MORE random pics......

[pmajka]

Count down for Zman

[masraum]

these are just down the road from where I live on Ellington field

[daepp]

Craig - is that your car? And who's the babe?

MASRAUM - what is that twin engine jet? And is that cannard B-17 a fake?

[Craig 930 RS]

Nah, not mine - it was a pic from UK Ebay.

[cashflyer]

Originally posted by oldE
Thanks, Cashflyer.
None of the pics I had of the C 46 showed up the bulge in the lower part of the fuselage like that.

Thank tcar... I wouldn't have gone looking if he hadn't mentioned the C-46 originally.

Originally posted by daepp
MASRAUM - what is that twin engine jet? And is that cannard B-17 a fake?

B-17 is photoshop.
The B-57 is one of two operated by NASA for "research".
The Martin B-57 is an American version of the English Electric Canberra.

From Wikipedia:
WB-57F - Weather reconnaissance version.
Two WB-57F aircraft were transferred to NASA and are the only WB-57s still flying in the world today. They are used for atmospheric research and for monitoring Space Shuttle takeoff and landing.

emphasis added

[wcc]

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by masraum
these are just down the road from where I live on Ellington field

Steve, I was down your way last summer for work. Since I had the only car I couldn't break away. They had some cool stuff down there.

[cashflyer]

Every aviation enthusiest should be able to discuss this photo.



What's so special about it?

[rouxroux]

Originally posted by oldE
About the mystery aircraft. I don't think the c 46 had the lower bulge in its fuselage. I think its a Boeing Stratocruiser. Boeing took the basic components of the B 29 and made a long-range airliner out of them.



Les

Les, while the Stratocruiser DID have the same bulge as the C46, check out the windshield configuration, plus the side view clearly showing the patch over the door PLUS the shape of the side window. The Stratocruiser was a great bird as well, but our "mystery house" is a C46

[rammstein]

Craig, was that your wife?!! Sweet, can you put her in contact with my wife? I need her to explain how important it is to lie naked on the hood of my car constantly.

[Craig 930 RS]

I wish it was But I am lucky, as she is 36D..... too much information

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Hmm, looks like we are looking from an inverted position downwards 1) Plane 2) Clouds 3) Terrain

[rouxroux]

Originally posted by cashflyer
Every aviation enthusiest should be able to discuss this photo.



What's so special about it?

My guess is Marion Cole, who used to fly some amazing displays in his Aero Commander and did the best "drunken J3 pilot" routine ever. He lives here in my town (SHV) and still teaches aerobatics. If you never read his brother Duane's book "Roll around a point", you're really missing out. He's always hanging around the EAA hangar @ our old downtown airport.

[Craig 930 RS]

http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft_jet_prop.htm

I love a woman that can put a few down

[rouxroux]

Now Steve, on the other hand, wins the prize for tieing it all together in his 2nd picture: The plane in that shot IS a modified Stratocruiser, one of a few that were done that way in the 60's. Growing up in HSV, I remember seing the "Guppy" series planes coming in to pick up the rocket parts from Redstone Arsenal/Marshall Space flight Center. Sometimes they would float them down the Tenn. River on barges, but sometimes the "Guppies" would come in a pick some parts up. My Dad was UAL stn mgr. in HSV at the time after he quit flying for CAL after the merger, so I got to see tons of that stuff come & go.

[daepp]

Looks like Bob Hoover doing his dead engine routine.

[cashflyer]

Inverted shot looking down? No.
Aero Commander? Yes
Turbine Commander? No.
Marion Cole? Close, but no.

daepp got it.
Bob Hoover in his 1972 500S Shrike Commander with it's "old" paint scheme.



damn I type slow

[}{arlequin]

Originally posted by joseph herreros
I love a woman that can put a few down

LMAO... yeah me too... which is why you're gonna like this one 3x more!

[daepp]

Is Bob still flying? The man was a genious!

[svandamme]

just noticed that the mistery pic was 2 pages before, and not the one flying on which i commented.. lol...