Buffing. She’s buffing.
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When I was young, probably forty years ago, my brother and I flew unaccompanied often, as our parents were divorced. This was back when cockpit visits for kids were still a common occurrence. On one memorable flight aboard a 727, my brother and I were invited to the flight deck and we both got to operate the throttles…
The pinewood derby car I raced in Cub Scouts in 1975. The car was designed by my mom’s boyfriend, an electrical engineer. He was convinced that his intricate system of adjustable weights (vairous screws that could be placed in different parts of the car) would be ideal for getting the car to the optimal weight without…
Why isn’t there a “2” on the other one?
I had to look that up. There was Curtiss XP-46, that was supposed to be a follow up to the P-40. But it was canceled, and the engine was put into later production P-40s. The ones they did build proved to be inferior to the P-40 it was meant to replace. I’m hoping that Miles just made a typo.
Yes, an old Federico Fellini movie starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. She caused quite a stir when the film came out in 1960 as she was relatively unknown at the time. As for the artist, he and his brother are famous illustrators, everything from LOTR calenders to Star Wars posters to book covers. So this…
The lighting is weird (probably multiple sources or reflectors), and the colors have been jacked up. All around, it’s just a weird photograph.
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“I have a master’s degree.”
Back in March of last year, Air & Space Magazine had a terrific article about a P-3 that attended an air show in Fort Worth, parking their battered, weathered propeller plane in amongst all the fancy Air Force jets. It’s a great read.
You mean the Virginia Motor Speedway?
You must not have had the wood.
Pinto Brougham
I, for one, welcome our cicada overlords.
Not even a bit rusty.
The Air Force also forced jet engines onto the YB-35, claiming that the incredibly shitty piston engines the Air Force provided Northrop were obsolete, even though the props gave it at least as good range as the B-36. The 8 jet engines cut the range in half, and the bomber could no longer reach into the Soviet Union.…
Somehow, I doubt that quote made the Trib.
We can only hope.
The King is dead! Long live the King!