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Spitfire P9374 takes to the air – September 2011

January 29, 2012 2:45 pm

First post restoration flight of Furias

September 17, 2011 1:00 am

Sea Fury/WH589 ‘Furias’

September 16, 2011 9:57 am

Red Tails (2012) – Theatrical Trailer

September 5, 2011 1:50 am

F4U Corsair training film – Part 1

September 1, 2011 1:17 am

Taigh Ramey and his crew recover a Harpoon

June 4, 2011 11:36 am

My 1980 Single Engine B-17 Landing

April 6, 2011 3:44 pm

A true story by Larry Kraus.

Okay, I ran out of usable fuel and to this day can’t explain why I didn’t have at least 40 minutes fuel left in the mains, but I did learn several lessons. For instance,just because the systems on one B-17 work in a particular way, don’t count on the all working that way. Also,there are important bits of information in maintenance manuals that aren’t in the flight manuals. I already knew not to put much faith in fuel gauges, but I thought that at least one of them might be remotely accurate.

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Warbird Of The Day

March 18, 2011 9:13 pm

Warbird Of the Day

March 17, 2011 3:45 pm

I’m Done!

July 5, 2010 12:12 pm