The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

[BusyBee604]

Speaking of which....
110 Years ago today, this happened.

.... And 'Da Bee has been Gold Winged for exactly 1/2 of that 110-year span of aviation development & history... priceless!
Winged 3 July, 1958


BzB

 

[VMO4]

With all due respect to Homer J's fine work here, on December 18, 1942 my father Lt. James E. Evans, as an IP out of Bunker Hill NAS, and his student had to leave a N2S Stearman which would not recover from an inverted spin due to a structural failure, he landed in a corn field. Later he cut off the NAVY section of fabric from remains of the fuselage. He later gave it to me.

71 years ago today.

 

[ea6bflyr]

With all due respect to Homer J's fine work here, on December 18, 1942 my father Lt. James E. Evans, as an IP out of Bunker Hill NAS, and his student had to leave a N2S Stearman which would not recover from an inverted spin due to a structural failure, he landed in a corn field. Later he cut off the NAVY section of fabric from remains of the fuselage. He later gave it to me.

71 years ago today.

You really should have that thing framed to preserve it. What an awesome story, thanks for sharing.

 

[picklesuit]

With all due respect to Homer J's fine work here, on December 18, 1942 my father Lt. James E. Evans, as an IP out of Bunker Hill NAS, and his student had to leave a N2S Stearman which would not recover from an inverted spin due to a structural failure, he landed in a corn field. Later he cut off the NAVY section of fabric from remains of the fuselage. He later gave it to me.

71 years ago today.

Interesting segue,
Saw your name which, coincidentally, was similar to a license plate I saw today on an SUV "VMO-2" which piqued my interest.

30 seconds of google-fu later:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMO-2
What did you do with VMO-4? Seems like an interesting precursor to current UAV ops...
Pickle

 

[KODAK]

A US Army UH-1H "Huey", a Vietnam vet and one of only nine airworthy airframes remaining on the books, flying as "EVAL 89"

 

[VMO4]

Pickle,

I was enlisted wrench turner/aircrew with VMO 4 (OV-10D) and HMLA 773 (AH-1T) at NAS Marietta, and also spent some time with HML 767 (UH-1N) at NAS Belle Chase in the early eighties. Good times, our motto was "bend to fit, paint to match"

The patch in the pic is from my farher's Med cruise on the FDR , CV-42 in 52/53.

 

[picklesuit]

Pretty cool.

Thanks for the info!
Pickle

 

[MIDNJAC]

Speaking of old BUNOs

Reminded me of a flight recently.....was passing my BuNo to the boom operator in the Maiden, and they misheard 164268 (or something like that) for another number. They said "confirm 168264" or something, and I lol'd a big aviation nerd laugh to myself......168......what is this, 2090?

 

[xj220]

Reminded me of a flight recently.....was passing my BuNo to the boom operator in the Maiden, and they misheard 164268 (or something like that) for another number. They said "confirm 168264" or something, and I lol'd a big aviation nerd laugh to myself......168......what is this, 2090?

I guess you just had to have been there.

 

[xj220]

A US Army UH-1H "Huey", a Vietnam vet and one of only nine airworthy airframes remaining on the books, flying as "EVAL 89"

If airframes could talk, I bet that thing would have stories.

 

[Pags]

Reminded me of a flight recently.....was passing my BuNo to the boom operator in the Maiden, and they misheard 164268 (or something like that) for another number. They said "confirm 168264" or something, and I lol'd a big aviation nerd laugh to myself......168......what is this, 2090?

There are 168 bunos. I flew plenty of 167 helos a few years ago. I can't remember the bunos of the E-2D and P-8s, but I'm sure they're at least 168.

 

[ea6bflyr]

There are 168 bunos. I flew plenty of 167 helos a few years ago. I can't remember the bunos of the E-2D and P-8s, but I'm sure they're at least 168.

Yep...they do exist...

Reminded me of a flight recently.....was passing my BuNo to the boom operator in the Maiden, and they misheard 164268 (or something like that) for another number. They said "confirm 168264" or something, and I lol'd a big aviation nerd laugh to myself......168......what is this, 2090?

Damn dude, you are flying a dinosaur.

 

[Renegade One]

Yep...they do exist

That link didn't work for me…think I FIFY…LOTS of 'em in the 168XXX range...

 

[xj220]

Since when is 164 a dinosaur? I've flown 158 numerous times and typically 160-162.

 

[ea6bflyr]

Since when is 164 a dinosaur? I've flown 158 numerous times and typically 160-162.

Dude, just messing with you....R1, on the other hand, flew real Pterodactyls.