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Post by Gene on Apr 6, 2016 7:56:41 GMT 9
i remember something about "baby lifts" . we had several C 5 's land at tcm around that time... somebody told me about one that crashed...
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Post by pat perry on May 29, 2016 1:55:35 GMT 9
Check this out:
Arrested for entering Soviet air space without authorization and “malicious hooligansim” and sentenced to four years in prison. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1987/
This one is very appropriate for Memorial Day:
28 May 1971: At 12:08 p.m. EST (16:08 UTC), a twin-engine airplane with six persons on board, flying through rain and fog, crashed into 3,056-foot (931 meter) Brush Mountain, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometers) northwest of Roanoke, Virginia. The impact was about 400 feet (122 meters) below the summit. All six persons on board were killed. The wreckage burned. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1971/
One of the passengers aboard the Aero Commander was 45-year-old Audie Leon Murphy, recipient of the Medal of Honor and the most highly-decorated American soldier of World War II. 
Pat P.
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Post by Gene on May 29, 2016 4:16:05 GMT 9
Check this out:
Arrested for entering Soviet air space without authorization and “malicious hooligansim” and sentenced to four years in prison. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1987/
This one is very appropriate for Memorial Day:
28 May 1971: At 12:08 p.m. EST (16:08 UTC), a twin-engine airplane with six persons on board, flying through rain and fog, crashed into 3,056-foot (931 meter) Brush Mountain, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometers) northwest of Roanoke, Virginia. The impact was about 400 feet (122 meters) below the summit. All six persons on board were killed. The wreckage burned. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1971/
One of the passengers aboard the Aero Commander was 45-year-old Audie Leon Murphy, recipient of the Medal of Honor and the most highly-decorated American soldier of World War II.
Pat P.
loved watching his movies...wasnt the best actor, but that wasnt the point...and thank you for your service. 
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Post by Mark O on May 29, 2016 13:24:25 GMT 9
Check this out:
Arrested for entering Soviet air space without authorization and “malicious hooligansim” and sentenced to four years in prison. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1987/
This one is very appropriate for Memorial Day:
28 May 1971: At 12:08 p.m. EST (16:08 UTC), a twin-engine airplane with six persons on board, flying through rain and fog, crashed into 3,056-foot (931 meter) Brush Mountain, approximately 16 miles (26 kilometers) northwest of Roanoke, Virginia. The impact was about 400 feet (122 meters) below the summit. All six persons on board were killed. The wreckage burned. www.thisdayinaviation.com/28-may-1971/
One of the passengers aboard the Aero Commander was 45-year-old Audie Leon Murphy, recipient of the Medal of Honor and the most highly-decorated American soldier of World War II.
Pat P.
No sympathy for Rust then or now, but will always respect Audie Murphy. Mark O |
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Post by Jim on Jun 10, 2016 0:13:58 GMT 9
Today, but 60 years ago, SSgt James E. Gier, AF 12413881 arrived at Manhattan Beach Air Force Station (old Merchant Marine Academy) for discharge and reenlistment in the AF with 27th FIS at Griffiss AFB assignment. Entered a battle with an old 1st Sgt about NCOs pulling KP. Battle continued to a brand new Gold Bar and then to a Captain (sqdn CO) that had to have been in the Roman Legion, he was that old. When informed that I would take my discharge and travel at my expense to Griffiss and reenlist, I was discharged, reenlisted and on my way to the airport to go home on leave that afternoon. No KP...... Policy change resulted, reenlistees, regardless of rank no longer pulled KP. 
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Post by pat perry on Jun 10, 2016 1:52:49 GMT 9
Today, but 60 years ago, SSgt James E. Gier, AF 12413881 arrived at Manhattan Beach Air Force Station (old Merchant Marine Academy) for discharge and reenlistment in the AF with 27th FIS at Griffiss AFB assignment. Entered a battle with an old 1st Sgt about NCOs pulling KP. Battle continued to a brand new Gold Bar and then to a Captain (sqdn CO) that had to have been in the Roman Legion, he was that old. When informed that I would take my discharge and travel at my expense to Griffiss and reenlist, I was discharged, reenlisted and on my way to the airport to go home on leave that afternoon. No KP...... Policy change resulted, reenlistees, regardless of rank no longer pulled KP. Why Manhattan Beach AFS? Were you coming back from Pacific and it was time to reenlist? Was MB AFS used in 1956 rather than Travis AFB?
Glad you fought the system and got it changed.
Pat P.
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Post by pat perry on Jun 10, 2016 2:04:14 GMT 9
Saw this old girl at Wright-Pat being restored. Had a fascinating tour of the restoration shop during the 2013 F-106 Reunion.
www.thisdayinaviation.com/8-june-1943/
So sad that vandals got to it while it was on display at Memphis in several different places. It was refurbished several times and I guess the USAF Museum system said let's bring her home. The restoration guys found all kinds of stuff through layers of paint removed. Signatures of hundreds of people who signed it during War Bond appearance tours. They completely rebuilt the gun turrets and everything inside the aircraft. She will finally look brand new when completed.
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Post by Jim on Jun 10, 2016 2:18:55 GMT 9
Why Manhattan Beach AFS? Were you coming back from Pacific and it was time to reenlist? Was MB AFS used in 1956 rather than Travis AFB?
Glad you fought the system and got it changed.
Pat P.
