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Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 12-10-2019, 09:11 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Wikipedia lists 23 surviving Stratojets, all in...

Wikipedia lists 23 surviving Stratojets, all in the USA. Road trip!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-47_Stratojets
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 12-08-2019, 01:23 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Red face Thanks for the great shots, Jim; I feel like a...

Thanks for the great shots, Jim; I feel like a kid whose Christmas has come early! I will have to get there someday. Fortunately the Navy planes wings fold up to fit them all inside. I guess if the...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 11-29-2019, 02:16 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Jeff, how fortunate you are to have such great...

Jeff, how fortunate you are to have such great pics of your dad. Your kids will have a great record of him in context. Note to self: take fewer "portraits", more candids. Almost all my pictures of...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 11-28-2019, 05:14 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Bob, Thanks for the clarification on the...

Bob,

Thanks for the clarification on the stearman.

Look at the very bottom of the next pic, what are those two planes? You can only see portions of the nose. When I first looked at it, I...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 11-28-2019, 02:50 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Wow, that could very well be the prettiest P-38 I...

Wow, that could very well be the prettiest P-38 I have ever seen!

Of course, has anyone ever seen an ugly P-38?
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 11-28-2019, 01:23 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Warbirds! Well the P40 and Corsair, obviously. ...

Warbirds! Well the P40 and Corsair, obviously. Is that a Steerman with floats? Not used to seeing them painted all yellow, usually the blue and yellow AAC livery. I spot the T-6. What's that...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-21-2019, 08:15 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Makes sense. To climb that fast is a lot of work...

Makes sense. To climb that fast is a lot of work and work takes energy. An old mechanic friend of mine used to tell me that "speed is a function of cost, how fast do you wanna go?" And also about...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-20-2019, 07:45 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Yeah, Navy A3D, sometimes referred to as "All 3...

Yeah, Navy A3D, sometimes referred to as "All 3 dead" Navel Humor.

I think the USAF appropriated this as the B-66? B-66 had ejection seats.

I must say I admire many of the military...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-18-2019, 07:08 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
So I thought Steve Fossett, who was the first to...

So I thought Steve Fossett, who was the first to fly a balloon around the world used a modified Airstream as a gondola. Nope.

But in searching the interpipes, did find this interesting article:...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-17-2019, 08:26 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Yes, please do, Jim -- sounds like fun. ...

Yes, please do, Jim -- sounds like fun.

Scuttlebutt I always heard was USAF had the better planes but the Navy had the better pilots. I'm sure someone disagrees...

Also heard that the F/A-18...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-16-2019, 10:11 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
You guys are so good. Yes, the first pic...

You guys are so good.

Yes, the first pic is of the A7 which was built by Vought (try to sort out that company's history, it was merged and married more often than Elizabeth Taylor) which also...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-15-2019, 10:14 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Last few USAF museum pics for now

Here are a few more pics of planes mentioned in this thread that are on display at the National Museum of the USAF, plus some faves. You probably know most of them.
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-12-2019, 07:27 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
That's great news, wish them all the best! Such...

That's great news, wish them all the best! Such a beautiful aircraft doesn't deserve to go down without a fight.
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-11-2019, 08:43 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Russian campers

So, on this tangent, searched the innerpipes and found this:
...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-10-2019, 09:55 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner! Congrats, Jim...

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner! Congrats, Jim -- it is indeed the YF-23, a remarkable plane by all accounts, but evidently the brass liked the YF-22 better. The YF-22 pictured above is the actual...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-09-2019, 09:34 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Ain't this fun?

Jim, you are indeed getting warm about the last mystery pic being stealth! But no, the plane in the foreground of the XB-70 is not the celebrated SR-71, but the original intercepter version of that...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-09-2019, 02:42 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Pretty impressive you folks can id some of the...

Pretty impressive you folks can id some of the more obscure "weapons platforms" from such close views.

I had a feeling the last pic was going to be tough, as it is of a plane that never made it...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-09-2019, 08:39 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
You guys here know your airplanes! So for...

You guys here know your airplanes!

So for fun, here are a few more pics I took that are a bit more challenging.
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-08-2019, 10:03 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Sooooooo close. You correctly identified all the...

Sooooooo close. You correctly identified all the birds but the bomber. I made sure to include it here for Bob, since it was his favorite.

