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Didn’t see that. Sorry.

Nicely done.

Ok, no helmet so no chin strap to forget to buckle

Dunno but the guy on the right is on stilts.

That was and is a great piece of writing about a very good man. Two uncles were WWII Vets. One, Ralph, a Radioman/Gunner in B-25's and the other, Joe, an Infantry Grunt in Italy. When Joe came home, he gave me a cigarbox of German Insignia and Medals that he took off of dead or captured Germans...

Reminds me of the comment a former Marine Aviator friend made to me many years ago. "There are two kinds of AV-8B Pilots, those who have ejected and those who will."

Is it a rotary or a radial or a ?

Who are the loons in charge at KSHB????

Another gravel kit installation, according to a friend of mine who flew them, was a gravel box mounted on the nose wheel strut of the F-84F, a noted land lover. A string was routed to the cockpit with a pull ring on the end. On a hot day and at the end of a Loooooong takeoff roll to the last 500...

Does it work over water? Landing an Amphib with the gear down usually leads to a sinking aircraft and sometimes fatalities.

Still have my TWA FF Number with American after they gobbled up TWA.

A "journalist" doesn't need a reason.

https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-tacoma-international-airport-delta-604-a10-cancun-electric-power-port-of-seattle-fire-department-loading-bridge-chutes-safety-posfd

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Rudi Opitz, the principal test pilot on the Me163 program who survived to be picked up in Operation Paperclip and worked in the U.S. aerospace industry for many years. He also worked in the Me110 test program before WWII. He was a noted soaring pilot as well and passed away in 2010 at the age of...