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NFATrustGuy
02-24-2016, 22:48
Name that plane!
I'll name it "FRED"
[I'm hilarious... Sometimes I need to remind people]
Seems like a good name for an old bi-plane...
Great-Kazoo
02-25-2016, 00:46
I'll name it "FRED"
[I'm hilarious... Sometimes I need to remind people]
Seems like a good name for an old bi-plane...
Why not name it Curious. After all it is BI ;)
I think it's a Stearman. Here is another one.
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I ferried an old cargo plane a while ago and was surprised to discover that it had color radar.
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What happened to Quib? Haven't seen any of his work in awhile.
What happened to Quib? Haven't seen any of his work in awhile.
Dropped off the planet me thinks.
belizejet
03-05-2016, 20:34
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Just for all you tin foil hat guys. Yes, we really have this in airliners. ;)
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Just for all you tin foil hat guys. Yes, we really have this in airliners. ;)
That is awesome. I know what I'm gonna do my next trip.
HoneyBadger
03-06-2016, 01:02
Hahahahahaha! Love it! [ROFL2]
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Just for all you tin foil hat guys. Yes, we really have this in airliners. ;)
Awesome! Yeah I think I can have some fun with this.
belizejet
03-09-2016, 08:23
Figured Sniper7 would like this. Haha
Glad to see NFA Trust guy check in on this, I know him to be a common emitter of ChemTrails. Don't EVEN let him tell you otherwise. It's his way of "STICKIN' IT TO THA MAN!"
I, personally, used to emit chemtrails, via a relief tube in my RV4, thus stickin it to tha man, but that is another story.
Carry on...
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This is a slightly modified 1930's WACO biplane with a G.E. jet engine (from a Lear Jet) mounted between the landing gear. They had to move the cockpit aft about 3' to balance it.
If you are an airshow guy, check out the videos of this thing. https://youtu.be/ESOi5_j1-Kk
It's been a while since I contributed pics. Here's a few recent images of mine...
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What happened to Quib? Haven't seen any of his work in awhile.
See above. :-)
ColoradoMinuteMan
05-17-2016, 22:38
It's been a while since I contributed pics. Here's a few recent images of mine...
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A beautiful picture of a beautiful NA-50 replica.
A beautiful picture of a beautiful NA-50 replica.
Thanks. :)
Thanks. :)
Good to have you back.
Here is a pic from last year in Sacramento. Tanker 10 (3 holer) and a Forest Service King Air, Lead 52, working a fire north west of Chico.
Lead 52 picked his number as in MAFFS 5 and 2. You might guess he flew for us before he retired and went to the Forest Service.
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The worst part about planes. The maintenance. Some pics from my required annual this last weekend.
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ColoradoMinuteMan
05-18-2016, 23:18
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Here are a couple Stearmans for you guys.
Here is a pic from last year in Sacramento. Tanker 10 (3 holer) and a Forest Service King Air, Lead 52, working a fire north west of Chico.
Lead 52 picked his number as in MAFFS 5 and 2. You might guess he flew for us before he retired and went to the Forest Service.
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Another great picture Hoser, hope you guys have a mild summer.
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The P-47 that landed in the Hudson looks to be in relatively good condition. RIP to the pilot, sounded like a good guy.65640
One of the benefits of working in DC/Virginia, if your meeting gets cancelled and you don't feel like working you can find something else to do:
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I may have mentioned this before - but if any of you ever get a chance to visit The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, NY, DO IT!!! You'll be glad you did!
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Thats a decpticon not and auto bot so be careful
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^^^ Sweet pics Quib ^^^
Thanks. :-)
Bailey Guns
06-19-2016, 13:13
I've seen this big bird regularly over the past several weeks, but I'm usually driving or doing something else that requires my attention. I suspected it was an A380 just from the sheer size when looking at it even with just eyes. I finally caught it when I was at home. I had just enough time to grab the camera and snap a couple of shots. This is the best one I got. Definitely an Emirates A380:
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To Bear Arms
06-19-2016, 20:08
That is a beautiful picture of "Stang Evil" Quib! I always enjoy looking at your pictures!
I've seen this big bird regularly over the past several weeks, but I'm usually driving or doing something else that requires my attention. I suspected it was an A380 just from the sheer size when looking at it even with just eyes. I finally caught it when I was at home. I had just enough time to grab the camera and snap a couple of shots. This is the best one I got. Definitely an Emirates A380:
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/DSCN0406_zpsczznbjsl.jpg
Check out flightradar24.com. They also have an app. It's a map with all the airplanes on it. You can click on a plane and it'll show you all the info regarding that flight. Except military of course.
That is a beautiful picture of "Stang Evil" Quib! I always enjoy looking at your pictures!
Thank you. :)
Thank you. :)
No kidding! Love your photos! I'd also love to know your secrets to the sharpness and color saturations, and how you get your access.
No kidding! Love your photos! I'd also love to know your secrets to the sharpness and color saturations, and how you get your access.
Thanks. :)
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One of my relatives in the aircraft he died in. Nov. 1943
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To Bear Arms
07-04-2016, 19:59
Damn Quib! Those are stunning!!
HoneyBadger
07-04-2016, 21:19
Here is a pic from last year in Sacramento. Tanker 10 (3 holer) and a Forest Service King Air, Lead 52, working a fire north west of Chico.
Lead 52 picked his number as in MAFFS 5 and 2. You might guess he flew for us before he retired and went to the Forest Service.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac105/puebloshooter/Hurk/Tanker10.jpg (http://s890.photobucket.com/user/puebloshooter/media/Hurk/Tanker10.jpg.html)
Tanker 10 has been flying over my house non-stop for the last few months. They regularly refill their retardant at SMX (Santa Maria airport, for you non-pilot types ;)) I've been meaning to try and get some pictures, but none of them would be as cool as this, so I won't waste my time.