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Post by Gene on Jun 10, 2016 3:16:12 GMT 9
Today, but 60 years ago, SSgt James E. Gier, AF 12413881 arrived at Manhattan Beach Air Force Station (old Merchant Marine Academy) for discharge and reenlistment in the AF with 27th FIS at Griffiss AFB assignment. Entered a battle with an old 1st Sgt about NCOs pulling KP. Battle continued to a brand new Gold Bar and then to a Captain (sqdn CO) that had to have been in the Roman Legion, he was that old. When informed that I would take my discharge and travel at my expense to Griffiss and reenlist, I was discharged, reenlisted and on my way to the airport to go home on leave that afternoon. No KP...... Policy change resulted, reenlistees, regardless of rank no longer pulled KP. in '56 , i was 6 yrs. old and we were stationed at palm beach afb... getting ready to pcs to charleston, sc... good story and im glad you reinlisted... |
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Post by MOW on Jun 10, 2016 6:07:01 GMT 9
Did you guys know I have a scroller on the homepage of the website www.f-106deltadart.com/ of This Day in Aviation events?  |
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Post by Jim on Jun 10, 2016 6:56:16 GMT 9
Did you guys know I have a scroller on the homepage of the website www.f-106deltadart.com/ of This Day in Aviation events?   |
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Post by pat perry on Jun 10, 2016 8:05:32 GMT 9
Why Manhattan Beach AFS? Were you coming back from Pacific and it was time to reenlist? Was MB AFS used in 1956 rather than Travis AFB?
Glad you fought the system and got it changed.
Pat P.
Heck, I thought you were talking about Manhattan Beach, CA Pat P.
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Post by Gene on Jun 11, 2016 1:14:10 GMT 9
 The C-141C Starlifter that flew the last US prisoners of war home from Vietnam moved indoors for the first time at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, on Wednesday. Hanoi Taxi moved into the newly completed fourth hangar, after spending several years in the museum’s outdoor airpark. The C-141 joined the museum after retiring from Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing across base in 2006. The new 224,000 square foot building houses the global reach gallery featuring Hanoi Taxi, as well as the research & development and presidential aircraft, spaceflight, and science-focused educational displays. The museum's X-15 rocket aircraft was the first to move into the new facility at the beginning of October, followed by the massive, experimental XB-70 Valkyrie bomber, and now the C-141. The new building is slated to open to the public in June 2016, according to museum officials. |
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Post by pat perry on Jun 11, 2016 10:03:45 GMT 9
The C-141C Starlifter that flew the last US prisoners of war home from Vietnam moved indoors for the first time at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, on Wednesday. Hanoi Taxi moved into the newly completed fourth hangar, after spending several years in the museum’s outdoor airpark. The C-141 joined the museum after retiring from Air Force Reserve Command’s 445th Airlift Wing across base in 2006. The new 224,000 square foot building houses the global reach gallery featuring Hanoi Taxi, as well as the research & development and presidential aircraft, spaceflight, and science-focused educational displays. The museum's X-15 rocket aircraft was the first to move into the new facility at the beginning of October, followed by the massive, experimental XB-70 Valkyrie bomber, and now the C-141. The new building is slated to open to the public in June 2016, according to museum officials.
Here's the Link: www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
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Post by pat perry on Sept 14, 2016 3:47:08 GMT 9
Wow! What a shot. I hope all the shrapnel fell to earth and didn't remain in orbit.
Excerpt: From level flight at Mach 1.22, Major Pearson pulled into a 3.8 G zoom to a 65° angle of climb. On reaching 38,100 feet (11,613 meters) and having slowed to 0.934 Mach, the LTV ASM-135 missile was automatically launched. At 1:42 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the 30 pound (13.6 kilogram) kinetic interceptor collided with the Solwind P78-1 satellite at an altitude of 345 miles (555 kilometers) and a closing speed of 15,000 miles per hour (21,140 kilometers per hour).
This incident was used as a plot device in Tom Clancy’s speculative World War III novel, Red Storm Rising.
Pat P
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Post by pat perry on Sept 18, 2016 21:33:20 GMT 9
Earliest sister of the Delta Dart
The XF-92A First Flight www.thisdayinaviation.com/18-september-1948/
Excerpt: 18 September 1948: The first delta-winged aircraft took flight for the first time when Convair test pilot Ellis D. “Sam” Shannon lifted off from Muroc Dry Lake with the prototype Convair XF-92A, serial number 46-682. For 18 minutes he familiarized himself with the new aircraft type. It was powered by an Allison J33-A-21 turbojet engine producing 4,250 pounds of thrust.
Later, with Captain Chuck Yeager flying, the XF-92A reached Mach 1.05. Yeager found that the airplane’s delta wing made it nearly impossible to stall, even with a 45° angle of attack. He was able to land the airplane at nearly 100 miles per hour slower than the designers had predicted.
This was the first of several Convair delta-winged aircraft, including the F2Y Sea Dart, F-102A Delta Dart and F-106A Delta Dagger supersonic interceptors, and the B-58A Hustler four-engine Mach 2+ strategic bomber. (See the typo in this last sentence?)
Pat P
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Post by Tom Dlugosh on Sept 19, 2016 3:27:50 GMT 9
It's a good looking AC.
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Post by Gene on Sept 19, 2016 5:13:10 GMT 9
sweet
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Post by pat perry on Nov 18, 2016 0:02:39 GMT 9
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Post by LBer1568 on Nov 18, 2016 0:51:51 GMT 9
Pat, I don't think anyone has heard of every experimental aircraft ever designed, built or flown. Even within the USA it is hard to see them all. It was the DoD policy to not assign a designation until the plane started manufacture. What were the numbers between the F-111 and F-117? And remember the F-4 was an F-110 before they changed the series from hundreds back to single digits. I remember that F-117 was originally the F-19 but number F-117 was assigned as part of secrecy. As for British experimental aircraft, various museums in UK house some of them. See following for listing of UK A/C since 1946 www.raf.mod.uk/history/Aircraftbetween1946andpresent.cfm
Lorin
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