Aircraft pics

[1967 Impala]

Here is some history on the Lancaster from Hamilton

The Lancaster, C-GVRA, owned and operated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWH), was one of the 422 Mk X models built at Victory Aircraft in Canada between 1943 and 1945. It saw service with the No. 107 Rescue Unit at Torbay, Newfoundland, as a maritime patrol/search and rescue aircraft until retired by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1964.

Lancasters are powered by four Rolls-Royce or Packard-built Merlin engines and was the only aircraft capable of carrying the 22,000-pound Grand Slam bomb.

Between 1942 and VE Day (May 8, 1945), Lancasters participated in 156,000 sorties and delivered two-thirds of Bomber Command’s total bomb weight. The Lancaster won a place for itself in history with the daring and precise bombing raids on the Mohne and Eder dams in May 1943 and with the sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz, in a well-defended Norwegian fjord. Of the 7,366 Lancasters built during World War II, only two are still flying today.

The CWH Lancaster was acquired from the Goderich Legion in 1977, with assistance from the Sully Foundation. Following a lengthy restoration, it flew again on September 24, 1988. The aircraft is painted in the wartime RCAF markings of the 419 Squadron, unit code VR-A aircraft in which P/O Andrew Mynarski of Winnipeg was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for attempting to rescue the trapped rear gunner from his blazing turret.

[1967 Impala]

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Some B24's at Willow Run

[Xplantdad]

That is a really cool pic Robert! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

Great pics and that B24 shot is sure an a amazing part of Willow Run history before Novas were rolling out the door!.
Cool too how the B24's are already numbered in the pic...it'd be interesting to run a few and see what history they took part in next?.
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Wasn't Willow Run where Tuckers were built too?.
Also anyone note what that Tucker sold for at the August RM Monterey auction...$1,017,500?!

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~ Pete

[ANDY M]

Tuckers were built in Chicago, at an old bomber plant.
Mr. Tucker was from Ypsilanti, where the Willow Run plant is.

[1967 Impala]

I dont think that Novas ever rolled out the door at Willow Run .............it was a Ford plant. Anyway more pictures.. http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/79464-vi.jpg http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/B24Factory27b.jpg

[nuch_ss396]

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Some B24's at Willow Run

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That's an interesting paint scheme on these B-24's. Is this a work-in-progress paint scheme, or some attempt at
camoflague? Notice the row to the far right is all olive drab.

Nuch

[ANDY M]

Willow Run is the name of the area just east of Ypsi. You're correct about the Ford plant building bombers, but not only did GM build Novas in Willow Run, they had a Hydromatic plant just accross the street. Willow Run airfield was adjacent to the palnt, and was the precursor to DTW, or Detroit Metro as it was called back in the 60's. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif

[SS427]

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That's an interesting paint scheme on these B-24's. Is this a work-in-progress paint scheme, or some attempt at
camoflague? Notice the row to the far right is all olive drab.

Nuch

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These are B24E's built by Ford at the then Ford owned Willow Run plant. The paint scheme is not a work in progress but rather an attempt at camouflaging. I cannot tell by the B/W photo but these are likely Marine or Desert destined planes based on the camouflage so as to make it harder to see them from below against the bright sun or grey clouds.

[1967 Impala]

US built aircobras for the Russian airforce A total of 4719 P-39s were sent to the Soviet Union http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/Soviet.jpg

[427TJ]

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Some B24's at Willow Run

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That's an interesting paint scheme on these B-24's. Is this a work-in-progress paint scheme, or some attempt at
camoflague? Notice the row to the far right is all olive drab.

Nuch

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The airplanes with the white paint are probably Navy PB4Ys, the navy patrol/bomber version of the Air Corps B-24. The top (darker color) would be standard navy Medium Blue as found on other navy planes such as PBYs and Wildcats in 1941-42 before the "tri-color" scheme of two shades of blue with white undersides came into use. The round insignia less the red-ball center denotes 1942-early '43, before the "bars" were added to each side of the insignia. This navy version of the B-24 is the same type of airplane that Joe Kennedy, JFK's older brother, died flying later in the war. It was an older war-weary version such as these and was packed with explosives and was to be flown to the German's V-1 and V-2 development and launching site at Peenemunde where Kennedy and his copilot were to bail-out as the explosives-laden PB4Y flew on the crash into the launch sites. The airplane exploded in flight before they got out of English airspace.

The overall Olive Drab (with gray undersides) airplanes are Air Corps B-24s, built alongside the navy birds (or vice-versa).

[PeteLeathersac]

"...This navy version of the B-24 is the same type of airplane that Joe Kennedy, JFK's older brother, died flying later in the war. It was an older war-weary version such as these and was packed with explosives and was to be flown to the German's V-1 and V-2 development and launching site at Peenemunde where Kennedy and his copilot were to bail-out as the explosives-laden PB4Y flew on the crash into the launch sites. The airplane exploded in flight before they got out of English airspace..."
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Thanks for posting this Bill..
Simply incredible what missions these guys were handed also what so many would willingly volunteer for!.

In the book on Bomber Command I mentioned reading, a couple of nights ago I read about Peenemunde being the target for two nights in Aug. of '43..
Almost 600 Bombers were sent on this mission plus squadrons of the speedy plywood construction Mosquitos sent to Berlin as a diversion to draw the German fighters away from the true target..
Included in this mission were 57 aircraft and crews of the Canadian 6-Group who were happy to be flying at higher and safer altitudes in their new Lancasters (12 didn't return).
Statistics weren't a happy thing in those days especially for rear tail gunners who's average lifespan was less than 5 weeks!.

If you know a Veteran or have the opportunity to, shake his hand and salute him and his lost brothers w/ thanks for their sacrifices and the freedom our generation has grown up with!.

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~ Pete

[427TJ]

Pete, check out Google Earth and you can see the Peenemunde site and remnants of the buzz-bomb and missile operations from WWII. People have attachd current photos of the site that are fascinating.

-Bill

[nuch_ss396]

It's truly amazing! Almost 600 bombers were sent to destroy
one target. Modern stealth aircraft can accomplish the same
result with one or two missions and a few well placed laser guided bombs http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

Great images - thanks for posting them.

Nuch

[1967 Impala]

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Plywood , balsa and two Merlins look the heck out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[427TJ]

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Plywood , balsa and two Merlins look the heck out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

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And "Mossies" sound great too.

[Woj]

"Dead Stick Takeoff"

Check out this video, sent to me by an FAA buddy of mine. Nice energy management.

I think you guys will enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z985xdXW-3w

Phil Woj.

[Xplantdad]

That's just crazy! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

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Plywood , balsa and two Merlins look the heck out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

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And "Mossies" sound great too.

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I love Mosquitos too and they're a rare bird now as their wood construction contributed largely to what few airframes remained being worthy of restoration..

About 10 years ago I remember reading about the recovery of an abandoned Mossie in Northern Canada...here's a link to the story of how it all happened the day it went down in 1956..

http://www.mossie.org/windsor/mossie_down.htm

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~ Pete

[m22mike]

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"Dead Stick Takeoff"

Check out this video, sent to me by an FAA buddy of mine. Nice energy management.

I think you guys will enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z985xdXW-3w

Phil Woj.

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Single engine pilot's http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

Mike

[Dog427435]

A friend sent me these - they are pretty cool -




Lockheed During W.W.II (unbelievable 1940s pictures) This is pretty neat--
special effects during the 1940's:
I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect us.
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant
to protect it from Japanese air attack.
They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.



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[nuch_ss396]

I'm sure most of you by now have heard that the Japanese
would do almost anything to inflict pain & suffering on
the Americans.

Case in point is the Japanese launched balloons from the
island of Japan ( with bombs attached ). It was hoped that
the air currents would bring the balloons ( with their deadly cargo )
to American shores.

I believe only one American fatality occurred from this method of attack.

Nuch

[NewportNic]

A-4 Skyhawk "Mighty Midget" @ Memphis Naval Air Reserve http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/NewportNic/Detroit/A-4Skyhawks50thAnnivNavalAirReserve.jpg

[427TJ]

One of my favorite in-flight photos, a navy Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat over Hawaii in late 1945.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/F8F-1Perfection.jpg

[427TJ]

Convair B-36 roars down Galveston Beach c1950.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Various%20Photos/B36Buzz.jpg

[Xplantdad]

That is a great shot. It would have scared the crap out of me though http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[TXZS]

There are fewer buildings on Galveston beach after last week than there were in that picture (1950). Great picture; early B-36?

[1967 Impala]

Yes I think it is an early one Only six turning none burning http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif
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Check out the guy standing on the B36 tail

[Dog427435]

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[1967 Impala]

Here is a before picture

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/781px-B25-mitchell-assembly.jpg

[Chevy454]

My fave, the Mitchells... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Dog427435]

9/11 Always something to remember! (http://www.kerman94.com/911-Flights.HTM)

[PeteLeathersac]

Canadian Snowbird down...2 killed..

