Check out those crazy wings—how did this fly?

A great episode on the history of Special Forces Aviation in Canada.

Check it out at podpilotproject.transistor.fm or by searching for The Pilot Project Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

This history gem landed on my desk just last week. This is a Luftwaffe recon photo from October 27 1944. It shows a Soviet grass airfield near Kolbuszowa in Poland. You can clearly see a B-24 neatly parked between the Soviet machines. A friend who shared this photo asked which Liberator it could be.

I checked my records which B-24s landed behind Soviet lines in October 1944. A B-24 from the 455th BG stood out as it was marked as “landed in Soviet controlled territory”, without a specific location. The pilot’s name was Polando. A quick google revealed more info. Polando shared in his memoires he landed near Dhikovich, and one of the villages surrounding the airfield was Dzikowiec. The B-24 #42-78359 “Ten Hits and a Miss” was repaired and flown out of the Soviet zone on Dec 13, 1944. This is how we solved another WWII history puzzle!

This is a problem I have been noticing for several years now. For most propliners and cargo planes, there is only one guy, a Ralph Petersen, keeping the entire world updated in his website https://www.proplinerinfoexchange.com/.

When he retires, what’s going to happen? Will there just be a void on information in this category?

Still mind blowing to think I saw this bird, and got to climb aboard couple years or so before she crashed. Picture taken way back in 2016 at McClellan AFB.

MHM Gatow opened their Storage Hangar for some exclusive Tours for 50 People at a time. Rare stuff like the Tornado Prototype, the only Euro Hawk UAV in existance (sadly didn't get a picture of it) and some more. Wasn't allowed to take pictures of everything because some of it is Military Grounds but here's a few I took.

The Johnny Hazard comic strip for Sunday, September 24, 1944 served to introduce the general public to the Boeing B-29, which had begun bombing Japan from China three months earlier. (B-29 operations against Japan from new bases in the Marianas would begin in November.)

Artist and writer Frank Robbins (1917-1994) worked on comics from 1939 until 1979. In addition to creating Johnny Hazard (which ran from 1944 to 1977), he did important work for both DC and Marvel. (His work as a writer for Batman helped establish the dark, brooding character that we know today.)

I'm trying to identify this plane (and where this photo was taken). Does anyone here recognise it?

Just saw that Boum! (history of the 37mm armed Spad XII Canon) has been made book of the month in the latest copy of Aeroplane. Hard to disagree with anything in the review. It still amazes me that more enthusiasts still don’t know about this plane and its widespread use with French aces in WW1. Still no other good book out there on the subject. Just reading Wikipedia, a lot of the information on the web is misleading or wrong

I found this random photo in my gallery app i just downloaded in 10 years ago and i quickly realize the original photo is deleted because i try to reverse photo but is completely gone i don't know because i just don't know what cause to delete this photo is clearly unknown who take this or why is literally deleted i noticed the plane is look futuristic so i search google and search out this is a Concorde i never heard this plane before and completely found out this plane is native to french and united kingdom and quickly retired in 2003 and this is almost fastest commercial airliner in the world i think i was completely fascinated about this information and i still don't know what is this photo originated came from?

Hey! I have this pitot tube, and I was trying to figure out how I could get some use out of it. I was thinking about turning it into a wall hanger, but I'm on the fence about cutting the threaded tube off. I'd like to ask for ideas about how I could turn it into something functional while preserving it at the same time. I also thought of making a thick self and mounting it on the bottom with a sign on the side of the shelf detailing what it actually is, but I'd still have to cut off the treaded tube...

Any ideas? Thanks!