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Aircraft that make your jaw drop!

Enchanter said:
If I was closer to the Pacific Aviation Museum, I'd volunteer as a docent / workerbee and get my name back on it. Right now I'm just grateful that they let me park under it every time I stop by.
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Nah, they'd let you I'm sure.

The damned thing should also have a plaque that says "flown by a Bay Area native who visits regularly."
 
GAJ said:
Nah, they'd let you I'm sure.

The damned thing should also have a plaque that says "flown by a Bay Area native who visits regularly."
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Oh, I was the Crewchief not the pilot.
stratslingr77 said:
Have you "zapped" it with a BARF sticker?
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Oh....I hadn't thought of that...:sneaky:
 
We were ferrying an aircraft from Novato to Fla and stopped in Tx for fuel. Parked next
To this guy who stopped to visit family
 

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This was the aircraft we ferried. Piper LS400. Fastest turbo prop when it was produced by Piper. This one set some world records FYI, it’s for sale. If your interested I can get you a little discount off the 1.3 mil asking price or you can negotiate some 2x4s as it’s owned by Kelleher Lumber.
 

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The failed F-111B. DoD was trying to force the USN and USAF to purchase the same aircraft.

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Enchanter said:
Scaled Composites ARES. Built in 1981 for Close Air Support. I recently heard an interview with the CEO of Scaled, and he said that they still fly the aircraft.
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First love letter/fan letter I ever wrote was TO Burt and DICK Rutan. Nerd child with daddy issues.
 

Pacific Coast Air Museum

Airplanes, helicopters, family fun in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, Hot Dog Thursday, Windsor, Birthday Partys
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Going to add this to my list of places to visit
 
berth said:
Can I make a plea that when folks post a picture, they identify the aircraft? Shockingly, I have no problems identifying the ones I know, but struggle with the ones I don't.

Perhaps that's a condition unique to me.
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Reasonable request. I shall start doing so.
 
Blown tire on this DeHavilland Dash 8 while landing on a dirt strip at Qalat, Afghanistan, 2013. There was a platoon of MRAPs pulling security on the airfield while we were on the ground and nerves were escalating as the sun was quickly setting. The aircrew swapped out the wheel with the efficiency of a NASCAR pit crew and we were airborne before the bad guys could start shooting rockets at us.

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RF-8G Crusader
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The F-8 had a 'hard' afterburner. It lit with a sound like an explosion, and the aircraft would occasionally wheelie. There was an RF-8 visiting our flightline and I went out to watch it start and take off. It was amazing to watch. Then just after lift off it caught fire. I watched it continue to climb for a short period then descend below the trees. Then the smoke and fire became visible.

The pilot ejected, landed on his feet, and was the first person on scene helping to put out the fire.

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Boulton Paul Defiant. A great concept, but not terribly successful. These things weight over a ton more that a Spitfire and the MkI had a Merlin III of 1,030 hp; the MkII got a Merlin XX producing 1,280 hp. Interesting tidbit for me; I was born on RAF Kirton Lindsey in Lincolnshire. That's not the interesting bit; a Polish squadron operated these from Kirton in Lindsey for 3 months in 1940.

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