Prayers and condolences to family and friends of the Pilot and photographer killed yesterday when their CT-114 Tutor jet went down in Saskatchewan Canada..

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/hom...moosejaw_081009 (http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&newsitemid=CTVNews%2 f20081009%2fcrash_moosejaw_081009)

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~ Pete

[Xplantdad]

That's horrible. Condolences to their families. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[1967 Impala]

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Snowbirds in flight

[1967 Impala]

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Russian Helicopter

[m22mike]

Check this out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbssO2DR7A

Mike

[67 442]

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8307/lakehouse295iv1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[ANDY M]

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Check this out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbssO2DR7A

OMG!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif
You'd need a John Deere to pull a pin out of his butt after something like that. Good thing he's an aerobatic flyer, I doubt any other plane would still manuever after losing a wing. Pilot of the year award. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[JRSully]

That is what scares me about some of those kit planes...

[PeteLeathersac]

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Check this out http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbssO2DR7A

Mike

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Cool clip but off the hop I don't have much faith in it being real?.
Just the way it hangs w/ the revs seemingly having such an instant reaction makes me think it's a radio contolled unit...a real one to do that would probably need to do like 20,000 RPM or better?.
Also the final landing looks too much for a real fuselage to handle without damage?.
Maybe I'm wrong?.

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~ Pete

[1967 Impala]

I didnt think it was real either until I saw the cockpit open up.. I think a stunt plane like that has enough HP to act like a helicopter which he did right before he put it on the ground. The air craft looks similar to the ones they use in the red bull air racing and they just scream when the coal is poured to them

[1967 Impala]

Never mind what I wrote up there http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Look Here (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml)

[Dog427435]

Don't know if this is true or not - but I liked it!

Iranian Airspace Violation -[b] This will put a smile on your face


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Sent by a Marine Pilot

In addition to communicating with the local air traffic control facility, aircraft are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' that they will be transiting Iranian airspace.
This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai . It's too good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this...

Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)



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[427TJ]

Back in 1993 I was an aircraft commander in the KC-135R Stratotanker. We were enroute to Saudi from England with four F-15C Eagles based at Bitburg AB, Germany. Radio communications were always spotty in the Mediterranean--the Italians won't talk to you, the Greeks won't talk to you, the Egyptians won't, etc., etc. BUT, we had to make periodic position reports so we'd transmit our call sign and wait for a reply which often never came. If we didn't transmit "in the blind" and at least try then 'whoever' would come up on frequency and ball us out for not trying to get "clearance" to transit their airspace. Yeah, a real pain in the rear and it was even worse if your tanker was a UHF-only airplane (VHF worked a lot better--no one was ever on UHF). Anyway, this day in '93 we're getting ready to coast-in near Cairo, Egypt and the Egyptians won't talk to us. My copilot, Steve, a real pro and one who made my job very easy, was getting antsy because the Egyptians would not reply. Okay, I said, let's press on and just keep trying. It's probaly prayer time or something. More tries, more silence. Finally I said f-it, stop trying, we'll be over the Red Sea pretty soon and if they don't want to talk to us then f-them. (Lots of f-this and f-that in military flying. Commercial flying too, come to think of it.) After several more minutes an Egyptian air traffic controller, and I use that term loosely, starts screaming at us because we had "no clarance" to transit his airspace and blah, blah, blah, and he said we would be intercepted if we do not immediately turn back and blah, blah, blah. I looked at Steve and just gave him that f-it shrug and said don't answer him. More Egyptian hollering followed and Steve fnally said our flight plan clearance number (international flight clearance worked out in advance--standard ops) but the "controller" would have none of it. The F-15s we were "dragging" also monitor the frequencies as we fly along and the F-15 flight leader chimed-in on our interplane frequecy (a discreet separate frequency used just by our formation) and he said, "Let them try and intercept us. We'll light them up with our radar and they'll run home to momma." I had kind of forgotten that I had four F-15Cs with me so I laughed and said, "Okay, we're not going to talk to him (the Egyptian) any more and we'll see what happenes." Pretty soon we were over the Red Sea headed toward Jeddah and we never heard another word or saw any attempt at interception. Nice to have our "big stick" F-15s with us that day!

[m22mike]

Goodyear built Corsair's Akron Ohio. Some 4000 built by Goodyear Aircraft ( This is back when Goodyear was a real Company )

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Inside Plant D, next to the Akron airdock

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Mike

[Dog427435]

Pretty cool link to some old B-17 training films!


B-17 (http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/B17.html)

[Ngtflyr]

Travis Air Force Base is only a little over an hours' drive from the Bay Area. Travis AFB is home to the 349th Air Mobility Wing, 615th Air Mobility Operations Group, 60th Air Mobility Wing, and 15th Air Force. The 60th Air Mobility Wing flies the C-5 Galaxy, KC-10 Extender, and C-17 Globemaster III. Air show attendees were treated to all 3 flying at the show.

Saturday's show also marked the occasion of the last flight of a C-133A Cargomaster. The C-133A flew into Travis, and will be put on display at the base museum. That aircraft had operated at Travis from 1958 till it departed in 1971. In addition to the heavy transports, there were demonstration flights from a F-18 and A-10, along with flights from an F-86, Corsair, P-51 Mustang, B-25s, T-28, and various civilian aerobatic teams. The main event was the Air Force Thunderbirds, which flew a very impressive routine!



Travis Air Show (http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Travis/Travis.html)

[427TJ]

I grew up west of Travis in the S.F. east bay hills and remember the loud hum of C-133s climbing out of Travis westbound for Hawaii and probably Vietnam. C-130s make a different, softer turbo-prop hum but the louder C-133s would rattle the front windows of our house. I also remember the C-124 Globemasters with their four 28-cylinder R-4360 piston engines. Those also rattled our front windows!

[Dicky]

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Speaking of bikini clad girls and military go-fasts....

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One (3) bad hombre.....
My son was an aviator in this Marine Squadron in Yuma,AZ. VMA 211 "Wake Island Avengers" (note tail marking CF aka Chicken F'rs.) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif
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[Dog427435]

[b]Aviation Philosophy




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The difference between a duck and a co-pilot?
The duck can fly.




A check ride ought to be like a skirt.
Short enough to be interesting, but long enough to cover everything.


Speed is life. Altitude is life insurance.


It only takes two things to fly:
Airspeed and money.


The three most dangerous things in aviation:
1. A Doctor or Dentist in a Beechcraft.
2. Two captains in a DC-9.


Aircraft Identification:
If it's ugly, it's British.
If it's weird, it's French.
If it's ugly and weird, it's Russian.


Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another very expensive flying club.


The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies.
If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.


The difference between airline pilots and jet engines:
The engines usually quit whining when they get to the gate.



New FAA motto:
'We're not happy, 'til you're not happy.'


If something hasn't broken on your helicopter -- it's about to.


Basic Flying Rules:
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly in the edges.


Unknown landing signal officer (LSO) to carrier pilot after his 6th unsuccessful landing attempt:
"You've got to land here, son. This is where the food is."

The three best things in life are:
A good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement.
A night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities to experience all three at the same time.

[Dog427435]

[b]I guess the passengers of flight 1549 got a sad dose of reality upon landing in the Hudson last week! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif


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[NewportNic]

Any one know anything about C H Biggs?
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Pure was an East of the Mississippi company, was he a traffic reporter?

[The Dude]

For the win.....

http://public.fotki.com/Kos/members_photo_galle/wiilow_run_bomber/?cmd=fs_slideshow

[427TJ]

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[b]I guess the passengers of flight 1549 got a sad dose of reality upon landing in the Hudson last week! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif


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That's not a raft, it's the escape slide that can double as a raft. There are slides on the rear doors too but some dip-s**t passenger opened a rear door and that began the rapid flooding of the cabin. Second, there are preservers under every seat and if the passengers had listened to the boarding safety announcement they would have known to grab their preservers as they left their seats. Captain Sully actually went back inside and grabbed several preservers from under the seats and tossed as many as he could to passengers on the wings. Those passengers have nothing whatsoever to complain about: they ignored (as they always do) the safety briefing and still lived through a water landing.

[mockingbird812]

"Importance of the Thunderbolt (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7429110560552970247&hl=en) airplane"...

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[L72COPO]

Fascinating film of air warfare training. Takes 48 minutes to watch but worth it. Got it from Cumby

http://www.hulu.com:80/watch/24197/fighter-pilot-operation-red-flag

Don

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Thunder bolt

My favorite of all time!!!!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[mockingbird812]

What a thumper of a workhorse it was. Plenty of firepower. Could dish it out and take it as well. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif


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Holley 780 for L78/89/72 http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[427TJ]

I showed my 9 year-old son the 1944 film "Thunderbolt" recently and he loved it. Lots of gun camera footage and train strafing with nice explosions. My son couldn't believe that most of the pilots were 22-24 years old with the "old man" of the fighter group being 25.

