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I have doubts of any B-36s flying today. It's an awsome aircraft and I did see one leave Los Angeles Airport in 1964. It had a low drone sound and looked very slow climbing up... like a huge pencil. One is on display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. It's even accompnaied by a parasite fighter...

Back in 1946 I was based on Okinawa as an instrument technician on a P-47 base called Yontan. Then I was sent to Manila for a class in Link Trainers. While there, I hitched a ride to Clark Field to visit a buddy. He was a crew chief on a B-29, so one day I helped to count the screw threads on...

In a train carriage there was Bill Clinton, George Bush, a spectacular looking blonde and an obese lady. After several minutes of the trip, the train passes through a dark tunnel, and the unmistakable sound of a slap is heard. When they leave the tunnel, Clinton had a big red slap mark on his...

Thanks Rob for the tower visit offer. I’m sure that would be a fascinating tour and I hope we can meet up someday and do that. The advances in aviation are always an interest to me and I now enjoy its history. Glad too that Papa Joe enjoys the subject. Two fascinating books tell a lot of...

I apologize to you Tommy for misspelling your last name. To Papa Joe, aviation is a part of my life and I'm always open for an interesting aspect of that topic. Here's one item regarding the building of P-51 fighters during WWII: "While test flying P-51Ds at the Inglewood, CA plant, we suddenly...

Thanks Andy for the nice Father's Day gift of the TDR. You and your friends are an inspiration for me reflect on the joys we had in doing our thing with so many different vehicles!! It's been a real pleasure to recall the challenges and obstacles we had to overcome with our wits and rescources...