Monday, December 31, 2018

Gemini St. Louis Post Dispatch Article

Gemini-001 Gemini-002 A short article on the Gemini capsule as published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper on September 30 1962.

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Friday, December 28, 2018

National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Photos

1 IMG_5851 Formally known as the National Atomic Museum.

This is the nation’s only congressionally chartered museum in its field. An intriguing place to learn the story of the Atomic Age. Exhibits spanning the early research of nuclear development through today’s peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

Mark Nankivil took a trip to Albuquerque, NM last July 20 2017 and sent these 215 photos. Lotd of aircraft and missiles! Credit: Mark Nankivil

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Thursday, December 27, 2018

Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Photos–Part I

douglas c-124a (1502atw)01256-sd5.jpg A group of 106 photos of the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft. Credit: As noted

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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Lockheed P-38L-1 Army Erection and Maintenance Instructions

Lockheed P-38L-1 Army Erection and Maintenance Instructions_01 A copy of the Army Erection and Maintenance Instructions for the Lockheed P-38L-1 aircraft. Dated 1945.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook_01 A copy of the Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook, dated 1982. A standard in the field!

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Monday, December 24, 2018

Phantom FGR Mk. 2 Aircrew Manual–Book 1

Phantom FGR Mk. 2 Aircrew Manual–Book 1_01 A copy of the UK AP.101B-0902-15A Aircrew Manual for the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II FG Mk 2 aircraft, dated March 1990.
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Friday, December 21, 2018

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin Walk Around #2

2 Another set of 97 photos of the XF-85 at the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, OH. Credit: Vladimir Yakubov and John Heck

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

McDonnell XF-85 Goblin Walk Around #1

7cd96c8dc103017c80f5201724353ddb A set of 76 photos of the XF-85 at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE. Credit: Vladimir Yakubov and John Heck

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Jane's All the World's Aircraft-1987 & 1988

Jane's All the World's Aircraft-1987 & 1988_0001 A copy of the iconic aircraft "bible" for 1987 and 1988.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Bomber and Transport Aircraft Posters

B-17E A set of 52 great bomber and transport aircraft posters from the artist/publisher D-Agostini.

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Monday, December 17, 2018

Fighter Aircraft Posters

F-4G A set of 98 great aircraft posters from the artist/publisher D-Agostini.

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Friday, December 14, 2018

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Pilot Training Manual

Curtiss  P-40 Warhawk Pilot Training Manual_01 A copy of Pilot’s Training Manual for the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, dated 1943. Credit: Scribd.com

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Republic P-47N Thunderbolt Pilot Training Manual

Republic P-47N Pilot Manual_01 A copy of Pilot’s Training Manual #AAF 51-127-4, for the Republic P-47N Thunderbolt aircraft, dated 1945. Credit: Scribd.com

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Aviation Art by Nicolas Trudgian

1319384999_vulcan-thunder Examples of Nicolas Trudgian’s aviation art (262 paintings). WWII and modern.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

The Aviation Art of Roy Grinnel

21_Seconds_to_Splash_5 A portfolio of 122 aviation paintings by Roy Grinnel.

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Monday, December 10, 2018

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Photos–Part I

Douglas X-3 Some nice photos of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto.
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Friday, December 7, 2018

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Walk Around–Part I

Douglas X-3 Stiletto Walk Around Photos. (64 photos.) Some nice detail shots of a Douglas X-3 Stiletto at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.. Credit: Randy Ray, John Heck

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Additional X-3 walk around by Howard Mason here

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Castle Air Museum Photos- Part I

file9794 Mark Nankivil, president of the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum, sent 88 photos taken by himself at the Castle Air Museum. Castle Air Museum is a military aviation museum located in Atwater, California. Dated May 8, 2017.

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Castle Air Museum video tour here

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

President George H.W. Bush Tribute

bush_poster Jean from the Box Art Den posted a nice recap of President George H.W. Bush’s military service.

“ (The US) is mourning the death, at 94, of the 41st President of the US.
George H.W. Bush finally gave in to the ravages of time, and passed away on Friday.
He was quite a man, and one of his many accomplishments occurred during WWII.

George Bush was a pilot in the US Navy, and flew Grumman TBF Avengers in combat.
He had the misfortune of having one shot out from under him and spent some time floating in the Pacific in a small life raft.
The rest of his crew were killed in the exchange, and he was rescued by a US submarine.
This week we pay homage to him. I collected a handful of images of the Avenger, and found a few of George during the war.”

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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Northrop YF-18 Prototype Photos–Reloaded

Untitled 3 Fixed the ZIP file to include all of the photos!

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Monday, December 3, 2018

Royal Canadian Air Force Review Today

Royal Canadian Air Force Review Today_03 A copy of the RCAF review magazine for 2018.

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