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Great pics....love seeing more anytime! .
I've always wanted a Beech Bonanza....something about that cool V-tail and aluminum mix? . Make mine a first year '47....no paint, just the bare aluminum w/ stripes. . On another note, I read last week how the Seattle Flight Museum has bought that old Trans-Canada Air Connie in Toronto that was an restaurant for a while, now there's a big fight on about it leaving Canada? . The Seattle group has a static resto planned even in the original Trans-Canada paint yet now they're being treated like they're stealing a national treasure and no one here wanted it for years and years? . It's disassembled now for shipping and the fight is on....I hope positive things happen soon as it just deteriorates further as time goes by. So does anyone know what aircraft Yenko was into, ever flew or what he owned himself? . ~ Pete |
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I've got some video footage of a B-29 (Fifi, I believe) when it came in at Van Nuys a few years ago for an air show. I guess it's the only one flying until Boeing finishes the one they're restoring. It had a problem with an exhaust valve on #3 engine on take off, so it had to land and stay for a few days while it was repaired. There's something about the sound of those 4 radial engines running. I love them. I'll have to transfer it and make some quick time clips.
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And, why is there a Delorean in the background?
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From what I understand the crewcheif forgot to close the foward fuel tank and overnight all the fuel shifted to the rear. Crazy looking. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif
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KP Duty all month. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif
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You know, I wouldn't want to even think about the
stresses this attitude put on this aircraft. They are obviously not designed to sit in an un-supported stance like this. If it sat overnight, --> https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif |
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Great stuff Rob....congrats on getting your Gramps stuff! . I was lucky to get my Gramps WW1 kit bag as I happened to be there the day my Grandmother was about to toss it. . It's all there....incl. helmet, the issued coins, putties, utensils, letters from Mom....also a journal from day one leaving the mountain farm to sign up right to the last entry when he arrived home closing with something like "I'll get up in the morning happy to milk the cows". . We've sure grown up in some fortunate times!!! . [/ QUOTE ] Scored some more *priceless* junk from my grandmother...ended up with my great-grandfather's gas mask & bayonette from WW1, and then at my mom's b-day party last night grandma handed me something she ran across recently: a scrap book my grandfather started towards the end of his stint with the 345th BG in WW2...LOTS of pictures of his buddies on Wewac, 2-day passes, mess booklet, and even some official papers listing the members of his unit...lots of pictures of nose art from back in the day, and even some negatives of planes I'm gonna check and see if they're salvageable... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif |
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Wow, great news Rob....lay some pics on us if you can! .
I'd especially love to see the plane and nose-art shots....it's often amazing for hastily applied work done in breaks in the action. . In England after the war when the scrapping was going on, someone had the foresight to save a few of the sections w/ the nose-art intact. . A few pieces off of Canadian planes were sent back here and are treasured displays today. . https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif ~ Pete |
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Will do, Pete...my little bro was impressed with the amount of nudity on some of the noses...guess some of the boys were REALLY missing home! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
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Will do, Pete...my little bro was impressed with the amount of nudity on some of the noses...guess some of the boys were REALLY missing home! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif [/ QUOTE ] Boobs especially in a lot of the nose art....and talented work from some fellas who seemed to have a real eye and feel for it? . A couple nights ago I briefly leafed through this month's Warbird or whichever of the mags I haven't had a chance to read yet and there's a great nose art picture of the 'Weenie Merchant'. . Seems the pilot was well known as somewhat of a ladies' man and the boys painted up his plane w/ this Weenie Merchant name including a weiner character when he was on leave....it's great! . Anyone here w/ a digi camera have this issue yet? . Looking forward to whatever you can post Rob plus there's others that may be very interested in studying any pictures of planes and nose art you have? . There's often no known pics of some of these planes and being such a big part of these guy's lives could mean a lot to some of the surviving Veterans left or their families. . https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif ~ Pete |
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A very good friend of mine was a bomber pilot ( B-25 )
during WWII and he told me that as the war went on, and the losses of air crews mounted, the censors eased up on the air crews about the nose art. I have seen pictures of some nose art that would be considered to be somewhat risque by todays standards, let alone 60 years ago. Wish I could remember where I saw them.......... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif On a side note, I just thought I would share this with the group. After WWII, my friend stayed in the Air Force ( Army Air Corps then ) and started to fly fighters in Korea and Vietnam. His last stint was in the F-4 Phantom over the skies of Vietnam. As this was one of my all time favorite airplanes, loud as hell, I decided to do something very special for his 79th birthday. Using this thing called the internet, I started doing research into his last stint in Vietnam and more importantly his squadron back then. After many months of effort, I found the correct tail markings, color scheme, etc. for his last F-4 and I commissioned the building of a highly detailed model to exact specifications, right down to the inclusion of his name on the canopy. I did this all without his kowledge as I wanted to present it to him as a total surprise on his actual birthday. In any event, I went to Florida with the model in tow and unveiled it at his party. He was so overcome that he cried. I later learned that he had also commissioned replica's of each & every plane he flew during the wars. Unfortunately, they were all lost to a fire sometime in the late 1970's. He never thought he would see one again. It was a touching moment. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif Steve This is his original squadron patch ( found via. research ) http://webzoom.freewebs.com/nuch_ss3...6th%2DTRS2.jpg This is a vintage image of a F-4C from his squadron ( 1968 - Tan Son Nhut airbase ): http://webzoom.freewebs.com/nuch_ss3...%20RF%2D4C.JPG This is a "not so complimentary" image of the finished model: http://webzoom.freewebs.com/nuch_ss3...rf4c%2D004.jpg By the way, the tail number was an ad-lib as I could not find that information anywhere. So, I opted instead to assign his age as the tail number. |
