tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8538306371695283914..comments2024-03-29T05:28:17.263-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Friday Flyby - Boeing 307 StratolinerOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61905932090532802402020-01-27T10:19:46.379-08:002020-01-27T10:19:46.379-08:00And these days Boeing is anything but...And these days Boeing is anything but...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21314146650869754412020-01-27T10:19:27.213-08:002020-01-27T10:19:27.213-08:00Good to know.Good to know.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17802623461381538942020-01-25T17:01:39.002-08:002020-01-25T17:01:39.002-08:00Darn it! It said Boeing, not Boring, when I hit pu...Darn it! It said Boeing, not Boring, when I hit publish. There is something wrong with this Kindle!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51953780308571670732020-01-25T16:59:14.782-08:002020-01-25T16:59:14.782-08:00The B-17 was the Boeing Model 299, and the B-29, t...The B-17 was the Boeing Model 299, and the B-29, the Model 345, so Boring She is not let the grass grow, under their feet!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22844317366647107712020-01-24T20:37:08.487-08:002020-01-24T20:37:08.487-08:00Suz - Aviation, HTML codes, tour recommendations, ...Suz - Aviation, HTML codes, tour recommendations, heck we might start doing recipes some day. One stop shopping!<br /><br />😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5899911782310472982020-01-24T20:35:50.702-08:002020-01-24T20:35:50.702-08:00Getting them in the right order is key.Getting them in the right order is key.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8588020277235284242020-01-24T20:34:51.915-08:002020-01-24T20:34:51.915-08:00Well, that and the that there were so damned many ...Well, that and the that there were so damned many of them!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37114683400214561422020-01-24T20:33:12.970-08:002020-01-24T20:33:12.970-08:00I don't know Scott, I'll have to dig. (POC...I don't know Scott, I'll have to dig. (POCIR)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63824192880525549282020-01-24T20:27:22.692-08:002020-01-24T20:27:22.692-08:00Couldn't pull it off. Have to try again in the...Couldn't pull it off. Have to try again in the morning after sleepies.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13662109127161945732020-01-24T19:10:56.379-08:002020-01-24T19:10:56.379-08:00The Luftwaffe claimed you could see the USAAF bomb...The Luftwaffe claimed you could see the USAAF bomber streams from over a hundred miles awway, from the sun flinging off the polished aluminum.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49914322403381697192020-01-24T19:06:11.702-08:002020-01-24T19:06:11.702-08:00Is that the same plane that used to live at Volk F...Is that the same plane that used to live at Volk Field?SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10934217622025155312020-01-24T18:11:16.166-08:002020-01-24T18:11:16.166-08:00Just nest the B>i>bold italics/b>/i> I...Just nest the <b><i>B>i>bold italics/b>/i></i></b> In proper orderjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52678016652919995712020-01-24T16:35:52.383-08:002020-01-24T16:35:52.383-08:00OK, so now besides aviation history, I now know ho...OK, so now besides aviation history, I now know how to do italics, and bolding!!!<br /><br />the things ya learn on the internet!!!<br /><br />Hmm...maybe...have to experament with this...<br /><br />Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50140826260706024312020-01-24T16:32:12.784-08:002020-01-24T16:32:12.784-08:00Kermit has some great ride-along videos in some of...Kermit has some great ride-along videos in some of the cool WWII aircraft he owns.<br /><br />I thought the <b>bold</b> might work that way. I'll have to see if I can figure out the bold italic next. Thanks for the tips! Is this that html stuff?PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41202703665099716742020-01-24T15:13:05.488-08:002020-01-24T15:13:05.488-08:00Very nice website, one more thing to spend time do...Very nice website, one more thing to spend time doing.<br /><br />Man, you are rocking the italics. You want <b>bold text</b>? Replace the "i" with a "b." <i><b>Cool, neh?</b></i>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68302318287579773042020-01-24T14:28:16.419-08:002020-01-24T14:28:16.419-08:00Great post and great aviation history, Sarge. Très...Great post and great aviation history, Sarge. <i>Très bien fait en effet</i>!<br /><br />If anyone wants to see some fabrication/polishing of aluminum in the restoration process...<br /><br />https://youtu.be/prQIv90oiOkPrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69132296987566814122020-01-24T13:59:38.856-08:002020-01-24T13:59:38.856-08:00Very nice!Very nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41715994151610380112020-01-24T12:19:38.376-08:002020-01-24T12:19:38.376-08:00Hey AFSarge;
