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Vance AFB T-38s were tasked with providing a fly-over for the dedication of Stars and Strips Park at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. It was kind of a big deal since it was on the 4th of July and Bob Hope was in town to do the dedication. I was invited to participate since I was from Oklahoma City.
Though the museum has the real thing, it also has this splendid full cockpit simulator for the Kaman SH-2 Seapsrite helicopter. It is one of the nicest simulators I have seen.
'Jottings of a Hun' article
Featured in 'Flying' magazine, 'Jottings of a Hun' in fact refers to the life of trainee pilots, who were referred to ironically by their instructors as 'Huns'.
T-38 cross country flight. Vance to Buckley AFB (Denver) to Barksdale AFB (Shreveport) to Tyndall AFB (Panama City FL). Then returned to Vance via Little Rock AFB. Flights were 5/8, 5/9 and 5/10 1970.
The Wings of Freedoom Museum has this neat Grumman F9F-2 cockpit simulator, which appears to have been taken from an acutaul retired aircraft.
An Iraqi pilot instructor student taxis his T-6 Texan out to the runway at Combat Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq on June 29, 2011. Students will graduate the course and become some of the first Iraqi instructor pilots. The T-6 is the primary training aircraft of the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant David Salanitri/Not Released)
This was awesome!!! Not a full motion sim, but a very early model sim for the 727's in the Eastern Airlines fleet. My thanks again to my good friend Jared for the tour!
Also, I want to thank another good friend James Willamor who was a treat to shoot with while in CLT. James, thanks for the company and the friendship!
Billy Mitchell was a professional soldier from the days of the Spanish War when he was the youngest officer in the American army. He was interested in aviation from its earliest beginnings. He was one of the first army officers to learn to fly, and at one time he got practically every aeronautical record in the world for the United States. He was instrumental in developing both military and commercial aviation in this country.
In his book “Skyways,” General Mitchell describes practical flight in simple, non-technical language. He covers all phases of aviation (as of 1930), including how the airplane is handled, the power plant, propeller and instruments, the weather as it affects flying, maps, photography and the type of men who make good aviators. He also describes flying fields and airways, aeronautical insurance and laws, the trend of aeronautical construction, and commercial and military aviation and aviation for sport, ending with a forecast of the future. The book features over seventy illustrations from photographs and drawings.
The sunday Times was doing a special story on pilot training standards in India and asked me how this could be improved.
I listed out a few imperatives that would make the airline industry more safer and had no clue that the entire story would be based on my recomendations..
I hope you find this article informative about the aviation sector in India and insightful. Aviation is a sector where comments and views are always appreciated. Therefore, I look forward to hearing from you
110202-N-2142H-006 AFGHANISTAN (Feb. 2, 2011) -- Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers run out of a MI-17 helicopter to provide perimeter security during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat Province Feb. 2, 2011. Joint coalition mentors of the ANA and the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group have been combining helicopter flight training and ANA combat training to enhance Afghan military tactics. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Stephen Hickok/RELEASED)
Local call number: pr21859
Title: [Miami-Dade Junior College student pilot training in a DC-3 at the school of aviation]
Physical descrip: 1 photoprint: b&w; 10 x 8 in.
Date captured: Between 1963 and 1973.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
Persistent URL: www.floridamemory.com/items/show/15060
110202-N-2142H-009 AFGHANISTAN (Feb. 2, 2011) -- An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier looks out the window of an MI-17 helicopter during a combined Afghan army and air force combat training exercise in Herat Province Feb. 2, 2011. Joint coalition mentors of the ANA and the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group have been combining helicopter flight training and ANA combat training to enhance Afghan military tactics. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Stephen Hickok/RELEASED)