Favorite Aircraft
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GON
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I'll go down a different avenue of approach.
A wonderful aircraft for her passengers. The MD 80 not far behind.
A wonderful aircraft for her passengers. The MD 80 not far behind.
got a ride in a rf4c at Shaw AFB SC in the late 70s....a total blast..
That is a timeless classic! I got a chance to fly a Staggerwing once. In flight, the flight control feels reminds me very much of a Bonanza.
I found out in 2019 when talking to a recently retired Beechcraft engineer that there is a document describing how the controls should feel/respond in all Beechcraft aircraft. All the Beeches that I've flown have what I think is a very nice control response.
That F22 is flat out spectacular.
The F-105 has the strangest air intakes. Very unique. I'd love to be able to own one.
There is one on display at the American AirPower Museum in Farmingdale Long Island where they were built. The museum is actually the last surviving building of Republic Aviation Corporation. We knew people who worked on them way back when….
It is unique. There had to be a reason for designing them like that. I'd love to hear @Astro14 's opinion on them.
one of my college professors and the man that gave me a few of my check rides flew them in WW2. difficult to bale out of and live. He could tell some stories
In the early 90s I flew for an airline in the NE corridor. Many a time we would taxi out at JFK and be next for takeoff behind the Concorde. Pretty cool..
Beyound doubt - most beautiful bird ever, greatest and most beautiful technical marvel man ever created:
It wasn't a heavy but we still had to wait for turbulence because of all the jet blast turbulence.
Surprised it took over 40 replies before the P-38 was mentioned.
Obligatory photo of a Canadian CF-18 at CFB Cold Lake. Looking forward to our order for F-35’s.
Here's a few factory pix of the former sprawling Republic Aviation Corporation in Farmingdale Long Island NY.
Before it was re-named Republic
Circa WW-II, one of the runways had to be extended and that's why that road loops round to the left
They built 9,500 Thunderbolts here during the war, and another 5,000 at another plant in Evanville Indiana.
Building Thunderbolts
Tommy Dorsey paid a visit to the Republic workers and entertained them....
I bet this woke a few people up in East Farmingdale that day.....imagine the sound of the P&W R-2800....
Republic circa '50s
Thunderchiefs coming off the assembly line...
Before it was re-named Republic
Circa WW-II, one of the runways had to be extended and that's why that road loops round to the left
They built 9,500 Thunderbolts here during the war, and another 5,000 at another plant in Evanville Indiana.
Building Thunderbolts
Tommy Dorsey paid a visit to the Republic workers and entertained them....
I bet this woke a few people up in East Farmingdale that day.....imagine the sound of the P&W R-2800....
Republic circa '50s
Thunderchiefs coming off the assembly line...
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Then there's that other Long Island Company.....
The Tomcat, a thing of beauty forever, saw one of these going to full afterburner while picking my brother up at SUNY Stony Brook around 1977 or so..
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Grumman engineers watching the LEM....remember that the LEM, was the life boat for the Apollo 13 Crew.....
Apollo 13 crew thanks Grumman workers in Bethpage....
Part of the original LEM drawings....
The Tomcat, a thing of beauty forever, saw one of these going to full afterburner while picking my brother up at SUNY Stony Brook around 1977 or so..
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Grumman engineers watching the LEM....remember that the LEM, was the life boat for the Apollo 13 Crew.....
Apollo 13 crew thanks Grumman workers in Bethpage....
Part of the original LEM drawings....
wemay
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I JUST bought my son the Hotwheels diecast of this plane. He loves it. So do I.
