AvFacts - Aviation knowledge without limits

I cover the different types of bombs; their different guidance methods, fuzing, and warheads; and what we choose to use when.

Learn about the history of coaxial-rotor helicopters, and their advantages and disadvantages over traditional helicopters.

In this episode, I cover the details of how we start up aircraft, and in particular jet engine-powered aircraft.

I talk about what decalage is and why it’s what makes an airplane an airplane.

I cover the basics of how air-to-air radar works, and some of the different modes that a modern fire control radar (FCR) operates in.

I talk about the challenges of flying over the North or South Pole.

I talk about how the different altitudes in aviation are measured and what their significance to pilots and air traffic controllers are.

Learn about the different pursuit types and how they can lead to overshoots and reversals, which can turn the tables of a dogfight.

I look at all the planning involved in minimizing the hazards of an emergency on the takeoff roll.

Learn about the three gyroscopic instruments in an airplane’s instrument panel, how they work, and what the future holds for gyroscopes in aviation.