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Imagine a gun so powerful an airplane was designed around it. A gun whose trademark “BRRRT” it emits when fired brings relief to U.S. ground forces and terror to their enemies. A gun with...
Aerial refueling, or air-to-air refueling (AAR), transfers fuel from a tanker to another aircraft (the “receiving” airplane) in mid-flight. These “gas stations in the sky” can keep aircraft aloft for amazing amounts of time...
F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter "Midnight Rider" #799, arrives on flatbed truck at Hill Aerospace Museum Have you ever transported an F-117 Nighthawk from one state to another, then positioned it into...
The use of aircraft in warfare is something that is easy to take for granted today. It might be hard to imagine a time when there were no warplanes—but military aviation is only a...
General Dynamics F-16A “Fighting Falcon” S/N 79-0388 Crew: One Engine: One Pratt & Whitney F-100-PW-200 turbofan; 23,830 lbs thrust in afterburner Wingspan: 32 ft 9 1/2 in Length: 49 ft 3 1/2 in Height: 16 ft 8 1/2 in Weight: empty: 16,285 lbs; combat: 25,281 lbs; max: 37,500 lbs Speed: max: 1,345 mph (Mach 2.05); […]
Read moreCarl Wolfram Plane Talk — February 4, 2017 — The Other Side of the Story An awesome Plane Talk last Saturday! Carl Wolfram, an Ogden resident, spoke at Hill Aerospace Museum’s Plane Talk Series. As a young, curious boy in Hammelburg, Germany, Carl snuck away from his mother and ran out of an air raid […]
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