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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: Fitting In IV
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Friday, December 14, 2012. The maximum folded span on a U.S. Navy carrier-based airplane and how it changed over time is obviously a subject of interest to me. See:. Http:/ thanlont.blogspot.com/2009/07/fitting-in.html. Http:/ thanlont.blogspot.com/2010/07/fitting-in-ii.html,. And http:/ thanlont.blogspot.com/2010/07/fitting-in-iii.html. One answer based on this 1948 Douglas proposal illustration is that it depends. Princeton. My Books and Monographs. Descr...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: June 2015
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Thursday, June 18, 2015. Back from Space, But Not Home Yet. Jodie Peeler is my go-to person for the Sikorsky SH-3 (H-3) Sea King. She graciously volunteered to be the guest blogger for this post, distilling the information that she's collected over the past two and a half decades on one notable H-3 assignment:. The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King as Recovery Helicopter by Jodie Peeler. RECOVERY ONE: The prime recovery helicopter, responsible for picking up the astro...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: March 2015
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Sunday, March 29, 2015. New A3D/A-3 Skywarrior Monograph. If you have any interest in Whales, naval aviation, or the Vietnam War, you should buy this book. While the title seems to limit it to the Vietnam War, Rick also summarizes the airplane's origin story and post-Vietnam career. For more of what it includes and some five-star reviews by people who know what they're talking about, look it up on Amazon. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Convair was in the proces...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: February 2015
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Bob Sikkel called my attention to a detail on the McDonnell F3H-2 Demon that I hadn't noticed before, a post-mounted blivet out on the underside of the wingtip. I found excellent pictures of it in Don Hinton's walk-around photos of the F3H-2 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola. Note that the "saucer" of the skid itself is clearly intended to be readily replaceable. So what was that all about? The Navy was nervous...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: May 2015
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Thursday, May 21, 2015. American Military Training Aircraft. As a handy reference, it is a suitable companion to Johnson’s American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Reviewed by me here: http:/ thanlont.blogspot.com/2013/04/american-military-transport-aircraft.html. And United States Naval Aviation 1919-1941. Http:/ thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/06/united-states-naval-aviation-1919-1941.html. Like Military Transport Aircraft. Jones’ drawing labeled...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: November 2014
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Warpaint Series No. 99: McDonnell F3H Demon. From a detailed and illustrated Britmodeller review HERE. Since this book deserves to be the cornerstone print reference, if not the only one, for the F3H in some libraries, I feel obligated to correct a few misstatements. First, the F3H wing did not have anhedral (page 22); see http:/ tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2014/03/anhedraldihedral-and-wing-sweep.html. An oddity not mentioned or i...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: FDR Circa 1951, Turning Into the Wind
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Thursday, June 11, 2015. FDR Circa 1951, Turning Into the Wind. John J. McKenna brought this photograph to my attention. He found it on the excellent FDR website— http:/ ussfranklindroosevelt.com/. 8212;that I had not seen before. It was in this section of photographs— http:/ ussfranklindroosevelt.com/? 8212;contributed by Don Savercool, FDR Photo Lab 1951-1952. But on closer inspection, the "air group" gets far more interesting. So what's going on here?
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: January 2015
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Sunday, January 11, 2015. The Breaks of Naval Air. This is an eBook. If you don't have one of the eBook-devices (Kindle, Nook, etc.), the latest Apple operating system, Yosemite, allows you to download eBooks to a Mac via iBooks. If you aren't acquainted with Youthly Puresome, it's worth the modest price to become so. If you are, now you can have his entire oeuvre. Note that the correct title is The Breaks of Naval Air. Thursday, January 8, 2015. It begins ...
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: December 2014
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Aircraft Pictorial 7: F4U-1 Corsair Vol. 1. That concluded it was very easy to land aboard; I may have missed Dana's mention of it but that carrier was one of the two converted side-wheeler excursion ships plying Lake Michigan as training carriers: it was not only short, it was slow.). For example, a picture of the early 20-gallon (your car's gas tank probably has less capacity) oil. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Strike from the Sea.
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: United States Naval Aviation, 1919-1941
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US Navy Aircraft History. By Tommy H. Thomason. Wednesday, June 1, 2011. United States Naval Aviation, 1919-1941. I was very pleased recently when the mailman delivered a copy of United States Naval Aviation, 1919-1941: Aircraft, Airships, and Ships Between the Wars. From its publisher for me to review. Buyers should also be aware that the rear cover promises a bit more than the book delivers in terms of an in-depth discussion of “naval treaties, fleet tactics, government programs, leadership and o...
