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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. - Before - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c93fe.jpg - After - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c940e.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c941e.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c942d.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c943d.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c944d.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ene/3c945c.jpg - |
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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 |
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A-4 Skyhawk "Mighty Midget" @ Memphis Naval Air Reserve http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...AirReserve.jpg
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One of my favorite in-flight photos, a navy Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat over Hawaii in late 1945.
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Convair B-36 roars down Galveston Beach c1950.
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That is a great shot. It would have scared the crap out of me though https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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There are fewer buildings on Galveston beach after last week than there were in that picture (1950). Great picture; early B-36?
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Yes I think it is an early one Only six turning none burning https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
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My fave, the Mitchells... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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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 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif ~ Pete |
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That's horrible. Condolences to their families. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif
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Check this out https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbssO2DR7A OMG!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/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. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif |
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That is what scares me about some of those kit planes...
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Check this out https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbssO2DR7A Mike [/ QUOTE ] 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?. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif ~ Pete |
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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
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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 - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/dog427435/a.jpg - - 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) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif |
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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!
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Goodyear built Corsair's Akron Ohio. Some 4000 built by Goodyear Aircraft ( This is back when Goodyear was a real Company )
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ike/plantD.jpg Inside Plant D, next to the Akron airdock http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...e/plantd-1.jpg Mike |
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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 |
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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!
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[b]Aviation Philosophy http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/image001.gif 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. |
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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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif
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C H Biggs "Voice of the Sky"
Any one know anything about C H Biggs?
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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! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...lassMedium.gif [/ QUOTE ] 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. |
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Fascinating film of air warfare training. Takes 48 minutes to watch but worth it. Got it from Cumby
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What a thumper of a workhorse it was. Plenty of firepower. Could dish it out and take it as well. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif
P.S. anybody notice my number of posts.... <font color="red">4346 </font> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif Holley 780 for L78/89/72 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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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.
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