Who Likes Aircraft ?

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[Photon440]

Who would have guessed that being a funny car driver could pay so well that you could buy your own 747.

Maybe owning an air freight service pays for the funny car? Kalitta's fleet still has twenty-six 747s among other aircraft...

 

[MOPOWER871]

IIRC Patty's stunt plane had a Mopar sponsor tag on it. Great pilot.

Its possible, Patty was also sponsored by BF Goodwrench, Michelin,...Mopar sponsored Julie Clark, I seen her land her T-34 on the dragstrip at Englishtown N.J. for the Mopar Nationals many moons ago. I seen her some 20 years later at an air show at M.C.A.S. Yuma in AZ and she was blown away I had seen that performance, great lady.

 

[MOPOWER871]

Inside the wing of a P-51D Right wing

 

[MOPOWER871]

Shot taken at N.A.S. Oceana

 

[Basket case]

Its possible, Patty was also sponsored by BF Goodwrench, Michelin,...Mopar sponsored Julie Clark, I seen her land her T-34 on the dragstrip at Englishtown N.J. for the Mopar Nationals many moons ago. View attachment 953446View attachment 953448

That's the one I was thinking of.

 

[MOPOWER871]

Nellis AFB NV. Late afternoon .this is a Heritage flight to pay respect to the Men and Woman who served in the U.S.A.F.

 

[MOPOWER871]

Death from above

 

[MOPOWER871]

 

[MOPOWER871]

 

[MOPOWER871]

Bob Barabaskis, Curtis P-40 Crashed off of Smiths Point ,Long Island (R I P)

 

[MOPOWER871]

GEICO Sky Typers are based out of Farmingdale's Republic airport Long Island, N.Y These guys are about 3 miles from my house.I love the sound of the radial engines and the crackle the propeller tips goes super sonic.

 

[MOPOWER871]

Nellis AFB, 2007

 

[polywideblock]

only survivor

 

[dadsbee]

Picking my boat and Daughter up from a back lake Summer of '16

 

[Richard Cranium]

My dad, circa 1975....

 

[MOPOWER871]

Payed a visit to NAS Wildwood last summer in south New Jersey. its a museum now but during WWII is served as a Dive bomber training base.This day they had the Collins Foundation fly in a couple of Warbirds to sell rides.
In the first picture the mechanics are changing out a cracked exhaust manifold.here are some pictures.

 

[MOPOWER871]

More pics from NAS Wildwood

 

[Richard Cranium]

I wonder why the exhaust ports are crimped down? It seems as that would cause restrictions.

Not crimped....

 

[Photon440]

I wonder why the exhaust ports are crimped down? It seems as that would cause restrictions.

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Not crimped....

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Some highly supercharged engines overcome the exhaust restriction and gain airspeed from the thrust of the exhaust blasting out of the crimped pipes. I recall an article on the 'Rare Bear' racing Bearcat that claimed the equivalent of an extra 300 hp. was gained from this thrust.