In previous years, when the museum was 1/4 the size it...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 10-07-2019, 01:06 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
National Museum of the United States Airforce

So, I stopped by the Air Force Museum yesterday, here are a few pics with some of your favorite planes. Note these are all USAF planes, so they show no love for Navy or civilian planes (excepting...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 08-24-2019, 12:01 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Curiously, the Mustang started as a British...

Curiously, the Mustang started as a British airplane, offered and built by NAA. The RR Merlin was the second engine, making in, in British Parlance, the Mustang Mk III. So there is plenty of...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 08-23-2019, 09:19 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
P-51, A v D

All 51s had the under-fuselage air scoop, but it was modified and refined over the course of the war, along with other improvements like the bubble canopy and improved engine that took an otherwise...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-16-2019, 09:07 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Well, the P-38 is indeed one of the...

Well, the P-38 is indeed one of the coolest-looking planes of it's era. It is often overshadowed by the P-51, and indeed there is a very old debate about which was the better fighter....
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-07-2019, 08:38 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
At least the BV 141 was redeemed somewhat by the...

At least the BV 141 was redeemed somewhat by the fact that it was effective and even superior to it's competition, once an adequate power plant was installed. (Too little, too late, a common issue...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-06-2019, 09:35 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
putting the ugh in ugly

Everyone has their favorite airplane or favorites in different classes of airplanes, and while there will be some overlap, there will also be widely different choices. But how about ugly? Is one...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-05-2019, 08:08 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Do you pronounce it Pee-Can, or PaKahn, or...

Do you pronounce it Pee-Can, or PaKahn, or Puh-Can, or Pee-Kahn?

Yeah, I don't think there was much love lost on the Hun, pilots were not so enamored with it, despite it being flown by the...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-04-2019, 09:37 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Man, what a fun thread.... I agree the...

Man, what a fun thread....

I agree the staggerwing is one of the most beautiful civvy planes ever built. Who wouldn't trade their Airstream for one in flying condition, (but what smuck would be...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 11:05 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
yeah, the 58 was ground breaking (air-braking?)...

yeah, the 58 was ground breaking (air-braking?) in so many ways, the wasp shaped fuselage, the ejection pods, that crazy fuel tank. I think it was the first supersonic bomber.

and Jim, the 101? ...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 09:45 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
What plane is cooler than the SR-71? Well,...

What plane is cooler than the SR-71?

Well, Kelly Johnson, head of Lockheed Skunk works who designed it, begs to differ. He thinks the plane in an interceptor role (the never-fielded F/A 12) to...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 04:16 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Yes, the A7 and F8 are very similar looking. ...

Yes, the A7 and F8 are very similar looking. Here is a closer look at the model on display from the same article:

https://outsideinterests.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/airstream-airplane2.jpg...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 10:59 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
The picture was taken by a former test pilot and...

The picture was taken by a former test pilot and airstream owner, Roger Mosley, on the south ramp at Edwards AFB. You can see a few more pictures taken at the time in a great little article on the...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 09:18 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Measure and Math

Yeah, lots of folks working on powered flight a century ago...

What many don't know is that the reason Wilber and Orville succeeded first is that they realized the numbers in Otto's tables that...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-03-2019, 08:52 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Great guess, Steve. It is indeed Edwards AFB. ...

Great guess, Steve. It is indeed Edwards AFB.

Love planes in general, but I think my favs are the x-planes. It was all about pushing the envelope and expanding our abilities. Hmmmm,...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-02-2019, 09:15 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Bob aces the recognition (well, he technically...

Bob aces the recognition (well, he technically would have if there were two more planes to ID) in a very impressive performance, given how little of the planes in the BG were visible!

SteveSueMac,...
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-02-2019, 05:00 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
Congrats, Bob, you know your super saber. ...

Congrats, Bob, you know your super saber.

Any takers on the two birds in the background?

Anyone recognize the place?
Forum: Airstream Lifestyle 07-02-2019, 04:16 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 22,978
Posted By skyguyscott
On the flight line...

Saw this on the inter pipes...

Wheels up at 1500 :)

https://outsideinterests.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/airstream-airplane3.jpg

Bonus points if you can name the aircraft

Extra bonus...
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