The Flight of the Lightnings!!

This is awesome!!   I have been to a lot of airshows yet  I have never seen a P-38 fly in person.   I have only seen Glacier Girl once. .  it was right after she was recovered from the ice. .  in lots of parts.  So seeing a P-38 still is on the Bucket List!

Thanks  Jason for finding this one!! 

Now this is an Airshow!!!

My Thanksgiving Letter

Please take a few minutes and see: What Just Flew By! A Thanksgiving Letter

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

DAVID

Chapter III UAV got to be kidding I am droning my life away!

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Chapter Three News

F-35ing the F-22?

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2010/10/lockheed-proposes-f-35ing-the.html

The weekly "well duh!!!!"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-01/pentagon-said-to-see-higher-f-35-costs-delays-up-to-three-years.html

Purchasing Incest!!  

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4996201&c=AME&s=TOP

http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=130

How to Run a Tanker Program KC-390 

http://defpro.com/news/details/19268

Afghani woman becoming Military pilots 

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/five-females-seeking-to-fly-for-afghan-air-force/19691229

First Afghani woman pilot http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/07/female-pilot-helps-afghan-air-force-take-off/

Our last two news stories lead into this weeks topic  UAVs   Both articles are illustrating the see change in military aviation. 
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jOTADo7-tHXsz4UYr2zoUCkzTVhA?docId=5036109

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spy-sensors-20101112,0,3510133.story

 The history of UAVs and  FSATS 

For more reading!!

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-34.html#_Firebee_II

JP Santiago's  P-63 Pinballs article http://aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2010/09/bell-rp-63-pinball.html

 

Old jets don’t die they just live to be blown away. 

http://f-86.tripod.com/fsi.html

http://www.thenorthspin.com/page_roster_vx30.html

http://www.aero-web.org/specs/convair/qf-102a.htm

http://www.456fis.org/QF-4_DRONES.htm

http://www.i-f-s.nl/QF104A.html

http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=13226

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/more-qf-4s-and-a-new-trick-for-old-dogs-04650/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f100_10.html

^{http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123219224}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewitt-Sperry_Automatic_Airplane

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/rpav_usa.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat#cite_note-31

http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/otherpics/mignard/navy/navy.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Firebee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindivik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_D-21/M-21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82d_Aerial_Targets_Squadron

http://www.personal.psu.edu/dob104/aviation/us/qdrone.html

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And something for Photo Friday!  A VFA-102 Diamondbacks  F-18F!

©David M. Vanderhoof

Beware Spooks at Night!!!

Happy Halloween from  The Hitchhiker's Guide to Military Aviation!

Keep in mind there are Spooks and Spectres out there prowling the night skies.

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The above nose art was taken from an AC-130U gunship AF 90-0165a

Episode Two COD

VRC-50 C-2A(R)  © David M. Vanderhoof

This week we do some fishing.

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Here are this weeks stories:

The UK's decision to cancel the F-35B and proceed with the F-35C

From DefPro.com

From Bloomberg.com

The  60 Billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia

smartbrief.com
 

Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 Conducts operational assessment for USAF and ANG.

From DefPro

From  Defense Update

From Hawker Beechcraft  

The Article about the TX program can be found here at Defense Update

More information about  Carrier Onboard Delivery can be found at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound

Sullivan, Jim. S2F Tracker in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1990. 47. Print.

Scrivner, Charles L. TBM/TBF Avenger in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1987. 44-45. Print.

http://www.vectorsite.net/avs3.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_onboard_delivery

Lastly I would like to thank Dillon Krapes for  taking the time to speak to me at NAS Oceana.

Remember always, when you see a Soldier Sailor Airman or Marine, shake their hand and say THANK YOU!!!

Bird & Fortune The Admirals Interview Carriers & the Royal Navy

DARPA BOEING Proposal Disk Rotor

Welcome to the Hitchhikers Guide to Military Aviation: Episode One

© David M. Vanderhoof

Welcome to the First Hitchhikers Guide to Military Aviation.

Here are the topics covered:

First is from Defpro.com P-8A Poseidon: A new model for Military Procurement

Boeing St Louis to Offer A160t Hummingbird in Response to NAVAIR Request for Proposal

Aviation Week: Japan to Decide on Global Hawk Order

This Lockheed gets funds for UK F-35 Landing Modification.

Lastly we have an interview with Master Sargent Carl "Opi" Falcone.  Of the Viper West Demonstration Team from the NAS Oceana Air Show.

http://viperwest.hill.af.mil/

I look forward to all the feedback as I begin this journey. Write me Here

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Music for the show by Dan O  Dan O Songs