Aircraft

[Leo Tanner]

Thanks, got it set aside fer the monthly bill payin.  Let's keep that baby in the air.

[Texas Lawdog]

Thanks Leo, Iknow that FIFI will appreachiate it.

[Arcey]

Nose art.......

http://www.pin-up-girls.org/bomber-pin-up-girls.htm

[Texas Lawdog]

SMOKIN'!

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Is it warm in here?

[litl rooster]

Is it warm in here?

lol

[Leo Tanner]

Never shoulda banned it, I imagine it it did wonders fer morale.

[Texas Lawdog]

Some of the WW2 NoseArt was pretty creative. There is a coffee table book on WW2 NoseArt. We have a neat collection of Nose Art in the maintence hangar at the CAF HQ in Midland, Tx.

[Texas Lawdog]

They are supposed to have a couple of short flights for the A-26 today. I had to leave at noon. They had it hooked on the tug and were ready to pull it out of the hangar when I left.

[Leo Tanner]

Didn't even get ta hear it fire?  That musta been an important appointment ya had.

[Texas Lawdog]

Leo, I've been able to see it fly last fall and see and hear the engines run before Christmas. They have been working on it in preporation for the Air shows this spring. I am gonna be part of the ground crew for it at the Air Shows and at the Hangar. The pilots are being trained and when they are trained, the ground crew will be trained as well. I am really looking forward to it. I am going to contact Fort Worth Tent and Awning to get them to make a couple pair of bright Orange coveralls for me.

[Texas Lawdog]

Everything went well with the test flight Sat. They didn't make a second flight because it was getting dark. It has been a labor of love getting her back to flying status. The engine cowlings are red right now, they need to be yellow for the 8th Bomb Squadron. We have a page on Facebook with a few pictures.( CAF Invader Squadron).

[Steel Horse Bailey]

If the red cowls are still as shown on the F/B page, it's cool to look at, but to get it authentic to the 8th, change is understandable.

[Texas Lawdog]

SHB, It has been the plan all along to paint them yellow. When is was the "Spirit of Waco" the Bomb Squadron that it represented had red cowlings. After we got the plane, it was decided that the "Texas Special" would represent the 8th BS, whose cowlings are yellow. I haven't heard any timetable on changing the colors. I don't know if the painting will be done in house or sent out.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

I saw what was said on the website and it makes a lot of sense.  First: get her airworthy, THEN do cosmetics.

[Texas Lawdog]

We've had problems with the landing gear and the flight controls. The CAF has an inapector that will check all the systems on the aircraft. He will determine whether or not the aircraft is airworthy and able to participate in Air Shows.

[Arcey]

Murder charge filed in death of 77-year-old veteran

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/01/murder-charge-filed-death-77yearold-veteran

FYI

[Texas Lawdog]

Let's hope some slimey defense attorney doesn't get him off on a technicality. I hope they all do time.

[Texas Lawdog]

The addition to the Vintage Flight Museum arrived on Friday. The"flying banana" is on loan to us by the Naval Air Museum in Penscola. It's gonna a lot work to put it back together. It will be inside on static display. I hope I get a chance to do a little work on it.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

The "Flying Banana"  was the 1st hell-of-a-copter I remember learning about.  They are kinda cool.