This over withdrawing support for the subsidy payments for the flight to Salt Lake City. Casper complained it had received no notice of this occurring, and is concerned what it will mean.
Friday, July 26, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 26, 1924. Other around the world flights.
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 26, 1924. Other around the world f...:
Saturday, July 26, 1924. Other around the world flights.
Argentinian pilot Pedro Zanni and mechanic Felipe Beltrame began their rather belated attempt to fly around the world.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the Air Force.
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the...:
Saturday, July 18, 1914. The sort of birth of the Air Force.
Congress created the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, effectively creating what would become the Air Force.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Saturday, June 29, 2024
AT-6's (SNJ's) from the film Tora! Tora! Tora!, Natrona County International Airport.
I heard them flying over downtown and looked up and saw them flying, but didn't notice the Japanese markings. After realizing what they were, I went out the next day and to see if they were still there, and they were.
These are the SNJ's that were altered and remodeled to closely resemble Japanese Navy A6M's (Zeroes) and Nakajima B5N's (Kates) for the 1970s movie Tora! Tora! Tora!. The resemblance to the Japanese aircraft is truly remarkable.
The Commemorative Air Force maintains and flies this team of aircraft today, preserving the excellent replica work done for the film.
In this instance, these aircraft were on their way to an airshow in Salt Lake City.
AT-6 in original markings.
AT-6 alte4red to resemble B5N.
SNJ rebuilt to resemble A6M.
The Delta Blues*
In local and semi local news:
1. Last Saturday evening, a Delta Airlines 757 bound from Atlanta to Salt Lake City lost cabin pressure and had to land at the Natrona County International Airport.
2. On June 17the Casper/Natrona County International Airport Board of Directors notified the Fly Casper Alliance (FCA) that it voted to withdraw support for the minimum revenue guarantee which has kept SkyWest flying as the Delta Connection to Salt Lake. This will almost surely end commercial air service from Casper to SLC.
Footnotes
* The reference is to the type of blues associated with the Missippii Delta.
Sunday, June 23, 2024
Monday, June 23, 1924. First dawn to dusk transcontinental flight.
Lex Anteinternet: Monday, June 23, 1924. First dawn to dusk transco...:
Maughan was a significant early military aviation pioneer who has appeared on this site before.
Monday, June 23, 1924. First dawn to dusk transcontinental flight.
Protype of the excellent Curtiss P-1. The P-1 was the first of a series of "hawk" biplane fighter aircraft manufactured by Curtiss that would serve right up until the eve of World War Two.
1st Lt. Russell Maughan made the first dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States.
Landing at Crissy Field in San Francisco one minute before technical sundown, he had started the day off at Mitchel Field, Long Island and had flown his Curtiss P-1 across the country with stops in Dayton, Ohio; St. Joseph, Missouri; North Platte, Nebraska; Cheyenne, Wyoming and the Bonneville Salt Flats at Salduro
Maughan was a significant early military aviation pioneer who has appeared on this site before.
Last prior edition:
Wednesday, June 18, 1924. The Cummins Incident.
Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 23, 1914. America
Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 23, 1914. The decisive Villista Vic...:
Tuesday, June 23, 1914. The decisive Villista Victory.
The first flight of the flying boat America took place in anticipation of a transatlantic flight that would not occur due to the outbreak of World War One.
Monday, June 17, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.
Lex Anteinternet: Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.:
Saturday, June 17, 1944. A stateside tragedy.
B-24J 42-100023 piloted by 2nd. Lt. Richard Zorn of Connecticut crashed on top of Casper Mountain, south of Casper, Wyoming, at about midnight, killing all on board.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 13, 1944. D+7. First use of V-1s on London.
Lex Anteinternet: Tuesday, June 13, 1944. D+7. Heavy fighting in N...:
Tuesday, June 13, 1944. D+7. Heavy fighting in Normandy.
The first V-1 rockets were launched on London.
V-1s are, basically, a pulse jet drone, and therefore heralded an advance in weaponry which we're only now seeing the full application of in combat. One of a variety of late war German "Wunderwaffe", they were primitive in their category and while they affected terror, they stood no chance of being war altering. The same can not be said of the V-2, which was a ballistic missile and truly revolutionary.
Armed drones would be revolutionary, but it would not really be until the advent of cruise missiles that they'd become effective. With advances in targeting, they're now a massive dangerous weapon which has been one of the things which has allowed Ukraine to disproportionately take on Russia in the ongoing Russo Ukrainian War.
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