airliners.net has a pic of N199AB with a caption that it's been returned to flying status. does anyone have more info on this? that would be a really amazing (and expensive) undertaking. iirc they only made a few dozen of these in total. here's a link to...

airliners.net has a pic of N199AB with a caption that it's been returned to flying status. does anyone have more info on this? that would be a really amazing (and expensive) undertaking. iirc they only made a few dozen of these in total. here's a link to...

let's assume the threat is small arms fire up to moderate caliber shells - no major hardware. is it: -main rotor and associated machinery? -turbines? -tail rotor and associated machinery? -something else? is there one or a couple areas disproportionately at risk? or are they pretty much evenly...

Thanks, though. I have a specific composition in mind, and luckily I have some EXCELLENT crystal-clear aerials taken in 1994 by the RAF. Got them from the troops who arranged my visit last year. I have in mind a composition featuring a very famous aircraft making a right turn to final on the...

That was pretty much what I told him. I would assume the painting of the "AT-38Cs" attacking two F-15Es in the Nevada desert is ficticious at least at this time. Thanks for the validation. Hi Steve, They go to Nevada all the time . . . in fact, I worked very closely with one of the 49th...

The American Society of Aviation Artists will be having our 2005 Forum at Pax River! At the recent Forum in Dayton, we got a slide preview of the station and our venue, and have been assured that the Navy will roll out the red carpet for the attending artists. They're pretty sure June 2005 will...

Perspective Projection by Descriptive Geometry: A Manual for the Artist. 73pp. 47 illustrations. Details he http://wademeyersart.tripod.com/wademeyersaviationart/id55.html Cheers, Wade Meyers

After MUCH prodding, I'm actually going to go ahead and finish my manual on "Perspective Projection by Descriptive Geometry: A Manual for the Artist" (working title). I have studied, and applied, this method of obtaining aircraft *and* landscape details (runways/buildings, etc) in proper...

Now that I've finished, I'm surprised how many people have been following the progress of the P-47 painting . . . NOW they're all contacting me to reserve a print, which is cool. Luckily, many collectors have already reserved their favorite print numbers at 25% off. To those of you who have not...

"Do not let slow progress dampen your enthusiasm", as the saying goes. Got the main P-47 (P-47C VF-M "Eager Beaver") fully blocked in - only the details remain . . . last two pictures on this page: http://wademeyersart.tripod.com/wademeyers...onart/id49.html Wade

Hey guys, Does anybody out there have any good aerial *and/or* land views of Debden, Essex, UK (home of the 4th FG)? I specifically need any and all I can get of the areas around the hangars and Watch Office (control tower, to us yanks). However, anything around the buildings, runways, and/or...

Hi.. I have just a few questions about the Navy I was hoping someone here could help me with. Now for starters, my ultimate goal is to become a Naval aviator, that's why I posted this message here. I will settle for just being an officer in some other department of the navy, since the aviation is...

What are the requirements for Senior Pilot and Command pilot these days?. USAF that is. Wally

Does anyone have a clue where the tradition of cutting off the shirt tail of a newly soloed student began? I believe it has its roots in the military in WW1. While we are on the subject of tails, I recall that newly graduated 2nd Lts were called shave tails. Any suggestions on where this term...

Senator Joe Biden on C-SPAN September 11th pointed out that if the top 1% of the taxpayers in the USA didn't take Bush's tax cut this year the extra money paid into the Treasury in this single year by the top 1% would cover the 87 Billion Bush has just asked for. FWIW the bottom I say again bottom...

I started a new thread after seeing the tail end of the 'Boeing Boondoggle'. Sheesh! I gave up trying to make sesne of it - life's too short for us geezers. Let's posit that 43 year old airframes need to be turned into post and pans. Anyone holding the opposite view should be invited to go along on...

Capt Al Haynes of United Flight 233 has a daughter who needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life. She must raise 250,000 dollars to cover the costs. See http://www.friendsoflaurie.com for details. Capt Haynes was chief pilot of the DC10 that lost all its hydraulics and thus the flight...

Please please ignore these bozos. Nothing encourages an electronic soap-box orator more than a response. Nothing they say is worth the air the use to type it out and click 'send'. Make them go get a life of their own. Walt BJ

Too bad the people like Vox Populi and his ilk who post such invective lack the courage to post using their real names and 'net handles. Walt BJ

Is the Commander in Chief subject to the UCMJ when dealing with military matters? An inquiring mind (me) wants to know. Walt BJ