Another FAV airplane Pic.....!
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Love the picture.
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Love the 'Spad' and the way it was utilized in combat. Very effective aircraft in its role.
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Here is a pic of my Army buddies(3 of'em) C-47. Smooth? Slow & Steady! We went to an air show and slept right in the plane! Fun was had by all!
I am still quite partial to this one:
FW-190 D-9.
FW-190 D-9.
My favorite fast mover. This one and I have history. It tried darned hard to kill me when a hot brake incident caused the left main gear tire to explode.
BMW powered! It was a better fighter than the 109. 190 was a great plane.I am still quite partial to this one:
FW-190 D-9.
I’d have to say the Tomcat is at the top of my list. They were the top USN fighter when I served and got to see them do real real, fast stuff. They were built nearby where I live and know several people who built them at Grumman. 14 was a badass Interceptor in the fleet. Phantoms were cool also although when I was in they were just used as Wild Weasels. P51, P40, Spitfire, Corsair, Mosquito……way too many other possible great choices.
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Not that one. Most 190s were BMW radial powered, but that's the D "Dora" model powered by a Junkers Jumo. The Doras were considered roughly on a par with the P-51 Mustang (well, in everything but range).
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I just read the book "A Dawn Like Thunder" about Torpedo Squadron 8. It's a great book about the 8th and it's men at Midway June 1942. I was sad but proud of our "boys" who saved the World. WOW....
A little history on "That's All, Brother"
Mission: Normandy
Over 75 years ago, on June 6, 1944, That's All, Brother led the main airborne invasion of Normandy. Piloted by Lt. Col John Donalson, the plane led over 800 C-47s that dropped over 13,000 paratroopers into a battle that changed the course of mankind. 75 years later, we were able to bring this great airplane back to the skies over Normandy for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Nearly Lost Forever
After serving on D-Day, and in Operations Dragoon, Market Garden, Repulse, and Varsity, the airplane returned to the United States and was sold to the civilian market in 1945. During the course of many owners over the next several decades, the historical significance of the airplane was lost and it was eventually sold to be scrapped. Fortunately, two historians from the United States Air Force discovered that this historic airplane was lying in a boneyard in Wisconsin. The Commemorative Air Force was able to acquire the airplane, and through a large group of donors and volunteers, restore the airplane to flying status.
https://thatsallbrother.org/
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Good Heck I never thought of that! We could take our Trikes!? Cool!
That is true. Easy to see the plane was changed drastically to a inline radiator engineer for better high altitude performance. Longer, thinner and with longer wings also.
WendyI am still quite partial to this one:
FW-190 D-9.
Yes these are a beautiful plane along with the 190A known as "The Butcher Bird" One of my ex neighbors flew one in WWII.
I saw my first and only one at the Paul Allen Museum in Seattle. It was in flying condition, but it was to rare to fly. They did have many other warbirds to fly.
His stuff was just amazing and as original as it could be what a shame the museum is no more since his death. From what I have heard the Waltons bought the complete inventory and plan on building a new museum in Bentonville AR.
The best air shows happen for me in the middle of the ocean. On the Kennedy in 1978 we had F-14's from VF-14 and VF-32, F-4's from VF-202, and F-8's from VFP-63. We launched all of them at night one after another it was quite a show. Loved working the roof especially at night. (photos from the internet didn't have a camera then)
This one was always one of my favorites. It flew past my school with a fighter escort on it's last flight; going to Wright Patterson to be put into the museum.
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I know where a piece of the XB-70 that crashed near Barstow is. They didn’t clean up as well as might be expected.
One of the things an incoming Husky crewman was treated to was a flyover of the site. Just routine familiarization flights, you understand
One of the things an incoming Husky crewman was treated to was a flyover of the site. Just routine familiarization flights, you understand
I worked at the Naval Air Test Center from 1980 to 1982. We got to see the F18 get its first kill. The F18 dropped it's bombs on the chase plane an A-4 Skyhawk. Bomb rack and all but the crew of Skyhawk were able to punch out okay pilot and camera man.
A few from my album.
Son's first Trap in the E-2C Hawkeye
Doing a little Formation while at Kingsville
While I was on a Tiger Cruise when Son was Air Boss of the USS Nimitz
Son's first Trap in the E-2C Hawkeye
Doing a little Formation while at Kingsville
While I was on a Tiger Cruise when Son was Air Boss of the USS Nimitz
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I snapped this pic at an air show.
The Nimitz and I started our career at the same time; Those guys in 1975 would have looked at me like I was crazy if I told them a HSL guy will be Her Air Boss someday. ;)
Those are good ones also, but I do admit my favorite story about the U.S.S. Nimitz was from years ago that I posted up here a long time ago when they hosted and made a Make A Wish for a young man with leukemia(IIRC) honorary CO of the ship:
https://picryl.com/media/linus-phil...charles-hayden-from-the-flight-deck-of-d61dd1
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C-47 is one of my fav's - we had the last flying C-2 when I was in the Army..crashed and burned in '62.....
I resigned my commission in the CONFEDERATE AIR FORCE (B-29 FIFI) when they caved to the 'cancel culture' crowd....
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Here's another FAV pic. I had the distinct pleasure to know Gen. Paul Tibbets. We went sporting clays shooting and enjoyed talking about aircraft and WW2. I never asked about dropping the Bomb. He was a Great person. One of my Hero's!
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Interesting... I knew Gen Sweeny (Bock's Car) thru my crewing on FIFI. He also lived 'next door' in NH.
We were hauling the Adjutant General of Maryland around on a tour in a Huey. We were talking about the different aircraft the Army and the Air Force had flown just in Maryland. He said the F-86 was a flying sports car.
The New Naval Air Museum in Pensacola open about 10 months before I got stationed their. Admiral Byrd's C-47 was sitting in a lot access from our barracks. It was falling apart had no wings and full of wasp. Can't believe how it looks now.
