And now for something a little different. Nose – when I saw this the first time (it was passed along by an ex-Corsair/Crusader jock I work with) couldn’t help but think of you 
Enjoy your Friday all ! Oh yeah — Spitfires y’all — there be Spitfires in thar…
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As promised, the Flightdeck Friday Index has been completed and is now available under the "Pages" heading on the sidebar. Future topics will include Brewster’s F2A Buffalo, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, Boeing PB-1W, Blackburn Buccaneer and de Havilland Sea Vixen (among many others). If there are any favorites out there, drop a line and we’ll add…
Day 2 – Heavy blows traded by both sides. Each side loses at least one carrier, but the Japanese thrust to Port Moresby is thwarted. Read more here. See also the animation via this link: Battle of Coral Sea (Illustrated)
Something a little different for Flightdeck Friday this Memorial day weekend. We are working on a project that if luck holds out, we should be able to post over the weekend, provided we don’t have to make an unbidden trip that lurks around the corner…if so, we’ll roll that project to the 4th of July….
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the E-2 Hawkeye’s entry into Fleet operations. Â Over the course of those fifty-years the aircraft has radically changed and grown in capabilities and mission focus, while visually remaining much the same as the first E-2A . Â From Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq, Â it has been a part…
Independence Day from Steeljaw Scribe on Vimeo.
“Senator, there isn’t enough power in all of Christendom to make that airplane what we want” VADM Tom Connolly testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee (1968) In Part I we explored some of the politics (and politicking) behind the TFX – the program to provide the Air Force and Navy with a common…
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Brings to mind dropping a roll of TP out the window of a Citabria and doing reversals to cut the streamer…a long time ago. 😎
Cool stuff, that! I had to go to The Wiki, though… coz I thought “square wingtips on a Spit?” Yep… Mk. XIIs had ’em.
Oh! Perfect job!
Very good and helpful post.
Thx, your blog in my Google reader now
We’ll expect many new interesting posts from you 😉
Warrior:
Thanks for the comments and stopping by — might want to take a look at the “Flightdeck Fridays Index” page listing in the right hand column – it carries a listing of pretty much all the FF posts thus far. Ditto the Coral Sea/Midway series.
– SJS
Oh man, what a great movie! There is a guy who gives P-51 rides down in Key West. Maybe it’s time to make the investment… just so I could do that aileron roll. Okay, it would be cheaper to rent a Citabria up in Homestead.
I’m retired Air Force, yes I have a great vocabulary and demand air conditioning, and I am puzzled as to why the NAVY pukes have such good Websites. You and Instapinch are hard to beat. I ain’t gunna try.