Aircraft and Aviation Theme

cgw · Nov 22, 2024

Vintage Stinson Gullwing

Digger... · Nov 22, 2024

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 · Nov 28, 2024

24megapixseal · Nov 28, 2024

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 · Nov 29, 2024

A couple of arrivals at ICT...

Critic welcome!

Hardus Nameous · Nov 29, 2024

24megapixseal said:
A couple of arrivals at ICT...

Have you been over to see Doc yet?

24megapixseal · Nov 30, 2024

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 · Dec 1, 2024

24megapixseal said:
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.