3175375
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I got a ride in that one!
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67newport
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3175375
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Original nine-O-nine aircraft was destroyed during nuclear effects testing. However, another aircraft named Nine-O-Nine (that was operated and owned by the Collings Foundation) crashed and killed 17, I believe.
2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash - Wikipedia
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I like how the refueling guy in the picture is smoking.
What's the worst that could happen.......
What's the worst that could happen.......
i remember reading about this.
tangent.
i love old iron of any type that is still running ... BUT, as cool as old aircraft are, they are a bit "spukhaft" to me.
an engine/critical part failure in flight, of 50-100 year-old prop/jet engines, might not end well. for a lot of people, including bystanders.
i tend to drool over planes in museums/static displays for that reason.
Don't you watch Mythbusters? They said a cigarette doesn't not contain enough BTUs to ignite gasoline. The liquid in gasoline will distinguish the flame first.
I don't watch the show but that's what I've read they declared.
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I didn’t realize that there’s so many of these still airworthy.
I had seen a few of them when I worked at NAS Point Mugu in the 90’s.
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk - Wikipedia
I didn’t realize that there’s so many of these still airworthy.
I had seen a few of them when I worked at NAS Point Mugu in the 90’s.
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk - Wikipedia
3175375
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i remember reading about this.
tangent.
i love old iron of any type that is still running ... BUT, as cool as old aircraft are, they are a bit "spukhaft" to me.
an engine/critical part failure in flight, of 50-100 year-old prop/jet engines, might not end well. for a lot of people, including bystanders.
i tend to drool over planes in museums/static displays for that reason.
I am a lifetime member of the Commemorative Air Force (used to be Confederate Air Force), and support our local wing - The Joe Foss Squadron CAF Joe Foss Squadron
There are a LOT of active old aircraft flying around our country and the world.
I think the most impressive flight of recent times was the flight of the C-47, That’s All Brother to commemorate the D-Day landing.
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I have had the pleasure of buying a ride in a few: the L-5B Sentinel that is operated by our CAF squadron, a UH-1, B-17 (Sentimental Journey - B-17 Sentimental Journey ) and one of the two B-29s that are still flying, Fifi ( B-29 FIFI ) who all were here at the Sioux Falls air show.
I also saw several WWII veterans get a ride in a B-25 at a D-Day rememberance event at the Fagan Fighters Museum in Granite Falls, MN (Fagen Fighters WWII Museum)
What a fabulous way to demonstrate what we did in incredible times for the sake of freedom!
I love air shows. been to many. love this old iron too.
my comment wasn't intended to diminish the world-changing accomplishment of everybody --- from engineers designin' them, to workers at factories buildin' them, to service people flyin' and fixn' them.
the "arsenal of freedom" aint just catchy -- its a fact.
Without all that stuff, hate to think what things would be like on this rock.
3175375
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Absolutely agree with you. The benefits that have come from the aviation industry as well as technology development are unbelievable.I love air shows. been to many. love this old iron too.
my comment wasn't intended to diminish the world-changing accomplishment of everybody --- from engineers designin' them, to workers at factories buildin' them, to service people flyin' and fixn' them.
the "arsenal of freedom" aint just catchy -- its a fact.
Without all that stuff, hate to think what things would be like on this rock.
My great aunt was born before aviation really was developed, and lived to see a man walk on the moon. She was older than Chevrolet and lived to a long, joyful age of 102, with a hip replacement at 101!
3175375
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The item that was of contention was a small picture of Felix the cat (VF-31s signature image) laughing at an outline drawing of an F/A-18 Hornet.
I am surprised that it made it to an aircraft - I believe one is at the Evergreen museum in Oregon.
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2005: Travis AFB placed the restored C-141A Starlifter (tail number 63-8088), nicknamed the Golden Bear, on permanent static display. It was the USAF’s first operational C-141A, the first to carry wounded troops from Vietnam to the US, the first to fly into Saigon, and in 1973 it helped fly the 566 military and 25 civilian former prisoners of war from North Vietnam to the US.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
Interesting, Fertile Myrtle is an F, while Lady Stardust is an E parked next to a G.
67newport
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3175375
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The crew of this AC-130A Spectre gunship, named Azrael (Azrael, in the Koran, is the angel of death who severs the soul from the body) displayed courage and heroism during the closing hours of Operation Desert Storm. On Feb. 26, 1991, Coalition ground forces were driving the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. Azrael was sent to the Al Jahra highway between Kuwait City and Basrah, Iraq, to intercept the convoys of tanks, trucks, buses and cars fleeing the battle. Facing numerous enemy batteries of SA-6 and SA-8 surface-to-air missiles, and 37mm and 57mm radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery, the crew attacked the enemy skillfully, inflicting significant damage on the convoys. The crew's heroic efforts left much of the enemy's equipment destroyed or unserviceable, contributing to the defeat of the Iraqi forces. On Feb. 28, 1991, Iraq agreed to a cease-fire.
The aircraft on display was assigned to the 919th Special Operations Wing and was retired to the museum in October 1995.
The aircraft on display was assigned to the 919th Special Operations Wing and was retired to the museum in October 1995.
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