Anonymous writes "Heads turn every time 65-year-old Werner Kroll hits the road in his hometown of Samford, a quiet resort town on the outskirt of Brisbane Forest Park in Queensland, Australia.
That's because the blue-and-white vehicle he drives is no ordinary mobile home. It's the front half of a Douglas DC-3, the wings and aft section of the fuselage removed, mounted on a heavy truck chassis.
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Posted by nacgs on Saturday, January 01 @ 17:07:33 EST (938 reads)
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Once upon a glacier, the plane flies again
Anonymous writes "The P-38F Lightning "Glacier Girl," probably the most famous and difficult warbird restoration ever attempted, was recently on display at the Air Museum Planes of Fame in Chino, Calif. "
Posted by nacgs on Saturday, January 01 @ 17:07:16 EST (1005 reads)
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Replica Martin Baker bomber to fly
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The fullsize, scratchbuilt replica of the British-designed Martin-Baker MB-5 fighter that John Marlin of Reno, Nev. has been working on since 1978 is nearly complete.
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Posted by nacgs on Sunday, November 28 @ 08:56:13 EST (959 reads)
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New Honda Jet!
Anonymous writes "Honda Takes to the Skies
Benjamin Fulford and Patricia Huang, 11.15.04
Is there a flying car in your future?
Honda Motor President Takeo --BEEP--ui, when he's not fixated on selling the world more Civics and Accords, dreams about airplanes for the masses. It's a dream his predecessors had quietly and carefully tended since founder Soichiro Honda spoke of his ambition to build an aircraft in the early 1960s.
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Posted by nacgs on Sunday, November 28 @ 08:56:03 EST (750 reads)
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Obstacles and fun flying into Iraq
OVER BAGHDAD, Iraq -- "Traffic! Traffic!" blares the cockpit's automated collision warning system just as the pilots of Royal Jordanian Flight 814 pull their airliner from its steep corkscrew descent and begin the final approach to Baghdad International Airport.
Two U.S. Army helicopters taking off from the airport have crossed into the path of the passenger jet. The crew banks sharply to the left, avoids the choppers and then levels off the 100-seat Fokker F-28 airliner as it settles onto the runway.
"One thing you can say about these flights is that they're not dull," says Robert Brand, the South African pilot. "They're never uneventful. There's always something there to challenge your flying skills."
Posted by nacgs on Saturday, November 27 @ 08:15:12 EST (735 reads)
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