TT-1 Pinto Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Dal sito dell' "AFA" (U.S. Air Force Association) .... ....Daily Report del 21 Ottobre 2011 .... Sixty Years into the Unknown .... A single F-16D accelerated through the sound barrier, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Flight Test Center pushing the edge of the envelope at Edwards AFB, Calif. With retired Brig Gen. Chuck Yeager(1) in the cockpit, together with AFFTC Commander Brig. Gen. Robert Nolan (2), the F-16's sonic wave reverberated, echoing Yeager's first supersonic flight in 1947. "When the Air Force Flight Test Center was established in 1951, Edwards Air Force Base had already become well known as the place where aviation history was being written," said Nolan, speaking at the celebration. Since then, the center "has been on the cutting edge of every major development that has transformed the field of flight—the turbo jet engine, supersonic and hypersonic flight," among many others, he added, addressing the hundreds gathered to mark the anniversary on Oct. 14 among test aircraft in Edward's hanger 1600. (Edwards report (3) by Kate Blais) Links .... (1) .... http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7680 (2) .... http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=11619 (3) .... http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123276487 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-1 Pinto Posted October 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Già .... nel 1997 .... On 14 October 1997, Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager flew a McDonnell Douglas F-15D at Mach 1.35, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his being the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound on 14 October 1947 in the Bell X-1. The flight was also Gen.Yeager's last military flight, ending 55 years and one month in Air Force cockpits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado4ever Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 un nonno proprio sveglio ! ! ! eccolo quando fece il suo primo volo supersonico: e qui vicino ad un venerabile Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBY1 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Tostissimo lasciatemi ricordare anche John Glenn...nel '98 è andato nello spazio con 77 anni sulle spalle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado4ever Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) lasciatemi ricordare anche John Glenn...nel '98 è andato nello spazio con 77 anni sulle spalle come non ricordare quest'altra magica figura ( anche se è un pò )..... Edited October 28, 2011 by tornado4ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-1 Pinto Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Sono figure che, nella loro vita, hanno dimostrato una grande tenacia e, quanto a tenacia, penso valga la pena di ricordare anche .... .... Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton .... http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kent_Slayton .... .... uno dei "7" inizialmente selezionati per le missioni "Mercury" che, scartato per motivi di salute, riuscì a volare nello spazio, grazie a determinazione e sacrifici, soltanto all'età di 51 anni nella missione congiunta USA-URSS (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project) nel 1975 .... .... l'ultima delle missioni "Apollo" .... http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_test_Apollo-Sojuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzisket Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) .....beh...non fece il "suo" primo volo supersonico......ma il primo volo supersonico in assoluto della storia!!!!!.....Yeager uno dei migliori piloti di tutti i tempi!!!! Edited November 28, 2011 by vorthex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bw139 Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Io ho un mito. Si chiama Gunter Rall ... Il vecchieetto tra i pochi, ha volato sul Bf109 come sull'F104.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bull1960 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Anche "Bepi" Biron italiano doc non era male! Dal Fiat A.S1 al F 104. Comunque Yeager rimane, secondo me, il top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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