…pictures of aircraft antenna. Really, I need to back up and see the whole picture! [;)]
I thought the images of the insulators and connectors for the B-17 antenna were interesting.
The Collings Foundation “Wings of Freedom” tour was in Tyler, Texas today and I drove over to visit the B-17, B-24, B-25 and P-51C, in addition to the HAM Museum which has some very interesting and unique aircraft. How many FJ-4s are still around after all?
I also met some very interesting and nice people, including this gentleman, Bill Halbert
He flew with the 443rd Squadron in B-26s during WWII, then switched over to fighter ops in Korea and Vietnam, flying F-86s and F-100s. I had the honor of shaking his hand.
Gary
PS> I’ll see about uploading some of the 160 pictures I took in a few days to Photobucket so anyone interested can gander at them.
Hey , question . Who or what is the Collings Foundation " Wings of Freedom " Never heard of them .Used to be a member of the Confederate Air Force myself .No I won’t go politically correct on the name .That’s what it was called when I belonged ! T.B.
The Collings Foundation is headquartered in Stow, MA. They’re a transportation oriented organization, and put on other events besides air shows. But the aircraft are what people are most familar with. Their website is here:
They’ve been touring Texas for the past couple of months.
Oh, and Confederate Air Force is fine by me! “Confederate” is a perfectly good word which simply means “allied”.
Gary
PS> Oh, and I’m uploading the photos from the Tyler, Texas event here (in case you didn’t see it). I haven’t gotten the Collings Foundation aircraft images loaded yet:
