When the Boeing 247 aircraft took to the skies, it was far superior to any airliners that were in service. It was capable of flying from San Francisco to New York seven and a half hours quicker than competitors in addition to offering vastly better passenger comfort. The Boeing 247...
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This is my photographic account of a 1/144th Alaska Airlines build consisting of: Boeing 737-800, 737-400, McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Boeing 727-200.
The 737s and MD-80 will all be done in the current Alaska Airlines livery. The 727 will be done as "Seahawk 1"
A full HD video of B-17 landing in spectacular slow-motion. Shot in Arizona. Very close shots of taxi in to shutdown.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnGUk-7Fg60
This video was shot in 1993 at Felts Field in Spokane, WA. It has some good views of the plane shot from a hillside above the B-17.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO3tJEnlMkM
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I am researching my family history and my great uncle, Jack Erwin, was an aircraft mechanic and inspector for Boeing in Portland Oregon duing WW2. I have letters from him describing the planes and their work on them - although he was very careful to keep the critical details all very...