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Couple More

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/70COPORSZ28/p4711280.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/70COPORSZ28/p4721280.jpg

[1967 Impala]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/f22araptor-full.jpg

[al8apex]

all 3 pictures of the Savoy being launched from the USS Enterprise ... it would make a great Max Wedge clone base (assuming it is a 2-door) today ...

http://members.cox.net/dragnd/plymouth01.jpg
http://members.cox.net/dragnd/plymouth02.jpg
http://members.cox.net/dragnd/plymouth03.jpg

[BARN FIND]

[ QUOTE ]




The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies.
If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.











[/ QUOTE ]

I'm playing poker with some pilots and controllers tonight, they should get a laugh outta that.

Also the actual FAA motto is: THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORAL IMPROVES!

[x Baldwin Motion]

http://members.cox.net/dragnd/plymouth03.jpg

very famous photo of the Navy's terrorist "Catch and Release" program http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[mockingbird812]

When I see that Savoy headin' off the edge of the flattop I can't help but think I should see the silhouette of Calvin and Hobbes in the front seat!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[x Baldwin Motion]

Not Thelma and Louise?

http://www.wheels-near-u.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/thelma-louise-mustang.jpg

[Woj]

Sam,

You've got that right. Reminds me of one of my Calvin favorites.

Phil Woj.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii116/Woj1969/IMG_5495.jpg

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Dog427435]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif


Low Flying &amp; Crazy Passes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4vrV-pbJ8g)



.

[L72COPO]

Photos from the Chino Air Show. Takes a long time to load but worth it.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html

[mockingbird812]

Good stuff Dog!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[m22mike]

Wow, good stuff. The Corsairs are hands down the coolest WWII fighter the Navy and Marines had. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif
During the Korean war there was a Naval Air reserve station
in Akron Ohio where I lived as a kid. We were less than a mile from the end of the runway. I could stand in the front yard and look stright up at the pilots and make out there googles and flying caps http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/drool.gif alot of the time in the summer they would still have there canopies open.
At the time I was 6 or 7 years old, it made a lasting impression on a little kid. I never build alot of model cars untill I was a teen, it was all about the Fighters and Bombers. Probably why I became an aircraft mechanic http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Here is some more info on the Goodyear built birds and a good list of all modles of the Corsair built. Including the F2G Goodyear Corsair with the R4360 in it http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif, the Navy never took possesion of any of those, Korea was winding down and the Jet Age was upon us.....Man I miss that sound.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

http://www.fighterfactory.com/airworthy-aircraft/navy-fg-1d-corsair.php



Mike

[JChlupsa]

how bout a neat F-22 pic

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/409610-r3626269604.jpg
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Gulf of Alaska, in this handout photo taken on June 22, 2009. The John C. Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. Picture taken on June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ronald Dejarnett/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY SOCIETY TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

[Xplantdad]

That is a really cool pic Jeff! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[m22mike]

The Ford Tri Motor has been at CAK the last few days so I stoped by and got a few shots. Very cool old girl... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

I live Just west of the airport

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8045.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8043.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8027.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8032.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8031.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8036.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8035.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8034.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8037.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/Ford%20Tri%20Motor/DSCF8030.jpg

[SS427]

Cal Fryer (ZAPPER) sent me this shot of a recent "mishap" nearby him in Doha Qatar. Here is what he said,

"Hi Rick,
I have attached a picture of Gulf Helicopters AW139 that had an ‘incident’ up in Doha Qatar a couple of days ago. They had embarked their passengers and were starting to taxi for takeoff when the tailboom failed and literally broke off.

Talk about a lucky escape, no one was hurt! A couple of minutes later and it would have been a different story. I used to fly the 139 when I worked for Abu Dhabi Aviation, it is a powerful helicopter and made mostly of composites. There is definitely a problem here in the Middle East with the temperatures we get during the day and the debonding of the composite components. Looks like someone will have to come up with better bonding agents. There will be an investigation by the manufacturer Agusta/Westland on this one. I fully expected to see the 139’s temporarily grounded world wide but that never transpired?
Cal"

Talk about a close call. As he stated, if this had only happed a few moments later I think the outcome would have been far worse. Choppers have a fairly short taxi before going airborne so it would have been soon after this that it would have come crashing back down to earth. Thank goodness the outcome was what it was. Cal has told me some pretty interesting stories of chopper flights that he has either been on or knew of. I think I will let him tell those stories. Some of the best are listening to him describe how he lands on the heliport at the Burj Al Arab (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab). Not a job I want...... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif




http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/ricknelson427/Warbirds/GulfHeliA7GHCBoomCalFryer.jpg

[NewportNic]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q63/NewportNic/Detroit/PlanesParked.jpg

[YenkoYS100]

I have one that I took back in the '80's at a Chino,Ca. airshow, that was at the time, the only flying Japanese Zero at the time. I'll have to dig it out.

[47Hammer]

Bet ya can't watch it just once.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/megavin/th_low_pass.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/megavin/?action=view&amp;current=low_pass.flv)

[Dave Rifkin]

I think I'd need to change my underwear for sure after that one.

[427TJ]

It's all fun-and-games until someone gets decapitated! (Or consumed by the fireball, etc.)

[mockingbird812]

A bud forwarded this to me:


Airventure 2009! (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=nKU0uQki5Dc)

[427TJ]

I took these during Desert Storm (1991) when I was a tanker copilot. 363rd TFW F-16Cs from Shaw AFB, SC. Real bombs. Some bad guys are about to die.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/363rdVipersDesertStorm1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/363rdVipersDesertStorm2.jpg

[427TJ]

More from Desert Storm.

F-15C pilot from the 33rd TFW, Eglin AFB, FL taking a smoke break while his buddy refuels. Photo by a copilot from my squadron--we all traded photos. Note the single Iraqi kill flag and green star near the windscreen. Those guys loved it when we took out our cameras.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/SmokeBreak.jpg

The swan-song for the F-4 Phantom in combat. Two RF-4Cs (photo reconaissance) perform for my camera during a refueling stop. It was like this: I said "Okay, break" on the radio and then I snapped the photo. We'd top-off anyone who would give us a little show while they were up with us.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/LastCombatRF-4Cs.jpg

Navy KA-6 Intruder (K = refueling version) close up by the cockpit for a photo. Note the extra tanks to refuel his Navy buddies. Yes, we'd occasionally refuel a KA-6 while the KA-6 refueled an F-14 or F-18.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/KA-6Crew.jpg

My buddy Ken Murray shot this Eagle northbound at sunset. The war was fought primarily at night early on. I think this one made it into a calendar back in the '90s.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/EagleSunset.jpg

[427TJ]

Recent photo of USAF "Heritage" F-4 Phantoms inflight near Tyndall AFB, Florida. They are painted in various authentic paint schemes from the Phantom's past. All four are drone aircraft and will eventually be shot down during tests.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/Phantooms.jpg

[427TJ]

Internet photo of an Air Guard KC-135 crew trying to kill themselves buzzing Wake Island. Try a stunt like that in the regular Air Force and your career is over.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/WakeIslandBuzzJob1990.jpg

[427TJ]

The sole Convair XC-99 cargo plane at Kelly AFB, TX in about 1950. It is now being restored for display at the USAF Museum at Dayton. The dark-tailed transport in a Boeing YC-97 (derived from the B-29) and that's a pair of B-29s behind the 97. Several Beech C-45s and Douglas A-26 Invaders beyond the left B-29.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/XC-9942.jpg

[mockingbird812]

[ QUOTE ]
Internet photo of an Air Guard KC-135 crew trying to kill themselves buzzing Wake Island. Try a stunt like that in the regular Air Force and your career is over.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/WakeIslandBuzzJob1990.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]

SOLL II capable? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[427TJ]

Yeah Sam, they wish.

Found a nice evening shot of a pair of F-117s northbound over Saudi during Desert Storm. Hard to believe the F-117 is no longer in service. Remote-piloted drones are the future of aerial warfare. Cheaper too. No more Buck Rogers, no more Wild Blue Yonder.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/StealthsunsetGulfWar91.jpg

[mockingbird812]

KC-135 actually has a SOLL II mission, but then again they would be doing the low levels at NIGHT !!

[ANDY M]

Bill, just out of curiosity, where is the ash tray in the F 15 cabin?

[427TJ]

[ QUOTE ]
Bill, just out of curiosity, where is the ash tray in the F 15 cabin?

[/ QUOTE ]

Just flick'em on the floor.

The KC-135 had ashtrays! I just missed the smoking era--it was banned in 1987-88 just as I entered flight school. Old-timer KC-135 guys in my squadron said it could get pretty smoky in the cockpit if everyone lit-up. (During two-hour touch-and-go practice sessions in the airbase traffic pattern they'd open the pilot's cockpit side windows to vent-out the smoke--yes at 180 knots on downwind. There was just enough airflow to suck the smoke out while not causing a tornado blast in the cockpit.) The nicotine would stick the cabin pressurization outflow valves and cause cabin pressure problems even several years after smoking onboard had been banned. If you looked at the valves located in the main wheelwell on your preflight walk-around they were still nicotine-stained after almost ten years.

