A piece of aviation history that would look fantastic in the living room.
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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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or in the kitchen for making toast?
Cheap too!
^^^Mine too! The JSDAF (Japan Air Self Defense Force) was still flying them when I was stationed in Misawa in 1972.
Bumblebee1
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There's an oil well pump jack in Arrowhead Lake State Park that's been pumping continuously since the 1950's. It pumps oil into an underground tank and then siphons off the lighter oil at the top, for fuel. Once a week somebody comes out and lubricates it and it just keeps chuffing along.
It's a one cylinder "hit and miss"engine that only fires a couple times per minute.
It's a one cylinder "hit and miss"engine that only fires a couple times per minute.
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Spent yesterday at the Atlanta Air Show. These were the featured performers. I've never seen the F22 in action before. It's quite impressive and very LOUD.
My late father flew from Jacksonville, Fl to San Francisco in '52 compliments of Uncle Sam. Love those planes.Every morning we solve all the worlds problems over coffee at Phillip Billard Airport restaurant. Today this DC3 was on the tarmac. Good stuff.
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one of my brothers sent this in an Email to all 8 of us siblings...In 1992 I was flying a solo cross country trip to
Rochester Mn. , and a few minutes after I called the tower approach
to tell them I was in-bound to land on the current runway, they
radioed me back to ask if I could pass on a message to another aircraft,
in-bound, and aiming to land on the same runway. I had never been asked
to do this before, and it seemed odd to me that I, on a training flight,
would need to help out with communications problems at an international airport.
So they gave me a new frequency to contact this aircraft, and after I passed
on the information that the tower was trying to contact them, they obliged, and
I contacted the tower to finish the task. The tower then called back to me
with new vectors(victor), and I proceeded to land behind this jet. The controller
radioed back again to say thanks and to inform me that this jet was a 727 carrying
King Hussien of Jordan for his visit to the Mayo Clinic.
Rochester Mn. , and a few minutes after I called the tower approach
to tell them I was in-bound to land on the current runway, they
radioed me back to ask if I could pass on a message to another aircraft,
in-bound, and aiming to land on the same runway. I had never been asked
to do this before, and it seemed odd to me that I, on a training flight,
would need to help out with communications problems at an international airport.
So they gave me a new frequency to contact this aircraft, and after I passed
on the information that the tower was trying to contact them, they obliged, and
I contacted the tower to finish the task. The tower then called back to me
with new vectors(victor), and I proceeded to land behind this jet. The controller
radioed back again to say thanks and to inform me that this jet was a 727 carrying
King Hussien of Jordan for his visit to the Mayo Clinic.
If King Hussein was in his own jet in 1992, it was an L1011. However, I don’t know the Rochester airport and whether or not it could handle the L1011.
Every morning we solve all the worlds problems over coffee at Phillip Billard Airport restaurant. Today this DC3 was on the tarmac. Good stuff.
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Bumblebee1
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Wow! What a cool experience!
Now, here’s a very interesting video on the beautiful Supermarine Spitfire and it’s various armament fits…
I fly RC planes so I have or have had many of these
F86 Last of the true dog fighters (I have a foamie electric)
Nieuport 17 (I have a 1/4 scale)
Piper Cub (I have a 1/8 scale electric)
P51 (the plane to get the girls)
P47 (the plane to be able to come home to the girls) (I have a 1/5 scale)
A-10 (the plane to destroy you enemies so they don't see any more girls) (had a foamie electric)
F4 Phantom
A4 Intruder
B-52 (doing damage daily)
Mig 21
B-25 (cause it can take off from a carrier)
British Spitfire (the plane the Germans wish they had)
F86 Last of the true dog fighters (I have a foamie electric)
Nieuport 17 (I have a 1/4 scale)
Piper Cub (I have a 1/8 scale electric)
P51 (the plane to get the girls)
P47 (the plane to be able to come home to the girls) (I have a 1/5 scale)
A-10 (the plane to destroy you enemies so they don't see any more girls) (had a foamie electric)
F4 Phantom
A4 Intruder
B-52 (doing damage daily)
Mig 21
B-25 (cause it can take off from a carrier)
British Spitfire (the plane the Germans wish they had)