www.deltamuseum.orgHey AFSarge;<br /><br /> www.deltamuseum.orgMrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80320525616558015992020-01-24T11:11:10.183-08:002020-01-24T11:11:10.183-08:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35012584706941499512020-01-24T10:36:15.665-08:002020-01-24T10:36:15.665-08:00I remember those old writing pads, we used them in...I remember those old writing pads, we used them in school.<br /><br />The houseboat made from an old 307 fuselage still exists! According to Wikipedia -<br /><br /><i>The fuselage of Howard Hughes' personal 307 also survives, although it has been converted into a houseboat. The aircraft was awaiting restoration at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in the early 1960s when it was severely damaged in a hurricane after its tiedowns failed and it was blown into a stand of trees. The aircraft languished for nearly a year before being removed and longer still until later salvaged for its conversion into the house boat. The interior is notable for the original finishes and fitments added by Howard Hughes.</i><br /><br />As to the pictures, send them, please, I intend to do a post on the Stratocruiser/Stratotanker sometime in the near future.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46484042791930400752020-01-24T10:23:41.945-08:002020-01-24T10:23:41.945-08:00You got to fly the Tweet? Cool!
Stories, we need ...You got to fly the Tweet? Cool!<br /><br />Stories, we need stories!<br /><br />Buddy of mine worked Tweets in Panama.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28201667134214701162020-01-24T10:23:07.555-08:002020-01-24T10:23:07.555-08:00🤣🤣(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73542545042756598712020-01-24T10:21:16.797-08:002020-01-24T10:21:16.797-08:00Hahaha!
The exhaust from the engines would soon d...Hahaha!<br /><br />The exhaust from the engines would soon dirty that pretty finish. You can put lipstick on a pig, won't stop it from rolling in the mud!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50565601433645608482020-01-24T10:20:52.886-08:002020-01-24T10:20:52.886-08:00Thanks for your research and for publishing this, ...Thanks for your research and for publishing this, Sarge! Remember the old writing pads with lined pulp paper you could buy back in the 1950s? I have one that has a photo of the Stratoliner on its cover, and with the exception of the deHavilland Comet Mark 1 jet airliner from the early 1950s, I find it a most attractive plane!<br /><br />The Stratoliner was the first pressurized passenger plans, and supposedly could operate up to about 25,000 feet.<br /><br />The first Stratoliner was being test flown by a very senior KLM pilot with about 9 other Boeing employees and test personnel when a maneuver was attemoted which caused a stall and a plunge, causing structural failures of wings and empennage, and a fatal crash, killing all aboarcd. One caught fire in the late 1950s/early 1960s (seems to me maybe up in Alaska?). Several were lost in normal operations, and supposedly one may have been shot down during the Vietnam War.<br /><br />One was flown by Howard Hughes, who intended to make a round-the-world flight with it just before the US entered WWII, but America's entrance into hostilities vcancelled that project. And one was actually converted into a houseboat which may still be in existence.<br /><br />Well, so much for my knowledge about the Stratoliner. Mention was also made of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser postwar airliner which used a "figure eight" shaped fuselage, and served with the USAF into the late 1950s as the KC-97 Stratotanker. One of these KC-97s, retired from the Wisconsin Air National Guard is presently on static display in Dodgeville, WI at a motel down there.If you're interested, I have several photos which may interest you....<br /><br /> Oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04972663394062298202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88606235971440518972020-01-24T09:38:01.641-08:002020-01-24T09:38:01.641-08:00We need to do that to the LCSes. Lipstick on a pig...We need to do that to the LCSes. Lipstick on a pig, but at least it'd be pretty.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.com