Chatting tonight with an old friend, and the subject of airplanes we flew came up… We both decided we’re pretty damn old when ‘most’ of them are on sticks somewhere, or in museums… But there IS hope!!! Flew on this … Continue reading
Category Archives: old airplanes
Ev, this one’s for you! We gotta get rid of those turbines, they’re ruining aviation and our hearing… A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn’t pick up any … Continue reading
Oh boy, this road trip is finally at an end… My butt is draggin… I get to go home for a whole thirty mumble hours before I have to leave again… sigh… Main thing is everybody is going home in … Continue reading
No- not THAT kind… A3D Skywarriors, also known as Whales, also known as All Three Deads… Built in the 1950’s, accepted by the Navy in 1956, still flying in 2008. Er… Do. The. Math… 52 years and tens of thousands … Continue reading