tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67491684006211540382024-03-13T22:39:14.310-07:00Aircraft Losses In Washington Stateand Military and Aviation Related Topics.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-65638373548628172852017-07-28T21:03:00.000-07:002017-07-28T21:03:30.193-07:00Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Tri-Cities Water Follies Airshow, July 28, 2017It's been awhile, but parenthood has made research, photography, and in general aviation related exploration and appreciation difficult to impossible at best. But! As a teacher I get the summers off and after making sure all was done at home I packed the kids up and we went to the Tri-Cities in Washington state. I stopped at the Pasco airport and saw the F-22s parked there, but Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-19670266383023113582016-09-24T19:04:00.003-07:002016-09-24T19:04:47.727-07:00Sad News in California this Week.A US spyplane out of Beale AFB was lost this week. you can read more here, and here, and here and here.
If the above image does not work, try this.
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-17575348606645890582016-07-28T07:22:00.001-07:002016-07-28T07:22:32.485-07:00Lockheed P-3C Orion
This P-3C Orion, from Whidbey Island NAS, was doing touch and goes at the Yakima Airport yesterday.
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-7665793686470780612016-04-17T21:12:00.001-07:002016-04-17T21:12:25.978-07:00USS Louisville Still Lives.Ok, maybe just a part of her. This article goes into how a retired veteran went above and beyond the call to identify a mystery turret used at the Nevada Test Site for measuring atomic blasts. Turns out it was a turret from the USS Louisville. I think it's cool that two of my interests are in this one article. The USN and the Atomic Test Program.
you can view the articleJimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-90997944679053003952015-06-24T06:58:00.001-07:002015-06-24T06:58:39.958-07:00Arnold's SaucersToday in 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw his famous "flying Saucers" flying near Mt. Rainier and then he spread his sighting with all available when he landed at the Yakima airport.
Image borrowed from http://altereddimensions.net/2012/kenneth-arnold-sighting-first-ufo-report
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-35443463640789520332015-06-17T21:20:00.002-07:002015-06-17T21:20:27.067-07:00Four Veterans Visit
The Collings Foundation sends some of its aircraft around the US each year. Today four of their aircraft visited Yakima, Washington, having previously been to Pasco and Walla Walla.
They were a B-17, a B-24, a B-25, and a P-51C! I'd never before seen a P-51C model.
These are just a few of the pics I shot today. It was well worth the 12 dollar Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-75684936181864796922015-04-14T21:57:00.001-07:002015-04-14T21:57:36.568-07:00Ranger Near LA.Follow this link to some truly amazing footage of Ranger. Footage.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-42424402421339103152015-03-05T15:01:00.001-08:002015-03-05T15:03:05.492-08:00Another Super Carrier Goes under the Scrapper's Torch. USS Ranger, CV-61, began a long tow today, March 5th, 2015, almost 50 years since she was commissioned in 1957. She'll be making the trek around the tip of South America and back up to Brownsville, where she will die quietly with her sisters. (PSNS announced this via Facebook)
(U.S. Navy photo by Kevin Tosh/released) 150305-N-ZS322-004
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-67921317452042601482015-03-03T22:26:00.001-08:002015-03-03T22:26:14.333-08:00Musashi Found!The Imperial Japanese Navy fielded two "super battleships" during WWII. One was the Yamato and the other was Musashi. Musashi was sunk during the invaasion of the Philippines. The Yamato was sunk during the landings on Okinawa.
Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks AND, more importantly, owner of the Flying Heritage Collection, has funded an attempt to find the IJN MusashiJimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-63864757368734601622015-03-02T22:15:00.000-08:002015-03-02T22:15:58.182-08:00Nuclear Bomb MapEver wondered what kind of damage a nuclear bomb could do if it were dropped on a particular place? Well, here's a simple and interesting way to calculate that:
Nuke Map
It's worth it!Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-16543682322569724992015-01-17T08:31:00.000-08:002015-01-17T08:31:12.590-08:00Connie Ends Her Final Voyage in Brownsville.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-41382579146383658532015-01-17T08:25:00.002-08:002015-01-17T08:25:45.633-08:00MH-60 Squadrons
The MH-60 is a cool chopper. If you're near one of these places you might see them! Thanks to Lockheed Martin for the image!
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-85275108281285276642015-01-14T05:53:00.005-08:002015-01-14T05:53:54.311-08:00CV-64, Constellation nears Her EndForrestal and Saratoga have both come to Brownsville, Texas for their final moments, and now Constellation joins them. What a sad end to such brave ships. Hopefully one of the other supercarriers will find a home as a museum ship to commemorate the deeds of the many men who served aboard them! See the latest article here.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-16608850959266068782014-12-10T22:03:00.002-08:002014-12-10T22:03:38.184-08:00Choppers Galore!I drove past the Yakima airport today and saw something that drew my attention away from the road. There seemed to be a helicopter in the military parking area. Sure enough!! Several! Not just two...but six choppers! Three Chinooks and three Blackhawks.