Damn Quib! Those are stunning!!
Thanks! :-)
Okay, I realize this is the aircraft pic thread. I have no pics. But I have to say, all weekend the B17 Flying Fortress, B24 Liberator, and P51 Mustang have been flying over Ft. Collins. My wife, God love her, runs out EVERY time they fly over. She is stunned that people walking the street don't even look up. But, that has always amazed her. After a lifetime in aviation, I guess you just know the sound of a Merlin, or the song of the Consilidated B24 of Boeing B17. Hey, some people today know where to find Pokemon, good on you!
Once, last evening, we were on the deck listening to the country song "You should have seen it in color". Well, as we were listening to that song, they flew over. So, yeah, we saw it in color. Much better than the history books, or TV shows.
We've been to Oshkosh for many years, so we've seen these aircraft, and many others that 99.999% of Americans will never see, but it never gets old. You can watch documentaries, read books, or just simply look up now and then for your history.
Life is good.
Okay, I realize this is the aircraft pic thread. I have no pics. But I have to say, all weekend the B17 Superfortress, B24 Liberator, and P51 Mustang have been flying over Ft. Collins. My wife, God love her, runs out EVERY time they fly over. She is stunned that people walking the street don't even look up. But, that has always amazed her. After a lifetime in aviation, I guess you just know the sound of a Merlin, or the song of the Consilidated B24 of Boeing B17. Hey, some people today know where to find Pokemon, good on you!
Once, last evening, we were on the deck listening to the country song "You should have seen in color". Well, as we were listening to that song, they flew over. So, yeah, we saw it in color. Much better than the history books, or TV shows.
We've been to Oshkosh for many years, so we've seen these aircraft, and many others that 99.999% if Americans will never see, but it never gets old. You can watch documentaries, read books, or just simply look up now and then for your history.
Life is good.
I was doing volunteer work one day when the B-17 Aluminum Overcast was in town.
I saw it coming over where we were, and realized there was an elderly gent nearby that didn't. I said "excuse me sir, when was the last time you saw a B-17 flying over?"
He looked at me like "WTF?", and I pointed up at the plane. He stood there and stared at it in reverent awe, with his mouth open. I could just see him going back in time for a few moments, it was cool.
To Bear Arms
07-18-2016, 06:21
Okay, I realize this is the aircraft pic thread. I have no pics. But I have to say, all weekend the B17 Flying Fortress, B24 Liberator, and P51 Mustang have been flying over Ft. Collins. My wife, God love her, runs out EVERY time they fly over. She is stunned that people walking the street don't even look up. But, that has always amazed her. After a lifetime in aviation, I guess you just know the sound of a Merlin, or the song of the Consilidated B24 of Boeing B17. Hey, some people today know where to find Pokemon, good on you!
Once, last evening, we were on the deck listening to the country song "You should have seen it in color". Well, as we were listening to that song, they flew over. So, yeah, we saw it in color. Much better than the history books, or TV shows.
We've been to Oshkosh for many years, so we've seen these aircraft, and many others that 99.999% of Americans will never see, but it never gets old. You can watch documentaries, read books, or just simply look up now and then for your history.
Life is good.
One of my favorite songs. Every time I hear that song it makes me stop and think.
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Fire season....
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Kelly Airpark....
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belizejet
07-21-2016, 20:34
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Tanker 10 has been flying over my house non-stop for the last few months. They regularly refill their retardant at SMX (Santa Maria airport, for you non-pilot types ;)) I've been meaning to try and get some pictures, but none of them would be as cool as this, so I won't waste my time.
Having just had a forest fire 2mls from the house, this scene is way too common.
The spotting plane was there by 7:00am every morning. Followed was the helo buckets and next were the slurry bombers. We had a couple of Hueys and several smaller choppers. No clue how many slurry drops. They just kept coming. At one point 750 people were directly involved in fighting the fire. Too many companies to count.
My hat goes off to every single one of them.[Score]
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hard to get when they are hauling butt less than 1,000 feet over your head. Was cool to see the condensation forming around the wings in tight corners
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Kelly Airpark....
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That guy (Dave A) gave me my very first FAA check ride back in the mid 80s. Beautiful plane he and his wife built. He used to own one of the most beautiful sailplanes I have ever seen. A 20 Meter Janus two seater.
I remember helping build Kelly Airpark into a real airport. When we started flying there in 1987 it was just a field without a runway.
I still swing by there every once in a while to say hi and check in.
HoneyBadger
07-27-2016, 22:58
My folks just left OSH today. Hopefully they will send me some pics, but every year they take less (this is their 8th or 9th consecutive year) Maybe next year I can get away with them! :)
Edit: just got a few pics!
Homebuilt camping on Sunday morning - just barely starting to fill up as the weather kept a lot of planes away until Monday:
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Monday Morning:
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Filling up! By Monday afternoon, OSH had reached parking saturation.
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Dad didn't take a lot of airshow pics because airshows are sort of old news for him. Stuff like this is always fun:
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Do big ugly gliders count?
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That guy (Dave A) gave me my very first FAA check ride back in the mid 80s. Beautiful plane he and his wife built. He used to own one of the most beautiful sailplanes I have ever seen. A 20 Meter Janus two seater.
I remember helping build Kelly Airpark into a real airport. When we started flying there in 1987 it was just a field without a runway.
I still swing by there every once in a while to say hi and check in.
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All I have for now....Hogs At BJC.
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Been at KOSH since Tuesday, camping under the wing at the show. Firing up the plane to fly back in the AM. I'll have lots of pics to throw up here in a couple days when I go thru them.
HoneyBadger
07-30-2016, 22:20
Been at KOSH since Tuesday, camping under the wing at the show. Firing up the plane to fly back in the AM. I'll have lots of pics to throw up here in a couple days when I go thru them.
