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01-13-2024, 03:30 PM
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Indeed, a Skyraider. A huge radial engine with a seat and wings. The R-3350-26WB engine had 18 cylinders and could propel the plane to over 300 miles an hour and a climb rate of over 2,800 feet a minute. With a empty weight of 11,968 pounds t could carry 8,000 pounds of ordinance on 15 hardpoints, and 4x20mm an/m3 cannon, a very capable weapon.
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01-10-2024, 01:07 AM
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They are huge. What did you think of it?
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01-09-2024, 01:24 AM
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You flew on that airplane Arn?
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12-13-2023, 04:00 PM
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Thanks for the props Craig. Interesting note regarding your father.
Paine Field began as an Army air base during WWII. After the war the Army left and Snohomish County assumed operations of the airport. The Army Reserve maintained a squadron of Chinook helicopters into the 1980's. Boeing chose the property at the north end of the field in the late 1960s to build the 747, expanding later to manufacture the 767, then the 777, and the 787. Today the 787 is manufactured in South Carolina (rework is all happening in Everett, and 787 deliveries are also done in Everett), the 747 ended production earlier this year (I was loaned to the program for a few weeks to help with some work on that last airplane), and now the hangar where the 787 was manufactured is being reconfigured to manufacture the 737 and an apron is being constructed on the north side of the factory to park 4 737airplanes. Boeing also has a few hangars at the south end of the airport property called the EMC (Everett Modification Center) where the KC46 tankers (a 767 derivative) are completed (all the military specific stuff that is considered not appropriate for assembly in the main factory).
There is also commercial aviation passenger service there now, a small terminal was built and the apron reconfigured to accommodate passenger airliners.
A lot has changed over the years, I've been observing that change since the late 1960s.
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10-09-2023, 10:26 AM
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Sadly this event will be no more, unless another venue can be found that won’t be prohibitively expensive regarding insurance.
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08-22-2023, 08:35 AM
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Well there you go. I couldn’t find the information you did, so I checked the range of the airplane and then measured routes on Googles Earth. The only airstrip I found along the route you show here was Diego Garcia, a military airbase which is on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
Of course I didn’t see the other stops on small atolls and islands.
Nice sleuthing Mark.
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08-21-2023, 11:55 PM
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Given the 5,400 mile range of the airplane, the route was most likely through the Middle East, perhaps Saudi Arabia, then on to Hong Kong, and finally to Sydney. And given the cruise speed of 340 miles an hour, that's about 16 hours each day.
Today it is a 14 hour flight...nonstop.
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08-21-2023, 06:01 PM
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The first commercial airliner I flew on was a Constellation. There were curtains on the windows, and the stewardesses brought us a meal and beverages, and when asked would bring a pillow so one could take a nap.
And there was plenty of elbow and leg room.
Not like the sardine cans of the skies that fly today.
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02-13-2023, 02:23 PM
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This one ticks a couple of boxes, so I'm cross posting it.
Our shadow as we climb from takeoff at Dallas/Fort Worth, and streets below.
 Return From Fayetteville by Racer, on Flickr
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12-29-2022, 09:46 AM
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The legendary Chinook, the Boeing CH-47. In production since 1962, currently built by Boeing in Pennsylvania, and under license by Kawasaki in Japan, and Augusta/Westland in Italy.
More than 1,200 built as of 2012.
There are a few in the background in this shot of an American Yankee private plane I took around 1980. They were part of the local National Guard unit at Paine Field, in Everett Washington.
 N5909L by Racer, on Flickr
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07-12-2022, 08:22 AM
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The A380 won’t fit many gates at airport terminals, and are too heavy for some smaller airports. So they are only used on intercontinental flights, and flights between airports that can accommodate such a large aircraft.
The Boeing 777-9 (with the composite wings) has folding wingtips so it can fit gates at all airports.
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07-12-2022, 05:56 AM
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Airbus A380, no longer in production.
Interesting (rumor) story: When Airbus learned that Boeing was considering developing the 747 into a full double deck commercial airliner, the A380 program was started. After it was in production Boeing dropped all plans to extend the 747 upper deck, indeed, chose to end 747 production and focus on further 777 development, and explore a new twin aisle long haul airliner.
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11-29-2021, 06:11 PM
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This is on static display outside what used to be the main gate at Auld Field at NAS Whidbey.
 Douglas A3D-2P by Racer, on Flickr
 Douglas A3D-2P by Racer, on Flickr
It showed up where the road to the main gate intersects with a road that goes into what used to be enlisted family housing. A local group of retired airplane mechanics fixed it up and set it to look like it is landing.
 Douglas A3D-2P by Racer, on Flickr
 Douglas A3D-2P by Racer, on Flickr
My maternal grandfather worked for Douglas Aircraft in the mid to late 1950's, and may have had a hand in their manufacture.
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11-29-2021, 11:10 AM
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I’ve been working in aerospace for seven and a half years now. If I get caught taking pictures inside the perimeter fence, on the flightline, or inside any building, it will result in immediate termination.
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09-19-2021, 02:20 PM
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I like those, I have a thing for stubby twin tailed airplanes with huge radial engines. Fast and maneuverable.
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09-19-2021, 09:57 AM
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Oh yeah, i forgot about those.
Didn't they come after these things?
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09-19-2021, 08:24 AM
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The only AWACS aircraft operated by any US military branch are E-3 Sentry (modified Boeing 707) and E-767 (Boeing 767 variant).
The US doesn't operate any Advanced Warning and Control System helicopters.
The British, Spanish, Indian, Russian and Italian armed forces are the only ones operating AWACS equipped helicopters.
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09-10-2021, 05:47 AM
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That’s pretty cool. I suppose it is a better fate than other DC3’s but still, many of these awesome airplanes are still in service.
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09-05-2021, 09:36 AM
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Looks like an airworthy plane, do they offer rides?
They didn't allow you to have a look inside, or sit in the cockpit?
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07-08-2021, 07:58 PM
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I flew into the Abbotsford air show in the early 1980s with my mom in her American Yankee. We camped on the grass by the plane in a tent.
This plane (parked at Paine Field):
 N6108L by Racer, on Flickr
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07-08-2021, 07:52 PM
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Quite alright.
Must be serious surgery if you have to take meds beforehand.
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07-08-2021, 03:05 AM
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Awesome!
They are magnificent and beautiful machines, aren't they?
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