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I dead headed in the Hanoi Taxi when it was still an A model stationed at Norton AFB.

Steve that's a great looking EP-3! They would park with our MC's at Kadena when they were on the island. The EP that had the mid air with the chinese fighter and emergency landed on hainan island is going on display at the Pima Air Museum . Cheers...Ron

That's a good looking T2...I have a couple hundred hours in them here at Kirtland when I was a Lockheed employee. I never like those MCARS pods...had hose trouble and the VDD would get a mind of it's own. That head on shot makes me want to "clear number 3" for engine start. Cheers...Ron

Awesome "steam jet"...I've got a lot of time under A model 135's when I was a loadmaster on A model C-5's. Cheers...Ron

That's coming along very well. Even the raft floor is glossy with water! Jack King (the voice of Apollo) and Gene Kranz would be proud! Cheers...Ron

The ocean looks really good....love the sea dye lingering around too! The initial burst of sea dye is like anti freeze color then it disapates. Gonna look great when finished! Cheers...Ron

Jim Lovell and the crew of Apollo 13 are glad the recovery chutes got them to the water! That's looking really awesome! Great job so far! Cheers...Ron

You're very welcome!

And a B-52 with 2 Hound dog missiles under the wings! Cheers...Ron

Nothing says Cold War Strategic Air Command's part of the ICBM triad than a Titan II missile! Great job! Cheers...Ron

That's looking really good! Can't wait to see the finished product! Cheers...Ron

Don't quit....Gene Kranz..."Failure is not an option" Cheers....Ron

Looking good! Are you going to add a shark fin in the water? The SEALS that recovered the spacecraft said the rotors beating the water in addition to the sound of the spashdown attracted some curious sharks out in the Pacific. Cheers....Ron

That's a great looking Eagle! A lot of attention to detail there...great job! I think that Eagle came from Kadena...I spent 4 years there in the Special Operations Wing there and saw the F-15's fly every day. Cheers...Ron

That's awesome so far!

Just remember that most of it burned off coming back through the atmosphere! Cheers....Ron

Thanks for the link! Cheers....Ron

My dad was on the Apollo 11 launch team. He worked the rocket engines on the Lunar Module.

That looks awesome!

Kinda off topic but does anyone make a B-17 crew inflight to put in the seats for a flying display? I know Monogram had a set of crew figures in the high end B-17 kit. Now back to our regular scheduled B-17 chat..... Cheers....Ron

Had a few syncrophasers on the old MC-130 that would wander off and the engineer would unsync them all and then re-sync them up. Was a lot of vibration for that brief period of flight. Cheers...Ron

Lookin good! I flew the T2 as a Lockheed employee here at Kirtland. The old girl gained a lot of weight. When they put the hose pods on and other associated equipment the operating weight was around 102,000 pounds. Max takeoff was 155,000 so it really limited the payload it could carry. Cheers...Ron

That Pioneer Airways DC-3 was a good looking airplane too. My old boss in C-5's when he was a young loadmaster flew on AC-47's in South Vietnam. He said it was a great airplane to fly in. Cheers....Ron

I've built three of those Monogram C-47's over the years. You did a great job on yours! No TSA...no jetway no fighting for an overhead bin...people dressed nice to fly and got real silverware for their inflight meal..... Cheers....Ron

Great job....fantastic display and cabinet/table too. Wish I had the woodwork skill for some display stuff I want to do. Cheers...Ron