[Chevy454]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Internet photo of an Air Guard KC-135 crew trying to kill themselves buzzing Wake Island. Try a stunt like that in the regular Air Force and your career is over.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/WakeIslandBuzzJob1990.jpg

[/ QUOTE ]


[/ QUOTE ]
One of my wife's family was on Wilkes Island (part of Wake Atoll) during the infamous stand @ the kick off to WW2 in the Pacific...Marine Cpl. Johnny Johnson...he was featured as one of the 5(?) survivors who returned to Wake for the History Channel special. I've read a couple books on the subject, and listen to Johnny any chance I get...the guy is literally still as sharp as a 2 headed tack, on any subject, past or current...I could listen to him for HOURS, and have many times. Sad thing is, most of his knowledge is lost on his family, as they think he's too "long winded"...it actually shocks him that I take interest in what he has to say. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

His stories about his imprisonment in China are heart wrenching...it's nearly incomprehensible the sacrifices that have been made for this country, by individuals like Cpl Johnson and others. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[L72COPO]

Rob, bring him to Collinsville next year. I would love to talk to him.

[Chevy454]

Don: he's in St. Louis a lot it seems like, I wanna say he's got family there, or another home maybe? I'll have to ask him...he lived in St. Louis for years I know, at the edge of the *old* SLou campus. Matter of fact, right after WW2 my grandfather went to mortuary school in St. Louis, and rented a room downtown...turns out Johnny owned the apartment/house! Odd that 2 guys from Themiddleofnowhere met up in downtown St. Louis!!

[mockingbird812]

Stopped by the flight line (Williams Gateway - formerly Willams AFB) for lunch today and saw these two black beasts lurking...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/Aircraft/BlackWarBirds.jpg

[427TJ]

Looks like either Beale AFB birds or Holloman birds that were once used by F-117 pilots for proficiency. The Beale 38s are used by the U-2 guys for proficiency. That was a fun jet!

[SS427]

The latest rewiring project from my brother out the door. TA-4. One of only three flying in the world.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/ricknelson427/Car%20pictures/TA-4.jpg

[sixbrl440]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Recent photo of USAF &quot;Heritage&quot; F-4 Phantoms inflight near Tyndall AFB, Florida. They are painted in various authentic paint schemes from the Phantom's past. All four are drone aircraft and will eventually be shot down during tests.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Y-Net%20Photos/Phantooms.jpg </div></div>

What a waste...

[JChlupsa]

These pictures were taken over Mt. McKinley near Anchorage,
Alaska.

The KC-135 and F-16's are assigned to Eielson AFB. The
Tanker belongs to the Alaska Air National Guard and the F-16's are part of
the 363rd Fighter Wing, used as aggressor aircraft during three exercises
they participate in-COPE THUNDER, COBRA GOLD, and NORTHERN EDGE. There were
a couple of them at Mountain Home for their air show this summer and there
were many comments about their paint schemes.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The latest rewiring project from my brother out the door. TA-4. One of only three flying in the world.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n300/ricknelson427/Car%20pictures/TA-4.jpg </div></div>

Ah, The &quot;Tinker Toy.&quot; When I was a kid growing up across the bay from San Francisco there was at least one squadron of Skyhawks at NAS Alameda and they'd come up the bay and turn northeast and roar right over my house. Even though the A-4 didn't have an afterburner they were still loud.

[mockingbird812]

Here is another shot from the &quot;Willie&quot; area that I caught at lunch time today. This quartet of Harriers (II+) are from the Wake Island Avengers of VMA-211 out of MCAS Yuma. Lettering shows that they are/were attached to the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/Aircraft/HarriersWillie.jpg

[Dicky]

Sam, nice to see the 211 WIA's ocassionally.
My son was an aviator in that squadron of which I visited many times during his tour of duty in Yuma, including a Tiger Cruise from Hawaii after one of his deployments. I think I've said it before on this blog; but I always found it humorus that they nicknamed their squadron &quot;Chicken F_ _ _ers after their tail insignia,CF. HOO RAH &amp; SEMPER FIDELIS...

Dicky <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[mockingbird812]

Never knew that about VMA211. SF!

[Fast67VelleN2O]

To be honest... this one does it for me. Can you imagine in 1944 being in your P51 Mustang and encountering one of these bad boys? US planes in the Korean War still couldn't surpass the Me-262 at speed.

http://www.btinternet.com/~lee_mail/Me262-1.jpg

[Fast67VelleN2O]

This (I believe) F-104 sits in the woods in New Jersey. Right past Great Adventure/Six Flags.

http://greatadventurehistory.com/GARides/RightStuff/Jet.jpg

[m22mike]

Some cool old Chevy add's I jacked from ebay. And maybe a FYI for some.

Pratt &amp; Whitney R 2800's
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/005.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/CEGcEIwBmkKGrHqRiYE0GefOoEuBNQyh6FbQ0_3.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/CDWROkQBWkKGrHqNikE0HKPuBNOOMqd1vw0_3.jpg

Actual enameled badge from the nose case of a Pratt motor

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/6e3d_1-1-1.jpg

[mockingbird812]

Good stuff Mikey! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[smallblockhero]

some of my favorite war birds. enjoy.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/drillsgt98th/scrapiron.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/drillsgt98th/martinkriemanP47.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/drillsgt98th/aircooledinjun.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/drillsgt98th/Doggie65th.jpg

the curtis wright plant in buffalo, where my grandma built P-40's during the war.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w95/drillsgt98th/3.jpg

[SS427]

Another project just completed by Gosshawk and Custom Connections. The Focke-Wolf 190A is the only flying Focke-Wolf 190 left in the world and is owned by Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft.

http://www.king5.com/video?id=120426299&amp;sec=549122

http://everett.komonews.com/news/arts-culture/rare-german-plane-comes-home-paine-field/636343

[mockingbird812]

terrific job. what a piece of history!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

[mockingbird812]

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-size: 14pt">We have the distinct pleasure (and privilege) to see these great flying machines (B-17, B-24, B-25 - Mustangs too) with some regularity around here....</span></span></span>

B-17 and B-25 flying over Canyon, Roosevelt, &amp; Saguaro Lakes - Sonoran Desert. (http://vimeo.com/18135369) (make sure to select full screen size and crank the volume! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif )


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #006600"><span style="font-size: 14pt">These 3 were at Willie (the former Williams AFB) 2 weeks ago...</span></span></span>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/Aircraft/downsize.jpg

[al8apex]

You should have heard them when they flew over my house ... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

I am on the path from Mesa to Deer Valley and the sound they made was beautiful music

[Ngtflyr]

Here's some flying that requires a seat cushion sphincter removal after you land, especially at night, or low on fuel, or low on fuel at night. Max pitch and roll is a bitch. Ask me how I know!

Shipboard landing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=bC2XIGMI2kM#at=17)

[Xplantdad]

That is crazy! Wow...

[mockingbird812]

Listen to the words. Been around, but a good one anyway. Go USAF! (http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=wbV3lf1HzQI&amp;vq=medium#t=18)

<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 17pt">&quot;Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list!&quot;</span></span></span></span>

[Ngtflyr]

Bummer! A living piece of history is now gone, the Liberty Belle crashed and burned today, all 7 on board got out safely.

Liberty Belle Crash (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&amp;id=8187278)

Also a Goodyear Blimp crashed and burned in Germany, 3 pax survive, pilot dies a hero.

Goodyear Blimp Down (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06/13/blimp-crash-in-germany-claims-pilots-life/)

[SS427]

That just sucks!!! There are not that many B-17's left flying and every time any Warbird goes down the beaurocrats make it harder to keep them flying. Thank God no one was killed!!Unfortunately not the same can be said for the pilot of the blimp.

[1967 Impala]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/article-2003134-0C8C4C5700000578-663_634x375.jpg

These are bad pictures


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u52/1967l72427/article-2003134-0C8C4C2B00000578-940_634x371.jpg

[wheelhop]

This is awful. I live near where this plane flew and I used to love seeing it overhead every once in a while.

[m22mike]

More on the Goodyear blimp. It was one of several that are leased to Goodyear by the Lightship group, unlike the three company owned airships that operate in the United States and are old school, old tech blimps.

Goodyear Blimp Crash (http://www.airships.net/blog/goodyear-blimp-crash-germany)

[PeteLeathersac]

Anyone seen this crane toppling over footage, arm too extended for the weight o' the bird?.
Glad nobody was hurt but what a shame!.

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif
~ Pete

http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/crane-destroys-fighter-jet/2j10fc9a?from=en-ca-infopane

[427TJ]

If that was the A-4 crane mishap at the former NAS Alameda the jet was repaired and is back up on its pylon. I was just there last week on a layover and the old bird looks great.

[rich p]

Pretty cool plane!!

[SS427]

Received this from a friend this morning.

