14 August, 2017

Update

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It's a bit of good fortune to know that this is a "popular" blog. However, it's shameful that other events conspire t...
01 June, 2017

PROFILE 126: IN PROGRESS - A6M2-21 Zero flown by...who?!

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Just so you know, 'this' all starts with the scratch of graphite on paper.  The picture above is my pencil-work of a Mitsubishi ...

Reprise: Requiem for the Unsung; John DeBerg "hitched a ride" West...

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Who do you want to make your hamburger? Who do you want to fix your car? Who do you want to remove your appendix? Who do you want...

PROFILE 127: IN-PROGRESS - AC-130A flown by "...the rest of the guys."

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Bah!  I couldn't find it!  I just spent nearly an hour looking for what is—at least to my wingnutty mind—one of the greatest Saturda...
31 May, 2017

Profile 128: IN-PROGRESS MiG-19 of the 925th FR (pilot named in a month or so)

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Behold!  My opening sketch of the MiG-19! Well...actually, it's a Shenyang J-6—the Chinese-built version of the mostly-forgotten, ...
27 May, 2017

Memorial Day 2017

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11 March, 2017

Profile 125: Boeing LGM-30G Minuteman III as "flown" by the Missileers

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Imagine this —you're at your local Air Show, chill'n in the sun, watching the planes when the announcer shouts... "AND ...
08 March, 2017

Profile 116: "Prevailing Force" as flown by Gene Smith, 333 TFS

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Behold Gene Smith's F-105! If you need a refresher on Gene's story, click here , then  here .  This post, however, will mark th...
02 February, 2017

Godspeed... F/L John Wilkinson, 41Sq

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These things never happen conveniently—planning for another project, details, decisions amidst the whir of daily li fe, this morn...
10 November, 2016

Flown West - Col. Hank Snow.

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Hank Snow after 666 combat missions over three wars. I asked him what he thought of this photo and he replied, "There's a tire...
30 October, 2016

Profile 124: FINISHED—"EB F" as flown by F/L John Wilkinson, 41 Squadron

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Have a look—there will never be a shape like this again. It. Is. Beautiful.   But, the Spitfire Mk.XIV was also a beast. If you look ...

Profile 122: "221" as flown by The Rocketeers of the 336th TFS

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So, this past summer, an interesting conversation transpired between me and a rising star of a large corporation.  We were discussing (...