the plane. They point out that it...

I was just reading about how the USMC is adding the capability to fire the new laser guided APKWS II rockets to their F/A-18C/D fleet. Rocke...

40 Years Ago some engineers put on their manager hats and seven Astronauts died. I was in the lunch line at school buying my breakfast. They...

Gyroscopic forces are amazing. When the plane rotates on take-off the engine, whose fan is basically a big gyroscope, doesn't want to go...

 

Randy "Duke' Cunningham has left the chat. Naval Aviator Congressman Criminal (Repeating myself?) Convicted Felon (Pardoned) 

Love him or hate him (and we hate him) Robert MacNamara's reasoning for making a coherent designation system for our weaponry was sound....

Passenger is a form of cargo that complains, but it's cargo. The Blue Origin flights send up passengers, not crew. The vehicle is a robo...

China just cancelled delivery for about 200 Boeing jets, blaming the tariff war. Boeing will shortly be letting about 200 other customers in...

Should Northrop-Grumman win the F/A-XX bid... What cat name should be applied?  I like Bobcat because the stealthy thing will almost certain...

 

This is just down the road from me! Plane flips after emergency landing.  No injuries, they say. When I first saw the pics I thought it look...

I'm reading about how Boeing got the contract for the Air Force's F-47A. Most of the press is saying that it's Boeing's firs...

I've played a few of these games and they never seemed as bad as they clearly are now. Willing suspension of disbelief is real!  I was m...

While watching Boom Supersonic conclude it's flight test regime with their XB-1 a thought occurred: If Boom can do this, why can't B...

I noticed something in this vid of the F-35A crash in Alaska: The control surfaces are not moving.  Even if the pilot ejects, the flight con...