Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Remembering Columbia: 1 February 2003

February 1st, 2008 No Comments

   
On February 4, 2003 President George W. Bush delivered the following memorial speech at the Memorial Service in honor of the STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Crew–David M. Brown, Rick D. Husband, Laurel B. Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William C. McCool and Ilan Ramon. 

The service was held at National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s [...]

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Flightdeck Friday: Boeing F4B-4

February 1st, 2008 No Comments

trans·for·ma·tion (trāns’fər-mā’shən): the act of changing in form or shape or appearance.

1928.  Boeing is rolling the dice and has invested its own money in developing two prototype aircraft it hopes to demonstrate to the Navy and later the Army as replacements for the F3B, currently serving with the Navy, and PW-9, serving with the Army.  [...]

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