Aircraft

[Arcey]

Acres of strawberries are starting to look pretty in Pungo. No signs on the farm stands with opening dates. Didn't see the first Eagle.

The Junkers



The tail



Don't know what these are................



Accidental discharge



The parts depot/warehouse, Fighter Factory and the new hangar going up



Their Go-Fer mobile



The guard shack (mini bunker?) has been added since I was there last. Looks like it's made of concrete

[Texas Lawdog]

Some more nice aircraft pictures that you posted for us. They are much appreciated.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

That balloon ir a really waded up Hellcat, Arcey. The Red Star plane is maybe a Yak or another whose name I can't remember

[Arcey]

I’ll keep posting the things as long as they don’t get boring to y’all. There’s usually something outside. Spring’s coming and I’m ready for some fresh vegetables. I’ll take many rides out that way during the summer.

Buck, that’s it. As soon as I read it I remembered it. That’s what got me out there in the first place. They don’t advertise their presence. I figured it was an old building in Creeds so I went looking for it.

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/small-plane-crashes-princess-anne-road-virginia-beach

The article is on par for the paper. It says the name of the pilot wasn’t released. Bring up the pictures and one is the pilot, by name, walking around the thing.

[litl rooster]

nnnnn

[Steel Horse Bailey]

It's a Yak 3 (Yakovlev) fighter and it was VERY capable.  Next to it is a P-40 and an FW 190. (Focke Wulf) The FW 190 was perhaps the best all-around plane the Nazis had in quantity.

Great photos, Arcey!  Thanks for posting them!

[Steel Horse Bailey]

After my previous post, I read the newspaper piece.  It appears that the accident happened to the one in your picture, Arcey.  I'm glad the pilot was OK, and  that the plane (and airport) suffered little damage to speak of.

The Wiki piece on the Yak 3 and other Yak fighters is pretty good and gives a good, 'tho short history of this outstanding plane.  It is interesting (and perhaps ironic) that one of the few reported problems with the Yak 3 design was with the pneumatic landing gear mechanism, unlike most of the American & British planes that used hydraulic systems.  They all fail once in a while.  And this is what happened to the plane in the paper's article.

[Texas Lawdog]

I get a newsletter from the museum every month. They are supposed to have a former Luftwaffe pilot speak at the museum this month. He become a Luftwaffe pilot at the ripe old age of 17.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Towards the end, they were really scraping the bottom of the barrel personel-wise

Still wondering about that Hellcat looking thing in that one photo, Arcey. Ballon or wreck?

[Arcey]

Buck, the thing with a 31 on it in the picture with the Dodge Neon station wagon?

That's a fiberglass dolphin. The things used to dot the ocean front like Norfolk's infamous mermaids did downtown. Someone stuck a prop on its nose, added a vertical stabilizer and painted it warbird style.

If that's it, sorry. I misunderstood the question the first time by.

[Texas Lawdog]

They need to get a more PC vehicle, maybe a VW THING or a 5 Quarter Weapons Carrier. Yep, them fiberglass Flippers are unique yard art.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

That's probably it, Arcey. The paint job fooled me into  thinking it was a plane/type object

[Steel Horse Bailey]

I could see that it was a Dolphin, but I've never seen a Dolphin decked out like an F6F Hellcat!

 

[Texas Lawdog]

Last week the Moose and I had the pleasure of attending a program at one of our branch libraries. The speaker was Claude Platte, a 91 year old WW2 veteran. Mr Platte was a flight instructor for the Tuskogee Airmen Experiment. He trained over 200 Afro-American pilots for the Army Air Corps. It was very entertaining and I am glad that we had an opportunity to attend and did.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Neat, TLD

[Texas Lawdog]

There was a good turnout and it was standing room only.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Apr. 17th to the 20th, reunion of Doolittle's Raiders. All 5 of the remaining vets out of the 200+ will be there

[Texas Lawdog]

All the fliable B-25s assemble near the reunion location and have a flyover. They made silver cups with each of the Raiders names on them. They have a special bottle on Cognac that they pour in the Attending Raiders cups and they drink a special toast to all the Raiders, living or dead. The CAF's B-25s are always in attendance.

[Arcey]

Rest in peace, Lt. Morehead. Thank you for your service, sir.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/us/james-morehead-world-war-ii-flying-ace-dies-at-95.html

[Texas Lawdog]

Arcey, Thank you for the info Mr Morehead. Another great Heroic Aviator has passed on. A greatful Nation thanks you for your Service.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Indeed.  God bless.

[Texas Lawdog]

I just got an E-mail from the Vintage Flight Museum that we are getting a new aircraft that will be on static display at the Museum. It will be arriving on a truck from Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona. It is the Navy version of the B-66. I built a B-66 model as a kid. I am anxious to see this new addition to our fleet of aircraft.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

So Did I, TLD. One of the first ones I ever did

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Oooh!  B66 is a little rare, I b'lieve!  Cool!

[Four-Eyed Buck]

IIRC, It was a Monogram kit