Vintage Aircraft

[Muggins]

Vintage aircrew:


On the left, Squadron Leader John Leslie (Les) Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, JP, the last surviving pilot from the dams raid. Next is Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson, the bomb aimer in Les Knight's crew, who dropped his bomb on the Sorpe Dam, while at the far end is WAAF Maureen Stevens who took down the incoming radio signals from the participating aircraft that night.

Adrian

 

[mynikonf2]

One of my favorites, a Kelly Johnson/Skunk Works project.

 

[bigeye]

Where is this?? Nice Wildcat there; can't recognize the others.

The little blue plane in the ceiling is a Taylorcraft. Taylor was the designer of the original Cub.

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[bigeye]

Just as an aside to this thread, it's worth noting that today is the 70th anniversary of the "Memphis Belle"'s crew becoming the first USAAF crew to complete a tour of operations.

Adrian

Morgan kept fighting with another tour in B-29s in the Pacific, where he led most of the missions my Dad flew.

- Charlie

 

[Whirlwindphoto52]

Taken in 1995 while covering a vintage aviation air show....

 

[Whirlwindphoto52]

From one of the T-6 flyins conducted in Seymour, IN a few years ago...

 

[biomed]

Photo courtesy of Boeing, I thought it worthy of this thread.

B-52F carrying two North American AGM28 Hound Dog missiles taking off from Boeing Field, Seattle. Note the aircraft in the background.

 

[Mystyler]

Damn environmentalists and noise complainers. I miss the crackle of supersonic jet efflux and billowing black smoke from water injection.

 

[Dayrell bishop]

 

[Dayrell bishop]

 

[Ronald_H]

What about this one:


Leduc 022-01 by Ronald_H, on Flickr

 

[Godfrey]

Speaking of classic aircraft, anyone know the status of the Wellington restoration over at Brooklands?

Been years since I was there. It was a huge undertaking.

G

 

[Lawrence Sheperd]

I can think of no better testament to Donald Douglas than the number of DC3 series aircraft that still exist today!

Is this the Eastern Air Lines DC-3 in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C.?

If so, my father (a thirty+ year veteran with Eastern) flew this to D.C. to be added to the exhibit - last man to fly this bird.

BTW, his favorite commercial aircraft were the DC-3 ("most rugged") and the Boeing 727 ("fastest rate-of-climb" at the time.)

EDIT: (Nope, it's not; wrong livery and N-Number - atrium ceiling's different, too)

 

[biomed]

Is this the Eastern Air Lines DC-3 in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C.?

If so, my father (a thirty+ year veteran with Eastern) flew this to D.C. to be added to the exhibit - last man to fly this bird.

BTW, his favorite commercial aircraft were the DC-3 ("most rugged") and the Boeing 727 ("fastest rate-of-climb" at the time.)

EDIT: (Nope, it's not; wrong livery and N-Number - atrium ceiling's different, too)

This aircraft is in the Museum of Flight, Seattle.

Mike

 

[biomed]

 

[biomed]

 

[biomed]

Comet 4 cockpit

 

[biomed]

 

[biomed]

 

[dcsang]

Grumman CP-121 Tracker - Old Bird

Cheers,
Dave