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by Tommy H. Thomason

Friday, June 23, 2017

F3D (F-10) Skyknight Post Synopsis

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Unfortunately, the "Whale" doesn't get the respect it deserves. Portly and underpowered from the beginning, it eventually re...
Friday, June 9, 2017

Relying on Museum Examples for Detail Accuracy

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You really shouldn't. Today's extreme example of why not is the Vought F6U on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensa...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Skale Wings 1/72 AD Skyraider Folded Wings

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Skale Wings is a new plastic model kit company located in Ukraine. Their first product was the AD-5W Skyraider, which I reviewed here: http:...
Monday, May 1, 2017

The Complete F-111B Repaired

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It's just come to my attention that some of the illustrations in my earliest F-111B post, http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/10/gru...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Kitty Hawk 1/32 T-28C

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Glen Coleman has announced that Kitty Hawk's T-28C follow-on to its well-received T-28B/D kit will be available in June. Not my scal...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Things Under Wings: Air-Start Pod

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From the August 1956 issue of Popular Mechanics:  Also see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2012/01/portable-air-start-cart.html Ground sup...
Monday, April 10, 2017

The Last Propeller-Pulled Corsairs: F4U-5/AU-1/F4U-7

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22 June 2025: Click here for information on the F4U-5/AU-1/F4U-7 center-line bomb rack: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2025/06/vought-f...
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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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