Recent content by Southron

I am really THANKFUL that the pilot was uninjured and no spectators were hurt. There have been far too many tragedies recently in air racing.

Unfortunately, a lot of shipping companies are pacifists when it comes to pirate attacks. They refuse to arm and train their crews. No, I am not talking about a traditional 18th Century 'Defense Against Pirate Attack' with the crew and pirates sword fighting on the deck of their ship with...

It has been my belief that THERE WILL ONLY BE 'PEACE IN THE MIDDLE-EAST' WHEN THE ENTIRE AREA IS RADIOACTIVE. I certainly don't want to see that happen, but look at their track record.

The .30 caliber U.S. cartridge was adopted in 1906 for the U.S. Model 1903 Springfield Rifle and it remained the standard U.S. service round until 1957 when the M-14 Rifle was adopted in 7.62 NATO caliber. The civilian designation for the .30 caliber U.S. cartridge is the: "30-06" and it...

Well maybe one of those replica ME-262's will provide an answer to the question: WAS THE ME-262 WAS THE FIRST SUPERSONIC FIGHTER? There are some reports from World War II that on several occasions, a ME-262 went into a dive at full power and the pilots of nearby aircraft heard a loud "BOOM" as...

Just Google "Numrich Gun Parts Corporation" and when their website comes up, just type in the "Search" window: "M2 .50 Caliber Browning Machine Gun Parts" and lo and behold, they carry a complete set of parts for the .50 Caliber Machine Guns on your B-17, etc. They even sell one of those...

As an interesting side note, in the 1950's Breda made a short run of M-1 Garand Infantry Rifles that were exact duplicates of the American originals as made by Springfield Armory and Winchester during World War II. The vast majority of Italian Garands were made in the 1950's by Beretta.The...

Regarding the discussion on the use of the name "P-51 Mustang," I have a feeling that name has been copyrighted (by someone) in the U.S. Patent Office. Generally, the Patent Office will allow any one or any corporation to copyright their "Brand names," "Company logos," etc. as long as no one...

Years ago I had a Beechcraft Sierra with the IO-360 engine in it. It had fuel injection and it always cranked up when it was cold with nary a problem. Trying the crank it up when it was HOT was a B*TCH !!!! Several times I actually drained my battery trying to get that engine to start...

I have absolutely no doubt that many B-29 pilots that survived the war will speak highly of the B-29. That is kinda like the stories among sailors that dolphins would find shipwrecked sailors in the water and push them to the beach-saving their lives. These sailors would praise dolphins and...

Maybe he should have bought his wife a GEE BEE racer-I understand that they were also pretty good at eliminating pilots.

Kit plane or NO kit plane-as a pilot I don't know of ANY AIRPLANE EVER MADE that would survive having a wing tip DUG into the ground like that Thunder Mustang. Airplanes are wonderful, magical inventions but they were never designed to plow up ground and survive!!!!

Back in 1966 I was in flight school over at Burnside-Ott Aviation Training Academy at Opa Locka Airport in Opa Locka, Florida. I remember flying a Cessna 150 over to Sarasota (?) Florida where Cavalier had their Headquarters. One thing for sure, I was not disappointed because parked out on...

Too bad they weren't built out of aluminum-there would still be a bunch flying today!

Thanks Flyboy!