Aircraft pics

[Ngtflyr]

Wanna go for a ride with this guy? Shows the maneuverability of this 40 yr old design, still in production. The guy flying is a damn good stick.

Chinook

[SS427]

No thanks! I did aerobatics in a helicopter once, I think I will stay with a fixed wing. However, that guy is damn good! I love it when the panel van panics and backs up. What were they doing there in the first place?
Rick

[ANDY M]

I've ridden in the back seat of a Columbus Police Dept. MD-500 chopper, and before that I rode shotgun in their 2 seater Swietzer 300. These guys tell me that this is as close to daily aerobatic flying as you can get. I only puked once in 10 years. For me it was scary but the coolest experience of my life.
I have total respect for anybody that can drive rotary wing craft. It's like surfing, but while standing on a bowling ball.
The CPD guys do keep the city a safer place.

[1967 Impala]

does any one know what this is ?

[SS427]

It's a CF-105 Avro Arrow.
Rick

[1967 Impala]

Yes it is I was just wonderin if any one else knew what it was because it never made production and 14,000 people lost there jobs because of it

[1967 Impala]

Ok Does size matter? B29 (a rather large plane) and a B 36 an even larger plane also note this picture was taken before they added the 4 jet engines on the wing ends . " 6 turning 4 burning"

[427TJ]

If you want to see and hear a B-36 in flight, get a copy of the 1955 movie "Strategic Air Command" with Jimmy Stewart.

Here's an early B-36B with arctic red markings. Six 4,360 cubic-inch 28 cylinder radial engines. Four rows of seven cylinders in each engine, 56 spark plugs per engine. Incidentally, the B-36 was considered to be overpowered, even before the twin-jet pods were added to the outboard wings. (This one does not have the jet pods.)



Here's the one-and-only cargo version, the XC-99, landing at San Diego in early 1948. This airplane still exists at the former Kelly AFB in San Antonio. One of the C-99's original main wheels, seen here before conversion to multiple-wheeled main gear, is on display at the USAF Museum at Dayton and it is over six feet in diameter.

[Tommy]

My Ex Wifes Grandfather was part of the crew in the B36 Peacemaker. He still flies today but the plane is much smaller (Cessna 152) but has told me quite a few times about flying in the 36. I used to go to quite a few airshows but they don't come to my area as often as they used to . While stationed at Redstone Arsenal in the 80's we had local ones on base that were great but also used to go to Courtland Alabama for large airshows until the old base was sold to Lockheed Martin. Dad wanted to be a Helicopter pilot but color blind guys like him (and me) were out on that deal... I like the vids you guys are posting and it made me think of something I hadn't seen in many years. As an Army Brat coming up in the 70's and 80's watching movies in theaters all over the world I remember well standing for the National Anthem and seeing our Flag in all theaters and remember that military trailer that preceded all previews. I remember seeing AAFES on everything back then. Can anyone find a video of those old theater trailers. Even our local TV stations quit showing the patriotic films before going off the air at 1 AM (they don't go off air anymore though, stupid infomercials).

Tommy