RIP Matt “Guitar” Murphy

Sad news.  I hope he an John Belushi are having a great time together.

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Japanese Carriers

Not the WWII kind.  Looks like the Japanese are ready to admit what everyone knew.  Their new Helicopter carriers are going to become full-fledged STOVL carriers. I see some F-35B sales in Japan’s future.

Space: Safety vs Innovation

An interesting article on how NASA has become risk adverse and how SpaceX is pushing the envelope. (Post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

Russians lose another plane in Syria

Story here.  Looks like a bird or FOD ingestion, not combat related, but still expensive.

The Space Corps

The beginnings of a new space race?  Personally, I think a Space Corps is inevitable.

Iranian UAV shot down

Interesting story.   I’d like to know more.

More on SWA 1380

Great story here on the pilot of SWA 1380.  Previous post here.

A sad day for SWA

Story here.  This is very sad.

Russia’s weapons woes

A nice article from Strategypage on why much of the Russian military is a paper tiger.  I suspect the truth is even worse than these reports.

More on supersonic aircraft

I previously posted on NASA’s contract to build an experimental low noise supersonic aircraft.  Post here.  Now, it turns out that several companies are working toward the same goal.