Aircraft and Aviation Theme

[cgw]

Vintage Stinson Gullwing

 

[Digger...]

Tha RAAF base was near my adventure yesterday, but whenever something did a low pass i was busy doing something else.

1 of our Roulettes,

 

[Inphoto]

 

[24megapixseal]

Blue Angels Practice Day in Wichita Kansas, McConnell AFB...I found a parking lot at the Cessna plant that is only 150 off the centerline of the base's runway, near the end of the runway.
So they were REALLY low and close as they flew over....a couple of these shots, they were turning to line up with the runway, and some of these look like I was in an aircraft flying ABOVE these guys and gal (yep, Amanda Lee is the first female Blue Angel...in plane number 4).... ENJOY!

 

[24megapixseal]

A couple of arrivals at ICT...

Critic welcome!

 

[Hardus Nameous]

A couple of arrivals at ICT...

Have you been over to see Doc yet?

 

[24megapixseal]

Yes...and I laid hands on Doc many years ago when he was at Boeing, in the experimental hanger, before the restoration started...I walked over there at lunchtime, and checked him out ....VERY COOL

 

[jeffashman]

Yes...and I laid hands on Doc many years ago when he was at Boeing, in the experimental hanger, before the restoration started...I walked over there at lunchtime, and checked him out ....VERY COOL

My dad flew on a B-29 when he was a brand new 2nd Lt in Air Weather Service. He said they would fly through the cloud of A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll to collect data, and that if you were on the ground, you could stand with your back to the blast and hold up your hands to see the x-ray images of the bones. Never prevented him from having kids, although some might argue that we weren't normal and only ended up with kidney cancer in the early 2000's, possibly not even related to the radiation.

 

[24megapixseal]

WOWZA Jeff, that's an amazing story....mind blowing to be honest...super glad your dad had no effects and lived a good life....thanks for your input!

 

[cgw]

Nieuport 17 replica
Annual fly-in meeting of a crazed local cult devoted to restored and replica vintage aircraft.

 

[24megapixseal]

This SWA 737-700 flew into ICT @ 4:37pm, reboarded, refueled, boarded new passengers and flew out again @ 5:22pm

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[The Barbarian]

 

[cgw]

Heinkel HE 111???

 

[jeffashman]

Yep!

 

[21limited]

The two planes flown by 500 British and Canadian pilots, during WWII. They stopped the advancing nazi armies, making the end of the war inevitable, and providing the AIir cover needed so the U.S. could enter the war.
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."<a href="Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a>

The Hawker Hurricane
2019-07-20-Hamilton-Warplane-museum by Norm Head, on Flickr

And Supermarine Spitfire.
2019-07-20-Hamilton-Warplane-museum by Norm Head, on Flickr

Taken at The Hamilton Ontario warplane Museum.

The two planes that saved Western Christain civilization.