Awesome! Can't wait to see them! What did you fly in with?
I'll get around to embedding all of them. But here is the first portion of my KOSH 2016 gallery. Will have more later, this is maybe 40% of them.
Quality isn't excellent, we didn't have enough useful load to bring along the DSLR and USM/IS/L lenses. All from the phone camera.
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Awesome! Can't wait to see them! What did you fly in with?
My Beechcraft BE23-24.
Had a brief engine failure on return trip. Super slow leak from left tank sump, that wasn't seen parked in the grass (would puddle on pavement). When we got to altitude, the vacuum from airflow sucked the tank dry quick. Had full engine failure for nearly a minute. Engine died, pitched for best glide, located emergency landing spot, ran through emergency flows which got it restarted, and diverted to nearest airfield. Left tank bone dry. Working the sump got it sealed again, and after refueling and monitoring the sump for 30, and calming my nerves for 30 we got back on our way, but late enough to get stuck in Sterling for 4 hours waiting out the afternoon thunderstorms.
The saying "When the engine stops, your heart stops" is quite true. Thankfully I'd drilled this scenario hundreds of times, so even under the crazy stress and HUGE adrenaline rush, the training took over and solved the problem before it got any worse.
My Beechcraft BE23-24.
Had a brief engine failure on return trip. Super slow leak from left tank sump, that wasn't seen parked in the grass (would puddle on pavement). When we got to altitude, the vacuum from airflow sucked the tank dry quick. Had full engine failure for nearly a minute. Engine died, pitched for best glide, located emergency landing spot, ran through emergency flows which got it restarted, and diverted to nearest airfield. Left tank bone dry. Working the sump got it sealed again, and after refueling and monitoring the sump for 30, and calming my nerves for 30 we got back on our way, but late enough to get stuck in Sterling for 4 hours waiting out the afternoon thunderstorms.
The saying "When the engine stops, your heart stops" is quite true. Thankfully I'd drilled this scenario hundreds of times, so even under the crazy stress and HUGE adrenaline rush, the training took over and solved the problem before it got any worse.
Holy crap man.. Glad you made it down safe and everything worked out.
Glad the training paid off.
Do helos count? To be fair there are a couple of planes in the background LOL. The Lakota is my older son's ride.
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Bailey Guns
08-13-2016, 18:17
My Beechcraft BE23-24.
Had a brief engine failure on return trip. Super slow leak from left tank sump, that wasn't seen parked in the grass (would puddle on pavement). When we got to altitude, the vacuum from airflow sucked the tank dry quick. Had full engine failure for nearly a minute. Engine died, pitched for best glide, located emergency landing spot, ran through emergency flows which got it restarted, and diverted to nearest airfield. Left tank bone dry. Working the sump got it sealed again, and after refueling and monitoring the sump for 30, and calming my nerves for 30 we got back on our way, but late enough to get stuck in Sterling for 4 hours waiting out the afternoon thunderstorms.
The saying "When the engine stops, your heart stops" is quite true. Thankfully I'd drilled this scenario hundreds of times, so even under the crazy stress and HUGE adrenaline rush, the training took over and solved the problem before it got any worse.
Nice work flying the airplane and working thru the problem. And thanks for the pics...very nice.
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nogaroheli
08-14-2016, 13:22
Do helos count? To be fair there are a couple of planes in the background LOL. The Lakota is my older son's ride.
Sweet pic! I don't get to fly manned stuff much these days but I still enjoy flying rotary wing much more. #allhelosmatter
That time of the year again...
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I know first hand how valuable those MAFFS can be....not to mention the crews manning the ship. I'd have let my whole place burn to the ground to have those guys from the 2012 SD crash back. Brave souls....be careful out there Hoser....
FIFI will be at Jeffco Airport next weekend. I plan to head up Friday afternoon and try to snag some photos.
FIFI will be at Jeffco Airport next weekend. I plan to head up Friday afternoon and try to snag some photos.
No shit? Going to be in The Springs too? I tried to see her in Broomfield (Jeffco?) last time, couldn't get within a mile of the damn airport, let alone park. Shuttle buses only.
Went to Colorado Springs the next weekend, parked within 100 feet of the apron and walked right in. It was WELL worth the drive, I'll never bother with Broomfield again. If she's going to CLSP I recommend going there instead. I got some awesome photos and videos, and you can walk right up to the planes.
I don't think she'll be heading to the Springs, looks like a weekend stop over on a cross country tour.
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Bailey Guns
08-21-2016, 19:50
Not my pics...but cool nevertheless. Wife and I were in CDA yesterday morning. Driving down the road I saw an airplane at low altitude coming almost directly towards us. I thought that it looked like a B-25 but couldn't be sure from that distance. As it got a bit closer I told my wife, "that looks like a B-25. Holy crap! That's a B-25."
We watched it circle the city a few times before it disappeared. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. (I know...dumbass!) Today I found out the details.
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Looks like Broomfield, Cheyenne and Grand Junction.
KestrelBike
08-21-2016, 20:44
Not my pics...but cool nevertheless. Wife and I were in CDA yesterday morning. Driving down the road I saw an airplane at low altitude coming almost directly towards us. I thought that it looked like a B-25 but couldn't be sure from that distance. As it got a bit closer I told my wife, "that looks like a B-25. Holy crap! That's a B-25."
We watched it circle the city a few times before it disappeared. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. (I know...dumbass!) Today I found out the details.
http://www.cdapress.com/gallery/collection_db08cc28-65a2-11e6-aa68-43d157866436.html
http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_46059aa2-6624-11e6-8e2b-0b2f7bd3bfd1.html
Where I used to live/work (SoCal), I'd go south on the 405 freeway to go home after work. You come right under the landing-path for planes at John Wayne Airport. One day, a B-25 was landing and passed right over me as I drove by. It was magical.
