Bayou Renaissance Man

The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

Showing posts with label Aircraft. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Aircraft. Show all posts

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Animals and aircraft: a sometimes dubious mixture

Courtesy of an e-mail from Eaton Rapids Joe , I was led to this account of a massive pig airlift operation. Business pard's son flies...

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The early days of drone warfare

CDR Salamander noted yesterday that the Iranian Shahed-136 drone was based, at least in part, on a joint US-West German development from...

Friday, February 27, 2026

The UPS air disaster as experienced on the ground

Midwest Safety has released a 40-minute video compilation of bodycam footage from emergency responders who rushed to the scene of the UPS ...

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Not so fast, buddy...

It's been claimed that China is " sending thousands of future military pilots posing as civilians to the United States to learn h...

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Drones again - this time, south of the border

Following our discussion last week of drones and their utility for defense of life and property, I found this article about how Mexican ...

Friday, November 21, 2025

A new twist on personal security and defense of your property

Big Country Expat is experimenting with a couple of low-cost entry-level quadcopter drones. He suggests it's a good idea for everyon...

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The convoluted world of international arms deals

It's been reported that Turkey is to buy 20 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from Britain . It is the largest fighter jet export deal in a...

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Living history

Courtesy of a link provided by our Australian correspondent Andrew, here's a half-hour video of a flight aboard one of only two surviv...

Thursday, August 7, 2025

That's one way to get there...

From XKCD a few days ago. Click the image to be taken to the original at the comic's Web page. The mouseover text at the original s...

Monday, June 2, 2025

Thoughts on Ukraine's drone strike against Russia's strategic bombers

We haven't seen any independent reports about Ukraine's drone strike yesterday morning against Russia's strategic bomber force...

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Sounds about right...

Circulating on social media yesterday, following the progressive left's outrage over Qatar's gift of a tricked-out Boeing 747 to P...

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Work smarter, not harder - aviation edition

I have to hand it to the bean-counter who dreamed up this classic tariff evasion plan . Delta Air Lines has taken a creative approach to s...

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

88 years ago today...

... this happened. May those who died in the Hindenburg disaster rest in peace. Peter

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The first female LOACH driver for a very special unit

I'm sure most of my readers have heard of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) , commonly known as the 160th SOAR...

Friday, December 13, 2024

"A passing bomber"

Heard an interesting "rumor" from a friend yesterday, one of whose relatives is said to be with an unnamed outfit, from an unide...

Friday, November 22, 2024

Behind the scenes at an airport control tower

With all the reports in recent months about aircraft being directed to use the same runway at the same time, and other near-tragedies, I t...

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

A tale of heroism and disaster, and ultimate triumph

I'm sure many readers know of the USAAF raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania in 1943, codenamed " Operation Tidal Wave ...

Thursday, September 26, 2024

UAV's (drones) are well over a century old

I was intrigued to read a lengthy history of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV's - also known as "drones") in Air & Space Q...

"I knew that Hawaii would be the place where I would die"

Those are the words of Masamitsu Yoshioka, believed to be the last survivor of the Japanese air fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor on Decemb...

Thursday, September 19, 2024

First in-flight refueling: now in-flight recharging?

I was intrigued to read that the US Army is looking at ways to recharge battery-powered drones (UAV's) in flight . In a bid to revolut...

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