Aircraft

[Texas Lawdog]

Thanks for sharing the photos with us. I spent about 4 hours at the Vintage flight Museum yesterday. They were giving rides on a privately owned C47 painted up as a DDay aircraft. I got to look over a privately owned B25 named "Pacific Proweler". I have agreed to help them with building security for the hangar. I got to meet several members of the VFM, as well as "Chuckie" Hosper. I will probably be spending my Saturdays over there for a while.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Nice place to work, TLD

[Bryan Austin]

....there I was at 30,000 feet when all of a sudden......

[Texas Lawdog]

The guys that flew "Chuckie" down to Virginia in Jan. almost got frostbite beacuse the cockpit was not heated and they had to fly at over 7,000 feet of altitude. The B29 was the first bomber that was pressureized.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Yeah, you had to be pretty hardy to fly altitude in winter skies then. No heated suits would be a real problem. i believe the WW II crews had them though.............Buck

[Major E A Sterner]

I posted on the "Grub" thread about an airplane crash near me. I found out to day that it was a vintage Jet military trainer, Here is a link about the plane (not the one that crashed)

http://www.zibb.com/aerospace/theme/aircraft/BAC+Strikemaster

[Bryan Austin]

http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/02/pilots-body-found-after-small-plane-crash-into-new-yorks-hudson-river/

PIlot's body found after small plane crash into New York's Hudson River

Eventually it will be here: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

Which would be here: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/AccList.asp?month=2&year=2011

One of these http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_magister_en.php also crashed this month.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

I hate it when ANY aircraft comes down. 

[mestiza letty]

Prayers up 

[Texas Lawdog]

Those old aircraft require constant maintence, old parts break.

[Texas Lawdog]

Some of the folks from the Vintage Flying Museum are flying up to Lubbock to visit the Silent Wings Museum. They have a restored WW2 glider and a museum dedicated to the WW2 glider pilots.  A group in Fort Worth is restoring a glider for display at the VFM.  The lubbock museum has some blueprints as well as extra parts for the restoration. They will flying in the C46 "The Southern Cross", which is a privately owned aircraft that is hangared at the VFM.

[Major E A Sterner]

Here's an interesting site, it has a 360 degree hidef photos of a P51 Mustang cockpit,Check it out.

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html

[Bryan Austin]

Here's an interesting site, it has a 360 degree hidef photos of a P51 Mustang cockpit,Check it out.

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html

Back when I use to fly the on-line flight sims, I made this video while flying "Pacific Fighters". Its almost ten minutes long. Geeesh, that was a while back too.

[Delmonico]

Was looking for something, found this, I remember when this was first on the History Channel, computer generated, but awsome, those guys sure had some guts.  The fact it is on one of my favorite airplanes of all time helps.

Doubt very many list the Swordfish as a favorite plane.  

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Their pilot's called them "Stringbags"

[Leo Tanner]

This home made job is perty neat.  Those are lawn mower engines.  I don't know what they was thinkin with the jet but the 29 has working landing gear and pilot ejection.

http://users.skynet.be/fa926657/files/B29.wmv

[Bryan Austin]

This home made job is perty neat.  Those are lawn mower engines.  I don't know what they was thinkin with the jet but the 29 has working landing gear and pilot ejection.

http://users.skynet.be/fa926657/files/B29.wmv

This is Mac Hodges and is located in Americus Georgia. I have been there a few times. I also landed a Cessna 180J on that strip to pick up an ARF J-3 about 7 years ago! I logged right at 1,000 hours in the 180J flying Fire Patrol for the Forestry Commission between 2000-2005.

http://www.hodgeshobbies.com/


Google Map link
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Hodges+Hobbies,+Neil+Hodges+Road,+Andersonville,+GA&aq=0&sll=32.112095,-84.138622&sspn=0.038531,0.087891&ie=UTF8&hq=Hodges+Hobbies,&hnear=Neil+Hodges+Rd,+Andersonville,+Sumter,+Georgia+31711&ll=32.13681,-84.118023&spn=0.073406,0.175781&t=h&z=13&iwloc=A&cid=13567352240624596740


And whats left of the B-29


and the replacement B-29

[Forty Rod]

Makes me wonder what the power to weight ratio is on the model compared to the real thing. 

I'm betting a B-29 wouldn't be capable of those rolls, immelmanns, and loops without a wing coming off, either.

Beautiful models and very well flown.

.....and you thought CAS was pricey.   

[Leo Tanner]

It did go into a spin for a moment.  You could tell the guy was fighting like all get out to regain control.  The power to weight question is a good one.  Wright Cyclones are heavy no doubt but in comparison it would be neat to see some stats.  In motorcycle racing a common statement was "Power to weight ratio is God".

[Steel Horse Bailey]

This home made job is perty neat.  Those are lawn mower engines.  I don't know what they was thinkin with the jet but the 29 has working landing gear and pilot ejection.

http://users.skynet.be/fa926657/files/B29.wmv

I think it was a pretty cool re-creation of Chuck Yeager's Mach-busting flight. (With certain "poetic license")  The whole thing is pretty awesome!  That guy is a darn good pilot.  My Dad told me that flying a model inverted can be VERY tricky - especially if the guy is a real pilot.  (Obviously, you have to move in the opposite direction, but he said - to him - actually FLYING inverted is a bit easier than flying a model inverted.)  I  saw him crash an 8' Piper Tri-Pacer for the exact same reason - he did what came naturally ... and flew right into the ground!


He never got it rebuilt by the time he died, but a friend did, and was still flying the repaired plane 10 years later, until he got out of the RC model sport.