USA Spitfire WWII

[TractorGuy]

Pretty cool story.

Our local Budweiser distributor created the Miss Budweiser hydroplane with the Allison engines.

Whilst perusing related YouTube content I came across the AR71 documentary. A very interesting story.

 

[RSKY]

Yep, wasted more time today watching videos of old WWII fighter planes and engines.

I gotta get a life.

RSKY

 

[RobertN]

I like P51's. But the best looking plane was the F4U

Of course, I grew up watching this
Baa Baa Black Sheep Opening - YouTube

IMO modified P51 versions were the best looking A/C of WWII

 

[Peter 315]

I like P51's. But the best looking plane was the F4U

Of course, I grew up watching this
Baa Baa Black Sheep Opening - YouTube

Baa Baa Black Sheep:thumbsup: I watched it all the time too

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I've always loved the spitfire too. They have one hanging in the Chicago museum of science and industry, just behind a Stuka that was shot down in northern Africa.

That is where the German U505 submarine is on display. The place is awesome. But their website doesn't show hardly any of their stuff...

U-505 Submarine - Museum of Science and Industry

Home - Museum of Science and Industry

 

[MossRoad]

If any of you REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see a LOT of beautiful military aircraft... FOR FREE!!!....

Go to the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio!!!

They have something like over 200 aircraft on display INDOORS! So rain or shine, it's a FREE museum and open. There are three HUGE hangars and the planes are set in order from the earliest Wright Bros. first military plane, to WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc... and one area devoted to the cold war, which, of course, means a U2 and, my favorite, the SR71 Blackbird! Right there, in front of your face. :laughing:

Great museum. Plan on spending all day, at least!

National Museum of the USAF

 

[tedV865]

And once done at Wright Patterson National Museum of the USAF, head toward Washington DC and just South of Dulles International Airport is Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center, Air and Space Museum Free to enter, but you do have to pay for parking before 4pm. It is better than the Air and Space in Smithsonian row along the national mall in DC

 

[mjarrels]

The Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is a place I could be locked in for days. Free with most items inside. Been there twice and still much more to see. I even donated two small items once.

mark

 

[dmccarty]

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Whilst perusing related YouTube content I came across the AR71 documentary. A very interesting story.

One can loose quite a bit of time on YouTube and the Internet. One day or two, I somehow surfed into a website about the SR-71 and the U2. The website had quite a bit of information that used to be classified, such as missions over Vietnam, China and the Middle East. Made for some really interesting reading. The engine and fuel development for the SR-71 was very interesting.

When I was a kid, we lived near a SAC base and we went to the air shows a couple of times. We could walk into the C-5s and C-141s and walk up too and look into the cockpits of the B-52s and F4s. They had a SR-71 on displace but it was roped off and had airman guarding the plane with M16s/AR15s. :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: You were not getting TOOOO close to the SR-71.

Later,
Dan

 

[k0ua]

If any of you REALLY REALLY REALLY want to see a LOT of beautiful military aircraft... FOR FREE!!!....

Go to the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio!!!

They have something like over 200 aircraft on display INDOORS! So rain or shine, it's a FREE museum and open. There are three HUGE hangars and the planes are set in order from the earliest Wright Bros. first military plane, to WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc... and one area devoted to the cold war, which, of course, means a U2 and, my favorite, the SR71 Blackbird! Right there, in front of your face. :laughing:

Great museum. Plan on spending all day, at least!

National Museum of the USAF

Been there, done that, and it was very much worth going.

 

[bunyip]

At our flying training school they decided to have an open day so the public could see our budding hero's in action, they also hooked up the control tower to the PA system.
All was going well with the radio banter coming across the PA although not what we were used to hearing everyday, this is blue fox to red leader etc etc.
Anyway the PA burst into life and announced that Squadron Leader X would come over the runway upside down at 100', then we cut to the radio, blue fox to red leader I am approaching the runway, and over he went, I am now upside down and over he came.
Where the two runways cross he hit an airpocket and dropped about 50' before recovering, the PA was still on and we heard a loud voice shout 'F### that was close' followed by a click as the system was turned off, too late....
The PA was never hooked up to the tower again.
The aircraft were Winjeels, a single engine trainer that could hover in decent head wind, faster than an A model Ford.... just, but the first step for our budding flyers who then moved on to the next school for bigger or faster things.

 

[bcp]

Winjeel:

CAC, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-25 Winjeel - Specifications - Technical Data / Description



More:
CAC Winjeel - Wikipedia

Bruce

 

[PILOON]

I owned a FBO and avionics shop based in YUL (Dorval) and sat in the cockpit of a V12 AC while doing radio checks.
Man U had to be shorter than me to wear that AC. (I'm 6 ft)
Forget exactly which AC it was but later as he flew away he did a low 'fly by', sweet sounding it was.
Might have been a DH as seem to recall wood structure.

Being at YUL we saw lots of amazing AC and more than a few 'gear up' incidents.
I was an official witness to quite a few incidents being both a pilot and A & P.

Weirdest I recall was a 'gear up twin' that you'd swear they were shooting at him as he belly gear up landed.
It was the sparks that ignited the spilled avgas as he slid along the runway 'gear up'. The puffs of smoke followed him about 30-40 ft behind him.

 

[turnkey4099]

At our flying training school they decided to have an open day so the public could see our budding hero's in action, they also hooked up the control tower to the PA system.
All was going well with the radio banter coming across the PA although not what we were used to hearing everyday, this is blue fox to red leader etc etc.
Anyway the PA burst into life and announced that Squadron Leader X would come over the runway upside down at 100', then we cut to the radio, blue fox to red leader I am approaching the runway, and over he went, I am now upside down and over he came.
Where the two runways cross he hit an airpocket and dropped about 50' before recovering, the PA was still on and we heard a loud voice shout 'F### that was close' followed by a click as the system was turned off, too late....
The PA was never hooked up to the tower again.
The aircraft were Winjeels, a single engine trainer that could hover in decent head wind, faster than an A model Ford.... just, but the first step for our budding flyers who then moved on to the next school for bigger or faster things.

I was a Russian linguist in the AF. We copied tactical air traffic. In Germany I heard a Mig-21 pilot have in emergence - flame out. Mig-21 were new to the force and had many problems. Drill was . He had taken off for the morning weather reconnaissance, got up around 20,000 and flamed out. Drill was, 'flame out - punch out'. He didn't and dead-sticked it back onto the field. He froze on the mike on the way down and was talking to himiself all the way..."easy....e a s y......so....hold it there....easy" etc. Quite entertaining.