Sierra Hotel Aeronautics Aviation and Space – Page 2

Mar 20, 2021

When a Lone MiG-23 Invaded Florida

March 20th 1991 – Cuban Air Force pilot Major Orestes Lorenzo Perez directs his Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN Northbound, and touches down unannounced on the runways at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. Major Lorenzo, astounded to have been able to penetrate...

1 comment · Mar 19, 2021

Tom Cruise Saves Elizabeth Shue from the Tail Rotor of a Helicopter

Sierra Hotel Aeronautics does not normally report on the entertainment world, but never say never… We have an actual real world Sierra Hotel Hollywood exclusive story!! and we are proud to say it is not the usual negative Hollywood gossip...

Jan 31, 2021

The Tale of Two Bags

The Tale of "Two Bags"Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated. He details his experiences when given the opportunity to fly in an F-14 Tomcat."Now this message is for America's most famous athletes: Someday you may be invited to fly in...

8 comments · Jan 19, 2021

Iron Eagle

Those of us who are old enough to remember smoking sections on airliners, will also remember the aeronautical cheesefest, 80s action flic called "Iron Eagle". The story of a young hot dog Cessna driver, and leader of the famed “Eagles...

1 comment · Jan 11, 2021

The One Man Air Force

. James Howell Howard Born was on April 8th, 1913, in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, where his American father worked as a doctor. Initially intending to follow in his father's footsteps into medicine, Howard, shortly before his graduation, decided that the life of a Naval...