And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Aww, the old KC-97. Remember refueling an F-4 over West Germany back in the day. Had to use flaps and still hover just above stall speed to stay behind and below.
Yup, the KC-97 Stratofreighter was an aerial refueling tanker variant of the C-97 Stratofreighter, which was itself based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
Read an article today that detailed a F-22 refueling flight yesterday in Virginia during which the boom on a new KC-46 Pegasus fell off during the transfer. Mark another one up for Boeing.
I lived close enough to an airport to see if a pilot landing a plane had a mustache. the local airline flew Convair 540s. they switched to turboprops because all the mechanics trained on radials were retiring in the mid 60s. unlikely to find mechanics and parts 60 years later.
According to Wiki, there are two left flyable. This modified KC-97, constructed in 1953, was eventually purchased by NASA in 1997. It is still in service supporting NASA, other Federal agencies, and Federal contractors. It is one of two KC-97s left still in flyable condition, the other being former KC-97G 52-2718, "Angel of Deliverance", currently flown by Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as YC-97A 45-59595.
Aww, the old KC-97. Remember refueling an F-4 over West Germany back in the day. Had to use flaps and still hover just above stall speed to stay behind and below.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was made from a B29.
ReplyDeleteYup, the KC-97 Stratofreighter was an aerial refueling tanker variant of the C-97 Stratofreighter, which was itself based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
DeleteRead an article today that detailed a F-22 refueling flight yesterday in Virginia during which the boom on a new KC-46 Pegasus fell off during the transfer.
DeleteMark another one up for Boeing.
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation. It's at the Reading (RDG), PA Airport sitting on the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum ramp.
ReplyDeleteYep, just looked it up on the map. The whole tail end, from the side star back, is red.
DeleteKinda looks like the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. Oh wait.....
ReplyDelete4 turnin' 2 burnin'
ReplyDeleteI lived close enough to an airport to see if a pilot landing a plane had a mustache. the local airline flew Convair 540s. they switched to turboprops because all the mechanics trained on radials were retiring in the mid 60s. unlikely to find mechanics and parts 60 years later.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wiki, there are two left flyable.
ReplyDeleteThis modified KC-97, constructed in 1953, was eventually purchased by NASA in 1997. It is still in service supporting NASA, other Federal agencies, and Federal contractors. It is one of two KC-97s left still in flyable condition, the other being former KC-97G 52-2718, "Angel of Deliverance", currently flown by Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation as YC-97A 45-59595.
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