It's a fairly busy airport for it's size, because the only other airports are in LA or San Diego (there's Long Beach, but who the hell flies out of there...)
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I did a couple flying lessons out of Van Nuys airport, and right next to the school was a hangar with a restored B-25 in it, and they were kind enough to let me crawl all through it. Amazing plane to be inside.
Worst picture ever, I know. I saw a couple of these flying around at Warren up in Cheyenne around August 3rd.
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To Bear Arms
08-22-2016, 20:39
Finally got around to uploading from my phone. These are not as nice as Quib's though!
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A-10's that flew into Metro a few weeks ago.
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A few from this past weekend....
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Finally got around to uploading from my phone. These are not as nice as Quib's though!
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Luv that "Sexy Sue"! She was here at BJC this past February.
Well, shit. Yours blow mine out of the water, as usual. I'll just toss in a couple action shots.
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Looks like you were there on Saturday?
I went out Saturday evening after the CAF packed up and headed out to the hotel. Then back out Sunday morning at the crack of dawn. Pretty fun on both visits!
Friday afternoon, took a half day from work to go see them. Gunfighter and Bucket of Bolts had just arrived while I was on Fifi's flight deck.
You guys are killing me, I really wanted to make it out there. Magazine quality stuff Quib. Ridge, you're shots are great, nice subject framing and motion. When you can look at a picture of an airplane and hear an engine or two, that's good!
I was a volunteer at Lowry AFB when they acquired a B-29 from China Lakes and needed help putting it back together. It was cold and wet when the tail section was put on and the wing sections were joined in the fuselage. Stacks of shipping pallets, old mattresses and a shitload of 'Axle Grease' smeared over EVERYTHING and a good fork operator made it work. It sucked but I would do it again.
When Lowry closed, the museum in Seattle (thru the USAF) acquired aircraft. It's still being restored.
That closeup picture of the running engines made me think of this.
You guys are killing me, I really wanted to make it out there. Magazine quality stuff Quib. Ridge, you're shots are great, nice subject framing and motion. When you can look at a picture of an airplane and hear an engine or two, that's good!
Thanks Flogger. :-)
I was a volunteer at Lowry AFB when they acquired a B-29 from China Lakes and needed help putting it back together. It was cold and wet when the tail section was put on and the wing sections were joined in the fuselage. Stacks of shipping pallets, old mattresses and a shitload of 'Axle Grease' smeared over EVERYTHING and a good fork operator made it work. It sucked but I would do it again.
When Lowry closed, the museum in Seattle (thru the USAF) acquired aircraft. It's still being restored.
That closeup picture of the running engines made me think of this.
Thanks for the kind words, sir. :)
A few pics from the recent fires out west. We were doing all we could to help. 3,000 gallons at a time.
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buffalobo
09-05-2016, 14:33
Can't give enough props or thanks to folks who run to danger to protect others.[emoji482]
I went to the Red Bull air races this past weekend in Vegas. Too windy to race both days.
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gnihcraes
10-18-2016, 19:35
I went to the Red Bull air races this past weekend in Vegas. Too windy to race both days.
Yep, it was wasn't it. Even the helicopter tours were flying sideways along the strip.
Took the family to the Wings over the Rockies Air Museum on the 10th, my boy loves Airplanes and Helicopters, after spending about an hour we decided it was time to leave but before we go my Wife suggested that I try out the Max Flight 3000 simulator they have at the museum.
This was my first time ever in a multi axis motion one. The guy running the ride asked "do you want to fly a Cessna, 737, or do the WW II dogfighting" I replied why does the first option even exsist!?
I chose the F4U Corsair from the list of Aircraft the attendant rattled off, (my favorite plane ever since I found out my Grandfather was a Navy mechanic that worked on them post Korea era).
So after the controls and safety intro the canopy closes, Im in total darkness, the screen turns on in and it was a game I played 2 hours a day as an 11 year old, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.
I'm in there for a few minutes, I shoot down 4 enemy planes, The simulator stops and the guy running it is like " Nobody EVER shoots down a single plane on this thing, and you almost made Ace in 15 minutes!" The thing legit turns upside down and lets you do barrel rolls!
Best $14 I spent all year!
Didnt get any pics or videos of the ride but heres my son with the BUFF parked outside the hangar.
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Velocitas, Opprimere,
Violentia Operandi
belizejet
12-21-2016, 10:42
Took my 94 year old grandfather to the Wings over the Rockies museum and my wife finally got to see my "office"!68449
NFATrustGuy
12-21-2016, 15:15
Where's the cup holder?
Along the window pane just behind his wife's right elbow. For real.
Where was this plane parked? The 121.9 in the radio is not a KDEN ground frequency.
Memorial flyby for a departed friend.
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fportmen45
01-14-2017, 19:43
Memorial flyby for a departed friend.
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RIP
Anniversary of the first Air Raid in Great Britain, Jan. 19-20, 1915. Great link here https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/aerial-bombardment/68843
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Hoser, what's this for? Arctic i'm assuming. I took these in Vegas today from the hotel.
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Hoser, what's this for? Arctic i'm assuming. I took these in Vegas today from the hotel.
Yup. Those are the Ski birds from the New York Guard. They run the Antarctic missions. Most of their planes have the new 8 bladed prop and new engines which are kick ass.
Antartica is the only pin I have left to put on a map. I volunteered to spend a winter down on the ice with them, but it didn't work out. One day I will make it there.
Lots of fires down there?
Dinosdeuce
03-01-2017, 20:38
Ice Fires, the worst kind
Just the thought of ice fires makes me shiver.
Yup. Those are the Ski birds from the New York Guard. They run the Antarctic missions. Most of their planes have the new 8 bladed prop and new engines which are kick ass.
Antartica is the only pin I have left to put on a map. I volunteered to spend a winter down on the ice with them, but it didn't work out. One day I will make it there.
