Aug
30
Space – the final frontier
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A friend sent me these wonderful pictures of the last shuttle mission and I thought you might like to see them. Is that hurricane Dean in the sequence there? I have left them all in the original sizing so that you get the ‘big picture’.
Aug
30
Ford Tri-Motor
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Ever thought of owning something really quite different? How about a three engine transport?
At $3M I think I might take a rain check though, as gorgeous as she is. try the link, the pictures do the old lady justice, they are excellent.
She is for sale of course, try here for the details. Cheque book ready?
Aug
27
Snowbird Seatbelts an Old Problem
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Canadian authorities have known for at least five years that the seatbelts in the CT-114 Tutor jets used by the Snowbirds could come open in flight because there was an incident in 2002 similar to the one that led to the most recent fatal crash.
Capt. Shawn McCaughey died in late May after his restraint came [...]
Aug
16
This is very sad.
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The sequence shown here might be a little distressing for some. It shows two P-51’s during a formation landing mishap, one of them has to be a fatality.
P-51sMishap.pps
The file is a .pps file for use with either Powerpoint or Keynote.
Aug
16
“Gathering Of Mustangs” Gains Momentum
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Photo Tom Smith
A once-in-a-lifetime aviation event is in the works for next month, when up to 100 Mustangs will fly into Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, for the “Gathering of Mustangs and Legends.” The last such gathering took place in Florida in 1999. This year’s event is billed as “The Final Round-up,” as it [...]
Aug
7
Dig the registration…
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Could it be just a coincidence? Or ‘Boeing Aircraft’ maybe…
Whatever was wrong with wishful thinking?
Aug
7
A400 – puzzled?
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This may well be first sight of the wing for the new Airbus military transport, the A400.
From my ‘man on the inside.’
A400M is the Airbus-designed transport replacement for the RAF Hercules.
All the major European countries were coerced into buying them.
Total orders currently stand at +/-175 aircraft.
It’s been designed over maybe 8 years or so – [...]
Aug
6
As a group that has pored over Gardner Island several times failed in its attempt to find conclusive evidence that the island is the final resting place of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan, another effort to solve the 70-year-old mystery has received fresh funding, thanks in part to its exposure in AVweb.
Last week [...]
Aug
5
SIA Chiangi collision?
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Singapore – The wingtips of two Singapore Airlines (SIA) planes hit each other while taxiing for take-off, but there were no injuries, the national carrier said on Sunday. Both Boeing 777 aircraft suffered minor damage in Saturday’s accident at Changi Airport, SIA officials said.
The passengers were transferred to other aircraft for their flights to [...]
Aug
5
AA587 November 12th 2001
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Accidents are messy affairs, in the first instance at the scene, and later sometimes even more grievously during the aftermath. Quite how messy depends on how well the investigation is handled and how accurately the conclusions are arrived at. It can be comforting to know that no expense has been spared, no rock left unturned [...]