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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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- Vought F7U-l Cutlass
- F2H-1 Station Diagrams
- F-4 Stores Characteristics Charts
- General Dynamics F-111B Aardvark Flight Manual
- McDonnell Phantom II - Three Service Fighter Pamphlet
- McDonnell Eliminate Range Zero System (EROS) Broch...
- Air National Guard RF-101G/H Photographic Reconnai...
- Lockheed Aircraft Photo Set
- More Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster Info
- F4H-1A Tactical Fighter Proposal
- F-15 Eagle Chin Pod Update Addition
- F-4 Changes Between Models (Updated)
- F-15 S/MTD McDonnell Douglas Presentation
- More F-15 S/MTD Photos
- F-15 S/MTD Photos and Articles
- F-15 S/MTD Flight Testing Article
- NF-15B S/MTD Photo Feature
- Do You Want More NASA (Cont’d)
- Speaking of Space Documents and Manuals…
- Do You Want More NASA Press Releases?
- Apollo NASA Mission Reports–Apollo 1 thru 17
- F-4 Changes Between Models
- Missouri Air National Guard F-100C
- Apollo Operations Handbook - Lunar Module
- Apollo Operations Handbooks for Block II Spacecraft
- Thirty Years of Phantoms Patches
- F-15 Design Approach Presentation
- Blackburn B.46 Firebrand
- Paint Schemes and Exterior Markings for US Navy an...
- AV-16A/Pegasus 15
- Av-8B Harrier II Plus Lithograph
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Two McAir F-101s collided on 8 June 1960 during production flight test from St. Louis. Because of the nature of these flights, the pilots of the Voodoos were 1) operating in a block of assigned air space rather than at ATC assigned altitudes on airways and 2) focusing on instrument readings, manually recording data, and making changes to switches and knobs: i.e. head down in the cockpit to a greater extent than usual.
As a result of the accident, Mr. Mac immediately implemented a company-funded program to develop a collision-warning system. This resulted in EROS. Once it was developed and qualified, McAir aircraft conducting experimental and and production flight test out of St. Louis routinely carried an EROS pod that communicated with the pods on other airplanes to provide collision warning.
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