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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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- F2H-3 and -4 Flight Handbook
- F3H Demon Photos
- Vought OS2U Kingfisher Article
- Vought F7U Cutlass Article (Update)
- F2H Banshee Serial Numbers
- F2H Banshee Article #1
- AV-8B Harrier II Stickers–Part I
- Lockheed C-140A Jetstar at Scott AFB Open House
- F-15 Materials Distribution
- Vulcan at Scott AFB Open House
- CASA C-2111 (He-111) and B-17G Photos
- Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart at the SST Museum
- More RF-15 Recon Info
- F-4 Detachable Recon Pod
- McDonnell FH-1 Phantom Article
- F-4 Mig Killers
- F/A-18E1 First Flight Announcement
- F-15 Panel Access
- Northrop P-61A Black Widow Photos
- More Yakovlev Yak-23 (S-101) in Czech Markings
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I got a picture of this as well, A family friend took me to that show when I was about 11 or 12.
Ah a big tin budgie from the 101st fleet of foot [ we can runaway from anybody] Squadron based on Pan Delta at Waddington. XL391 arrived on 101 after I had lefty for my fitters course in August 1979. The aircraft eventually ended up at Blackpool Airport- unfortunately the new owners had no idea or money to look after it so it was eventually scrapped although the cockpit section still survives. The official motto of 101 Sqdn was 'mind over matter' although we ground crew changed it to 'we don't mind and you don't matter' some aircrew have no sense of humour.
Best time on Vulcans- the scrambles- controlled chaos and noise all orchestrated by the bomber controller. Best one- the Queens Silver Jubilee at Finningley in '77. Line guys in white overalls- nah not real- but we still had our coloured bobble hats on !
Cheers
Kev ex Waddo Line and 101 Sqdn and Vulcan majors at St Athan
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