Airplane Pics

[Ridge]

Friday afternoon, took a half day from work to go see them. Gunfighter and Bucket of Bolts had just arrived while I was on Fifi's flight deck.

[flogger]

You guys are killing me, I really wanted to make it out there. Magazine quality stuff Quib. Ridge, you're shots are great, nice subject framing and motion. When you can look at a picture of an airplane and hear an engine or two, that's good!

[Quib]

You guys are killing me, I really wanted to make it out there. Magazine quality stuff Quib. Ridge, you're shots are great, nice subject framing and motion. When you can look at a picture of an airplane and hear an engine or two, that's good!

Thanks Flogger. :-)

[flogger]

I was a volunteer at Lowry AFB when they acquired a B-29 from China Lakes and needed help putting it back together. It was cold and wet when the tail section was put on and the wing sections were joined in the fuselage. Stacks of shipping pallets, old mattresses and a shitload of 'Axle Grease' smeared over EVERYTHING and a good fork operator made it work. It sucked but I would do it again.
When Lowry closed, the museum in Seattle (thru the USAF) acquired aircraft. It's still being restored.

That closeup picture of the running engines made me think of this.

[Ridge]

I was a volunteer at Lowry AFB when they acquired a B-29 from China Lakes and needed help putting it back together. It was cold and wet when the tail section was put on and the wing sections were joined in the fuselage. Stacks of shipping pallets, old mattresses and a shitload of 'Axle Grease' smeared over EVERYTHING and a good fork operator made it work. It sucked but I would do it again.
When Lowry closed, the museum in Seattle (thru the USAF) acquired aircraft. It's still being restored.

That closeup picture of the running engines made me think of this.

Thanks for the kind words, sir.

[Hoser]

A few pics from the recent fires out west. We were doing all we could to help. 3,000 gallons at a time.

[buffalobo]

Can't give enough props or thanks to folks who run to danger to protect others.

[flogger]

I went to the Red Bull air races this past weekend in Vegas. Too windy to race both days.

[gnihcraes]

I went to the Red Bull air races this past weekend in Vegas. Too windy to race both days.

Yep, it was wasn't it. Even the helicopter tours were flying sideways along the strip.

[Joe_K]

Took the family to the Wings over the Rockies Air Museum on the 10th, my boy loves Airplanes and Helicopters, after spending about an hour we decided it was time to leave but before we go my Wife suggested that I try out the Max Flight 3000 simulator they have at the museum.

This was my first time ever in a multi axis motion one. The guy running the ride asked "do you want to fly a Cessna, 737, or do the WW II dogfighting" I replied why does the first option even exsist!?
I chose the F4U Corsair from the list of Aircraft the attendant rattled off, (my favorite plane ever since I found out my Grandfather was a Navy mechanic that worked on them post Korea era).

So after the controls and safety intro the canopy closes, Im in total darkness, the screen turns on in and it was a game I played 2 hours a day as an 11 year old, Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.

I'm in there for a few minutes, I shoot down 4 enemy planes, The simulator stops and the guy running it is like " Nobody EVER shoots down a single plane on this thing, and you almost made Ace in 15 minutes!" The thing legit turns upside down and lets you do barrel rolls!
Best $14 I spent all year!

Didnt get any pics or videos of the ride but heres my son with the BUFF parked outside the hangar.



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