Pellman73
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That is so cool - a little contact with history. The Conny was such a pretty bird, and so complicated. A friend's father was the last crew chief on the Boeing 707-based Air Force One and oversaw its decommissioning. She knew I loved aircraft so she brought me a crystal stein from the plane!
Bob
This was under Reagan and Bush I.That's cool. Who was the Prez? My dad very possibly knew the pilot, they usually came out of the same wing at the time--not sure now, it's a much more complex job as I understand it from the little reading I've done.
Bald Eagle's inner landing gear doors are up and the engine is stopped. Normally, when the engine is running the doors are pumped up closed. When the engine stops they sag open. Later as I watched, the three young birdmen gallantly jumped into their steeds, dramatically took off (and it WAS dramatic), and sucked up their landing gear, but Bald Eagle's gear wouldn't come up. While his buddies turned north and flew home, he skulked off over the horizon and waited for the chicks to depart the field before he sneaked back in and got an A&P to look at it. It turned out that the bell crank that connected the inner gear doors had sheared and they were stuck closed. I kept my mouth shut but stuck my head up into the wheel well and could see it. Thank goodness the system was all protected by end-of-travel switches on the inner doors or the gear coming up would have mushed 'em. They had to fly in a replacement bell crank.I give up. Cant see anything with the 2 P51s
Check out this extremely rare footage of Baron Von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron. This film was taken in 1917 as the Baron prepared for a mission. He met his demise on April 21st 1918 when he was shot down by Roy Brown of the Royal Navy Air Service.
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Check out this extremely rare footage of Baron Von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron. This film was taken in 1917 as the Baron prepared for a mission. He met his demise on April 21st 1918 when he was shot down by Roy Brown of the Royal Navy Air Service.