‘kay gang – final hours coming up here and we are rocket last (again) this year. Take a good look at the video and note the theme, ’cause if something doesn’t happen wth that total over there to starboard, next week’s issue of Flightdeck Friday will have a decidedly light (dare we say – dainty?) blue tinge to it courtesy Team Zoomie bringing home the bronze medal…
Remember the COD…
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The “Flying Prostitute” it was called – the design, radical for the time, featured wings so short in span that there appeared to be “no visible means of support,” hence the moniker. Later, as inexperienced crews were dropping more and more of them into the waters of Tampa Bay, it earned another – “widow maker.” …
*Telegraph from Patrol Wing Two Headquarters warning of the attack on Pearl Harbor (In Congress, December 8, 1941) Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and…
A "twofer" today … (Aug 2 – multiple sources but h/t to The DEW Line) The Navy has announced Northrop-Grumman’s X-47B won the bid over Boeing’s X-45 for the $635M UCAS-D contract. Couple of items to note — when Boeing lost the JSF bid to Lockheed, they immediately jumped on the UCAV bandwagon and hoped…
Some art and photos from the archives, bound together with a classic score – for your weekend’s pleasure. – SJS — —
Sunday, 17 May 1942. PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, 7th Air Force): The 7th Air Force is placed on alert in anticipation of a possible attack on Midway. For the next 10 days the old B-18’s on hand are used on sea searches to supplement the B-17’s. VII Bomber Command receives an influx of B-17’s during…
So it’s like this – the Slavemaster Pops (aka SJS) is out of town this week and left us with a boooring article to post for this Friday (some biplane *bleh*). Frankly, we think he needs to widen his view and we think the Voodoo is a perfect one to start with. Besides, it just…
