Archive for December, 2009
Bloch MB 152
December 21, 2009 7:00 am
The Bloch MB.150 was a French low-wing, all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft with retractable landing gear and enclosed cockpit developed by Société des Avions Marcel Bloch as a contender in the 1934 French air ministry competition for a new fighter design.
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This Week In Military/Aviation History 21 – 27 December
December 20, 2009 11:41 pmWell Folks, here I am again. You know how many are gone to allow this. Geez, this will be the last post fully in December. Next week starts the new year. It’s been about 4 years I’ve been doing this. You haveta be pretty tired of me about now. Well, file that under T for TOO BAD! 
I have no plans to stop. I’ve missed a few weeks this year due to circumstances beyond my control and hopefully next year will be more stable. We’ll see. In the meantime allow me on behalf of myself and the Historical Aircraft Group Museum to wish you and yours a very safe and Merry Christmas. So, shall we move on to some serious history? Yes, I think we shall.
Tom K. 
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23 December 1907
The United States Army makes a request for tenders after the first specification for a military aeroplane is issued for commercial tender.
21 December 1915
Claudius Dornier attempts to flight test the giant German Zeppelin-Lindau RsI hydroplane on Lake Constance in Germany, but it fails to reach enough speed to take-off.
22 December 1917
Peace negotiations begin between Bolshevik Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk.
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Abused Jugs Part II
December 18, 2009 6:00 am
FMI: P-47 Thunderbolt
Skyraider Ditching
December 17, 2009 6:00 am
Abused Jugs, Part I
December 16, 2009 6:00 am
Lt Keene after belly landing his 9th AF P-47D Thunderbolt, 1945.
One more after the jump
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World War II Aces Honored
December 15, 2009 6:00 amDefeathered Eagle
6:00 am
An Heinkel He 111 that has seen better days.
Photo: Jerry Pinkowski via Luftwaffe Resource Center
U.S.S. Lexington (CV-3)
December 14, 2009 6:00 am
This Week In Military/Aviation History 14 – 20 December
December 13, 2009 11:01 pmGeez Folks, seven more in the bag and here we are again. I never know what I’m going to say when I sit down and start typing this intro. That’s why they’ve been so short. So for another time I’ll keep it that way. Be glad, I tend to babble when I get revved up. Pretty soon another whole year will be gone. Hard to believe huh? History marches on whether we like it or not. Speaking of history, let’s get into some shall we? Yes, I think we shall. (nice segue, eh?)
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14 December 1903
Wilbur Wright attempts, and fails to achieve, the first sustained flight in ‘Flyer’. The aircraft is slightly damaged.
17 December 1903
At 1035hrs at Kill Devil Hills in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright pilots the Wright Flyer on a 36.5 meter (120 feet) flight lasting 12 seconds.
16 December 1914
Two United States Army lieutenants demonstrate two-way radio between ground and air using a Burgess-Wright aeroplane.
20 December 1916
The United States Army Balloon School is founded.
17 December 1917
German Navy Oberleutnant Christiansen, flying a Brandenburg W12 seaplane, shoots down the British non-rigid airship C27.
17 December 1918
The Aero Club of America lifts its ban on flying over cities, allowing pilots certified as ‘expert’ aviators to overfly populated areas. Post Office pilots had been permitted to do this since August.
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Brad over on the WIX forum reports that Altus AFB, OK has received a KC-135 for display.
It took a few weeks to get her together but there is now a KC-135A on display at Altus AFB. She is 58-0070 and just needs a paint job to be finished. The wings were hacked off for transport and scabbed back on with various patches, plates, angle iron and screws. Once it’s under paint you won’t be able to tell except for the steel plates on top and bottom of the wings that hold the spar together!
