My uncle used to fly the Super Connie for Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV). Routes included Rome - Lima - Caracas - Rome. He loved the aircraft! Best regards, Robert
Look at all those houses. Now they would be crying about the noise. Back then they all ran out to watch it. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Still spooks me thinking about those guys flying off carriers, flying over the open Pacific Ocean with aircraft of questionable reliability and rudimentary navigation aids.
A very early n A11/A12 at Area 51 in 1960. Born into the Wild Blue Yonder Habubrats Image Unavailable, Please Login
I have flown both those F-111Ds in the foreground at Cannon AFB (CC). Pretty much all beer cans by now.
A high school buddy was a turret gunner on a SB2C. We met on a furlough in our home town and based on some of the incidents that the airplane did, he predicted that the airplane was going to kill him. After the war I was told that he died when the engine on his airplane quit just as it cleated the front of the carrier deck.
Interesting article on a cool conversion. A hot rod B29, that never happened. The XB39 was fast even without the superchargers. Boeing XB-39 Superfortress - AMZ Newspaper Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Photo: Blackbird Wind Tunnel Model with noses for the YF-12, SR-71, and A-12 (left to right), Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, CA Image Unavailable, Please Login
Monster 24-cylinder Allison V-3420 >>> ".... essentially a pair of 12-cyl Allison V-1710 engines .... the 2 crankshafts were geared together to drive a common propeller shaft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_V-3420 Image Unavailable, Please Login .