These were not just ANY Blackhawks or Chinooks, thought, there were the attack versions! MH-60 and MH-47 Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-66727263709372733552014-08-14T06:54:00.003-07:002014-08-14T06:54:18.932-07:00Constellation Will Stop Near San DiegoIf you're interested in keeping up with Connie on her long trek to death under the cutter's torch, her is an update.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-81926343048512730482014-08-14T06:45:00.003-07:002014-08-14T06:45:58.502-07:00Where To Have A BLAST in London...Okay, this has nothing to do with the Pacific Northwest, but it IS a very interesting resource for those of you who have a fascination with WWII and the Battle of Britain. A friend sent this to me and I thought anyone who reads this page might find it cool, too.
Have a look at where bombs fell in London here!
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-9413579700433614642014-08-06T06:30:00.003-07:002014-08-06T06:30:48.901-07:00USS Constellation gets one day reprieve.America's conventional super-carriers held the line between the aging Essex and Midway classes and the modern Nimitz class. They are about 1000 feet long and their flight decks over 200 feet wide, and weighing about 65000 tons. These ships were powered by steam, developed by burning petroleum, rather than steam generated by cracking the atom. Used heavily from the 1960s to to Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-44574945772635031642014-07-05T08:29:00.001-07:002014-07-05T08:29:51.323-07:00Boeing Loses Six 737s in Train Derailment.
Thursday, July 3, a train carrying six Boeing 737 fuselages, and sub-assemblies to 777 and 747s derailed about 20 miles from Superior, Montana. The photo shows three 737 fuselages nose and tail down in a river, apparently having come from somewhere quite a way up. The Boeing site shows that new Boeing 737s go for around 76-109 MILLION dollars EACH. That, right there, Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-59459659155897804242014-05-21T22:00:00.002-07:002014-05-21T22:00:57.123-07:00Agricultural Aircraft
I tend to focus on military aviation here in Washington, I suppose, largely because that is where my interest has always laid. Today, however, I may add another aspect to this blog. Agricultural aircraft. Those aircraft, mainly sprayers, that help Washington's farmers keep the crops coming in.
Today, I happened to be in Wapato, Washington. Just South of Wapato is a smallJimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-12711437696820047082014-05-09T06:26:00.003-07:002014-05-09T06:26:51.220-07:00Yep! Another one!!USS Saratoga, CV-60, is to be scrapped in Brownsville, Texas, not far from former USS Forrestal. Given my low placement among the US Navy's hierarchy, I don't know anything more than what I saw in this article, but one wonders why the USN is getting rid of its big ships recently. Are they making room for the expected downsizing? or perhaps they have finally come to a decision Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-45506841607154538982014-04-02T00:48:00.001-07:002014-04-02T00:48:38.547-07:00Mustang
Upapa Epops
Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-67912760154454316372014-04-02T00:13:00.002-07:002014-04-02T00:13:47.135-07:00R-2800
R-2800 on a Grumman F-6F at the Flying Heritage Collection, in Everett, Washington.Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-13497710386064791062014-03-31T09:35:00.001-07:002014-03-31T09:35:44.297-07:00Flying Heritage Collection, 2014
The Flying Heritage Collection of Everett, Washington, has an immaculate collection of aircraft from World War II. Amongst that collection, and on view for the better part of this year, are THREE Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes. There is an A6M3 and A6M5 in excellent condition, while the third Zero is in nearly the condition that it was recovered in. The display gives the viewer aJimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-11671499809506039752014-02-05T21:27:00.003-08:002014-02-05T21:27:42.144-08:00Keep Track of the Forrestal!A reader sent me a link to a site he hosts! It is totally worth a visit! The photos alone are tremendous! Here: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Forrestal/LAST-VOYAGE/index.htmlJimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749168400621154038.post-8372145286764199162014-02-04T22:25:00.000-08:002014-02-05T06:15:23.073-08:00USS Forrestal's Final VoyageCVA-59/ CV/ AVT-59 USS Forrestal, laid down in 1952 and commissioned in 1955, was the first supercarrier, and carried the torch for freedom until 1993, when she was decommissioned. She is 1039 feet long and four acres of American real-estate. In 1963 she was host to a C-130 Hercules. There was hope that USS Forrestal Museum Inc. could raise enough money, public interest, and Jimh.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com0