Date: 5/21/2014 6:29:29 AM
To: Mark Sztanyo;
Subject: Fwd: MH 370 via 777 simulator
The Australians have
reconstructed, in a flight simulator, the disaster of flight 370.
It's a 10 minute video.
A reconstruction on
what might have happened using
the events as highlighted on a Boeing 777 simulator ..
This is interesting and a fascinating watch.
This is interesting and a fascinating watch.
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From: Yorkieatl@aol.com
Date: 5/21/2014 7:31:05 PM
Subject: Fwd: Full-Scale Model Crop Duster
DLNET/ DNN
Retiree builds full-scale model crop duster
for Delta Flight Museum
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May 21, 2014
The Huff-Daland Duster goes back to Delta’s beginnings in the
Louisiana bayou. Early in his career, Delta founder C.E. Woolman managed the
first aerial crop-dusting operation in the U.S., based in Monroe, La. The new
technology was successfully used to combat the boll weevil that was
devastating cotton crops throughout the South. Woolman maintained a deep
interest in crop dusting for the rest of his life.When an original wasn’t available, Art Arace, a retired Delta Aviation Maintenance Technician, decided he would construct a full-scale model of a Huff-Daland Duster to add to the fleet of historic aircraft at the newly-renovated Delta Flight Museum “We really wanted to have a Duster for our collection,” said Fred Cannon, executive director of the Delta Flight Museum. “One of the few remaining planes is in the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Ala. We discussed it with them early on, but the cost would have taken more of the museum budget than we could spend. We also approached a vendor to build a model, but again we just couldn’t justify the expense.” That’s when Art suggested he could build the model himself on a much smaller budget.. He and Fred visited the museum in Birmingham to see the original and were able to purchase a set of detailed drawings of the plane. They also had original photos of the planes for reference. Within nine months, Art completed the construction of the duster in the Museum Support Building on the east side of the Atlanta General Offices. The prop, the wheels and the engine were the only things I didn’t have to make by hand,” Art said, noting he purchased the rest of the materials at a local home improvement store near where he lives. Joel Freeland in Technical Graphics at the TOC replicated the original logo painted on the side of the fuselage. “I admit I had my doubts at first,” Fred said. “But before long I could see he knew exactly what he was doing. The finished product speaks for itself. We are very proud and grateful to Art for all his talent, dedication and his amazing eye for detail.” When Woolman passed on in 1966, a group of employees refurbished an old Huff-Daland Duster and presented it to the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in his honor. At the time the Smithsonian had no space to display the plane, so it loaned it back to Delta, where it hung in Hangar 1 for years. When the Smithsonian’s new Udvar-Hazy Center opened several years ago, the Duster was returned and now resides in the museum located near Washington-Dulles International Airport. Art said he wanted to build the Duster model for the Delta museum because he believes it’s essential to Delta’s history. “I’ve often felt like I was stepping back into time to bring the museum into the future,” said Art, who is now the maintenance manager for the Delta Flight Museum. “I want people to be able to see what really represents the plane that started Delta.” Visitors can see the Duster in Hangar 1 of the museum. Admission is free for employees and retirees with ID, who may be accompanied by up to four guests. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and closed on Wednesday. The museum is also open Sundays from noon to 4:30 p.m. The museum store is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. A grand opening event is planned for June 17 to coincide with Delta’s 85th anniversary of passenger service.  |
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From: David L. Roberts
Date: 5/25/2014 10:03:01 PM
Subject: Retirement of the "HANOI TAXI" C-141
As a follow-up to my email "Viet Nam POWs - 40 years later" view these videos of the retirement of the C-141 aircraft that flew the POWs out of Hanoi. Nicknamed "The Hanoi Taxi" she was the last C-141 aircraft flying and many of those POWs took that last flight aboard her 33 years later. Dave
Lockheed's C-141 "The Hanoi Taxi"
The Hanoi Taxi (tail #66-0177) was
retired from active service in May 2006. She was the last of the 285 C-141s
built by Lockheed to leave active service. She flew 100 POWs out of Hanoi on 12
February 1973, some of them tasting freedom for the first time in six years.
Each POW put their shot-down date on the face of the oxygen panel during their
flight to Clark AB in the Philippines. For her retirement ceremony, the POWs
she brought home were brought back for the ceremony and one last flight by this
gracious lady. Most of them are old men now but their enthusiasm, emotions, and
excitement were evident during this flight and retirement ceremony. She was
then flown to Dayton, OH where she will spend her final days in the Air Force
Museum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BM09bxf3Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzrqILh3fYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BM09bxf3Ng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzrqILh3fYI
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