To its first flight in 60 years. "Doc" one of two airworthy B-29s in the world.
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
My first major aviation breakage. Happened a month or so ago bottom bolt decided to part ways from the caliper on this Piper Arrow. Luckily for me it occurred when I tried to set the parking brake for the engine run up, right brake and parking brake instantly went soft. Had a PC-12 on my ass so had to taxi down the rwy with one brake. Hell of a day.
The Kiowa might be done, but not before having set a world record on its way out. Largest helicopter formation flight in history, 32 aircraft in all.
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler
I guess they'll salvage what they can and shitcan the rest.
"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
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