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Browsing the declassified CIA files relating to the assassination of President Kennedy, I came across the following memorandum to file, dated 29 December 1967: "SUBJECT: Leslie Norman Bradley 1. subject was employed as a co-pilot by ZRCLIFF [a CIA cryptonym for Southern Air Transport] 4 April...

On 12.30.2022, the FBI released its latest batch of declassified files on the hijacking of Flight 305 on 11.24.1971: "D.B.Cooper Part 78". On pages 85-86 we read: "“... during the hijacking the comment was made by the hijacker concerning IFR clearance, "you can pick it up in the air."” The...

For the first time in the public domain, the FBI has released one of the technical reports on the Boeing Company’s tests of the Boeing 727 with the air stairs down in flight. The report in question is numbered and titled D6-7771: “Flight Characteristics with Aft Airstair Down – B”. The airplane...

Between November 1969 and January 1973, the FAA attempted to use a profiling system to identify airplane passengers who might be hijackers. The profile had about 25 components. According to Andrew Hay at...

Dear fellow pilots, here's a real long shot. Does anyone have a father or grandfather who flew F-106s at 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington, in the 1970s? and would be willing to share some memories? Many thanks.

Here's a request for you flyers in the Vancouver, WA, or Battle Ground, WA, areas. Attached is a photo of the Battle Ground (BTG) VORTAC at 7799 NE 174th St, Vancouver, WA 98662. Could anyone provide a photo from a similar perspective (or slightly closer) with permission to use it, with...

Here's a question for any pilots who interact with Seattle ARTCC (ZSE) or Oakland ARTCC (ZOA). Attached are maps of the low-altitude sector boundaries of ZSE as of July 14, 1999 (by courtesy of Willamette Aviation) and of ZOA as of March 10, 1988 (by courtesy of the FAA). Does anyone know where...

The FAA Historical Chronology 1926-1996 states "Jun 1, 1952: Forty-five thousand miles of very-high-frequency (omnirange) airways, referred to as "Victor" airways, were put in operation. Like the then existing 70,000 miles of Federally maintained low-frequency airways, the "Victor" routes were...