For Us Plane Lovers

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Aye, Twas a pretty thing wi' a high mounted gull wing. Williams Bros put out a plastic kit few years back.

This be just too cool ta leave unmentioned -
(Warning, all model airplane geeks remove food and beverage from keyboard area before clicking following link)

        http://www.lambert-modellturbinen.de

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

Old age, ambroid an dope fumes befuddlin' me brain. Its the HALL Bulldog

[Sir William Marcus]

The Hall Bulldog! Its been awhile for me as well. Reacquainting me with the Williams Bros brings back modeling memories as they specialized in all those vintage racers.

[Noble Dreg]

Love the 30's racers myself...Had a 103" "Mr. Mulligan" until I put it into a flat spin I could not pull out of.  Thankfully I walked away without a scratch!   

[Noble Dreg]

My current project, now on hold while I move...A Stinson Reliant (No, that's not me).

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

SR-71. Also known as the Blackbird. A spy plane able to travel at Mach III speed. Saw one of these at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Wright-Patterson AFB.

 

The Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress mothership has been placed on display outside the north gate of Edwards Air Force Base, just off Highway 58 between Mojave and Boron.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/museum.htm#mu
For a list of Air Plane Museums in your area.

Osh Kosh, Wisconsin  is the place to be for the big EAA Fly-In. When my husband was flying from 1975 to 1991. we would schedule the Cessna 182, pack up the kids, and head over to Osh Kosh for a few days. Now to see Vintage Air Craft, we drive. I remember when we flew up to St. Paul Downtown Airport off Plato Ave. to see the B-29 named FiFi!!

In Ohio in Dayton, is the Air Force museum. That is one place that should not be missed. There are hangars full of Air planes from WWI to Modern days, including a B-52!! The BoxCar was the B-29 that dropped Little Boy over Nagasaki in August 1945. My Great Uncle, Tony DaVersa, was a Ball Turret Gunner on a B-17 during WWII that was shot down over the Bering Strait in late 1944 by the Japanese. His flight crew was based out of Moscow at the time and was on his way home for a Sympathy Leave.

[DeadBishop]

SR-71. Also known as the Blackbird. A spy plane able to travel at Mach III speed. Saw one of these at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Wright-Patterson AFB.

Actually, that's a picture of the F-117A "Nighthawk".  The highest speed these could reach was just under Mach 1.  The Air Force retired the F-117A last year about this time. 

The picture below is the SR-71 Blackbird, which was retired in 1998, 10 years prior to the Nighthawk. 




When I was younger I had kits that were model rockets for both of these.  The SR-71 flew great, but the the F117A not so well, and I can see where it got its nickname "Wobbly Goblin".  I got one flight out of it.   

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

All the grace and beauty of the SR's falls away when ya have ta clean up the mess they leaves behind. Up close theys truly a bunch 'o ill fittin' parts leakin' tens 'o gallons 'o fuel per hour. Think I spent half me overseas tour on standby while the crews pumped evil named fluids in an out

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Thanks DB!!  Got my stealth aircraft mixed up! Oh well. I stand corrected!!

[Noble Dreg]

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766N1mAe0og&feature=related

[NoBill Lurker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766N1mAe0og&feature=related

I want one...

[Capt. Bacardi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=766N1mAe0og&feature=related

I would get in trouble with one of them...

[Sir William Marcus]

We had a visitor yesterday, and after the third pass I went in and got the camera

[Noble Dreg]

"Please Mr. Please, Don't Play B-17, it was our song it was his song but it's oooover...."

[Noble Dreg]

I have another session booked for next week with this...1941 L4.  Can't wait!