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[chester7777]

F22 RAPTOR AT FIRST EU AIR SHOW

Al Norman, Lockheed Martin's chief F-22 test pilot, describes the flight demo of the Raptor at the Farnborough Air show for the First time !

CLICK HERE!

[chester7777]

Gray Eagles Film by Chris Woods


A Great video about the P-51 Mustang

http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500

[Jay J. Foraker]

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.

[chester7777]

Recieved this from Stumpy,
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF AVIATION HISTORY. Chester

[chester7777]

Another piece of aviation history, kind of reminds me of ChiliBill's story of ditching a plane he was flying... only this one was over water . . . Click on the youtube to read the story, or, open to full screen.

Chester

[William T Brooks]

BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE FIRST AMERICAN JET AIRLINER THE 707, HISTORY WAS MADE IN AVIATION, TAKE A LOOK !!!
CHILIBILL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pw6MrAKlM

[chester7777]

Here's an interesting video about aircraft carriers, enjoy


http://www.dump.com/aircraftcarrier/

[ethanedwards]

Thanks for this Jim

[chester7777]

Thanks for this Jim

No problem Keith,

Chester

[Dukesfan]

Here You can find great picture galleries about the last piggyback rides and the retirement of the American Space Shuttles:

http://www.collectspace.com/shuttles/

Discovery is now at the Smithsonian Museum, Enterprise has reached her new destination in the Air and Sea Museum on the old WWII aircraft carrier Intrepid, Endeavour will go to the California Science Museum this fall and Atlantis is prepared for display at KSC. - The whole Shuttle Program was breathtaking, although I grew up with the Apollo Program and the flights to the moon. If I were in the US, I would go to one of the museums, to see the Space Shuttle!

I feel, it´s a shame, that the gouvernment did not give NASA enough money to start a new great space program. For the first time in America´s spaceflight history there is no clear direction where to go...

[William T Brooks]

Now that you have had a flight in the Old American T - 33 fighter jet, how about a flight in the Newer Russian L - 39 fighter jet, here in "JOHN WAYNE COUNTRY" ?
Chilibill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50LvHmmXJ4

"JOHN WAYNE AMERICAN"
__________________
off we go into the wild blue yonder

[William T Brooks]

CHESTER THIS TOOK PLACE UP IN YOUR PART OF THE CALIFORNIA AT VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, THE LANDING OF THE NEW SECRET SPACE SHUTTLE !!
I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW, BUT WAS TOLD TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT, AND ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PUT IN A COCKPIT AND CREW AND THEY WILL HAVE A NEW SHUTTLE !!!

BILL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuWZ9bpYDVg

[William T Brooks]

A WHILE BACK I HAD TO TAKE A CHECK-RIDE IN A FRENCH FOUGA JET FIGHTER FOR "N.A.S.A." HOW ABOUT COMING ALONG FOR THE RIDE ?

NO CHESTER JUST LIKE "DUKE" YOU ARE TOO TALL TO GET INTO THE COCKPIT !!!
CHILIBILL



"JOHN WAYNE AMERICAN"

[chester7777]

Hi All,
Friday the Space Shuttle, Endeavour flew around California before landing in Los Angeles. It flew over where I work at San Francisco International Airport, then south over Silicon Valley, then headed over to the coast, where my family was able to watch it flying over the beach heading for Monterey, Ca.
It was flying at around 1500 feet, so was easy to see and very impressive.
It eventually got down to LA and landed there, as this YouTube shows.







Chester

[ethanedwards]

Jim, what a fantastic video, so exciting.
What about the pilot, of the 747, some skill heh!!