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by Tommy H. Thomason

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Warpaint Series No. 99: McDonnell F3H Demon

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From a detailed and illustrated Britmodeller review HERE Tony Buttler, a well-known and prolific author, has written an excellent, well...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Cyber-Hobby SH-3H In-box Review by Jodie Peeler

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Courtesy Sprue Brothers, Arguably the Best Online Hobby Retailer Jodie Peeler previously provided this blog with a detailed build rev...
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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Things Under Wings: AN/APS-4

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Many Navy carrier-based dive and torpedo bombers in late World War II and for a few years after carried a white pod, the AN/APS-4 radar, on ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

F11F Tiger

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The Grumman F11F was one of three day fighters developed for the Navy in the early 1950s, the others being the North American FJ-4 Fury an...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

F-111 Auxiliary Flaps

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7 September 2022: Updated with pictures of the auxiliary flaps. Also see this subsequent post: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2017/01/t...
Monday, September 1, 2014

F-111B Envelope Expansion Wing

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One of the remaining mysteries to me about the F-111B program was the presence of the four-segment flap wing (i.e. the F-111A wing) on F-111...
Monday, August 25, 2014

North American FJ-3 Redux

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One of the topics of conversation at the excellent IPMS National (U.S.) Convention this year, at least among the folks I talk with, was the ...
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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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