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My good friend Curt took these nice photos of Karen at Olympus.

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Always good to see your friends thriving

Just hold on, we're going home

#passing time

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P-59 “Bell”

The first jet fighter of the United States. The first aircraft XP-59A with two turbojet engines General Electric Type 1-A thrust 567 kg first took to the air from the dry lake Muroc October 1, 1942. 13 pre-production aircraft YP-59A was equipped with a turbojet engine General electric I-16 and was tested in 1944. This was followed by the release of 20 aircraft P-59A and 30 aircraft P-59B Airacomet that had the engine J31-GE-3 and J31-GE-5, respectively, and the plane P-59B, moreover, had increased fuel capacity. In the ensuing flight tests in the 412 th fighter group were identified unsatisfactory flight characteristics, and mediocre firepower of these fighters, and they are no longer produced.

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Me 262, Fw 190 and Spitfire.

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MK356 Breighton by Mike Illien

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SB2C-4E Helldivers from VB-87 in formation over the Pacific, 1945

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USAAF 375th Fighter Squadron

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Now kiss

The future may look uncertain, but at least it's Friday. (at Paine Field)

Mt. Rainier rendezvous was a success. #pnw #landcruiser (at Mount Rainier)

#landcruiser #pnw

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Model airplanes have come a long way from the days when you stood in your backyard and the little buzzing plane whirled around on a string. These days, remote-controlled model airplanes are often lovingly crafted historic recreations worth thousands — and even tens of thousands of dollars — that soar high in the sky.

Jerry Willette, with the Champlain Valley Flyers model airplane club in northern New York, built a replica of a World War II twin-engine fighter-bomber called a P-38. It has a wing span of nearly 10 feet.

“This was built right from scratch. You got to get the plans and then you gotta make all the pieces up, and then you build it,” he says. “This particular airplane right here was probably four or five years in the making.”

Modern Model Airplanes Blend Art, Aviation And Grown-Up Toys

Photo: Brian Mann/NCPR

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