Thanks Hoser. Kinda what I thought. Bet that would be fun. For a couple of days.
Just the thought of ice fires makes me shiver.
Thats why the ice caps are melting. Fires. Lots of fires.
Hey guys, if you struggle each year wondering what you're going to buy Hoser for his birthday, this is his favorite place to shop. http://www.motoart.com/prices
Hey guys, if you struggle each year wondering what you're going to buy Hoser for his birthday, this is his favorite place to shop. http://www.motoart.com/prices
I need to pass that link to my lovely bride.
The reality show was garbage, but they put out some cool stuff.
One day I will have a big wooden prop on a wall. Just cause...
Its cool that on the C-130 desk page they have a picture of me in MAFFS 2. http://www.motoart.com/products/tables/coffee-tables/c-130-hercules-coffee-table
The boys from Viagra dropping flares at dusk. Here soon they start converting to KC-135s if they haven't already.
https://media.defense.gov/2011/Aug/12/2000229168/888/591/0/110810-F-DS336-266.JPG
The boys from Viagra dropping flares at dusk. Here soon they start converting to KC-135s if they haven't already.
https://media.defense.gov/2011/Aug/12/2000229168/888/591/0/110810-F-DS336-266.JPG
What, they're starting more fires to work on? Needing practice?
https://youtu.be/QaQ1t954DTs
Dominic always gets a kick out the C-130 w/ the big orange 2 on it. Filmed 23 March.
SideShow Bob
07-26-2017, 18:54
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Yesterday at KCOS
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OtterbatHellcat
07-29-2017, 13:11
That is cool for sure.
Not something you see very often. Hopefully at least. (planned shut down on test flight a few weeks ago)
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Stu_Padaso
06-07-2018, 22:07
Yup. Those are the Ski birds from the New York Guard. They run the Antarctic missions. Most of their planes have the new 8 bladed prop and new engines which are kick ass.
Antartica is the only pin I have left to put on a map. I volunteered to spend a winter down on the ice with them, but it didn't work out. One day I will make it there.
are you talking about Mc Murdo station? ( not sure spelling )
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When I was in high school JROTC, we paid a visit to the Army Aviation unit at Buckley. They asked if there were any questions, I asked if we could get a flight. To my surprise, they said yes and we came back another day and got to ride UH-1s around Buckley, both nap of earth (incredibly cool) as well as some higher altitude flight.
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To Bear Arms
10-14-2018, 10:42
Always love your pictures Quib!
NFATrustGuy
10-14-2018, 21:06
Taken about 3 weeks ago near Glenwood Springs. The aircraft is an RV-3.
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Always love your pictures Quib!
Thanks!
One from the way back machine. An old Aero Union P2 dropping retardant on a hilltop in northern California in the mid 90s. No idea who took the picture.
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I know these are terrible pictures, but what are these guys? Being so close to Tyndall AFB affords one the opportunity to see LOTS of cool stuff always flying around.
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I like the shape of the C-17s. I've seen them before. Never seen an Osprey before. Saw that guy flying around more than one day. Lots of jets flying around, but they are too high and fast for me to get a picture even as good as these. Thanks.
Not something you see very often. Hopefully at least. (planned shut down on test flight a few weeks ago)
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/0491accb7bac8e4c4c83cf544a1fde98.jpg
Key Lime?
High altitude airdrops a few months back near Taylor Park.
https://i.imgur.com/CEtEMbG.jpg
High altitude airdrops a few months back near Taylor Park.
https://i.imgur.com/CEtEMbG.jpg
That's an awesome picture.
ChickNorris
12-21-2018, 17:38
That's an awesome picture.
What he said.
Boeing 787-9 reaches airspeed of 801 mph due to jet stream.
https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-sn-jet-stream-flight-20190219-story.html
I wonder how the feds are going to tax the jet stream.....
Boeing 787-9 reaches airspeed of 801 mph due to jet stream.
https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-sn-jet-stream-flight-20190219-story.html
That is a whole lot of tailwind.
Took this off the back deck tonight. An A319 inbound to Denver.
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ChickNorris
02-20-2019, 23:16
Nice!
Boeing 787-9 reaches airspeed of 801 mph due to jet stream.
https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-sn-jet-stream-flight-20190219-story.html
A Boeing 787 wouldn't survive breaking the sound barrier. Airspeed was still in the 500s-low to 600s. Ground speed was 800
BladesNBarrels
02-21-2019, 09:53
Great picture ColoWyo!
There was a news blurb years ago showing people at one of the major airports, LA I think, that had a spot for photographing flights in silhouette by the full moon.
Some of their gear was in the thousands of dollars range.
Yours is right in there!
Some of their gear was in the thousands of dollars range.!
Unfortunately, that's amature stuff nowadays...
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Great picture ColoWyo!
There was a news blurb years ago showing people at one of the major airports, LA I think, that had a spot for photographing flights in silhouette by the full moon.
Some of their gear was in the thousands of dollars range.
Yours is right in there!
Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.
electronman1729
02-21-2019, 22:11
My own private flight last week from Liberal KS back to Denver
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Did you sit in the aisle?
electronman1729
02-21-2019, 22:18
Did you sit in the aisle?
Unfortunately no. Was forced to sit over the wing. I asked the flight attendant if I could move around and sit in every seat on the plane and she said no. She thought I was rather weird for wanting to do such a thing.
Did she really shut you down?! Hilarious. I would have moved every time she looked away.
electronman1729
02-21-2019, 22:23
Did she really shut you down?! Hilarious. I would have moved every time she looked away.
Yes, flight was really turbulent.
What was more funny was how awkward the in flight safety demonstrations were.
ChickNorris
02-22-2019, 00:17
What was more funny was how awkward the in flight safety demonstrations were.
