The hobby has progressed so much in the last decade it is unbelievable; particularly in the power plant and control side of things.
It is enticing but the problem around here is a regular...
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The hobby has progressed so much in the last decade it is unbelievable; particularly in the power plant and control side of things.
It is enticing but the problem around here is a regular...
Life has a way of doing that sometimes.
Took a look at the site...WOW! Looks like a lot to do so I'll take my time going through it.
Excellent information StormILM, thanks for sharing.
Well done Kenmore!
I enjoy all the exhibition teams, but one thing the Snow Birds have going for them is their speed. Because they are a lower performance aircraft they can run their routine in a smaller area, staying...
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – A popular local pilot was killed in a crash just south of here on Sunday night.
Jim “Fang” Maroney was found dead in plane wreckage in the Cherokee National Forest,...
I've always thought the Skyknight was a little shortchanged in history/aviation culture. It was one of those transitional designs but it had an interesting and mostly forgotten career.
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Douglas F3D Skyknight
More info and photos of the beacon towers...
http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/what_are_these_giant_concrete_arrows_across_the_american_landscape_25236.asp
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Congratulations! That will get you some great exposure.
It's difficult the understand the mindset in that era. My father was involved with interrogating Japanese prisoners in China. The greatest difficulty he was faced with was getting live prisoners. ...
Here's a couple of photos that illustrate how long the C-130 has been around...
http://uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org/images/history02/PB1G_6.jpg
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That's the one.
We were visiting north of Duluth in October...and it snowed.
Superior, on the other side of the harbor has the Bong Museum.
I believe that is Duluth, Minnesota.
Thanks for the info.
Yes, we visited there on the same road trip as Evergreen. It was actually my wife who first suggested it because she wanted to visit the Tillamook Dairy.
You might want to contact the NASM.
In 1998 Museum restoration staff were treating deteriorated sections of the wooden aft fuselage, fin, rudder, and right elevator when they discovered...
Check out the "Production" section...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_St._Louis_%28film%29
The museum is nice but it is one of the more out-of-the-way aviation museums.
WASHINGTON—Richard Fuller Patterson was a strapping young flyer with a world of promise when he died, alone and forgotten, almost 72 years ago in the cockpit of his Spitfire.
Shot down over...
Kimpo Field, Korea
Freeman Field is a fascinating place. It's where most aircraft ended up after Wright Field was done with them.
Something not being discussed is culture.
There are plenty of people with the means to get into general aviation that have no desire or inclination to do so, and in many instances, when they do...
Beautiful seeing a SeaFire flying again.
I watched a couple of episodes just to see the aircraft and boats.
The staged illegal entry into airports and hangers was too over the top for me.
John S.D. Eisenhower, the son of a five-star general turned president who forged his own career in the U.S. Army and then chronicled the history of the American military in numerous books, died...
Not bad but the canopy on the duck looks a bit...
Excellent. Merry Christmas to you and yours.