Steve Davies

None of those are 'vanity' publishers. Your move. It's not about bucking a trend, it's about holding out to be paid an amount that is commensurate with both the effort put in and the worth of the product for as long as possible. I'm not going to throw away the small number of bargaining chips I have just because I fear that you might ridicule me for being backward.

You can use any of mine. Some are on FJPhotography.com

Great shots, Morley

I think that the world view of America is that it is a country rooted in the deepest sense of patriotism and respect for its armed forces... so the idea that one of America's national sporting bodies (and associated teams) was taking money to salute the troops is a little shocking. The Pentagon paid 14 NFL teams $5.4 million to 'salute troops' http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-pentagon-paid-14-nfl-teams-dollar54-million-to-salute-troops/ar-BBjFQq9?ocid=iehp

He has recently made an appearance on at least one internet thread that discusses his shootdown and subsequent actions. Angry PMs have been recieved! I wonder whether he'll find this thread?

For whatever it's worth, I met her a long time ago when she was at Captain and she gave zero impression that she wanted media attention. I expect that she is simply a 'victim' of an Air Force that feels it needs to get this sort of stuff out there.

No FY14 Class A mishap reports have been released, at least not according to: http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/

Some Saudi prince is offering RSAF "pilots" (I guess that WSOs don't qualify) a Bentley each in return for their participation in the Yemen bombing campaign (which they have ended without having actually achieved their objectives). AFAIK, no caveat is in place about them actually having to have hit their targets. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32417773

Hoss, He clearly stated that in 10 years' time, the F-16 will be a flying target and that the F-35 is the answer to that. My understanding has always been that the F-35's key role was never intended to be CAS - it was intended to be a door kicker on Day1 in a denied, double-digit SAM environment. No other airframe in the Air Force inventory can do that (at least, not in the white world inventory), so isn't that really what the F-35 must excel at? If the F-35 is 'as good as' existing MDSs at CAS (and I note your caveats about that), but will be able to operate in a highly-advanced threat environment a decade from now, and if the Air Force has decided that it doesn't have the cash to splash on single-mission aircraft, then what is the solution?

From memory, that's from a 22FS F-16 out of Spangdahlem.

Yeah, Huggy. ESCPAC (sp?) seats, made by Douglas.

Unfortunately not - the F-111's crews escape module was built by McDonell Aircraft under contract for GD.

F-8C wing failure at the fold mechanism, in case anyone was interested.

There must be something wrong with you! It's delicious.

Sorry for the delayed response. It can be for a variety of reasons: 1. Format doesn't really work on digital (as suggested above) 2. Author has not given permission to turn it into digital - contracts today cover digital rights, but older contracts typically do not, so new contracts have to be issued. If the author isn't interested or doesn't like the rates of offer, they can torpedo the whole initiative by refusing to sign over digital repro rights 3. Many books are published by 'vanity publishers', where the author has actually covered most (if not all) of the publishing costs. To go digital will require the author to spend even more money 4. Some companies and authors are still not convinced that the ebook sale is a business model that they want to get onboard with.

Since *American* movie theaters refused to air the premier for fear of reprisals? Besides which, I expect he was referring to the free world 'we'.

I am not a fan of flashdance, but I thought this was actually very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cKE8pyfcZc

That could well be exactly what it is - orange illumination just made it look like a localised patch of fire. Yeah, that would tally with it just being illuminated smoke, as per HF's suggestion.

Is it usual for the a/b to leave the deck on fire? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPRSh4v4gVM#t=19

Finally, some respect: http://www.amazon.com/Drone-Pilot-Log-Academy-X/dp/150300032X/ref=zg_bsnr_226498_7

I got the impression that there were some in his community (F-105) who disliked him because of his actions over the gun camera footage. I never got to the bottom of that, but it was certainly there. Read both of his books and thought they were excellent. .

Mark Williams?

Latest is this: Two parachutes, so presumably F-15D. Edit: 48FW confirms D model, but states that only one occupant on board. Wonder whether solo collar came off the command selector valve lever? Wing and fuselage are separated by some distance

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29544064

Was looking at some of the images of the Saudi component of the coalition strikes. Noticed that the pilot of this F-15S (son of Crown Prince) hasn't bothered to do up the Koch shoulder straps - so, no parachute for him, then. It may be wonder whether these guys actully have any intention of ejecting if the shit hits the fan. Based on anecdotal evidence of previous fatal mishaps, I expect not... And just to add, this photo was taken pre-strike - it's not of them coming back having unstrapped prior to popping the canopy.