Aircraft pics

[Dog427435]

Low Flying & Crazy Passes



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[L72COPO]

Photos from the Chino Air Show. Takes a long time to load but worth it.

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1b/Chino/Chino.html

[m22mike]

Wow, good stuff. The Corsairs are hands down the coolest WWII fighter the Navy and Marines had.
During the Korean war there was a Naval Air reserve station
in Akron Ohio where I lived as a kid. We were less than a mile from the end of the runway. I could stand in the front yard and look stright up at the pilots and make out there googles and flying caps alot of the time in the summer they would still have there canopies open.
At the time I was 6 or 7 years old, it made a lasting impression on a little kid. I never build alot of model cars untill I was a teen, it was all about the Fighters and Bombers. Probably why I became an aircraft mechanic
Here is some more info on the Goodyear built birds and a good list of all modles of the Corsair built. Including the F2G Goodyear Corsair with the R4360 in it , the Navy never took possesion of any of those, Korea was winding down and the Jet Age was upon us.....Man I miss that sound..

http://www.fighterfactory.com/airwor...1d-corsair.php



Mike

[JChlupsa]

how bout a neat F-22 pic


A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Gulf of Alaska, in this handout photo taken on June 22, 2009. The John C. Stennis is participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. Picture taken on June 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ronald Dejarnett/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY SOCIETY TRANSPORT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

[Xplantdad]

That is a really cool pic Jeff!

[m22mike]

The Ford Tri Motor has been at CAK the last few days so I stoped by and got a few shots. Very cool old girl...

I live Just west of the airport

[SS427]

Cal Fryer (ZAPPER) sent me this shot of a recent "mishap" nearby him in Doha Qatar. Here is what he said,

"Hi Rick,
I have attached a picture of Gulf Helicopters AW139 that had an ‘incident’ up in Doha Qatar a couple of days ago. They had embarked their passengers and were starting to taxi for takeoff when the tailboom failed and literally broke off.

Talk about a lucky escape, no one was hurt! A couple of minutes later and it would have been a different story. I used to fly the 139 when I worked for Abu Dhabi Aviation, it is a powerful helicopter and made mostly of composites. There is definitely a problem here in the Middle East with the temperatures we get during the day and the debonding of the composite components. Looks like someone will have to come up with better bonding agents. There will be an investigation by the manufacturer Agusta/Westland on this one. I fully expected to see the 139’s temporarily grounded world wide but that never transpired?
Cal"

Talk about a close call. As he stated, if this had only happed a few moments later I think the outcome would have been far worse. Choppers have a fairly short taxi before going airborne so it would have been soon after this that it would have come crashing back down to earth. Thank goodness the outcome was what it was. Cal has told me some pretty interesting stories of chopper flights that he has either been on or knew of. I think I will let him tell those stories. Some of the best are listening to him describe how he lands on the heliport at the Burj Al Arab. Not a job I want......

[mockingbird812]

Good stuff Dog!!