Rick,
The big day is almost here. Mike Glenn of the A-3 Association and his crew were on hand for the moving our TA-3B, BuNo 144867 from where it has been for the last eight months, the USS Midways restoration facility on North Island, awaiting an opportunity lift via one of our Nation's finest, the USS Bon Homme Richard (the BHR is the new one).

The TA-3B Skywarrior was loaded on the BHR this morning, February 8, 2012 and will set sail from Pier 8 Naval Station San Diego on the morning of February 14 for Naval Station Pearl Harbor, now known as Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam or JBPHH. The BHR will tie up at Kilo Pier in Pearl Harbor and unload our Whale on 21 February 2012. To make sure the Whale gets to Hawaii all in one piece, I will be accompanying it to insure its safe voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean....Damn I have a fun job!

In October 1968 our TA-3B was bailed to first Hughes for F-14 avionics and eventually ending its flying career as a flying test bed for B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber avionics and radar. Its last flight was in June of last year when it was ferries from Van Nuys Airport to North Island NAS, San Diego, CA. Once the Whale is on Ford Island we will proceed to remove the all of the none standard pieces and parts and it will revert to what she looked like in operational service with VAH-123 then located at NAS Whidbey Island, WA, my old stomping grounds.

More to come as we set sail and when we prep the Whale to be lifted off of the BHR and as it is demoded back to a standard TA-3B configuration.

Cheers from Waikiki............Jim

[Xplantdad]

Neat!

And Rich P...that certainly looks like Chandler AZ...on December 29th, 2007 <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[SS427]

If it is Chandler, whose P51 is that? I do not recognize it.

[Steven J]

Pretty neat

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SDbQ5xvsrIU

[David Billingsley]

Wow, unbelieveable, would be in the top 10 of the coolest things I have ever seen on the internet !

[SS427]

My brother sent me this video today. Pretty awesome.

Sentimental Journey B17 (http://vimeo.com/18135369)

[mssl72]

Cool stuff! Nicely shot!

[m22mike]

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[mockingbird812]

<span style="font-size: 20pt"> <span style="font-style: italic">Any clime, any place!</span> </span>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/image-127.jpg

[PeteLeathersac]

Great batch of old aircraft photos on this link...
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?n...=15&amp;start=0 (http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=14428&amp;fi nish=15&amp;start=0)
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~ Pete

[PeteLeathersac]

Another bump (and year)...let's bring this great thread back to life!
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~ Pete


http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2506-20389-image.jpg

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2506-20390-image.jpg

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2506-20391-image.jpg

[JBALL]

Holy cow!

Great thread. So much for cleaning tonight. Better start at the beginning.

[parkbrau]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-4359-20399-a_10c.jpg

Air Frame: Lt. Col. Ryan Haden, 74th Fighter Squadron commander, lands an A-10C in the sand, Dec. 3, 2014, at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (Air Force photo by A1C Ryan Callaghan)

suitable for wallpaper.

[Xplantdad]

VERY cool pic!

[427TJ]

Forgot about this thread!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/2LancsUK9-14_zps484c5323.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/2LancsUK9-14_zps484c5323.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

Before Lear Jets executives rode around in modified WWII medium bombers like this A-26.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/A26and911_zps77e6e93d.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/A26and911_zps77e6e93d.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

During Desert Storm, if I wasn't flying, I'd walk out next to the runway (in the dark) and watch 8-ship KC-135 departures. Spacing was 10-15 seconds so it was quite something to witness.

This is a B-29 at Saipan in 1945.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Saipan45_zpsc5ee8112.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/Saipan45_zpsc5ee8112.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

Cool picture of an F-4E Phantom departing Ramstein AB Germany in 1985. Note the WWII flak tower down below.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/1985RSF-4E_zpsad5a93f8.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/1985RSF-4E_zpsad5a93f8.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

Classic depiction of life in the Royal Air Force in 1939. Gloster Gladiator.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/RAFBUZZ_zps78ac1010.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/RAFBUZZ_zps78ac1010.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

SoCal 1966. Head out to the airport in your Series I E-type and work on your P-51.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Jag2_zps34ec47c9.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/Jag2_zps34ec47c9.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

Me in 1985 at Hondo, Texas having just soloed in the mighty Cessna T-41 (172). 'Twas a great day.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/BillT-41Hondo1985edit_zpsedc1cec3.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/BillT-41Hondo1985edit_zpsedc1cec3.jpg.html)

[427TJ]

Crew chiefs with their squadron's &quot;hack&quot; airplane, a War Weary (WW on tail) P-51C Mustang with British &quot;Malcom hood&quot; sliding bubble canopy installed. Every squadron had at least one hack that pilots and staff used for proficiency and errand-running between bases. Hacks, although classified as obsolete or over their combat airframe time limit, were often very nice airplanes. Some were modified into two-seat configuration to allow rides for local mayors, nurses, crew chiefs on morale rides, visiting staff officers, etc.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a234/BE427TJ/Airplanes%20Vintage%20Pix/351stP-51BHack.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/BE427TJ/media/Airplanes%20Vintage%20Pix/351stP-51BHack.jpg.html)

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Great batch of old aircraft photos on this link...
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?n...=15&amp;start=0 (http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&amp;file=viewtopic&amp;t=14428&amp;fi nish=15&amp;start=0)
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~ Pete </div></div>

This is a great sight, 70 plus pages long, great photos from WW II. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

And we need to keep adding here, great thread <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[SS427]

Found this on Facebook this morning. We mourn the loss of two brave Tuskegee Airmen, Clarence Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey, who passed away in Los Angeles Jan. 5. Thank you for your service gentlemen...blue skies and tailwinds!

I actually helped restore this airplane through the St. Paul CAF and was lucky enough to fly in several different airplanes while working there. I believe I also met both of these gentlemen during one of their many PR gatherings. Great men!

[PeteLeathersac]

Sorry to read the sad news Rick, were they involved in an aircraft accident?
Either way, prayers and condolences to these lost airmen's family and friends.

~ Pete

[PeteLeathersac]

This link's a great read for old aircraft fans too...
http://jonproctor.net/lax-through-the-years/
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~ Pete

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2506-20408-b26maraudercrew.jpg

[SS427]

Peter, they have all been slowly succumbing to old age unfortunately and I do not believe many are left if any. The original pilot (after restoration) Don Hinz who was one of the men who I worked under was killed at an air show in 2001 in that very P51C pictured when there was a mechanical failure in the engine. I was at the show and saw him peal from the formation but the engine sounded fine when it flew over me. I later learned it had crashed a mile from the airport. The P51C was again restored and is once again flying.

[PeteLeathersac]

Thanks for the update Rick, I recall the P-51 accident you're describing also am sorry knowing these were your friends.
Whether any of us realize it or not, we all lose something as each and every one of these airmen pass away.
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~ Pete

[earntaz]

An excellent video - a little long, but stick with it. For those of us who shed the blue uniform some 30/40 years ago, it will make your chest swell a little bit, watching the young blue suiters performed their daily tasks as true professionals. Where else but the military are youngsters trusted with such responsiibilites.


: http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/ta...22-raptors.aspx (http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/560082/blue-air-force-tv-releases-new-documentary-on-f-22-raptors.aspx)

[njsteve]

I just stopped off at my buddy's gas station this afternoon. There was an &quot;elder statesman&quot; there in the shop area who had a British accent. Turns out he flew Hawker Hurricanes for the RAF during WWII. He came over here after the war and became a tennis and soccer coach for the local high school. Long since retired now. Nice old chap to talk with. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[JRSully]

I remember in the early 80's when my brother was a maintenance captain on F14's and was based at Miramar SD (the original &quot;Fightertown&quot;)which is now a Marine base. When his bird was scheduled for night ops, we would take a tug to the end of the runway and tell the pilot to do a 100% military takeoff (max afterburner). An absolute breathtaking site to witness. I maintain a shrine to the F14 to this day, incredible airplane.

[m22mike]

An OP 2E from Navy squadron VO 67 based at the Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. In commision just over a year from Feb 67 to June 68 they lost 3 aircraft and 20 crew. Very interesting story.
While I was in VW 1 based out of Guam we landed there in our squadrons C121J during a cargo haul to assist one of the regular haulers. Very interesting place, all the runways and ramps were WW II era steel landing mats, that was cool landing on that when they were wet. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif
I think the photo is at Davis Monthan AFB for storage ?



http://www.vo-67.org/vo67_opening.html


http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2974-20478-vo67p2_01_03aug2011.jpg

[427TJ]

Skip ahead to 3:20 and just listen to the takeoff and initial climb. Love how the power comes up and the turbo-compound 3350s make their characteristic sound. I had relatives who lived a few miles south of McClellan AFB in Sacramento back in the '60s-'70s and on dead-calm mornings you could faintly hear the EC-121 Super Constellations actually taxi out to the runway and perform their run-up checks. Then the sound would die off until the power came up for takeoff and then we'd go out into the yard and wait. Even a couple of miles after takeoff the 121s were maybe 1500 feet over the house. MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.

