Inside the hanger: Jim Good Aviation Museum

Inside the hanger

Alexander Eaglerock A-14

Alexander Eaglerock A-14

Replica Alexander Eaglerock A-14 in the Denver Airport.

Pacific Aviation Museum: Rebuilding a Boeing F4B

Pacific Aviation Museum: Rebuilding a Boeing F4B

A Boeing F4B fighter being rebuilt by the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, Hawaii.  Quite the project, it shows how very much like the old flying models we used to build these really were.

A Boeing F4B fighter being rebuilt by the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, Hawaii.  Quite the project, it shows how very much like the old flying models we used to build these really were.

Pacific Aviation Museum: Navy N2S (PT13)

Pacific Aviation Museum: Navy N2S (PT13). 

Navy N2S Stearman trainer. This particular Stearman was flown by Cadet George Bush while he was training as a Naval aviator.

Starting one of the early ones.

Starting one of the early ones.

Starting a biplane.

Starting one of the early ones.

Starting one of the early ones.

Starting a biplane.

The Star Duster

The Star Duster

The Star Duster, Natrona County Airshow, 1985. This was a biplane built by Norm Weiss of Casper Wyoming, a Casper College professor.

Osa's Ark - A strange Plane

Osa's Ark

I was looking through pictures I took to find an interesting picture to start off the blog. I think this fits nicely.

This is a Sikorsky S-38. A quote gleamed from it's Wikipedia Page explains it nicely.

"The Sikorsky S-38 was an American twin-engined 8-seat amphibious aircraft. It was sometimes called 'The Explorer's Air Yacht' and was Sikorsky's first widely produced amphibious flying boat which in addition to serving successfully for Pan American Airways and the U.S. Army, also had numerous private owners who received notoriety for their exploits."

This particular aircraft (this might actually be a replica, not sure) is the "Osa's Ark", which belonged to Martin an Osa Johnson, two American explorers. There is a whole gallery of original photographs of this plane here.