The last of this series of images of the US Space and Rocket Center’s A-12 shows the front of the aircraft. The Oxcart is on static display in front...
A detail of the rear of the A-12 Oxcart at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama showing the afterburner exhaust and some control surfaces.
I did a bit more reading about the A-12 after posting yesterday’s image. It was a slightly shorter, slightly faster version of the aircraft that...
I was delighted to see what I thought was an SR-71 Blackbird in the static display at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. On closer...
Word war II era bombers B-24 Diamond Lil and B-25 Yellow Rose sit on the apron at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas on October 1st, 2022. Yellow Rose...
A view of the aft fuselage interior and the tail gunner’s position in B24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” as she flew over central Texas on October...
The starboard propellor of B-24 “Diamond Lil” seen at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas on October 1st, 2022 during the Commemorative Air Force...
Commemorative Air Force pilot Al Benzing sits in the cockpit of B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas during her stop...
I checked another item off my bucket list yesterday with a flight in one of only two remaining airworthy World War 2 era B-24 Liberators. “Diamond...
I spent a fun morning in Kingsbury, Texas at this year’s Pioneer Flight Museum fly-in. The museum is home to several aircraft from the pre-WW2 era including...
A detail of the waist section of historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Fifi”‘s fuselage seen when she visited San Marcos, Texas as part...
The tail gun of historic B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” which visited San Marcos, Texas as part of the 2021 AirPower History Tour on October...
What does it mean when a radial engine stops leaking oil? It’s out of oil. Here are two leaky radials attached to Fifi, the historic Boeing B-29...
Pilot Al Benzing sits in the cockpit of historic B-29 “Fifi” at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas during the 2021 AirPower History Tour on October...
One of the crew of historic C-47 “That’s All Brother” pokes his head out of the cargo door during the 2021 AirPower History Tour hosted...
Time for some non-landscapes for a while. Here’s an apparently-angry little ‘plane that was sitting on the apron at San Marcos Regional Airport...
Joining “Fifi” for the recent 2021 AirPower History Tour visit to San Marcos, Texas on October 3rd, 2021, we also had B-24 Liberator “Diamond...
Historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” on the ramp at San Marcos Regional Airport, Texas as part of the 2021 AirPower History Tour on October...
The flight deck of historic B-29 “Fifi” which visited San Marcos, Texas as part of the 2021 AirPower History Tour on October 3rd, 2021. I would...
Historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Fifi” visited San Marcos, Texas as part of the 2021 AirPower History Tour on October 3rd, 2021. Fifi and B-24...
