Chronicles of Naval Aviation: Tailcodes
Alas, the budgetary axe eventually fell on both the Steeljaws (’96) and Wing 12 (’05) so it would appear that would be the last time GE will fly on a Hawkeye…
– SJS
P.S. Hey Boom — SH is taken by VMFAT-101…
Alas, the budgetary axe eventually fell on both the Steeljaws (’96) and Wing 12 (’05) so it would appear that would be the last time GE will fly on a Hawkeye…
– SJS
P.S. Hey Boom — SH is taken by VMFAT-101…
Mix one gonzo engine (the Pratt & Whitney XR-4360-10 Wasp with 3,000 righteous HP) and a requirement to carry a large bomb load off a carrier deck for long range strikes against Japan and you have this week’s Flightdeck Friday subject – the Boeing XF8B-1. In 1943 the Navy contracted with Boeing to produce a…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas… NORAD Tracks Santa
Don’t forget to head over to the Daily Briefing for Flightdeck Friday as well — this week, “Nuclear Fleas” 30 Jun 1941. The Navy’s search for a replacement for the F4F was on. Two of the premiere aircraft manufacturers in the nation, Grumman and Curtiss, were granted development contracts for three prototypes – Grumman for…
(5 Nov Update): Read this for some perspective on the competiton. Check current status here. And don’t forget the auctions — there’s some really great stuff over there, including signed original artwork and books, rare memorabilia and other great things. So it’s not Friday – but as promised here, presented for your viewing pleasure, a…
So – wrapping up our TDY this week and hopping the (ugh) red-eye back to Occupied Territory for to make it back for a libs this weekend before back to the grind Monday. While we’ve been concentrating on Midway this past week, there is this other event over in the ETO that took place in…
As the emerging theme this week is hypersonics, what with the reference to the Shenlong and the upload to the Virtual Library of a comprehensive 3-volume history of the US hypersonic effort from the X-15 through the NASP, reader and frequent correspondent Thommy Thomason joins the scene as a guest author of this week’s Flightdeck…