Who Likes Aircraft ?

[hemi71x]

SR on display at the old Castle AFB, around central California.

 

[Photon440]

Cool! Thanks hemi71x, for that picture of one of the expensive lawn ornaments ever...

This actual aircraft is tail # 17960 (Libyan Raider), which was the subject of the book 'Sled Driver'. https://www.amazon.ca/Sled-Driver-Flying-Worlds-Fastest/dp/0929823087

Super-bee-Ski will appreciate this story of how slow this plane could ...almost go. This is written by the same author of 'Sled Driver'. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907

 

[super-bee_ski]

SR on display at the old Castle AFB, around central California.

View attachment 360699

CASTLE AFB
I was stationed at Castle 79-81
Loved that base!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Cool! Thanks hemi71x, for that picture of one of the expensive lawn ornaments ever...

This actual aircraft is tail # 17960 (Libyan Raider), which was the subject of the book 'Sled Driver'. https://www.amazon.ca/Sled-Driver-Flying-Worlds-Fastest/dp/0929823087

Super-bee-Ski will appreciate this story of how slow this plane could ...almost go. This is written by the same author of 'Sled Driver'. http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907

Photon440!
GREAT STORY!
Holy Cow....
The incident will remain in those Cadets memories their entire lives
(And the 71 pilots also)

 

[Auggie56]

A bit of history in a short video........



P-40 pilots @ Pearl Harbor:
There have been many movies and docudramas depicting the Pearl Harbor attack. Most, particularly, the ones supposedly based on fact, showed short clips of a couple of P-40 pilots getting airborne and shooting down Jap planes. But I, for one, never had seen the true story and more detailed info on who these two pilots were and their actions and associated events while airborne. The you tube™ site below contains a superb video of that story. Hope you'll pass it on to say that history matters .
A short video about two American P-40 pilots who were able to get off the ground for Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zS8HWFWaqa4

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/bl...get-their-pound-of-flesh-at-pearl-harbor.html

 

[Photon440]

 

[super-bee_ski]

Latest article on our Flight Test Facility:
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --

Just after the turn of the century, it wasn’t unusual to see seven F-22A Raptors parked around the 411th Flight Test Squadron compound during the fighter’s early developmental test and evaluation days.

Today, the 411th and F-22 Combined Test Force has just four of the fifth-generation fighters left – including one in the hangar undergoing maintenance – to conduct testing to continually improve the Raptor fleet’s combat and long-term capabilities.

For the past few weeks, however, Edwards AFB’s Raptors have been joined by four operational F-22s for testing. The jets are from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; and Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The planes are accompanied by pilots and maintenance crews from their respective bases.

Lt. Col. Randel Gordon, F-22 CTF director and 411th FLTS commander, said operational F-22s from the Air Force come to Edwards for testing occasionally, but it is “highly unusual” to have eight total Raptors here, including the one being serviced in the 411th FLTS hangar.

The visit by the four operational jets prompted a unique photo opportunity for squadron workers, who were given the chance to take photos with seven planes in the background. The event marks a bittersweet occasion.

“This will be the last time we have this many jets ever in this compound,” said Gordon.

In four months, the F-22 CTF is scheduled to move out of the facilities it has occupied since the 1990s. The squadron will move to another location on base as part of a reorganization to prepare for upcoming test programs.

Eight test planes were built with most being assigned to Edwards for developmental test and evaluation throughout the years. The F-22A Raptor reached initial operational capability in 2005 and the Air Force currently has 183 in its total force.

The F-22 Raptor’s combination of stealth, supercruise, maneuverability and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities from previous generations of fighters. The Raptor performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the 21st century Air Force.

The F-22, a critical component of the Global Strike Task Force, is designed to project air dominance rapidly and at great distances, and defeat threats attempting to deny access to our nation's Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The Air Force says the F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft.

 

[super-bee_ski]

P-40B/C is my favorite.

Truly My Favorite also!

 

[Photon440]

Nice picture of the F-22s lined up on the apron, super-bee_ski. Great plane, it's a shame that the DOD cut funding and production stopped.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Thanks Photon440!
Yes, this week I'll have the picture of me in the cockpit with the 70 In-Violet GTX model for Kiwi
Next week I fly the Flag for Jimi (Bladecutter) in the aircraft in the foreground of the pic, tail #4109, our WA bird (Weapons Academy, Nellis, Las Vegas NV)

 

[Basket case]

for our 25th wedding anniversary , my wife bought me a ticket to ride on Nine O Nine. the rains came and they didn't get airborne all weekend.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Cool pic
What part of Ohio?
I spent 12 years at Wright-Patt, Dayton OH

 

[Basket case]

MAPS Museum in Canton/Akron.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Very nice!
Did you ever get that flight?

 

[snakeyes]

 

[Basket case]

nope. FAA wouldn't let them up. try again next year.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Want some more F-22 pics?

 

[super-bee_ski]

Early "DROP TANK" Tests

 

[super-bee_ski]

Early "Flight Tests" over Owens Lake CA

 

[super-bee_ski]

Arizona's Crater Park overfly