This is a great story, long slog to get it done, but it flies… Can you imagine the feeling of being the pilot for that first flight in fifty plus years??? THAT would be one helluva Christmas present!!! I’m very … Continue reading
Category Archives: airplane stuff
Once again the congresscritters, in conjunction with the leadership under Hagel (spit) have come after military retirees… They once again proposed charging retirees for health care services… “If left unchecked, pay and benefits will continue to eat into our readiness … Continue reading
From back in the day, courtesy of my old Radar operator… 🙂 Sir, I am DJ Johnson and I would appreciate it if you could tell me what It takes to be a fighter pilot in the US Navy. What … Continue reading
Flew on a 787 from DEN to NRT today… FLT 139 was over an hour late getting out due to a ‘computer glitch’ in the cockpit, there was a ‘warning’ on the TTY that they couldn’t clear and had to … Continue reading
Security was a ‘little’ different than today. A number of folks have sent me this link, and I’ll put it up for those who are interested. It’s about moving the A-12 from Palmdale to Area 51 back in the day… … Continue reading
Or as we called em, crash and dash… Hopefully with most of the parts remaining attached to the airplane! X-47’s first touch and go’s at sea, on USS GHW BUSH. Full arrested landings coming this summer to a carrier near … Continue reading
Yesterday I talked about the four generations of airplanes, and here are a few pictures… Gen 1- This PBY (also know as the Catalina) was actually flown in to NAS Jax before it was put on display. They were also … Continue reading
Typical frikkin Monday… Sigh… I could ‘really’ have used one of these today to ‘fix’ one of those little ‘issues’ that cropped up…Just sayin… … Continue reading
Since the last post on the fly-bys got a pretty good response, here are a couple of other interesting ones… Go HERE to see a flash movie about the SR-71 (also known as the Blackbird or Habu). A funny story … Continue reading