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<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/n...tures/TA-4.jpg </div></div> Ah, The "Tinker Toy." 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. |
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Here is another shot from the "Willie" 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.
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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 "Chicken F_ _ _ers after their tail insignia,CF. HOO RAH & SEMPER FIDELIS... Dicky [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] |
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Never knew that about VMA211. SF!
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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.
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This (I believe) F-104 sits in the woods in New Jersey. Right past Great Adventure/Six Flags.
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Some cool old Chevy add's I jacked from ebay. And maybe a FYI for some.
Pratt & Whitney R 2800's http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/m22mike/005.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Qyh6FbQ0_3.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...OMqd1vw0_3.jpg Actual enameled badge from the nose case of a Pratt motor http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...6e3d_1-1-1.jpg |
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Good stuff Mikey! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
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some of my favorite war birds. enjoy.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w.../scrapiron.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...kriemanP47.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...ooledinjun.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...Doggie65th.jpg the curtis wright plant in buffalo, where my grandma built P-40's during the war. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...lsgt98th/3.jpg |
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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&sec=549122 http://everett.komonews.com/news/art...e-field/636343 |
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terrific job. what a piece of history!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
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<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, & Saguaro Lakes - Sonoran Desert. (make sure to select full screen size and crank the volume! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] ) <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/v6...t/downsize.jpg |
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You should have heard them when they flew over my house ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
I am on the path from Mesa to Deer Valley and the sound they made was beautiful music |
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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 |
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That is crazy! Wow...
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Listen to the words. Been around, but a good one anyway. Go USAF!
<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 17pt">"Uncle Sam put your name at the top of his list!"</span></span></span></span> |
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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 Also a Goodyear Blimp crashed and burned in Germany, 3 pax survive, pilot dies a hero. Goodyear Blimp Down |
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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.
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This is awful. I live near where this plane flew and I used to love seeing it overhead every once in a while.
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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 |
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Anyone seen this crane toppling over footage, arm too extended for the weight o' the bird?.
Glad nobody was hurt but what a shame!. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete http://video.ca.msn.com/watch/video/...en-ca-infopane |
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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.
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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 |
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Neat!
And Rich P...that certainly looks like Chandler AZ...on December 29th, 2007 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] |
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If it is Chandler, whose P51 is that? I do not recognize it.
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Wow, unbelieveable, would be in the top 10 of the coolest things I have ever seen on the internet !
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Cool stuff! Nicely shot!
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<span style="font-size: 20pt"> <span style="font-style: italic">Any clime, any place!</span> </span>
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Great batch of old aircraft photos on this link... http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?n...=15&start=0 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete |
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Another bump (and year)...let's bring this great thread back to life! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0389-image.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0390-image.jpg https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0391-image.jpg |
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Holy cow!
Great thread. So much for cleaning tonight. Better start at the beginning. |
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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0399-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. |
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VERY cool pic!
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