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A $140 million Air Force F-22 Fighter Jet crashed Wed. March 25, 2009 near Edwards Air Force Base in California. Test pilot David Cooley (49) died when the F-22 Fighter Jet crashed northeast of the base. Cooley was a 21 year veteran of the Air Force. The F-22 Fighter Jet was assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron of Edwards’ 412th Test Wing. The nature of the test mission was not known at the time of the crash.
Flightline Fabrications thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Cooley’s family and friends.
Originally Published Monday December 1, 2008: Airforcetimes.com
Fifty-five years after he flew his F-86 Saber in combat over Korea, retired Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland will finally receive the Silver Star for his Areial Dog Fights in Korea.
Cleavland qualified for the Silver Star earlier this year when the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records recognized a Mig 15 that Cleveland shot down in 1952, making him an ace, a pilot with five confirmed kills. Cleveland did not record the dog fight as a confirmed kill in 1952 because he could not see the plane crash, flames coming from the plane, or the pilot bailing out.
More than 50 years after the Korean War, the West Point Classmate of Cleveland’s, Dolph Overton, found Soviet records of flight operations in Korea that included a shot-down Mig 15 matching Cleveland’s encounter. Evidence from those records helped convince the board reviewing Clevelend’s record that he had in fact brought down the Mig 15 some 50+ years ago.
Cleveland received the Silver Star at Maxwell Airforce Base, where he served as commander of the Air Universtiy from 1981 to 1984.
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Recently Flightline Fabrications came across a website that was a tribute to the 1st Fighter Group of WWII. Comprised of the 27th Fighter Squadron, the 71st Fighter Squadron, and the 94th Fighter Squadron all of who flew the P-38 Lightning. The 1st Fight Group website has many great WWII period photos including nose art, pilot photos, ground crew photos, and many more. This website is well worth taking a look at!
The F-51D Mustang came plummeting out of the sky like a sick bird. At the last second it tried to pull out of its fatal dive, but it was too late. Nine-thousand pounds of steel, glass and rubber disintegrated in the air then slammed into the ground. The wings and tail tore off and were thrown thousands of feet from the body of the aircraft.
When the smoking fuselage finally came to rest on a farm field in Franklin, Kentucky, Air Force Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a pilot with 2867 hours of flight experience, was dead. But why did he die?
The Mantell UFO incident was among the most publicized early UFO reports. The incident resulted in the crash and death of 25-year-old Kentucky Air National Gaurd pilot, Captain Thomas F. Mantell, on January 7, 1948, while in pursuit of a UFO. MORE…
The Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17G-VE, Serial Number 44-85740, nicknamed, Aluminum Overcast, was originally delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps in May of 1945. Now Fully Restored Aluminum Overcast proudly carries the colors of the 398th Bomb Group of WWII, which flew hundreds of missions over Nazi-held territory during the war. Veterans of the 398th actually helped fnance Aluminum Overcast’s restoration.
When Aluminum Overcast is on tour, aviation enthusiasts can actually walk through the historic B-17 Flying Fortress. If they wish, they can even take a trip back in time and feel the might of this awesome WWII Bomber through the flight experience program. Half hour flights are available at all tour stops.
Take an Interactive Tour of Aluminum Overcast and see a really interesting perspective of a B-17 Flying Fortress from a well executed interface.
On December 7, 1941, the United States entered World War II. By the time the war ended on August 15, 1945, almost every person on earth was affected in one way or another. Iowans who were at home had major roles to play in winning the war as well. Their sacrifice helped determine what kind of conditions, both political and social, would exist once the war was over.
More than 276,000 Iowans went into military service during World War II. 8,398 never returned. Iowa Public Television’s production of Iowa’s World War II Stories is a tribute to those Iowans who put their lives on hold for more than three years to fight against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan. This Emmy® award winning program preserves the memories of some of those Iowans who served on the home front and the battlefront.
These stories are worth your time: Iowa’s WWII Stories
The Collings Foundation visits over 150+ locations nationwide per year to help promote living history and the rememberance of our veterans. These visits offer once in a lifetime hands on view and close up of the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, P-51 Mustang, & B-25 Mitchell.
Check out this view from the B-17 Flying Fortress Ball Turrett… WoW~!
Video courtesy of: twinbeechdotcom
- Apollo Airborne with Scale Model of the Evergreen Flying Service hanger doors and the real doors in the background.
Founded in 1946 — and home to the Northwest Antique Airplane Club (NWAAC) and the Evergreen Fly-In since 1964 the Evergreen Flying Service closed forever in mid-July 2006.
Since 1946, Evergreen has been a place where a flyer could stop for small town hospitality, kids could earn flight time washing planes, students could learn to fly in taildraggers or contemporary planes. Until the flight school closed recently, Wally Olsen’s original training fleet included several 1946 T-Crafts and a Cub — and folks were welcome to wander around, poke a nose into an open hangar and say hello.
A multi-use business park — sporting with airport design cues — will replace one of the last, great, old airports in the Vancouver-Portland area. Somehow, that just don’t seem right…
Due to great effort by volunteers, the original hanger doors from Evergreen Flying Service were saved and are now on permanent view at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM).
Nestled in the Hood River valley along the Columbia river you will find the opportunity to step back in time and see life as it was in the era of early flight and transportation. The Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (WAAAM) is a living museum dedicated to preserving transportation’s golden past. WAAAM honors the memory of early aviators from the first and second war, barnstormers, air mail and early transportation.
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