Vista, suerte y al toro

April 1st, 2010 by Baby

Mig-29, PAK-FA… WHAT´S GOING ON IN INDIA?

We have been talking recently about the T-50 PAK-FA, the Russians leap into a fifth generation fighter. It can be very difficult for any nation to venture into such a project without international support or without some thorough study on potential sales markets. The F-22 and its tremendous cut backs could be a good example of that, though [...]

March 25th, 2010 by Baby

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WSO OR NOT?

…flying with a Weapon System Operator (WSO) in the rear seat. This is a question that can not be answered rashly, without a pondered thought, and without some experience about the issue. There are some collateral aspects that require a more detailed study…

THESE PAF GUYS REALLY DO A GOOD JOB, DON´T THEY?

March 23rd, 2010 by Baby

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THESE PAF GUYS REALLY DO A GOOD JOB, DON´T THEY?

After a few months in the dark, here we go again with VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO – English version… After some posts talking about the Blue Angels, here´s a new one about another Aerobatic Patrol, in this case, the French one…

July 19th, 2009 by Baby

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WHY DO THEY FLY WITHOUT OXYGEN MASK?

Originally posted by Little on VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO blog on 26th Feb 2008.
Translation by FRANCISCO MARTINEZ.

A few days ago I read a comment from one of you asking why the Blue Angels pilots do not use oxygen mask in their display flights. A mate of mine says that the Blue Angels’ F-18 incorporates [...]

July 14th, 2009 by Baby

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AIR TO AIR REFUELLING WITH THE RF-4C

Originally published in VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO Blog on February 17, 2008.
Translated by FRANCISCO MARTINEZ
This pictures you are seeing now are the operations log of the ‘sadly’ disappeared 123 Escuadrón of the Ala 12 in Torrejón. The log, without the laudable and not much appreciated work of its last boss, Commander Vara, would probably [...]

ALREADY TEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST MISSION IN KOSOVO…(Part III) By Momo

July 14th, 2009 by Baby

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ALREADY TEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST MISSION IN KOSOVO…(Part III) By Momo

Originally published in VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO Blog on April, 30th 2009.
Translated by HEATSEEKER. Thanks once more for your time and kindness…
Here we are again. In first place, I would like to apologize for taking so long in coming up with the last part of my flight in the ‘99 Kosovo campaign. My duties [...]

July 9th, 2009 by Baby

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ALREADY TEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST MISSION IN KOSOVO (Part II). By MOMO

Posted by Little on VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO Blog on March 28, 2009
Translated by our good friend HEATSEEKER…
As a sequel to the first part, I would like to continue accounting the happenings that took place during that flight in which I was involved during the first day of the Kosovo war. In first [...]

June 28th, 2009 by Baby

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WHAT A HELL OF A FLYING MACHINE!!!!

Posted by Little on Vista, Suerte y al Toro blog on February 17th, 2008
Translation by FRANCISCO MARTINEZ

Everyone initiated in the history of world of fighting aircraft have for sure identified one of the best combat airplanes ever, the F-4 Phantom II. We are talking about 50s’ technology which was, pardon, already is active [...]

June 26th, 2009 by Baby

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ALREADY TEN YEARS SINCE THE FIRST MISSION IN KOSOVO (Part I)

Here is the first part of a three chapter post about the first EF-18 mission in Kosovo. It was published in Vista, suerte y al toro blog (www.maclittle.es) on the 24th of March, precisely on the 10th aniversary of the mission. Thanks again to HEATSEEKER, we can enjoy MOMO´s post in English version.
Ten years [...]

June 16th, 2009 by Baby

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G-LOCK

Posted by Little on VISTA, SUERTE Y AL TORO blog on February 17th, 2008
Translated by FRANCISCO MARTINEZ

What you can see in this video is a loss of consciousness of a pilot belonging to my French squadron during a ‘simple’ acrobatic mission in a Mirage 2000. The performance of the clean airplane, that is, [...]