Yes! Naked Lunch awkward maybe. Awesome
If anyone was around the front range last Wednesday afternoon and saw a couple C-130s flying around, it was us doing fly-bys for a bunch of hospitals. I dont normally slum around in MAFFS 5, but sometimes you have to.
From the ground you might have seen this.
https://i.imgur.com/c5PEvTb.jpg
From the air, we saw this.
https://i.imgur.com/6Pp7dwa.jpg
If anyone was around the front range last Wednesday afternoon and saw a couple C-130s flying around, it was us doing fly-bys for a bunch of hospitals. I dont normally slum around in MAFFS 5, but sometimes you have to.
From the ground you might have seen this.
https://i.imgur.com/c5PEvTb.jpg
From the air, we saw this.
https://i.imgur.com/6Pp7dwa.jpg
Eggcellent.
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Hoser, was this you? Was too dark to see if there was an orange 2 on the tail and body.
Was taken around 2032 tonight.
https://youtu.be/JQXz6ahp2kU
Hoser, was this you? Was too dark to see if there was an orange 2 on the tail and body.
Was taken around 2032 tonight.
https://youtu.be/JQXz6ahp2kU
Did you wave?
It wasnt me. I actually had a day off yesterday.
I saw two MAFFs 5 tonight. 5a flew by and I thought maybe I’d luck out with a 2, and get the kids to yell “Hi Hoser!!!!!”(like you’d hear), but alas, another 5! 5b?!
What kinda Dealey Plaza magic Herc craziness is this?!
Did you wave?
I always wave and say a little prayer for their safety.
Don't know if this has been posted, always liked this photo.81921
I saw two MAFFs 5 tonight. 5a flew by and I thought maybe I?d luck out with a 2, and get the kids to yell ?Hi Hoser!!!!!?(like you?d hear), but alas, another 5! 5b?!
What kinda Dealey Plaza magic Herc craziness is this?!
Crazy I know.
But... we have two #2 and two #5. That way if one breaks we have a spare. It sounds stupid, but having an unmarked plane or two of the same number on a fire really messes things up.
But yes, I was on 5 yesterday. With all the smoke in the air, visibility was crap.
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The P-38 and P-61 are my favorite planes. Maybe throw a Mosquito and A-26 in there.
BPTactical
06-17-2020, 08:55
The P-38 and P-61 are my favorite planes. Maybe throw a Mosquito and A-26 in there.
No P-51, F4-U or F6F love?
And to think I always thought you were a cool guy Hoser.....
The P-38 and P-61 are my favorite planes. Maybe throw a Mosquito and A-26 in there.
B25 for me I think, and a P38 on the fighter end. Had an uncle that was a delivery pilot in the air core so he pretty much flew one of everything in major service in both theaters. No navy, so no F4U or F6F, but P38, P47, P51, B25, B26, B24, ironically - never the pilots seat of a B17. Then he went on into years of postwar service flying the berlin airlift. It was a blast setting him up with "Chuck Yeagers Air Combat" in the early 90's if anyone remembers that.
He did get to fly a B25G when it fired the 75mm. He said you could feel it shake in the whole airframe.... wasn't too sure about that one. I still have a lot of his memorabilia and photos, will get around to scanning and sharing at some point.
No P-51, F4-U or F6F love?
And to think I always thought you were a cool guy Hoser.....
Maybe slip an F7F in that list. But no F6F.
But everyone likes the Mustang and Corsair. Too crowded in that room.
I am not cool at all. Thats why chicks dig me.
I respect what the bombers and transports do/have done, but they don't excite me as much as fighters.
P-51, Supermarine Spitfire--(love the sound of a Merlin, maybe that's why?), P-38, ME 262, F-16, F-15, F-22...
...but probably my most favorite is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka the Warthog.
https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a54f107c32ae6ea1a8b515f-1334-667.jpg
I respect what the bombers and transports do/have done, but they don't excite me as much as fighters.
P-51, Supermarine Spitfire--(love the sound of a Merlin, maybe that's why?), P-38, ME 262, F-16, F-15, F-22...
...but probably my most favorite is the A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka the Warthog.
https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/5a54f107c32ae6ea1a8b515f-1334-667.jpg
Now we’re talking my language! A-10 is by far my favorite “current” warplane. Kind of like the AK of aircraft!
I believe what Hoser is saying, is that he really likes multi engine, propeller driven, offensive planes, the rarer the better? Man, Tigercats and black widows are some rare birds...
Really interesting history with how Charles Lindbergh worked with forces using the P-38 to optimize performance and range. The range gains alone were pretty startling.
No P-51, F4-U or F6F love?
Walked into a hangar earlier today. This hangar usually has a beautiful P-51D in it. I like to go in and said hi to the owner and beg for a ride.
Today there was two P-51Ds in there. And a P-40. And a F4U. And a G-21 Goose. Kinda boring.
Then I saw it. One of three flyable remaining in the world. A DeHavilland Mosquito. My life is complete.
Next month a Spitfire is supposed to arrive.
The hangar owner doesent like pics taken because he doesent want everyone knocking on his hangar door so he asks us not to take pics. He is a really cool cat, so I agreed to not take any.
Walked into a hangar earlier today. This hangar usually has a beautiful P-51D in it. I like to go in and said hi to the owner and beg for a ride.
Today there was two P-51Ds in there. And a P-40. And a F4U. And a G-21 Goose. Kinda boring.
Then I saw it. One of three flyable remaining in the world. A DeHavilland Mosquito. My life is complete.
Next month a Spitfire is supposed to arrive.
The hangar owner doesent like pics taken because he doesent want everyone knocking on his hangar door so he asks us not to take pics. He is a really cool cat, so I agreed to not take any.
Where? Here in CO?
Walked into a hangar earlier today. This hangar usually has a beautiful P-51D in it. I like to go in and said hi to the owner and beg for a ride.
Today there was two P-51Ds in there. And a P-40. And a F4U. And a G-21 Goose. Kinda boring.
