random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Racerbvd]

Bumper ends anyone??



Should I leave these silver or powdder coat??

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by rpollock

Dan, close! This is the DeHavilland Buffalo. The Caribou preceded the Buff and was piston powered. Our company owned 2 Buffs. It carries 9 tons out of a 1000m dirt runway.

I noticed the turbines and just took it for granted that it was a Caribou on steroids.
Are there other changes? Is the airframe the same? I bet with all that power that thing is an elevator.

[confused]

San Diego air quality during wild fires

[Racerbvd]

951 tip on my Burb

[rpollock]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

I noticed the turbines and just took it for granted that it was a Caribou on steroids.
Are there other changes? Is the airframe the same? I bet with all that power that thing is an elevator.

Quite a bit different airframe, no commonality with the Caribou. Also heavier, MGTOW of 49,000 lbs. GE T-56 (?) 3300 shp. Pilots manual refers to any location you can drive a jeep at 40 mph you can land a Buffalo there! Quite a machine.

Keeping with the Dehavilland theme here is another! Canadians on Pelican will recognize the livery and owner as Max Ward of Wardair.

[MT930]

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by rpollock

Quite a bit different airframe, no commonality with the Caribou. Also heavier, MGTOW of 49,000 lbs. GE T-56 (?) 3300 shp. Pilots manual refers to any location you can drive a jeep at 40 mph you can land a Buffalo there! Quite a machine.

Keeping with the Dehavilland theme here is another! Canadians on Pelican will recognize the livery and owner as Max Ward of Wardair.

There is another beautiful plane that I think "says" Canada and that is an Otter on Floats. Can you throw up a photo of one of those babies?

[Zef]

Two of those I work on...DHC-6-300S...

[FOG]

A rather significant place in the Marianas.

[FOG]

Suribachi

[rpollock]

Originally Posted by Danimal16

There is another beautiful plane that I think "says" Canada and that is an Otter on Floats. Can you throw up a photo of one of those babies?

Air Tindi's Otter on floats in Yellowknife. Turbine conversion. Not my picture I am afraid.





MT930 is that a 180 or 185. Cool photo.

[Craig 930 RS]

FOG

Tell us about the significant place in the Marianas

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by FOG

A rather significant place in the Marianas.

Is it North Field on Tinian where Enola Gay was fitted with fatboy?

[FOG]

Danimal is correct. Use to conduct live fire air field siezure training there.

[steve185]

Here are a few photos of Canadian planes I took over the last 8 months.

[Craig 930 RS]

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/tin.htm

http://www.nps.gov/pwro/piso/Tinian/tiniandr.htm

[Craig 930 RS]

Evaluation of Significance

The designation as a national historic landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 1985 determined the national significance of the historic World War II resources connected with North Field. The historical significance of the landmark is based primarily on its role as a major American airbase for the B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber during the later part of World War II in the Pacific. From North Field and from Isley Field on nearby Saipan, massive air raids, at times involving hundreds of B-29s, were carried out on the home islands of the Japanese Empire. Moreover, North Field was the airbase from which the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were staged. These events were major contributions to the destruction of Japanese industry and cities and the ending of World War II.

North Field, when completed in 1945, was the largest airbase in the Pacific, perhaps in the world. Each of its four parallel runways stretch east and west for 8,500 feet. Around and in between the runways are nearly eleven miles of taxiways. Hardstands were constructed for 265 B-29s. Two large asphalt aprons still exist.

Just to the north of the northernmost runway is a special asphalt service apron and two pits. Here, the two B-29s "Enola Gay" and "Bock's Car" were loaded with the first and only atomic bombs to be used in warfare. The two pits were constructed because the bombs were too large to be placed under the B-29s for normal loading procedures. The pits are now filled with earth and landscaped and in front of each is a bronze historic plaque mounted on a concrete pedestal. As noted, present uses of the national historic landmark property include: Runway One for military fixed-wing and helicopter landings and take-offs and Runway Two for parachute drops and helicopter operations. The boundaries of the landmark and the contributing properties of the landmark are presently under review for expansion to include the U.S. Army Air Force North Service Group facility areas, the 18th Naval CB/509th Composite Group camp and the Asahi Shrine.

Except for the normal process of aging, the physical condition of the historic World War II resources connected with North Field are well preserved and their basic integrity remains intact.

[Hugh R]

Greenland on a rare clear day coming back from London

[masraum]

Originally Posted by FOG

A rather significant place in the Marianas.

OK, so for those of us who don't have a clue.... Guess I was too slow.

Obl pic

Sherlock on the left and Yuki (passed away earlier this year) on the right.

[FOG]

Originally Posted by masraum

OK, so for those of us who don't have a clue....

Danimal and Craig have it right. Part of North Tinian, still used for training.