Posts from Jay J. Foraker in thread „Hubble's Top Ten space photographs and other aviation stories“

Thank you, Jim and Sue, for that great video. We've had Mustangs flying around here from time to time; boy, did they make a racket! BTW - Test pilot Chuck Yeager was one of those Mustang pilots who did combat in Germany during WWII.

If that was real, that was one heck of a pilot to keep that plane in the air until he could get it in a position to land without having a major tragedy. How he righted his craft at the last second to land on his wheels shows both his abilities and the grace of his maker!

Regarding the B-36 - a one-of-a-kind cargo version of this was made called the XC-99. It flew around the world several times but was based here at Kelly AFB. Eventually the cost of operation (fuel mostly) caused this prop-pusher to be grounded. For a number of years, the plane was used as a static display at Kelly, but neglect resulted in disrepair and I haven't heard what happened to it.

WOW!!!! That was some demonstration. And what a scale model, even with retractable landing gear. (I was never that ambitious during my model aircraft days - the largest I ever built had about a 48" wingspan - and my stuff was all control line). That was some pilot too. The controller has to adjust for the inverted flying and remember that his up becomes down and vice-versa. Otherwise you have a lot of balsa wood chips and other sundry materials scattered on the ground.
Cheers - Jay

Great pictures - bad tern of a pun!
Cheers - Jay

I used to be into model airplanes with a vengeance when I was in my teens and 20s, but cannot imagine a project this extravagant or ambitious!!! WOW!!!
Cheers - Jay

Thank you, Jim, for that amazing photo array. Makes the human race rather insignificant and puts one in awe !
Cheers - Jay