Inspired by Messy1 (Bryon), this thread is to put pictures of your local landmarks or places of interest.
So to kick off here is the Transporter bridge over the river Tees, about 2 miles from my house.
First from around 1945 and then a modern shot.
he Tees Transporter Bridge has been a...
Ran across this study of the Lockheed 10 E Airliner for long range use (normal range was 600-800 miles), 4000 miles or more.
http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Report_487/Report487.pdf
Normal Gross weight was 10,500lbs.
They made calculations for 16,500 lbs with...
Hi everyone,
I'm sitting here at work daydreaming of an airshow vacation. We have warbirds over monroe here locally in Charlotte but the variety is slim. So that got me wondering if I were going to travel where in the world would the best air show be? I was thinking maybe a trip to the UK...
We get into a lot of arguments as to what a "Strategic Bomber" is.
Since few, if any, Air forces actually published a definition of a "Strategic Bomber" by listing characteristics we are left guessing what was thought to be a "Strategic Bomber" by looking at the various specifications for...