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Great story and very nice model. Attached is a shot of my dad presenting Jimmy Doolittle a model of a B-25. Not one of the actual B-25 that he flew off the carrier in the Tokyo raid in 1942 but possibly a later one he flew. Rick |
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My favorite aircraft... The baddest ass one ever https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif And of course it comes from the same era as the baddest ass Supercars we all love too.. kinda fitting huh? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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youll like these then
https://www.yenko.net/attachments/215...12_Oxcarts.jpg OXCART aircraft on the ramp at Groom Lake/Area 51 in 1964. There are ten aircraft in the photo; the first eight are OXCART machines, and the last two are Air Force YF-12As |
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Ed,
It is an awesome plane to be sure. Still holds the speed record! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif The SR-71 was actually conceived by Kelly Johnson in the late 1950's. It is truly amazing that an aircraft of that vintage still has not been topped. I can only imagine what it would have been like to work with Kelly Johnson and the Shunkworks guys back then.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif Actually, I was told once that the SR-71 actually flew much faster than advertised. Love to know what the max. speed was on that bad-boy! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif |
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Wouldn't want to explain this Gear-up landing of a B-1. Should not happen in a multi-crew aircraft.
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there out back with Beatle Bailey pealing spuds.
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Parts plane!
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I used to be an instructor pilot in the USAF back in the mid-90s. One day at Kelly AFB I was in the traffic pattern with two students letting them practice touch-and-go landings. A C-5 Galaxy transport was on final approach about a mile out from landing and I noticed that the C-5's gear was still up. We were on downwind getting ready to roll-in for a low-approach behind the C-5 and we had a front-row seat to what might have happened. I told my students that we were about to watch a C-5 do a belly-landing! I had to say something so I keyed the mic and calmly said, "Your gear's up" on Tower frequency. Man, those guys hit the throttles and went around like a shot! Just after I had said "Your gear's up" the Tower controller sent the C-5 around. That was a great learning experience for my students: Don't silence the gear horn! Most retractable-gear airplanes have a warning horn that sounds when the pilot goes to idle power with flaps extended and the wheels aren't down (the airplane thinks you want to land so it tells you that the wheels aren't down by sounding the warning horn). If you silence the gear warning horn and don't touch the throttles or lower the gear you might belly it in. That's probably what the C-5 guys had done and might explain the B-1 mishap. I wonder what the whole story is behind the B-1 incident?
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The AF is not saying at this point:
A B-1B Lancer made a wheels-up belly landing at Diego Garcia Monday, skidding down the runway for 7,500 feet, according to Air Force reports. The four-person aircrew escaped from the plane. The B-1B was home based with the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The 20-year-old bomber was landing at Diego Garcia, a remote base in the Indian Ocean, at the end of a ferry mission that started at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Air Force won’t say why the crew landed the plane with its landing gear retracted. The plane caught fire but it was put out by emergency crews. posted by Murdoc - May 10, 2006 10:57 AM |
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But only a U.S. Air Force pilot can land it on its belly in a perfectly straight line !!! Unless it was a malfunction you can bet that crew is flying transport buses now. I saw an SR71 do a fly-by at the open house at Scott AFB...once by low and slow....second pass he put it on its azz and went straight vertical til we couldn't see it anymore....and he went home...had wood for a week....
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Just got this in an e-mail from a buddy who is a UPS MD-11 captain.
"The Boeing 747 LCF took to the skies for the first time Saturday, September 9, initiating the flight test program that will culminate in US FAA certification. The more than two-hour flight was the first of 250 expected flight test hours for the specially designed 747-400 freighter. The big jet can accommodate three times the cargo by volume of a standard 747-400 freighter. It took off under rainy skies from Taiwan. The flight test program is expected to last through the end of the year. The LCF also will complete more than 500 hours of ground testing in Taipei and Seattle combined. This comprehensive test program will ensure the LCF's reliability and ability to fly its intended mission." http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Conversion.jpg |
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Bill,
That plane looks really wierd...like it's pregnant https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif |
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It's not pregnant, it's a tooma. (Insert photo of Governor Ahnold here)
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Bruce, do you realize that you have over 6,000 posts in your two-year span on this board? You are a MACHINE! There must be some kind of award for such dedication.
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Hmm...I wonder who told me about this cool site? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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