Here's a few phone photos of the scenery.... Departure out of Milan Italy over the Alps Lake Baikal Russia heading to Beijing London...Turning right base, landing to the west Approaching Greenland from the east Blue Angels at this year's USNA graduation Cheers!
Wow! I had no idea this thread went so far. I spend way too much time in Open Discussion and the various Watch sections! Hey Mad_Dog - I will never never fly the P-51 myself, but I can offer you a ride in a bird that many a Mustang pilot earned his or her wings in. She's not exact a speedster (me and the small cadre of pilots that currently fly her think she's nothing more than a overpriced 182 ) and she ain't going to do any loops or rolls, but the Vultee BT-13 I fly has that wonderful radial growl that will guaranteed take you back in time to her WW2 era. And as with all trainers, it's dual controls. Open invite should you ever hit the SF area. Alex
That was the Tupolev Tu-144, the "Russian Concorde". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-144 Same idea but the T-4 was a different beast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-4
This post might have had a photo on this topic, but I forgot my memory card- took the camera, though. I took my hobby car to Nanton, Alberta, today, to a S & S. Nanton is the home of the Bomber Command Aviation Museum. The museum has a Lancaster bomber which they have been working on for decades, since they retrieved the fuselage from a local farm where it was being used as a chicken coop! The museum has been gathering what they need, and are to the point, today, that they have four operational Merlin engines in it. The hope is to have an opportunity to taxi the plane, somewhere, but it will never fly again. Well, today, the crowd of thousands was thrilled to observe a full four engine run up of the Lancaster. Twice! Breathtaking to say the least. Last time I saw it, they had only three engines in it, and even that was stirring. This museum relies primarily on private donations, and volunteers. http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/main_lancaster.html Photo from the Bomber Command website. Lancaster run up.
