Aircraft information ℹ️

Air force ℹ️

( @usarmy )

Aircraft type ️

( @beechcraft C-12U-3 Huron )

Aircraft reg ℹ

( 84-00165 )

Date 📆

( 21st October 2024 )

Camara

( @canonuk 2000D )

Lens

( 150-600mm )

🚨 pictures are @j.ede_photography 🚨

(Navy Aircraft Squadrons - Elite Units) A United States Naval Aviator @ NAF Atsugi

Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill 1958.

The story of Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in an aviation accident, however with extraordinary determination, overcame the disability and flew fighters in World War II. He was captured by the Germans but survived to train others.

The Cadet version of the book for children.

Published by Collins London. Green cloth boards with red dust jacket, 256 pages, 21cm x 14cm.

A presentation copy to Loquat Valley School in Sydney with author's inscription and signature.

Biographies.:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Brickhill and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader

Korwald Loss Incident Summary

Date of loss 510120

Tail Number 96756

Aircraft type F4U-4 (Corsair)

wing or group USS Bataan (CVL-29)

Squadron VMF-212

Low level in the Machloop

Preflight briefing on the ramp at KKMC, Saudi Arabia. This photo was taken between goes on a 3-go combat quick-turn day during Desert Storm Feb 1991

Some young Buc LT by the name of Snodgrass drove this particular Tom! Look him up on Google - it's an interesting story!!! "Mow the lawn Snort!!!!"

P-47 Thunderbolts assigned to the Georgia Air National Guard circa 1946.

John Charles Bradley Firth was a scion of the Firth family of Sheffield, renowned steel manufacturers, and served with distinction, both in the trenches and subsequently the Royal Flying Corps, where he first flew Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters, and then Sopwith Camels, with 45 Squadron on the Western and Italian fronts, achieving double ace status with 11 victories.

He died in 1931, aged 37, at Spital House, Blyth, Nottinghamshire.

Fighting Sabre F-16s ready for takeoff, Al Dhafra AB, UAE, Desert Storm. Bomb load: four x MK-84 two-thousand pounders.

Robert William Prescott (1913-1978) was an American aviator and entrepreneur. An ace with the Flying Tigers in the early part of World War II, he is credited with up to six victories. He went on to found the Flying Tiger Line, the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States. The company began as the “National Skyway Freight Corporation” on June 25, 1945, with Los Angeles oil magnate Samuel B. Mosher as president and Prescott as managing director. Prescott recruited nine of his Flying Tigers buddies as pilots, many of them fellow aces, and the company’s motto was “We’ll Fly Anything, Anywhere, Anytime.”

In 1947, the company's name changed to “Flying Tiger Line,” the nation's first regularly scheduled transcontinental all-freight company. The company prospered and expanded, and Prescott remained its only president and chief executive officer until his death in 1978. [Source: Wikipedia]

[Note: The red angel insignia on the plane represents the Hell’s Angels’ Squadron of the Flying Tigers]

Inscription on the frontispiece of Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill 1958.

Presented to 'the boys and girls of Loquat Valley...' and signed Paul Brickhill.

The story of Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in an aviation accident, however with extraordinary determination, overcame the disability and flew fighters in World War II. He was captured by the Germans but survived to train others.

The Cadet version of the book for children.

Loquat Valley School is an Anglican Preparatory School located in the Sydney suburb of Bayview, founded in 1947 by the pioneer aviator and WW2 air veteran Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor and adopted his motto 'Aim High' .

When we say "to the edge of space", we definitely mean "to the edge of space". Have a nice day everyone! #вежительтур "увидеть черноту космоса при полете в стратосферу"- это вовсе не метафора, это воистину потрясающее зрелище! #вежитель #МиГ29 #полетнаистребителе #авиакосмическийтуризм #высшийпилотаж #космос #space #полетвстратосферу #mig29 #migflights #jetfighter #aviation #topgun #aerobatics #fighterpilot #instagramaviation #supersonicspeed #aerospacetourism #higheraerobatics #эксклюзивныйподарок #vippresent #vipподарок #followme #aviationgeek #aviators #aviationdaily #instadaily #picoftheday

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Manifestation Femmes de l'Air et de l'Espace les 7 et 8 mars 2009 au Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace du Bourget

This statue always makes me think of Daedalus (and by extention "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"), but it is really a tribute to a UVa student (James Rogers McConnell, a member of the Sevens) who was killed in the air, fighting in WWI. If you look, the subject is wearing a leather cap like WWI bombers wore, even though the rest of the statue is classical in design. This is one of my favorite things at the University... it's classic, thrilling, haunting, and so meaningful. The inscription reads "Soaring like an eagle to new heavens of valor and devotion."

Weathered Phantoms awaiting another mission from Danang. The configuration suggests the T-Bolts were performing MIGCAP missions, loaded with air-to-air missiles and extra tanks.

Title page of Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill 1958, with facing page photo of Douglas Bader at the cockpit.

The story of Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in an aviation accident, however with extraordinary determination, overcame the disability and flew fighters in World War II. He was captured by the Germans but survived to train others.

The Cadet version of the book for children.

Published by Collins London. Green cloth boards with red dust jacket, 256 pages, 21cm x 14cm.

A presentation copy to Loquat Valley School in Sydney with author's inscription and signature.

The multi-role Phantom II performed often in the air-to-ground role. Here, a 389th F-4 returns from a mission with empty bomb racks, in very difficult weather conditions.

Low level in the Machloop