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Postimg.org had a registry problem about a year ago and they had to move to Postimg.cc.
All photos are still available; but, the "CC" must be subtituted for "ORG" in the corresponding URL address to get to the proper place. (Hold cursor over link to get URL address or change in address line.) Postimg.org becomes Postimg.cc.
Also... any URLs with the prefix "old." need to have that removed completely as well. IE, old.postimg.org/ should be amended to postimg.cc
Let me know if I need to fix any links beyond the dozens that I have already fixed.
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About Me
My name is Ron Downey. I am a retired Aeronautical Engineer who worked for McDonnell Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas Corp for 40 years and collected many photos, info and brochures of their products. While the F-4 is my favorite, I have many other MDC items and these will be scanned and presented here. In addition, I have been an aviation historian for most of my adult life and I have amassed a large amount of info over my 50+ years of collecting and will be bringing that here also. My aim is to bring aviation material (Photos, articles; etc) to this blog before it is lost; but, not in-depth explanations as any good search engine can be used for that purpose. I may be contacted at: aviationarchives(at)gmail.com
Copyright and Photo Credits
As all of this info was originally for my use only in order to build plastic scale models, I never paid too much attention to copyrights or proper photo credits. Therefore, if something is not credited correctly, please let me know and I will be happy to delete or properly credit the material. (I have in my possession all the items and original material and these are all new scans, except where noted.) All photos and info are credited to McDonnell Douglas/The Boeing Company unless otherwise noted. Feel free to use any of this info with the credit of Ron Downey via Aviation Archives. I can be reached at: aviationarchives(at)gmail.com.
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- F-101 Voodoo Serial Number Conversion Charts
- F-101 Voodoo in the McDonnell 1955 Annual Report
- F-101B Voodoo Photo Feature
- Additional Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster Photos
- RF-4E Luftwaffe Camouflage Article
- The Final U.S. Built F-4 - F-4E-67-MC, 78-0744
- RF-101C - Operation Sun Run (Part I)
- DC-3’s in Czech Airlines (CSA) Service
- Czech Avia B-33/Ilyushin IL-10
- Additional P-3 Visit to the St. Louis MDC Ramp
- Lockheed P-3 Orion Visit to MDC Ramp
- P-80 Arkansas Air National Guard
- Yakovlev Yak-23 (S-101) in Czech Markings
- Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster
- Avia CS-199 (Me-109)in Czech Markings
- Ilyushin Il-62 in Czechoslovak Airlines Livery
- Tupolev Tu-104A in Czechoslovak Airlines Colors
- Bristol Britannia in Czechoslovak Airlines Colors
- Avia 14/IL-14 in Czechoslovak Airlines (CSA) Service
- Phantom Flyer Famous Fighters Article
- F4H-1/F-4A Block 1-6 Assignments
- McDonnell Product Data Card 1939-1952
- Northrop P-61A (42-5507)
- Yorkshire Air Museum
- Additional Photo for the F-4E Spin Chute Aircraft
- F-15B (TF-2) World Tour Markings
- F3H-2 Sections and Station Cuts
- F-15A No. 71-0283 Chase Plane
- F-15B (TF-2) Bicentennial Photos
- McDonnell F-4 Spin Chute Mystery
- F-15B Bicentennial Walk Around
- F/RF-101A/C Plan Sheer & Sections Blueprint
- F-15 Recon Eagle Article #1
- B-50 at St. Louis Lambert Field
- F-4 Phantom II Fact Sheets
- F-4's of Cam Ranh Bay RVN
- Douglas F5D Skylancer
- F-4 Phantom II Milestones (1953 to 1981)
- Vought F7U Cutlass Article
- McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo Walk Around
- OQ-3 / TDD-2 Radioplane Target Drone
- Gerald Hendrick’s Navy Photos
- AV-8B Harrier II Aircraft #24 Cockpit Photos
- McDonnell Douglas Proposed C-15B
- YC-15 Handout
- YC-15 on MDC Ramp
- Additional Photo Added to F-4 Company Chase Planes
- F3H Demon Candid Photos #1
- Color XF-88 Photos
- Another XF-88B Article–Flying with a Dead Prop
- XF-88B Development Article
- XF-88 General Arrangement Drawing
- F9F Panther and Cougar Series Article
- Additional XF-88A and XF-88B Photos
- F4H McDonnell Aircraft Flyer
- German F-4F #1 at MDC
- German F-4F’s at EAFB
- F-4 Phantom II Proposed Conformal Fuel Tank
- Aussie C-130’s on MDC Ramp
- C-141 Visit to MDC Ramp
- 5000 th F-4 Phantom II Delivery Ceremony
- F-4 Chronology and Development History
- F-4B BuNo 148408 Article
- F-4 Inlet Duct Comparison Between Models
- F2H Banshee Serial Number Conversion Charts
- F-4 Phantom II Historical Data and Milestones
- F4H-1 World Records Booklet
- F-4 Interior Colors
- Added Lithograph and Article to F-4 Thirty Year In...
- The Last F2H Banshee
- F-4 Company Chase Planes
- F2H Banshee Photo Feature Article
- Douglas Hercules and Genie Missile Lithographs
- CF-101B RCAF Ceremony Booklet
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4 comments:
Yes, very hard to find Ron. Thank you for posting it. I've been promoting and working on Burnelli designs since I stumbled upon them in 2006. The CBY-3 is now being restored at the New England Air Museum. Great 360 photos inside and out here... http://www.360cities.net/image/burnelli-cby-3-loadmaster-1 or just Google Burnelli 360.
Great 360 photo. Glad to see the restoration. I will be posting three new photos tomorrow that you might be interested in seeing.
As an aeronautical engineer myself, and Venezuelan civil aviation historian, I have been researching this model for quite a while, with the intention of writing an article in spanish about the type, and its short history at Ransa. History goes that during a test, the load (water drums) got loose and moved around the cargo are, barely allowing the pilots to land. Pilots refused to fly the plane again, but in my opinion, the fact that they landed "safely" speaks well of the capabilities of the plane. Here are other comments from one of my tutors, Alfredo Schael, director of the Venezuelan Transportation Museum in Caracas, about the CBY-3: http://www.laahs.com/content/65-Tracking-RANSA%C2%92s-CBY-3-Loadmaster
I work in restoration at the New England Air Museum. We are currently restoring the Burnelli CBY-3 for static display. We recently discovered evidence that the aircraft suffered a gear up "belly" landing. Photo evidence suggests that this occured when the aircraft was in Venezuela. It is possible the aircraft was temp repaired to ferry the aircraft to Baltimore where early efforts were made to make the aircraft airworthy again. The aircraft was ultimately abandoned. We can find no record of this damage. If anyone can help recover this history please contact neam.org. Thanks,Tom Plashaw, NEAM
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