Yesterday was veterans day. My father was a marine and a pilot, and just like I find my mojo on a motorcycle, he found his in the air. To this day, I’m a sucker for an air Museum. I’ve been driving by falcon field on the way to work for months now, and I’ve wanted to check it out. Veterans day seemed like a good day to do it.
Falcon field had a short military history: It was opened 4 months before Pearl Harbor was bombed, with the Intent to train British and American Pilots. 3 years after the war it was deeded to the city of Mesa as a municipal Airport. Its a small, but pretty cool museum.
Maybe the most influential fighter of any era, the P-51 has always been my favorite. It had the horsepower, ceiling,range, firepower and everything else to turn the tide of air supremacy of WWII. It did just that.
F-4 Falcon…. I read somewhere once that the F-4 is proof that anything can fly if you put a big enough engine in it.
Inside the cockpit of the F-4 Falcon. This is where you kicked some ass.
WWII dog tag machine. I thought it was kinda interesting.
The B-25 Mitchell Bomber. Jimmy Doolittle figgered out how to launch these off an aircraft carrier in the wind to bomb Tokyo as a fuck you to Japan after bombing Pearl Harbor. America needed some morale. Now, In the shop, getting some maintenance.
As I drove in, I got to watch this beautiful old B-17G bomber fly over my head and land after flying over the veterans day parade. I’m not going to lie: I got a chubby.
A helluva good day. I came home and watched P-51 dogfights. I hope you had a happy veterans day!
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Copper
Wow. I can’t believe how cool it is to see Falcon Field in real life. My engineering teacher in college worked on the F-4. But he hated it because it was put together without the mechanic in mind. He also would describe how air or water would get into the fuel lines, and the relief valve was also behind the main panel. Nonetheless, thank you for sharing your experience.
Wow. I can’t believe how cool it is to see Falcon Field in real life. My engineering teacher in college worked on the F-4. But he hated it because it was put together without the mechanic in mind. He also would describe how air or water would get into the fuel lines, and the relief valve was also behind the main panel. Nonetheless, thank you for sharing your experience.