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[flyingn]

Growing up close to Willow grove and Maguire AFB I remember hearing the super const's flying over too as a kid. It sure is an unmistakable sound <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

Is that safe??? the open flame on the underside of the wing

[m22mike]

Bill, thanks for that video, that sure brings back allot of memories for me, here is my bird a WC121N buno 145933 of VW-1 squadron based at Guam, returning to the MCAS @ Chu Lai after 12 hours on station over the Tonkin Gulf doing recon. Circa 67 or 68.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2974-20483-tn_te3_chu_lai_1968.jpg

[earntaz]

Mike -- that 121 pic damn near looks like DaNang ..!?!

[m22mike]

Nope, it is Chu Lai.

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nope, it is Chu Lai.</div></div>

OK -- we had the same type birds flying in/out of DaNang in 65'

[Woj]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Skip ahead to 3:20 and just listen to the takeoff and initial climb. Love how the power comes up and the turbo-compound 3350s make their characteristic sound. I had relatives who lived a few miles south of McClellan AFB in Sacramento back in the '60s-'70s and on dead-calm mornings you could faintly hear the EC-121 Super Constellations actually taxi out to the runway and perform their run-up checks. Then the sound would die off until the power came up for takeoff and then we'd go out into the yard and wait. Even a couple of miles after takeoff the 121s were maybe 1500 feet over the house. MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.


Dang,

I had a chance to fly on that Connie from the Cleveland Airshow back to Kansas City about 14 years ago. Unfortunately I had to bring a C-130 back to base and missed out on the chance. I was working for TWA back then and the TWA 767/757 fleet manager brought the Connie out for the CLE airshow. He offered me a ride back to Kansas City, but I had to bow out. Should have tried to get a replacement.

Great video, love the sound of the bird.

Phil Woj

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[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nope, it is Chu Lai.</div></div>

OK -- we had the same type birds flying in/out of DaNang in 65' </div></div>

Correct, there were quit a few outfits with them back then, allot of Air Force, allot of different missions. Our VW-1 squadron was based out of Guam and the primary squadron mission was low level Typhoon recon, and during the Viet Nam war we always had a deployment of 2 AC based at Chu Lai on a 2 week rotation.
We did due one deployment out of Da Nang in 68.

These were recon connies based out of Korat Air Base in Thailand, ever see one at Da Nang ?
If you look at the upper fuselage it looks like the upper Radome was removed. This is a Ec121

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2015/01/full-2974-20510-ec121r001a.jpg

[earntaz]

I'll have to dig through some old photos from DaNang -- may have pics of them. During that time period there were so many different airframes -- fighters (AF, Marines, and locals), heavies and helos.

[Dicky]

MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.

Bill, were you a THUD driver too?

[earntaz]

Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ

[SS427]

My brother and his F105 at the Pema Air Museum. He was stationed in Korat, Thialand during the very early 70's with this aircraft. The 105 has deteriorated considerably since we visited PAM in 1989. He even offered to donate part of the restoration but so far they have done nothing with it.

[earntaz]

For those of you that have an interest in aircraft history ...

How they moved the SR-71 prototypes back in the day ...

http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12.html

TAZ

[budnate]

Good find Taz, <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dicky</div><div class="ubbcode-body">MCC was also a depot for F-105 overhauls and there was nothing quite like a 450-knot four-ship in-trail departure of 105s screaming over the house. I must have blown the screen door off its hinges a hundred times.

Bill, were you a THUD driver too? </div></div>

No, I was a 8-year old kid who would run full speed outside to see what was coming out of McClellan, whether a rumbling old EC-121 or a flight of four F-105s in full blower. I still go outside when I hear something interesting going over the house.

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ </div></div>

Broughton died? Hadn't heard that. When I was in USAF ROTC in the '80s our commander was Jerry Driscoll, who had been shot down in his F-105 in 1966 and did seven years in Hanoi. He was one heroic SOB and very inspirational. Thud Ridge is required reading in my opinion, not just for aviation buffs but history in general. Broughton was the real deal as were most of those guys.

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: budnate</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Good find Taz, <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif </div></div>

Thanks Taz, great stuff.. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[Day2_69Z]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For those of you that have an interest in aircraft history ...

How they moved the SR-71 prototypes back in the day ...

http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12.html

TAZ</div></div>

WOW ...THATS IMPRESSIVE &amp; MIND BOGGLING .

GREAT STUFF TAZ

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427TJ</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Aaah -- Thuds ... we just lost a great driver of that bird. Col Jack Broughton was a Thud driver -- had some excellent books (Thud Ridge and Going Down Town). I never touched a F-105 -- worked the O-1, O-2, OV-10 (GIB and right seat in those), AT-33, F-5 (Skoshi Tiger), F-100, and F-111. I have over 41 years wrapped up in AF/DoD. Just retired -- nows the time to really start playing with cars/trucks. TAZ </div></div>

Broughton died? Hadn't heard that. When I was in USAF ROTC in the '80s our commander was Jerry Driscoll, who had been shot down in his F-105 in 1966 and did seven years in Hanoi. He was one heroic SOB and very inspirational. Thud Ridge is required reading in my opinion, not just for aviation buffs but history in general. Broughton was the real deal as were most of those guys. </div></div>

He died in Lake Forest, California on October 24, 2014, at the age of 89 ... the Lord needed another damn good pilot and Patriot!

[earntaz]

T-Bird ejection -- here's what happens when the pilot disregards situational awareness and fails to set the altimeter to local conditions. The ACES II worked as advertised !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alo_XWCqNUQ

TAZ

[earntaz]

Does anyone think this dude soiled himself??!?

https://www.google.com/#q=spitfire+flyby

[parkbrau]

And then there were three:

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

http://doolittleraider.com/
Retired Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, one of the last surviving Doolittle Raiders, died at his home in Washington State on Wednesday at the age of 94.

http://doolittleraider.com/raiders/saylor.htm

[earntaz]

They were true HEROES!! Watching the takeoff of the B-25's was awesome -- and quite a feat of airmanship!

[SS427]

Very well done video. Kudos to our veterans!

Warbirds of America (https://vimeo.com/101647637)

[earntaz]

Rick -- as a kid from northern Wisconsin, my Dad took me to Oshkosh ... what I thrill. For those who have never witnessed this spectacular display of all kinds of aircraft, the Oshkosh AirVenture 2015 dates: Monday, July 20 - Sunday, July 26.

This is something you will NEVER forget! TAZ

[SS427]

Went there for many years as a boy camping all week. Got my first airplane ride ever in a Ford Tri-motor. Still have the picture. Nothing quite like it.

[earntaz]

WOW -- a Tri-Motor ... if you're into aircraft, that gathering is a Mecca.

[Mr. Chevy]

Just returned from an 8 day Caribbean Cruise that went out of Ft. Lauderdale Florida, Port Everglades. Flew on an Airbus A319 down and back. These are some pictures from the Ft. Lauderdale airport and when we took off last Sunday...

Enjoy... Rich

COUPLE OF AIRBUS PLANES AT FT. LAUDERDALE.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj37/RICHRUTT/Picture%207432.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/RICHRUTT/media/Picture%207432.jpg.html)

PORT EVERGLADES AND FT. LAUDERDALE FROM TAKEOFF. OUR CRUISE SHIP, THE CARNIVAL CONQUEST, IS DOCKED IN THE BACKGROUND.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj37/RICHRUTT/Picture%207438.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/RICHRUTT/media/Picture%207438.jpg.html)

PORT EVERGLADES AGAIN FROM TAKEOFF... NOTICE THE DAYTONA YELLOW WING TIP!!

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj37/RICHRUTT/Picture%207437.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/RICHRUTT/media/Picture%207437.jpg.html)

THE SUNSET REFLECTING OFF THE WING. THE UGLY SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS WAS ON INITIAL APPROACH TO CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT OVER OHIO.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj37/RICHRUTT/Picture%207445.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/RICHRUTT/media/Picture%207445.jpg.html)

[Xplantdad]

Neat pics Rich!

[olredalert]

-----I wouldn't fly Spirit if you aimed a gun at me. The last time I did I was so squeezed in I got physically sick. The price is enticing, but,,,,no way!!!!!........Bill S

[m22mike]

Bill
What's the difference, all airline coach seats suck now. Flying today is like riding a Greyhound buss 50 years ago... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/sick.gif

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bill
What's the difference, all airline coach seats suck now. Flying today is like riding a Greyhound buss 50 years ago... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/sick.gif </div></div>

That was Herb Kelleher's intent when he launched Southwest. He thought people moving around Texas would get off of the bus and onto a 737. It worked.

[JRSully]

less flights, more seats on board. No wonder the airlines are turning a profit for the first time in like forever. Consumer sacrificed again, want to be comfortable.? pay up!

[PxTx]

Pretty cool they finally took any mothballed air craft and flew it out of the bone yard! The fact it was a B-52 is a bit cooler to me. And the Russian's are still running old turbo props around England these days.

