***The OFFICIAL aviation pics thread***

[likeitfast55]

The whole "service animal" thing is more of an excuse for people with low self esteem to drag their pets everywhere. This hurts legit service animals every time stupid stuff like this occurs.

Could not agree more.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/service-dogs-laws-imposter-pets-illegal/

[GhostTX]

Meanwhile,

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/492038...ig-disruptive/

The whole "service animal" thing is more of an excuse for people with low self esteem to drag their pets everywhere. This hurts legit service animals every time stupid stuff like this occurs.

[likeitfast55]

Meanwhile,

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4920381/woman-kicked-off-us-airways-flight-emotional-support-pig-disruptive/

[helosailor]

Woops-ski!
http://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...ff-loses-wing/

[shumpertdavid]

[Strychnine]

[CJ]

[Strychnine]

[likeitfast55]

FL230 in a Mooney. Impressive.
The Service Ceiling of her Lockheed Model 10 Electra was 19,400 feet.

However her range with modified fuel tanks was 4500nm.

Speed is close, but the Mooney has much superior navigation equipment.
All in all, a very equal flight for a SEL to a MEL aircraft.

[RWhite]

Project Amelia Earhart .....

Not too much publicity on this event unless you are a pilot or a ham radio operator.

"Round-the-world solo flight by pilot Brian Lloyd to trace the historic route of Amelia Earhart on the 80th anniversary." He just left this morning from Pago Pago at 1500 UTC for the Hawaiian Islands. He will over fly Howland Island, the suspected last location they think she was when they last heard from her and the navigator.

More at...

https://www.facebook.com/pg/AmeliaEarhart80/about/?ref=page_internal

Tracking map...F5 to get latest location.

http://projectameliaearhart.org/tracker/map.php

[Jewrrick]

Blohm & Voss Ha 139

To be fair I had to look it up to remember the name but I had a model of it when I was a kid.

[inline 6]

Another installment of name that plane....

Good luck.

[Mr_Fiux]

Hi guys. I haven't posted here in a while.... But I am alive... I went to one of the world's biggest airshows and my boss is part of the flying society. I got to meet some of the USAF Thunderbird team and talk shit about the Blue Angels 🤣. Anywho, here are some pics if team leader Jason and mechanical leader Bob. Also they gave us a gift in Fairfield.

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[GhostTX]

Wow! I never knew about either incidents! Way cool!

[helosailor]

^^^ That story still gets me. Those were some badasses.

Some other badasses...

http://vnafmamn.com/Skyraider_vs_MIG17.html

...There was no doubt we were under attack by MiGs. This was confirmed when a silver MiG-17 with red marking on wings and tail streaked by Charlie and me heading for Ed. Tracers from behind and a jet intake growing larger in my mirror were a signal to start pulling and turning. As I put g's on the Skyraider I could see the two distinct sizes of tracers falling away (The MiG-17 had two 23mm and one 37mm cannon in the nose.) He stayed with us throughout the turn firing all the way. Fortunately, he was unable to stay inside our turn and overshot.