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by Tommy H. Thomason

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

F4U-1 Corsair Volume 2 by Dana Bell

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You may have a dozen F4U Corsair books and monographs in your library, maybe even two dozen. It doesn't matter. If you have any inter...
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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Cockpit Color - Navy Carrier-Based Airplanes

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The question of cockpit colors comes up fairly often on modeling web sites. I'm working on an overview of the changing requirements with...
Monday, April 13, 2015

The F3Ds of the Flying Nightmares in Korea

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23 June 2017: I've just taken a closer look at the variations in the  F3D's overhead hatch. It was the normal entry and exit point, ...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

EKA-3B versus EA-3B, One More Time

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Trumpeter's 1/48 KA-3B kit includes a bomb-bay mounted crew compartment, apparently to be used for a forthcoming EKA-3B kit along with e...
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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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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