Who hasn't walked an old junk yard and thought about being able to put a car back on the road with the parts available? Same thing, right?


http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2015/02/17/mothballed-gains-new-lease-life/23554065/
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/967e69f03824039a978a7303be60acc656a07a27/c=100-0-1700-1200&amp;r=x483&amp;c=640x480/local/-/media/Shreveport/2015/02/17/B9316262660Z.1_20150217150124_000_GVB9VA1L1.1-0.jpg <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[Plowman]

That is a big wing air craft. It has wheels on the wing tips too cool.

[1969L78Nova]

Must have been a real challenge to land these monsters!

[Mr. Chevy]

We did fly Spirit. They were OK. I noticed the co-pilots were like 30 years old or younger... Not that it's bad or anything but I know the company is not on par with pilot wages from some of the other big airlines... I think these young guys are getting their experience and hours with Spirit before they move on to &quot;greener pastures&quot;..

The seats in the Airbus 319 were actually OK.. They seemed better than a 737... Spirit does make you pay for everything.. The airline you love to hate!!

If you don't pre-purchase your bag fee of $45.00 online they ding you $100.00 at the counter and day of your trip which I think really SUCKS and is <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif

I think they are a good airline overall as far as safety goes. The two planes we flew down and back on seemed to be a newer fleet.

Rich

[SS427]

Harrison Ford's BT-22 suffered engine failure and crashed on a golf course a short time ago. He suffered bad facial cuts but is otherwise ok. The same cannot be said for his beautiful WWII trainer. Just glad he survived.

[70 Forest Green Zee]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Harrison Ford's BT-22 suffered engine failure and crashed on a golf course a short time ago. He suffered bad facial cuts but is otherwise ok. The same cannot be said for his beautiful WWII trainer. Just glad he survived. </div></div>


Here's a pic Rick

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/BBihPBz.img_zpseuaqwrld.jpg (http://s97.photobucket.com/user/rmitch120/media/BBihPBz.img_zpseuaqwrld.jpg.html)

[earntaz]

Damn -- no fire! Put her back together again and go back to boring holes in the sky ...

[Mr. Chevy]

His son said in a news conference that his father has crashed before and also flies helicopters.. Hope Harrison will be OK..

Rich

[Woj]

Looks like he landed at a pretty high sink rate (ruts in the ground, collapsed landing gear). I wouldn't be surprised if he had a back injury out of this one.

Phil Woj.

[ZAPPER68]

There doesn't appear to be any damage to the one propeller blade....I wonder if he had an engine failure?

I'm relieved to hear that other than a few cuts and scrapes he will be OK. Phil's comment regarding potential back injuries is more than likely accurate.

[earntaz]

Yep -- he contacted ATC and indicated the engine quit -- result? ... earth sucks. Almost made it back to the runway ...

[earntaz]

What's the old saying &quot;there are old pilots and there are bold pilots -- but very few old bold pilots&quot; or something like that.

[SS427]

Extremely lucky there was no fire as this type of crash normally always ends with that as a result. Since he had to be removed from the plane that likely would have meant a fatality. Evidently he suffered engine trouble immediately after take off and was attempting to circle around and land. Private video shows his plane descending rapidly and under limited power. I witnessed a similar crash while at my daughters soccer game when a Cessna 172 lost power. It's glide slope was just a little better than a rock. Fortunately both father and daughter survived.

[68l30]

This is why I don't toy with Planes and Boats....I like to get out and walk when they quit running. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/scholar.gif


BIG

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Damn -- no fire! Put her back together again and go back to boring holes in the sky ... </div></div>

No fire often means no fuel. I wonder if he forgot to check the fuel before departing. That's one of the top causes of &quot;engine stoppage&quot; (as it's referred to in the regulations) accidents such as this one.

[Woj]

I used to get a bi-weekly Aviation Safety magazine. Each issue had a short narrative regarding recent accidents and incidents. Ninety percent of the general aviation accidents occurred because of two reasons, one - running out of fuel, two - flying into weather conditions that the pilot was not prepared or trained to deal with.

I hope Mr. Ford is alright.

Phil Woj.

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Extremely lucky there was no fire as this type of crash normally always ends with that as a result. Since he had to be removed from the plane that likely would have meant a fatality. Evidently he suffered engine trouble immediately after take off and was attempting to circle around and land. Private video shows his plane descending rapidly and under limited power. I witnessed a similar crash while at my daughters soccer game <span style="font-weight: bold">when a Cessna 172 lost power. It's glide slope was just a little better than a rock.</span> Fortunately both father and daughter survived. </div></div>

Actually they glide pretty well. With no power and full flaps you can pull into a field at about 45mph. I know, I've done it.

Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[ANDY M]

More info here: http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/harrison-ford-plane-crash-1201447290/

I think Bill makes a good point about no fire = no gas. Even the best pilots can forget something on the check list. Remember John Denver? He ran out of gas doing aerobatics, but unfortunately he was too high to glide, and he just augured in.

[SS427]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Actually they glide pretty well. With no power and full flaps you can pull into a field at about 45mph. I know, I've done it.

Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif </div></div>

I was being sarcastic Vern.

If you want to talk glide slope or lack there of, have a fuel starvation issue due to a cut O-ring on the fuel filter of a Glassair III like we did. Even with partial power we were losing altitude at an alarming rate and with an 86 mph stall speed I was not having a good time!

[mssl72]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ANDY M</div><div class="ubbcode-body">More info here: http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/harrison-ford-plane-crash-1201447290/

I think Bill makes a good point about no fire = no gas. Even the best pilots can forget something on the check list. Remember John Denver? He ran out of gas doing aerobatics, but unfortunately he was too high to glide, and he just augured in. </div></div>

Here on the local news they interviewed one of the people that removed him from the plane. He said they decided to get him out because it was leaking fuel. One of the authorities said it was leaking at the rate of about 1 gallon per minute. The one guy who was one of the first on the scene also turned out to be spinal surgeon (a doctor on a golf course!?!). He and the other few guys he was with stabilized his neck and got him out. Harrison has been upgraded last I heard. He's doing ok. Hey, he came back just fine after being frozen in carbonite...

[Bob Jenkins]

Those Kinner engines have been known to quit on take-off

[earntaz]

A Thunder Mustang w/RFI V-12 Falconer engine went down here in San Antonio recently -- report was the engine quit also ...

[70 Forest Green Zee]

This just in.......latest pic of the Harrison Ford crash.....remember, you saw it here first! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l232/rmitch120/10403522_10206029094551053_2131422996474627940_n_z ps1ybgmfyu.jpg (http://s97.photobucket.com/user/rmitch120/media/10403522_10206029094551053_2131422996474627940_n_z ps1ybgmfyu.jpg.html)

[earntaz]

Randy -- looks like they ran out of the &quot;Force&quot; ...

[SS427]

Neat video of the worlds only flying FW-190D-9. Some neat shots with a P51D and P-47 as well as others.

http://worldwarwings.com/worlds-only-original-fw-190-flying

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Neat video of the worlds only flying FW-190D-9. Some neat shots with a P51D and P-47 as well as others.

http://worldwarwings.com/worlds-only-original-fw-190-flying </div></div>

Paul Allen's 190 is an A-model, not a D-9. The A has the BMW radial engine and the D-9 was an inverted Junkers Jumo V-12 engine and was used, in part, to defend Me-262s as they came in to land, since the 262s were low and slow and very vulnerable to pursuing Allied fighters.

I've watched the Allen 190 fly a couple times and it sounds great. Similar to an F4U Corsair as it idles on the ramp and then its own distinct BMW radial sound as it flies overhead. I took my son for a ride on the CAF B-29 &quot;FIFI&quot; last summer and when we climbed out after shutdown Paul Allen's Fw-190 flew overhead. (Flight was at Everett where Allen's museum is located.) As it roared overhead I said, &quot;Wrong theater of operations pal!&quot; (B-29 was Pacific and 190 was European theater.)

[SS427]

Duh! I of all people should know that as my brother rewired the complete airplane! He also wired Doug Champlin's FW-190 D-13.


&quot;Jeff Nelson of Custom Connections, left, and Dave Goss, owner of Gosshawk airplane restorers, work to reassemble the world's only flying German Focke-Wulf 190 A-5.&quot;

[earntaz]

None the less you 427 guys ... pretty damn awesome to hear old war birds doing their thing.

[SS427]

Then you will like the sounds of this one.

whistling P51 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9iHec78UDI)

[earntaz]

Is there really something such as having too much fun?!? Can you imagine the bad guys on the ground and the fear they had when one of these war machines let loose with six .50s while strafing? Excellent video. Years ago I heard Jack Roush talking about his Mustang and during the entire interview I don't think the smile left his face. TAZ

[leach]

Here is the new German car airplane (http://www.aeromobil.com/)

[SS427]

Pretty neat series of videos with Kermit Weeks check flighting his P51C Mustang.

http://worldwarwings.com/starting-a-p-51...-kermit-mustang (http://worldwarwings.com/starting-a-p-51-mustang-is-kind-of-rocket-science?a=mk&amp;var=ww2-kermit-mustang)

[earntaz]

Cool -- Has the &quot;checklist&quot; memorized ... but we'd get decerted if we did that ...

