This is from a friend that retired at 55 from CALA........... ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Memories Four things I remember most from my "airline" career: July 22, 1986 Start-valve open light after takeoff. Right engine shutdown. Air-turn-back. CSP, WY Frontier Air Lines

Good article in latest issue of AW&ST about probable two stage to orbit vehicle that may have replaced SR-71, etc. If you don't have access to AW&ST try your library as the data is very interesting reading. Big John

Interesting new tehnology. Could change the way fighters are flown and utilized. Lifted from Drudge. Big John ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

New super-gun to be tested in Feb ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` By PAMELA HESS UPI Pentagon Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Next month a new high-explosive munition will be fired in Singapore and then tested again by the U.S. Army, heralding what may...

Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here :o) Big John ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND AIRCRAFT ENGINES

The damn things weigh half a million pounds, fly a third of the way around the world and they carry passengers in greater comfort and safety than any vehicle in the history of mankind. Now, are you fellas really going to stand there and tell us you know how to do the job better? Are you going to...

Check the History Channel 16 Sept (8 pm EDT) for the following. On Friday 16 Sept at 8:00 pm (EDT) on the History Channel, there is a 2-hour special titled, "Dogfights: the Greatest Air Battles". Eddie Rickenbacher is their man for WWI, Bud Anderson for WWII, Boots Blesse (classmate) for Korea,...

Following in 5 September 2005 AW&ST. Quote Two U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16s made contact during a performance at Chicago Air and Water Show on Aug 21, prompting the team's immediate landing. The #3 (right wing) and #4 (slot) aircraft touched during the Diamond formation's pass-in-review,...

OT. Check this out and comments. http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon121.swf Big John

Do you think Zoooom could match this or maybe this is where he got his 'War' stories???......................................Big John John Lear gave this talk on July 9th, 2004 to a group of fellow pilots in Las Vegas called, the "Hangar of Quiet Birdmen". Each month one pilot in the group gives...

Mike NTSB accident report. See another MU2 went in 25 March near Pittsfield, MA under strange circumstances. As I said prior, if you keep breaking they will be all gone before long. Big John

This quoted without comment or deep checking but sounds like a typical news media stunt. They should put them in jail for a stunt like this and throw away the key for 5-10 years. Also fine their bosses and the Company. Big...

Following from AW&ST 24 MAY 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SMA DIESEL REVS UP Its their diesel-cycle jet-fuel general avation engine. SMA delivered the first engine 24 Jan. Will ramp up to 30 engines a month by June. They have over 500 orders for the initial 230 HP, 4 cyl, 5 liter Model

AW&ST 26 April. American and United have cut 7.5 % of their flights at O'Hare to pervent congestion. Dialog was strictly between FAA and the two carriers. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND CITY OF CHICAGO WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS. Do you think Daley could go out and tear up some O'Hare R/W as...

AW&ST, 26 Apr 04 21 March the characteristic con trail of sequential puffs was observed over CO. Along side this con was a normal con which was appeared to be an escort bird. As the puffs came out, it was seen that there were two adjacent puffs that quickly merged into a single puff. From this...

Lets see if this link works. Click he Original Sopwith Camel Big John

Here's one that will start a thread that will last forever :o) Click he Armadillo Aerospace News Archive Big John

NTBS prelim report on RV-8 crash at College Place, WA, 1 April. From prelim data looks like lost power after T/O and tied to make a 180 back to field? My condolances to family. Big John ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

Any Monday morning quarterbacks on this one ? Assuming that radar contact was lost at 5K it would mean a rate of descent of around 30,000 feet per minute???? BJ ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Quote from NTSB. This is preliminary information, subject...

Read this a long time ago but it came around again :o) BJ ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` My New Pilots License Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, D.C.