Centennial Retro Paint Jobs…

I was asked via email to put up the retro paint jobs on the P-3’s so here they are… The P-8 in the previous post is the ‘current’ paint scheme, e.g. haze grey (must have gotten a good deal on … Continue reading

100 Years or 1911 was a REALLY Good Year…

Naval Aviation has been around for 100 years, starting with young Lt Theodore Ellyson in 1911 learning to fly those new fangled flying machines… Just like the venerable 1911 pistol, neither one got off to an auspicious start, but both … Continue reading