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by Tommy H. Thomason

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Are You Going To Believe Me or Your Lying Eyes?

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VAH-4 reportedly initiated the marking of its A3D tankers with large black stripes on the fuselage to make a specific one easy to identify i...
Friday, March 13, 2015

The Complete F-111B

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29 March 2026: I regret to report that the title is incorrect as I've probably created more posts since I last updated this one. For com...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Grumman AF Guardian Notes

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22 Many 2026: Added cockpit picture 18 October 2016: See http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/10/grumman-af-2w-guardian-redux.html for a...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Bell Aircraft L-39 Color

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22 December 2014 Update:  I asked Paul Faltyn of the Niagara Aerospace Museum if he could confirm that a color negative of this picture exis...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Aircraft Pictorial #7: F4U-1 Corsair Vol 1

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  Dana Bell's long awaited monograph on the F4U-1 Corsair is finally available. There are many books and articles available on the F...
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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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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