Why Pilots Say the B-52 Is Miserable to Fly but Still Matters
“It handles terribly, is sluggish, and has some weird behaviors,” is what one former B-52 pilot noted, and it perfectly…
Aerospace & Spaceflight
Why the Navy’s F-35C Changed What Fighter Pilots Actually Do
What used to be essential for qualification requirements, such as… skills that, I think, can probably be cut back some…
Why the F-22 Raptor Still Shapes Air Combat
F-22 Raptor’s ability to cruise at supersonic speed without afterburner is a defining capability. While it saves fuel, minimizes thermal…
Why the SR-71 Never Flew Mach 3.56 Again
The highest speed reached during operation of the SR-71 does not reflect the capability for which the aircraft was designed,…
Why the Air Force Still Needs the F-15EX Beside Stealth Jets
A modern war will demand volume as much as it will precision. This statement has been used to refer to…
NASA’s Moon Landing Confidence Now Hinges on One Hard Part
The challenge of landing astronauts on the moon is no longer the far-off aspect of the Artemis program. In the…
Artemis 2 Toilet Trouble Exposed a Bigger Deep-Space Challenge
A malfunction in the toilet seems funny until it happens during one of the most intricate feats humans have achieved….
Blue Origin Puts Reused New Glenn Booster Through Key Trial
Can a heavy lift rocket become routine without learning how to fly the same hardware again? Blue Origin has gotten…
New 3D Universe Map Deepens the Dark Energy Problem
When the largest map of the universe ever created begins to shake the decades long model upon which cosmologists have…