[SS427]

Interesting on board video of an in flight emergency in a TBM Avenger. Makes you think more about what needs to go thru your mind when an emergency is encountered.

http://worldwarwings.com/pilot-did-the-b...smoking-avenger (http://worldwarwings.com/pilot-did-the-best-he-could-when-his-avenger-started-smoking?a=mk&amp;var=ww2-smoking-avenger)

[Woj]

Rick,

Good video.

A smoke filled cockpit will get your attention faster than just about anything else (other than an engine failure at V1). He did a good job of heading for Reagan and coordinating with the fire-fighters.

I had a C-130 cockpit fill with smoke at cruise altitude, over Denver one day. You lose track of time, but I think we were on the ground in about 7 minutes. We did have a fire, but it contained itself in a 2'x 2'x 2' electronic box. Burned to a crisp inside.

Phil Woj.

[SS427]

I would MUCH rather have an engine failure (depending on how catastrophic) than and on board fire though as you say, at V1 you are most often screwed! NOT a good thing either way. At least with a failed engine you can in most cases dead stick it in whereas with a fire you are often limited to how fast the fire consumes the aircraft. Glad yours was not major but I am quite sure you were likely entitled to an underwear change. Never encountered a fire or a failed engine. Only issue I ever had was when my pilot was performing a hammerhead stall and we fell straight back on our tail and the plane would not invert. It was not until I yelled at him to take his hands off the stick did the plane nose over with about 1000' left. This was in a Citabria.

[ZAPPER68]

Good one Rick...thanks. To hell with the checklist, get it on the ground ASAP. We carried out a number of 'fire emergencies' in the simulator and it was always 'fly the aircraft and get it on the ground (or water in our case) as soon as possible.

A couple of years ago a colleague was flying a Bell 412EP offshore and picked up a well head tower maintenance crew. They stuffed their tools in the tailboom baggage compartment and then climbed on board for the short ride to the accommodation/production platform. When the tool bag was stuffed in the baggage compartment a battery powered drill was inadvertently turned on, catching some rags in the bag on fire.

The 'Baggage Fire' caution warning light illuminated when the smoke detector did it's job. The incident had a happy ending but the oil company was pissed that the crew chose to land on a production facility instead of the water. That particular production platform pumps +/- 200K barrels of oil a day. The 'Safety Gurus' had a field day with this one...

[earntaz]

You can bet there was a severe puckering of the south end. In Vietnam had the rear engine of an Oscar Deuce get zapped -- the damn thing just barely made it back to Phan Rang ... the front engine was cooked also and after that episode both engines required R&amp;R.

[JRSully]

On a lighter, aviation note. Heard the Blue Angels are finally going to Super Hornets next year, that will be a sight to see!

[L78racer]

Old aircraft story with video.

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/August/Pilot/f_talltale

[m22mike]

That video was outstanding. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

Thanks Mike

[earntaz]

What a treasure trove of aircraft and history ... AWESOME! Thanks for sharing ... TAZ

[parkbrau]

Saw this pic in the AF Magazine Daily Report:
Caption: Members of the first-ever F-35 Lightning II heritage flight team from Luke AFB, Ariz., participate in the Heritage Flight Conference at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., March 4-6, 2016. Air Force photo by SSgt. Staci Miller.

The F-35 strike fighter is now qualified to take part in Air Combat Command's heritage flight program, which demonstrates the history of America's airpower as modern fighter aircraft fly alongside World War II, Korean, and Vietnam-era aircraft, the service announced. The fifth-generation fighter qualified on March 6 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., and its first air show as a member of the Heritage Flight Team will be April 2-3 at Luke AFB, Ariz., states the release. &quot;Being a part of these heritage flights allows the world to learn more about the F-35 and at the same time see just how far airpower has come over the years,&quot; said Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander. &quot;The F-35 will be the backbone of the Air Force fighter fleet and represent the future for the US, our partners, and allies. This will be a great opportunity for everyone to see how amazing the F-35 is.&quot; The team will travel to 16 airshows across the United States ending at Nellis AFB, Nev., in November.

Luke AFB will present the &quot;75 Years of Airpower&quot; air show to the Arizona community April 2-3.

The F-35 Heritage Flight Team schedule:
- April 2-3: Luke AFB
- April 22-24: Langley AFB, Virginia
- May 7-8: Ft Lauderdale, Florida
- May 28-29: Jones Beach, New York
- June 18-19: Ocean City, Maryland
- June 25-26: Hill AFB, Utah
- July 8-17: RIAT/Farnborough, England
- Aug. 19-21: Chicago, Illinois
- Sept. 3-5: Cleveland, Ohio
- Sept. 14-18: Reno, Nevada
- Oct. 14-16: Baltimore, Maryland
- Nov. 12-13: Nellis, AFB, Nevada
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/03/full-4359-40497-warbirds.jpg

[Xplantdad]

Very cool! We may have to head out to Luke.....

[CanCOPO]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/03/full-11052-40498-beeb17.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/03/full-11052-40499-beemust.jpg

[earntaz]

I think Holloman has a heritage flight team also -- flying F-4s ... believe they were at the POW/MIA reunion at Randolph last week. TAZ

[JRSully]

VERY Psyched to see the F35 this Memorial day wknd at the Beach, Blue Angels, Canadian Snowbirds, Breitling Flight Team and the F35. Toes in the sand, cooler full of adult beverages, Great Day

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JRSully</div><div class="ubbcode-body">VERY Psyched to see the F35 this Memorial day wknd at the Beach, Blue Angels, Canadian Snowbirds, Breitling Flight Team and the F35. Toes in the sand, cooler full of adult beverages, Great Day </div></div>

If they light the burner on the F-35, cover your ears ... that mutha is LOAD!! TAZ

[JRSully]

10-4 Taz, THAT is the Sound of Freedom!, I miss the regular burner lightings of the F14s when they came off the assembly line out in Calverton LI. Now the place is nothing but 2 abandoned 10k ft, military spec runways in perfect condition, with a couple of deer occasionally running by, sad

[earntaz]

Geezz -- should have read LOUD ... damn keyboard actuator malfunction...

[Verne_Frantz]

I was on the carrier CVA Forrestal when they were doing carrier quals for the F-14s. As an ET, I could go up on one of the radar platforms and watch the flight deck action during flight ops. Very impressive and LOUD!

Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[SS427]

Another good one.

https://www.facebook.com/breedofspeed/videos/405911869619639/

[SS427]

Most times I love my job but there are days (such as custom rewiring) that make me sit back and think. That is until I am reminded what my brother has to go thru with his restorations. I will no longer complain. My wires are at least color coded. His are all white with code numbers imprinted on them to designate their destination. No wonder he is more grey than I am. Here is one of his latest projects, an TA-4J Skyhawk.

[earntaz]

Yep -- know what you mean ... Scooter looks good.

[SS427]

One of her first flights.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ta-4...amp;FORM=VRDGAR (http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ta-4j+flight+video&amp;qpvt=ta-4j+flight+video&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=A024B4CB7A0986C362 3FA024B4CB7A0986C3623F&amp;FORM=VRDGAR)

[earntaz]

Beautiful Scooter AND A-1 Skyraider. &quot;You've been had by a Spad&quot; ... (&quot;business&quot; card carried and dropped by A-1 jocks in Vietnam) I've got one of them some dang where in my trove of war stuff. TAZ

[earntaz]

The Man Who Rode the Thunder! Next time you're having a bad day...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0cqQzcChFG0

William Rankin, The Man Who Rode The Thunder - YouTube

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[HawkX66]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Most times I love my job but there are days (such as custom rewiring) that make me sit back and think. That is until I am reminded what my brother has to go thru with his restorations. I will no longer complain. My wires are at least color coded. His are all white with code numbers imprinted on them to designate their destination. No wonder he is more grey than I am. Here is one of his latest projects, an TA-4J Skyhawk.</div></div>
Amazing. I have a background in Electronics and I actually love wiring, but thankfully I've never had to deal with wiring like that!

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SgtHawkUSMC</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Most times I love my job but there are days (such as custom rewiring) that make me sit back and think. That is until I am reminded what my brother has to go thru with his restorations. I will no longer complain. My wires are at least color coded. His are all white with code numbers imprinted on them to designate their destination. No wonder he is more grey than I am. Here is one of his latest projects, an TA-4J Skyhawk.</div></div>
Amazing. I have a background in Electronics and I actually love wiring, but thankfully I've never had to deal with wiring like that!</div></div>

I worked the F-111 -- what a freak show that was ... tech manuals didn't match the aircraft ... T/Sg was a real pain in the south end. We had to keep notes on each tail number. TAZ