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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Nov 2013, 00:10

Replies: 58

Canberra confusion

Views: 17,654

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

B-57 in a U.S. Museum

I've enjoyed the chat about the Canberra. I'm just learning about the aircraft, and had the opportunity to see one last week at the Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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Forum: Military Aviation

30th Aug 2013, 15:22

Replies: 63

The Boneyard, Arizona

Views: 18,104

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

Boneyard Experiences

I've had the privilege of visiting several aircraft active boneyards recently, including Davis-Monthan AMARG in Tucson.

And looking through photos of the post-WWII boneyards, like the one at...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Jun 2013, 20:21

Replies: 2

Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon to Move

Views: 1,238

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon to Move

After reading a recent article about the sale of the historic aircraft collection of the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, I remembered another article about the move of the Tillamook Air...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Jun 2013, 21:47

Replies: 31

Concorde at Hatfield

Views: 6,687

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

My First Concorde Visit

I was at the Museum of Flight in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and got to see a Concorde up close and personal for the first time. An amazing aircraft! You can walk the length of it inside, and even...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Feb 2013, 20:45

Replies: 8

Pottingfield Air Base ... or Pottingham

Views: 1,640

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

It Must Have Been Podington

Thanks to everyone for their assistance. I am now 95% certain that the WWII pilot's family I am working with was referring to "Podington", based on his flight records and other research I have...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Feb 2013, 00:08

Replies: 8

Pottingfield Air Base ... or Pottingham

Views: 1,640

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

It was supposedly in the UK

A World War II bomber base in the UK is all I know ... The pilot's family thought their father had taken off from Pottingfield, but I don't think that is correct. I am pursuing other research, but...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Feb 2013, 22:54

Replies: 8

Pottingfield Air Base ... or Pottingham

Views: 1,640

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

Pottingfield Air Base ... or Pottingham

I've had an inquiry from someone trying to locate Pottingfield air base. Does anyone have any information if this was an actual base? Did they mean Pottingham, or other bases?

Thanks

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Jan 2013, 22:53

Replies: 8

Tuscon scrapyards

Views: 3,334

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

Aircraft Boneyards in the Western USA

I've had the privilege of visiting a number of aircraft boneyards over the last couple of years, including AMARG at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. They are indeed fascinating places, full of history....

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Dec 2012, 14:11

Replies: 52

Strategic Air Command - Film

Views: 19,531

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

A Great Film for Aviation Enthusiasts

I've been fascinated with the B-36 Peacemaker since my early years in Central Louisiana when the planes would fly thousands of feet overhead, and still emit that unmistakeable roar. The SAC movie is...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Dec 2012, 13:57

Replies: 19

B-29 Deployment : Pacific, not Europe

Views: 3,723

Posted By PlanesOfThePast

Rationale for B-29 Usage in the Pacific

It's a complex subject, but here's what I understand ...

In the late 1930s as war spread around the world, the B-29 was envisioned by as a plane that would operate out of bases in the USA,...

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