Then I saw it. One of three flyable remaining in the world. A DeHavilland Mosquito. My life is complete.
Next month a Spitfire is supposed to arrive.
The hangar owner doesent like pics taken because he doesent want everyone knocking on his hangar door so he asks us not to take pics. He is a really cool cat, so I agreed to not take any.
Ahh a corsair, two ponies and wooden wonder...did you pass out from lack of blood to the brain because I would have. I would've bust my zipper then hit the floor with a grin on my face.
My life is complete.
If that's the case, dibs on your tripods.
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Where? Here in CO?
Nope. Not Colorado.
I'd love to get to see a Mosquito in person. I'll post these pics I took last October at a CAF airshow.
https://i.imgur.com/TmKvLpUh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3JA89cmh.jpg
hurley842002
08-02-2020, 17:19
Not the best pic, but cool nonetheless, this place is great for planes, from commercial to military, they are everywhere. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200802/e4bbd612bc0ef7dac1c5e1af4f5fecaa.jpg
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B-17G Texas Raiders being followed by an SBD Dauntless and in the far back are a P-51D Mustang and P-63 King Cobra
https://i.imgur.com/RRmuvjkh.jpg
A-26 Invader pulling up from a mock gun run
https://i.imgur.com/jjPVdcFh.jpg
Walked into a hangar earlier today. This hangar usually has a beautiful P-51D in it. I like to go in and said hi to the owner and beg for a ride.
Today there was two P-51Ds in there. And a P-40. And a F4U. And a G-21 Goose. Kinda boring.
Then I saw it. One of three flyable remaining in the world. A DeHavilland Mosquito. My life is complete.
Next month a Spitfire is supposed to arrive.
The hangar owner doesent like pics taken because he doesent want everyone knocking on his hangar door so he asks us not to take pics. He is a really cool cat, so I agreed to not take any.
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King Cobra! That would be a treat to see. They have a vintage training mock-up of the engine, power train and cannon installation at the USAF museum in Dayton OH. 37mm cannon fired right though the hub of the propeller.
King Cobra! That would be a treat to see. They have a vintage training mock-up of the engine, power train and cannon installation at the USAF museum in Dayton OH. 37mm cannon fired right though the hub of the propeller.
Yeah, I was excited to get to see it. I love those oddball lesser known planes...
https://i.imgur.com/2lV8wegh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9MhE9DJh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/K7s8MBEh.jpg
NFATrustGuy
08-02-2020, 20:18
My neighbor’s hangar...
Actually, *one* of my neighbor’s hangars. His whole fleet won’t fit in a single hangar.
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NFATrustGuy
08-02-2020, 21:27
Glasair 1RG.
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I’m flying the Glasair and the picture was taken by my friend who was flying the Fuji Trainer shown to the right side of the hangar picture I posted above. We were on our way home from Pierre, SD.
My neighbor’s hangar...
Actually, *one* of my neighbor’s hangars. His whole fleet won’t fit in a single hangar.
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Is that a BAE Alphajet?
NFATrustGuy
08-02-2020, 22:15
Siai Marchetti S211 Jet.
Ah, okay. Very similar looking.
Bailey Guns
08-03-2020, 05:19
I'd settle for the kind of $$ it takes just to insure a fleet like that. Very, very nice. I need to find a rich girlfriend.
I can appreciate someone that loves aviation that much and has the money to create collections like that. It wouldn't be what I spend my money on, but I can really appreciate it.
TailDragger
09-14-2020, 08:30
Not a pic but still cool none the less. While sitting in line to depart, a gorgeous B-17 touched down 17L here at Centennial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ9f4t5s9tI
Murse1000
09-24-2020, 03:49
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Flew over a number of times while I was at Biloxi Beach. Too cool.
Energy year, an assortment of airforce vehicles flies low over my hunting spot. It's always fun, but I never have the time to get out my camera.
Saw one of these fly over Arvada the other day.
Karan K-Max helicopter. Strange 83600heavy lift helicopter.
As seen on ColoradoSprings subreddit:
B2 Stealth Bomber flying over/around Springs today
https://i.imgur.com/CoA2EqP.jpg
Not very stealthy if it's that visible.
Is it surrounded by bubblewrap?
Is it surrounded by bubblewrap?
https://i.redd.it/ftyy6tbmi3uz.jpg
Is it surrounded by bubblewrap?
That's a cloaking device.... kinda needs some work....
Whoever took the pic circled it.
We very rarely get video of us taken from the guys on the ground, much less a video that you are 100% positive that its you.
This is from earlier this season in central CA. The guy filming finally figured out he was going to get wet. You could hear the red goop rain hitting all around him.
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I have pictures from hunting last month with that red all over the forest from this year. I'll try to remember to post them when I'm back at a computer.
Douglas DC-3 spent 9 years in the air!
Not a photo but some awesome statistics on one amazing aircraft.
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Sweet picture of a great plane.
Details?
Those are gorgeous. If the copter is not called a "grasshopper" I will be disappointed, lol.
I recognize the "bomber" right? but I don't know what it is called.
Very cool, and thanks for posting!
It's not the Enola Gay, is it?
It sort of looks like a b-25 mitchell
The helo is a USMC Cobra and the bomber is a B-25J.
Just finished a great book "Indestructible" about Paul Irvin 'Pappy' Gunn and the development of gun nosed A-20 Havoc's and B-25 Mitchell's in the Pacific early in WW2.
He was an ex Navy pilot from the 1930's and was part owner of PAL, Philippines Air Lines, which was flourishing until the Japanese invasion in 1942. The company had 2- twin engine Beech 18's and a Staggerwing, all painted the company color, Red! He ran many missions on the deck running away from Japanese aircraft while delivering fuel, parts or people while his family was starving in an internment camp in Manila.
