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by Tommy H. Thomason

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Douglas Low-drag External Fuel Tanks

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11 October 2017: A3J-1/RA-5C tank drawing and discussion updated. 13 September 2016: For the earlier 150 and 300-gallon tanks, see http://...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Getting It Right

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This is another in a series of examples of how hard it is for model kit manufacturers to produce one with no errors of shape or detail. Th...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

S2F One More Time

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I decided to double check my assertion that the vertical tail did not change between the S2F-1/2 (S-2A/B) and the S2F-3 (S-2D). With respect...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

AJ Savage Notes

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Updated 20 August 2022 This is a placeholder for a more detailed discussion of the North American AJ Savage program.* North American won a...
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Model Kit Errors

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Whenever a new kit is released, or even before if photos of test shots are available, errors and omission in shape or detail are immediately...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Scooter!

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It took longer than we hoped, but Scooter! is in the last stages of the publishing process and should be available in the fall. This is the...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

XF4U: the first to 400 MPH?

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I just revised the entry on the XF4U's top speed as a result of a comment from Ron Lewis. Click HERE .
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In 1956, at age 12, I lived on NAS Sangley Point in the Philippine Islands. Always enamored with airplanes, I imprinted on the Cougars, Banshees, and Skyraiders then being deployed. Not able to be a Naval Aviator because I was nearsighted, I instead became an aeronautical engineer and general aviation pilot. Now retired, I write books and monographs on U.S. Navy aircraft.
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