Recent content by Mike Flanagan

It took a little time to be comfortable after 500 hrs in the left seat, but it was not the switching of hands on the throttle & wheel (stick) but the sight picture from the right seat. Cross wind landings even though the inputs were the same, just being in a left or right slip felt funny in the...

Ever have a chance to visit Oshkosh during the convention in the 60/70/80's you would have seen this

is what 50 caliber gun was in the P-47 Thunderbolt - Google Search

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The AGM-28 B Hound Dog Missile carried by the B-52 up into the Mid 50's had an Inertial guidance platform. It had an Astro tracker built into the front Nose of the Pylon that attached to the Missile to the B-52. But the Astro Tracker stayed with the pylon when the Missile was launched. It only...