All Things Aviation Related

[t6dpilot]

Love the Cap-10b. Took a 10 hr acro class with Daniel and Montaine from The French Connection in their Cap-10. This was just prior to their tragic crash. Great people and great airplane.

[rsrguy]

Now that is how you make a memory!

[bugstrider]

https://airrace.org/racers/

Looks like it will be a good showing this year, being the last RENO Air Race.


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[Synchro Joe]

Another tragic Osprey accident. Something is obviously wrong with the design, crew training, or maintenance it would seem. What else could it be?

"The V-22 Osprey has had 15 hull loss accidents that have resulted in a total of 54 fatalities. During testing from 1991 to 2000, there were four crashes resulting in 30 fatalities. Since becoming operational in 2007, the V-22 has had ten crashes, including two combat-zone crashes, and several other accidents and incidents that resulted in a total of 24 fatalities."

[Seahawk]

Ouch.

I’ll wait for the accident report, but I agree.

[pmax]

https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Agencies/USMC-FOIA/FRR/

[KNS]

^^

I hope Bell is able to sort out the issues and they’re not inherent to the design. The US Army’s replacement for the UH60 Blackhawk is a tilt rotor, they’ll be buying thousands of them. Personally I think Sikorsky should have won the bid with their offering.

[Robert Coats]

[DRONE]

Old timers will know but what about the younger
Serial Number AO-041-044.
Hint #1. Milton Caniff

[RNajarian]

Originally Posted by DRONE

Old timers will know but what about the younger
Serial Number AO-041-044.
Hint #1. Milton Caniff

Hint #2 USAF

[Racerbvd]

[john70t]

^great stuff

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[bugstrider]

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[Skip Newsom]

Highlights of our little local Skyfest show were the B-17, B-25 and a P-51
My Dad was a photographer in WW2, his perch and camera were in the glass nose of a B-17.
Lots of recon and bomb test photos... what a view he had!

[Skip Newsom]

Surprised to find out the best flying replica of the Spirit of St Louis is here in a local hanger.

They measured and documented every thing possible when the Smithsonian had the real deal on the ground and even found a pair of pliers under a floor board looking around with a borescope... safety wired it where they could get to it.
Turns out the fuel tank valves are difficult to turn by hand while airborne.

And- it's for sale!
Owner/builder said insurance alone for a flight was 70K... the fact you have to look through a periscope to see forward made me decide against buying it

She's a beauty!

[rsrguy]

This showed up in the hangar yesterday... almost 300hp

[DRONE]

Hint #3
I guess there are not many Steve Canyon Fans,
I just found the series on ROKU TV.
I like seeing all the F-102 in the opening scene.