Aircraft pics

[PeteLeathersac]

Crazy stuff!.

So how far ahead of the main airframe mfg. date should these seat belt codes be to have been be considered correct by the Germans...or is it only necessary that they predate each individual engine assembly they're used on?.

~ Pete

[427TJ]

Most U.S. airlines would love to achieve that level of cost control, believe me. No, I'm not kidding.

[ANDY M]

This is for Pete, another great way to waste an afternoon.
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

[COPO 70 RS/Z28]

Real underware changing stuff

[427TJ]

Factory-fresh Lockheed F-104A Starfighter visiting George AFB near Victorville, California in 1958. You can see why the '104 was called "The missile with a man in it." In the left background are North American F-100D Super Sabres of George's 479th Tactical Fighter Wing. The '100 was the USAF's first fighter that could exceed the speed of sound in level flight but on this day in 1958 the 104 was the hottest bird on earth. You can see the southern Sierra-Nevada mountains in the distance.

[nuch_ss396]

Bill,

I think the F-104's were the hottest looking fighters of all
time. Didn't do much in the way of ordinance load though.

BTW, when I was a kid I was visiting the Jersey shore and
an F-100 flew over the beach ( very low ) and at a high rate
of speed. I believe it was the 4th of July weekend and that
particular fighter may have been one on the Thunderbirds....

If memory serves me right, that was the start of my life-long
fascination with military aircraft.

Nuch

[47Hammer]

I was sitting in my office at home working on my taxes and I heard that awesome, unmistakable sound of the four Cyclone radial engines of a B-17 Flying Fortress. As I run thru the house in route to the back yard the bird flies right over the house.

Wow! how cool was that. He looks to be headed to Van Nuys airport so I called my brother, the responsible party for the first F-16 put into Air Force service back in '79, 001 Balls one as he called it. He says it just flew over his house too as he (the pilot) had landed at Van Nuys.

Well I'm headed for a short putt over to his place with my camera and lets see if I can get a shot of this incredible piece of aviation history. I'll post pictures if I can get some.