The farmer
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Not the spitfire? I think the mustang usted same motor
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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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The farmer
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A corrosion nightmare.
Thanks VFT.
Don't know if I ever put this up before. From about 20yrs ago, it's one of my first Photoshop experiments. The Wright Flyer pic was from the Library of Congress, as were the portraits of Orville and Wilber. All 3 were black and whites. The SR-71 pic is from NASA. I combined the 4 together and added the color. There was a narrative that went with it that I've long since lost.
I guess today's as good a day as any to put it up here....
An Odd Choice of Stablemates.
One represents mans first tentative steps into the air, the other is the very pinnacle of raw power and speed.
The flyers first flight covered 120ft, only 13ft more than the Blackbirds total length.
The Flyer only made 3 flights, yet changed the world. The Blackbird retired after a long career, never bested in pure speed.
Record breakers both; one is the first, the other the fastest.
Yes, an odd choice of stablemates... yet fitting somehow.
I guess today's as good a day as any to put it up here....
An Odd Choice of Stablemates.
One represents mans first tentative steps into the air, the other is the very pinnacle of raw power and speed.
The flyers first flight covered 120ft, only 13ft more than the Blackbirds total length.
The Flyer only made 3 flights, yet changed the world. The Blackbird retired after a long career, never bested in pure speed.
Record breakers both; one is the first, the other the fastest.
Yes, an odd choice of stablemates... yet fitting somehow.
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And just think that from the Wright Bros. first flight to the SR-71's first flight was only what 60 years?
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The A-12... which became the SR-71 flew in 1962... 59yrs separate 'em.
Grumman PBY. Had a friend who was a radioman on one.
Sorry about the misspelling of Wright! I should know better as my wife claims to be some shirttail relative to the Wright's. Then again she's not clear on if it is Orville and Wilber or Frank Lloyd! Then again guess I should do some research to see if those guys are related!
Best info I can find says no.
Everbody wanted a slice of that pie.
Wanted and were "encouraged" (I've heard both carrot and stick were used extensively) to turn from peacetime manufacturing to war production.
Watch The Cars That Made America from The History Channel. It's hours and hours long... and dramatized... but it gives a pretty fair accounting of how both were used.
https://www.history.com/shows/the-cars-that-made-america
That's what James Stewart flew. Fun fact, he volunteered and was so skinny he failed his physical the first time. Didn't have to go, he was almost 35 when we entered the war. THE greatest generation for sure.
Oh man....where to start.... The placement of these planes can shift position at any given day
1. DC3/C47
2. Spitfire
3. Dauntless
4. PBY Catalina
5. Avro Aero
6. F18 Hornet
7. De Havilland Mosquito
8. Jodel D11 (The airplaine my grandpa taught me to fly in the 80s)
9. Beechcraft Bonanza V-Tail
10. Avro Lancaster (my other grandfather was a crewmember in one in WWII for the RAF)
Love all your lists. So many amazing aircraft.
1. DC3/C47
2. Spitfire
3. Dauntless
4. PBY Catalina
5. Avro Aero
6. F18 Hornet
7. De Havilland Mosquito
8. Jodel D11 (The airplaine my grandpa taught me to fly in the 80s)
9. Beechcraft Bonanza V-Tail
10. Avro Lancaster (my other grandfather was a crewmember in one in WWII for the RAF)
Love all your lists. So many amazing aircraft.
Pssst.... hey buddy... want your very own Mustang? 
What (in Sam Hill) are we looking at here?
