http://vid96.photobucket.com/albums/...8/MOV00227.mp4

 

How to tow a heavy........slowly and with lots of help.

 

The audible in the cockpit during landing...viewed from my taxiing aircraft on our take-off sequence.....sean

 

Late evening in the AOR...just landed from an all night and all day mission. We took off around 10:00 at night and flew until the sun came up....landing as the sun was going down. It was a long day, but I saw the opportunity for a picture as we were loading up on the crew bus back to the operations shack and took this....sean

 

Spruce. Goose.
Taken at the Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville Oregon. Originally meant to transport US troops to Europe during WWII, it never flew in operation as the war ended before it could be put into service. Howard Hughes was famously called before congress to answer charges of profiteering due to the amount of money invested in the project. It flew one time, with Hughes at the controls. It didn't fly far, nor for long but it flew. Which really, is all he had to prove. Funny thing is, he and his engineers pioneered a great many modern features on the Spruce Goose. Artificial feel for the flight controls for one. Laminant wood construction for another. While not specifically military, it was intended to be so......sean

 

MiG-29. Also taken at the McMinnville museum.

 

That late evening shot of the two on the ground is cool.

 

Some pics from some training I did recently.

 

"rice" - nice to see you around again....hope things are going well for you and the family.

 

Hey!! Thanks for posting those! I had hoped others would contribute but seems like that's not been the case. I'd thought there were more military, ex or retired on here who'd be all over this thread. Oh well....thanks for sharing.....sean