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Old Dec 23, 2025 | 09:14 PM
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Macci C-202 Folgore. Italian WWII fighter


 
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Old Dec 24, 2025 | 10:49 AM
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L-4 Grasshopper (military version J-3 Cub)
 
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Old Dec 27, 2025 | 12:18 PM
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Globe GC-1 Swift ( at Reno Air Races)
 
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Old Dec 30, 2025 | 11:21 AM
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Pushback - Rio de Janeiro to Houston (Boeing 767-400)
 

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Old Dec 31, 2025 | 01:39 AM
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Messershmitt BF 109-G
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Old Dec 31, 2025 | 12:50 PM
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Cessna 195
 
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Old Jan 2, 2026 | 11:19 AM
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F-105
 
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Old Jan 2, 2026 | 11:20 AM
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A-7
 
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Old Jan 2, 2026 | 11:37 AM
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I built the replacement underwing fuel tank pylons for those.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2026 | 10:42 AM
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BAe 146
 
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Old Jan 4, 2026 | 04:06 PM
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US Air BAe 146-200 at SFO
 
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Old Jan 5, 2026 | 10:29 AM
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Martin B-26G
 
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Old Jan 5, 2026 | 05:24 PM
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Miami yesterday


 

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Old Jan 6, 2026 | 10:31 AM
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Mothballed (Mojave, CA)
 
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Old Jan 8, 2026 | 11:17 AM
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PBY Catalina
 
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Old Jan 8, 2026 | 01:20 PM
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I have over many hours in the C-124C Globemaster III out of Donaldson AFB South Carolina (closed) and Hickam AFB Hawaii from 1960-1963 when they were retired and replaced by the C-133 (no, not C-130). I was Radio operator, BU Navigator and had to fix any electrical/electronics that crapped out while in the air. Took us 23 hours to go from Dover AFB to European bases after refuleling in the Azores.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2026 | 11:03 AM
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edmoncwheeler -Here's some memories

C-124 Globemaster

C-130 Hercules

C-133 Cargomaster
 
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Old Jan 10, 2026 | 10:08 AM
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F-4 Phantom (destroyed so many MiGs around the world in air to air combat, it is called World’s leading distributor of MiG parts)
 
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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 11:28 AM
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Hugh Hefner's (Playboy) DC-9

The "Big Bunny"


Jet Bunnies - Look—Don't Touch
 
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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 09:47 PM
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Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
 
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