The Gyrodyne QH 50.
Gyrodyne received an invitation to participate in a requisition competitition to produce a single seat “personal” helicopter and …
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Neil Alden Armstrong, First Man To Walk On The Surface Of Another Heavenly Body, Dies.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon has died. Before he piloted the Lunar Module, Neil Armstrong was …
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USS Iowa Decommissioned.
She had nine 16 inch guns, twenty 5 inch guns, eighty 40mm anti aircraft batteries, forty-nine 20 mm cannons. She was 45,000 …
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Color Coded Shirts Distinguish Aircraft Carrier Personnel Roles.
Everybody on an aircraft carrier deck has a role. Because it is a noisy dangerous and sometimes unforgiving place, each seaman typical has on a …
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The Story Of Butch O Hare
World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the aircraft carrier USS …
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Did You Know That Modern SuperCarriers Have A Washdown System?
Found this from X-planes, blogrolled here
Decades Old Ban Dropped. Women May Now Serve In Submarine Force
“WASHINGTON — The U.S. military’s ban on women serving on submarines passed quietly into history Thursday morning. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates notified lawmakers in …
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60 Years Later, USS Grunion Located
Ten years ago, Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Lane walked into an antiques shop and plunked down a dollar for an old Japanese electrical diagram …
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Grumman F9F Panther, The United States Navy’s First Successful Jet Fighter
“The Navy accepted a total of 1,388 F9F Panthers. The Navy and Marine Corps Panthers that were deployed in Korea, flew about 78,000 combat sorties. On November 9, 1950, the Panther became the first carrier jet to engage a jet-powered enemy; a “Mig-15 of the Chinese Peoples Republic.”
Is The Navy Killing Flipper?
“Sonar can temporarily deafen dolphins, a new study has found, suggesting that mass strandings of cetaceans could be caused by military activities. The US Navy …
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Iowa Class Battleship USS Wisconson Fires 16 Inch Guns For The Last Time.
Imagine the hell on the receiving end. This was her last time firing the 16 inch guns, February 23, 1991, off the Eastern coast of …
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Sea Faring Laser To Be Tested For Small Boat Threats (Pirates, This Is Gonna Hurt)
A U.S. Navy plan to test a high-power laser against the small-boat threat to its warships provides the first real opportunity to transition electric lasers …
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