Archive for January, 2010
B-58 Hustler makes an emergency landing
January 9, 2010 6:00 ama B-58 Hustler makes an emergency landing after blowing out several tires on the starboard landing gear. It appears that most of the crew ejected before the pilot attempted to save the aircraft.
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What a sight it will be… 25-40 DC-3/C-47 in formation
January 5, 2010 7:00 am
AirVenture 2010 will be the location to be for DC-3/C-47 fans. An organization called The Last Time, has organized a mass flight of Douglas DC-3/C-47 aircraft to celebrate the types 75th anniversary. They have made room for up to 40 aircraft to join the flight. There initial target was 25 but allowances must be made for circumstances beyond the control of the organizers and so an additional 15 slots were opened up to allow for the inevitable reduction of attendance that happens when your dealing with such venerable aircraft.
FMI: Aeronews.net
The King has left the service
January 4, 2010 7:00 am
At the end of 2009, the U.S. Navy transferred its last UH-3H Sea King to the U.S. Marine Corps, thus ending it’s service of a little more than 50 years. The Marines will use the aircraft for training purposes.
FMI: Aeronews.net
Finnish Caudron 714
January 3, 2010 6:26 am
The C.710 were a series of fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Renault for the French Armée de l’Air just prior to the start of World War II. One version, the C.714, saw limited production, and were assigned to Polish pilots flying in France after the fall of Poland in 1939. A small number were also supplied to Finland.
The original specification that led to the C.710 series was offered in 1936 in order to quickly raise the number of modern aircraft in French service, by supplying a "light fighter" of wooden construction that could be built rapidly in large numbers without upsetting the production of existing types. The contract resulted in three designs, the Arsenal VG-30, the Bloch MB-700, and the C.710. Prototypes of all three were ordered.
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French F-5 Lightning
January 2, 2010 6:17 am
A photo recon Lockheed F-5A Lightning in French service.
Photo Source: Unknown.
Avia S-199
January 1, 2010 6:06 am
The Avia S-199 was a fighter aircraft built after World War II by the Avia Company (Avia, akciová společnost pro průmysl letecký Škoda), a branch of the enormous Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia. It was constructed with parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production that had taken place under the country’s German occupation during the war. Despite the aircraft’s numerous problems and unpopularity with its pilots, it achieved fame as the first fighter obtained by the Israeli Air Force, for use during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Czechoslovak pilots nicknamed it Mezek (“Mule”), while in Israel it was officially known as the Sakeen (“knife” in Hebrew). In practice, the aircraft was more often called Messerschmitt or Messer (which also means “knife”, in German and Yiddish).
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