DC-3 Journey to Warbirds Over Wanaka—Unforgettable Opportunity from Pacific Wings Magazine by Rob | The Warbird Dakota Syndicate (Also known as 'Fly Dakota-NZ') will be offering unique opportunities for anyone wanting to attend the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in comfort and style. When the DC-3 flies from Ardmore to Wanaka and then onto Queenstown on April the 1st, places will be available for return travel to and from Wanaka and Queenstown…
Weekend Wings #35: A make-or-break year for the F-35 Lightning II? from Bayou Renaissance Man by Peter | The F-35 Lightning II, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter competition, is considered critical to the future of the US Air Force and the US Marine Corps (USMC), and, to a lesser extent, to the US Navy. We've looked at it in several previous Weekend Wings articles (see #3, #6, #8, #21 and #30 - links in sidebar), so I don't need to go into details about the aircraft and its performance here…
Magazine Preview: The Rocket Man - Bwog | It scared the family, and I think in some ways, they thought that I wouldn't ever fly in space and were slightly relieved, maybe, but they were even more ...
'Pappy Boyington Field' Documentary Film Examines Historic Marine Aviator - Salem-News.Com | The film "Pappy Boyington Field" tells the story of the grass-roots effort by Veterans to honor Pappy in the town of his birth, with a commemorative ...
WHF Hangar Newsletter from http://www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org/ | Greetings from the staff at the Warbird Heritage Foundation and welcome to the latest edition of the WHF Hangar! | The year 2009 was a very busy one for all of us at WHF, and it was filled with several unique events and accomplishments. The 2009 airshow season saw our aircraft at eleven different shows around the country. Not only did we perform at shows in the Midwest, but we also participated in shows as far away as Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas…
Trio seek to build air museum for Glenview Naval Air Station - Passionate about preserving U.S. Naval history, Lowell Wallace, Bill Marquardt and Bob Coffin loved watching the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the F6F-3 Hellcat fighter planes being pulled from Lake Michigan last year. The World War II-era training planes will eventually be restored and put on display in out-of-state museums. Nearly 40 aircraft have been plucked from the lake in the last 20 years. Remarkably, none can be found in Glenview…
This Week In Military/Aviation History 8-14 March from Warbirds Online by Tom Kwiatkowski Sr. | Well Folks, here we are again a week older and, with luck, a day or so wiser. Boy, this economic situation is wreaking havoc with airshows so far this year. Three in the area where I am have cancelled due to economic reasons. It's a sad thing to have happen, but what can you do? I guess that it just makes the ones that manage to still happen will be that much nicer to attend. Well, let's start our weekly trek down History Lane, shall we? Yes, I think we shall. Tom K.
Chasing Rainbows, Low Tide, and Tsunami Watch from The Adventures of Chopper Chick! by Desiree
CoolPix - Modern Military: Holy Smoke! B-47 Stratojet JATO Takeoff by Martt | This amazing entry in the CoolPix collection helps to set the line between 'Vintage Military' and 'Modern Military'. I've decided we'll make the break at the end of WWII. This also fits pretty well since that's basically the time period where we entered the jet age as well. This pic is from 1954 of a Boeing B-47 making a Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO). The rather massive JATO package was a great help in getting the aircraft off the ground a lot quicker than with just the 6 wing mounted jet engines. Tho the airplane was fast, with a cruising speed of about 550mph, the jet engine technology of the time didn't make good thrust at slow speeds. JATO was a good solution to this issue at the time. It's really interesting to see this huge amount of smoke pouring out of the rockets, as well as a lot coming the 6 jets too. Early jet engines were also well known for making a lot of smoke!...
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