Jim Patton forwarded this to Frank Bonansinga
This occurred during a 1990 airshow at the bottom of a loop in Harrison, AK
The guy in the MIG15 just climbed on out, made his approach, lowered the gear, touched down and taxiied in with
very minor damage, it was reported. Just like it was all planned. SURE IT WAS!
The Blue Angel F8F's were based at JAX. We could watch them practice and it was some treat! Note FM in winter greens.
Interesting runway construction at Madeira.
Old but beautiful
A firefighting airtanker drops fire retardant near a home along West Camino
Cielo Road, Friday, July 4, 2008 in Santa Barbara, Calif..
The Golita fire has doubled to 5,400 acres and triggered more evacuations but has not
destroyed any homes. Residents of more than 1,700 homes remained under
evacuation orders.
Navy TBD-1 Devastators
Were at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942 when they helped us sink two Japanese carriers
One guy had to screw up a really good formation (comment by Frank Bonansinga)
TBD-1 Devastators--Looks like Diamond Head in the background, probably taken in 1940.
Yankee cowboy invention (comment by Frank Bonansinga) (Check the date on this magazine cover)
True story...bet the bad guy's satellites went berserk looking at this one...! ( and it wasn't the Navy paying off a bet against AF. While this may look like a gag shot, it is actually a "transport of a transport" necessity. The B-52 was in Beirut, Lebanon undergoing routine fuel tank cleaning. Workmen accidentally damaged the bladder system and had to install the bladders from smaller C-130s temporarily. The plane was flown to nearby McCollough air base where it was lifted upon a barge bound for Tyre on the Mediterranean. Once there it was off-loaded onto the carrier deck for transport to Crete where the appropriate tank bladders were installed. It was then flown back to Beirut. Military cooperation in action.