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Old Dec 9, 2025 | 12:09 PM
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F-4G (Wild Weasel)
 
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Old Dec 10, 2025 | 04:02 PM
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F-102 Delta Dagger
 
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Old Dec 10, 2025 | 05:29 PM
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Thanks for this awarenous. I am a private pilot and I use this information occasionally. Remember, on Sept 11 2011, you didn;t see any of those planes on radar!
 
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Old Dec 11, 2025 | 09:29 AM
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Hughes H-4 Hercules (aka "Spruce Goose")
 
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Old Dec 11, 2025 | 01:40 PM
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I like to JUMP out of airplanes !!! (14,000 feet)










 

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Old Dec 11, 2025 | 05:52 PM
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I know whose cars those are - so who also jumped other than YOU?
 
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Old Dec 11, 2025 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Valk
I like to JUMP out of airplanes !!! (14,000 feet)








When I was a tank driver in the Army, they asked me to be an Airborne Tanker. I looked at my sergeant and said "With all due respect sergeant, why the hell would I want to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?".
He looked me dead in the eyes and said "Good man!" and walked away.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 10:14 AM
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F-104
 
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Old Dec 12, 2025 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by M60A3Driver
When I was a tank driver in the Army, they asked me to be an Airborne Tanker. I looked at my sergeant and said "With all due respect sergeant, why the hell would I want to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?".
He looked me dead in the eyes and said "Good man!" and walked away.
It's the most awesome experience I have ever had !!!
I did it 5 more times over the next several years
These pictures were from my very first time on June 15th, 1995
 
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Old Dec 13, 2025 | 11:22 AM
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Lockheed Vega

TWA (Trans World Airlines)
originated from the 1930 merger of Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) and Western Air Express (WAE), forming Transcontinental & Western Air (T&WA)
 
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Old Dec 13, 2025 | 11:40 AM
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Lockheed Vega (desk model)
 
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Old Dec 14, 2025 | 08:41 AM
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C-124 Globe Master

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Old Dec 14, 2025 | 09:44 PM
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C121 Lockheed Constellation
C121 Lockheed Constellation "Connie"
 
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Old Dec 15, 2025 | 10:19 AM
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B-757-200
 

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Old Dec 15, 2025 | 10:22 AM
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B-757-300
 
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Old Dec 15, 2025 | 10:47 AM
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B-757 flight deck

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Old Dec 17, 2025 | 10:02 AM
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B-17

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Old Dec 17, 2025 | 03:20 PM
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The Blue Angels - 2024 Chicago Air Show







 
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Old Dec 19, 2025 | 10:52 AM
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MD-80 (TranStar before buyout)

TranStar MD-80 AFTER BUYOUT
 
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Old Dec 22, 2025 | 10:13 AM
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MD-80s (At Columbus International ICAO Identifier CMH)
 
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