The Aviators Thread

I don't think I'd be here if he'd flown in that 🤔

First and third pictures shows a RAF Vickers Wellington (retired in 19653), second photo might be a Handley Page Harrow (retired 1946).
I always liked this Wellington-onboard photo of a RAF flight Sergeant with his wrist watch, note the Iron & wooden airframe:
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My dad never mentioned the Wellington, or the Stirling, for that matter, but the Wellington was well regarded and tough as old boots.
The Stirling was supposedly very maneuverable and tougher than the Lanc or Halifax.
By the time my dad flew in the Wimpy and Stirling they were clapped out and there were lots of accidents in training.

65 years " Stealth " concept and Half-a-century " Stealth " technology:
In 1960 Soviet-Russian physicist Pyotr Ufimtsev's research in scattering electronic magnetic waves lay the basis for " Stealth " technology. Two years later, Ufimtsev published his research which was translated by 1971. Take another 4 years and by 1975, American aircraft producers such as Lockheed & Northrop "applied" the theory to design a stealth fighter aircraft.
Best-known project is the "Have Blue", started in 1975, leading to a first flight in 1977 which became the F117 Night Hawk by 1981...
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December 1989, first operational use F-117 Night Hawk...
March 1999, F-117 Night Hawk downed over outskirts Belgrade Serbia
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