Stripping .50 cal. MG's from wrecked P-39's, he started beefing up the A-20's with 6, 8 and ten guns in the nose! All field modified farmer stuff, with a lot of trail and error. He even 'procured' several B-25's that were sitting around in Sydney as part of the Lend Lease to Australia. Pretty much stole them.
It's a hell of a story, they ended up putting a 75 mm cannon in the nose of some B-25's. That, along with USAAF General George Kenney's support of low level bombing and strafing tactics (including one of his own designs, the para-frag bomb, which he submitted to the Govt in the 1930's but was shelved), the aircraft was devastating to Japanese naval vessels, severing supply and reinforcements.
He probably helped change the course of the War in the Pacific when the focus and manpower was in Europe.
Excellent read for anyone interested in that theater of war and what these guys faced.
The helo is a USMC Cobra and the bomber is a B-25J.
Yup.
The Cobra shot was taken at Centennial Airport. The B-25 "MAID in the SHADE" shot was taken at Rocky Mountain Metro.
I know Centennial, but what is Rocky Mountain Metro?
Do you potentially have copies of these available for sale?
I know Centennial, but what is Rocky Mountain Metro?
Do you potentially have copies of these available for sale?
It is also known as JeffCo. Along 36, just SE of Boulder.
Do you potentially have copies of these available for sale?
Sorry, I do not.
This picture is from a photo album picked-up at an estate sale years ago. Great candid images of some obscure aircraft from the 1930's.
It is a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. I'll post a few more if anyone is interested.
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This picture is from a photo album picked-up at an estate sale years ago. Great candid images of some obscure aircraft from the 1930's.
It is a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. I'll post a few more if anyone is interested.
That is very cool.
Please post more.
Finally figured out how to send larger pictures!
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Smoke Screen attachment?
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This is a picture showing Gen. Doolittle talking to a B-29 crewman in the Pacific.
Wow, flogger, these are very special!
I'll post more. The owner of the album was a Air Corps Mechanic stationed at Chanute Field and Lowry. He was a pretty good photographer too, he's the guy in the center on the Harley.
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This is the type of plane they were "pulling a 40 hr on," in an earlier photo.
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Kind of hard to see, but this plane has a pronounced GULL wing.
The guy labeled everything really well.
I really think you are on something close to a national treasure, flogger.
That's like a bubble cockpit. Something you would find from an early underwater explorer/submarine. But here it is on an Airplane. :)
Very cool.
That could be a nose gun turret, like they had on the B-24 PB4Y variants for the Navy.
https://i.servimg.com/u/f96/15/37/52/81/full-610.jpg
BladesNBarrels
03-31-2021, 15:57
You have a point.
Other pictures look like the pilot has a cockpit on top of the fuselage, and the description of the plane includes: along with an enclosed nose turret
https://i.imgur.com/LwJbpBR.jpg
Oh, you're right! Didn't even think about it, I just assumed it had a traditional cockpit glass layout.
As cool as it is, given the technology of the time, that is one ugly airplane. Eye of the beholder I guess.
Wiki says it was the first of it's kind in many fields and made just about every other bomber obsolete. So yeah, ugly, but revolutionary.
The B-10 began a revolution in bomber design. Its all-metal monoplane airframe, along with its features of closed cockpits, rotating gun turrets (almost simultaneously with the 1933 British Boulton & Paul Overstrand biplane bomber's own enclosed nose-turret), retractable landing gear, internal bomb bay, and full engine cowlings, would become the standard for bomber designs worldwide for decades.
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Checkout the cockpit location.
This thing was a monster.
Larry, we're going to need you to scooch back a bit. A little bit more. A little bit more. Yes there.
Steady, steady. Good!
Larry?
I like the rope on the tail, that'll help get it down.
A-10s granddad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7LleZ5qlsw
Side note that I find fascinating. These were using tungsten tipped 40mm, I am fairly sure lowly 30-06AP also has a tungsten penetrator from that era and is rated for something like 1/4" of plate.
Yet, I've heard many reports that USGI .50 AP is just used a hardened steel penetrator, which doesn't do much better than 30-06AP for pen until you get to something modern like the SLAP... that simply uses saboted 30 caliber solid tungsten.
Makes me wonder how well simple .50 AP off a plane would've performed against light and medium armor if they had used a better projectiles at the time. Most armor wasn't very thick, and an extra 200-350mph (~500fps) can't hurt.
I also bet that many pilots hated the lumbering performance and 15 round capacity, slow rate of fire on the hurricanes. For a comparative, the crews of B-25G's here often just pulled the 75mm and modified them back into forward firing 50 caliber platforms, simply because the ROF was crap - firing a single 75mm round or two at most on a strafing run isn't that great for effectiveness.
Side note: I had an uncle that flew and fired a B25G among many others for the record - but not in combat. He said it shook the hell out of the plane when you fired, didn't feel like it should be there.
SOMEDAY, I will scan his albums - probably inside of a couple years. He was originally US Calvary at the opening stages of WWII, then went into the air core, became a delivery pilot, flying nearly everything we had. Stayed in the air core / force through the berlin airlift and on awhile after that. 2 albums full of plane photos.
Great vid FoxtArt!
Love to see any images from the albums you mentioned, we are lucky some of these guys took pictures of what was going on in their lives back then, waited for the film to be processed and construct a photo album.
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This is the Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. It is a 1/3 scale of the proposed 65 passenger plane planned by Boom. I was able to get a VIP tour of the facility at Centennial Airport a few weeks ago. The demonstrator is expected to fly this October out of Mojave.
Checkout Boom XB-1 online, awesome stuff.
Delfuego
05-14-2021, 09:08
Haven't seen this one posted here. Happened this week in CO. Balls of steel...
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https://apnews.com/article/denver-3467a976f0cdb3cc64a30417454f944e
Whoa, that's a crazy read. Thanks for posting.
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