The History Channel

 

 

 

Military planners fear the runway's vulnerability to pre-emptive attack. Their solution - Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft able to launch without runways. The Cold War's onset led to Western Europe's need to defend from Soviet invasion and the attempts by NATO powers to ensure they achieved aerial superiority over the USSR. One of the greatest fears was the concept of a pre-emptive strike that would knock out NATO airstrips before their fighters could take off. The solution was vertical take off.

This programme examines the early attempts to produce such an aircarft and the challenges involved in achieving that goal. We turn to the US efforts to build a Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft aircraft, "Pogo" aircraft, the Ryan X-13 Vertijet, F-104, and Sikorsky S-57. Meanwhile, British designers were developing the P1127, which NATO nearly adopted as the European standard, before political wrangling killed full deployment. Its technology ended up in the Harrier Jump Jet.

 

Picture of Hawker Hunter used in the programme

SECRET SUPERPOWER AIRCRAFT: Quest for Vertical Take-Off

shown Monday August 20th 2007 at 3:00pm on the History Channel

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk

 


 

Aeromecha Vibration Controls

 

 

Picture of a Supermarine Spitfire used on the Aeromecha Vibration

Controls Website and also displayed as an artistic photograph in their office

(Large printed picture)

- http://www.aeromecha.co.jp/index_english.html

 


 

Little Gransden Airshow 2007

 

 

Picture of a Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora used on the

Little Gransden 2007 Airshow Website - http://www.littlegransdenshow.co.uk

 


 

Featured on Featurepics.com

 

FeaturePics.com

 

An article on Military Aviation Photography on www.featurepics.com

a site dedicated to Photography of all kinds

 


 

Steven Wilson /

HuntersAndTheHunted.com

 

 An image of a De Havilland Mosquito was used on this Author's Website

 


 

 MTC Technologies

 

A USAF F-16 image was used in this brochure

 


EADS Defence Electronics

Two Dutch F-16 images were used in this brochure


Venango Museum

Oil City, Pennsylvania

 

Venango Museum of Art, Science, and Industry
270 Seneca Street Oil City, PA 16301

The Venango Museum of Art, Science and Industry, located in Oil City, Pa., is a private, non-profit general museum that offers a combination of permanent and changing exhibits.

Annual offerings include musical and performance programs, summer children's programs, regional art shows, tours to historic sites, lectures, a changing annual "hands on" science exhibit for children, and an annual river expedition aboard a working replica of a 19th century packet boat, the "Pine Knot."

 

A photo was used of a pair of F-15E Strike Eagles taken at RAF Lakenheath

 


Images used on music CD's for

Southend Seafront Airshow

 

 

Several music CD's were produced for Southend's Seafront Airshow in 2001 and 2002. A few of my images were used on these CD's. The music's creator Phil Armand, used images of the Tornado and Harrier for tracks titled "Tornado" and "Harrier".

 

Phil D Music - CD's created by Phil Armand, Brad Luff and Dave Feldman

The music was also copyright BBC Essex