Next week – something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely blue… In the meantime we offer something with a lighter touch this week, a little old school and a tip of the fedora to the plastic jet set too.
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OK, more Plane PÑ0n…gonna try something a little different, so look below the fold. Workplace safe, unless you’re on NMCI or related – then you won’t see anything
P6M SeaMaster Sea basing, you see, didn’t just spring from Sea Power 21.No, indeed it was the concept behind the most extreme, and last, seaplane the Navy considered buying back in the early 1950s.Developed as a parallel track/hedge to the first (cancelled) super carrier, the United States, the concept that evolved was centered on a…
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.” …
Checking in from the SJS-family’s TAD site this weekend (and yes, we still are in the pre-internet age back at the homeport, still awaiting the service visit by the provider…), where the lead Scriblet is tying the matrimonial knot (and once again, the weather-guessers appear to be winning as we contemplate low ceilings and fits…
1959. Changes are afoot in the tactical aircraft programs for Air Force and Navy’s specific requirements. The Air Force sought to replace the F-105 with a new fighter-bomber that would address the shortcomings of the Thunderchief — it was to land in half the distance of the F-105, be able to fly unrefueled to Europe or Southeast…
Writing in the latest edition of The Hook (what, you’re not a member? Right this way then — and there’s associate memberships available for those who support tailhook aviation but haven’t experienced it first hand…yet), Boom Powell (“From the Catwalk”) relays a contributor’s lament about squadron tailcodes and callsigns, citing as examples VMA-255’s tail code…
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Where’s the Intruders???????????????????? 😈
Ask me, sounds like a call to arms…I can find Whales and Skyhawks, but Intruders? crickets Even over at the Intruder Association’s site, nada (and we’re more than willing to post too BTW…)
-SJS
The Tomcat form video is cool-and I recognized right away that it was Roosy Roads.
That’s probably the biggest thing I miss about flying these days-not seeing that ground and other aircraft go rushing by you.
I love videos like that-But I would have used the Outlaws “Ghostrider”-more punch to the music.
Being an Outlaws fan ourselves, we would agree (and note that is the version on our iPod)…
-SJS
Hm, I’m a Johnny Cash fan but I’ve gotta agree with the both of you that the Outlaws version would’ve been a better choice.
And yes, that video was awesome.
Thank you so much for taking the time to post the videos. Whether the song is by Johnny Cash or The Otlaws, it’s most fitting for anyone who loves aviation. Please take care, sir.