Harrier flew into Mesa Gateway yesterday destined for the CAF museum at Falcon Field in Mesa. I’d image it will take awhile to demilitarize it.
This flew in Yesterday
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PS Rolls Royce engine so technically it is a car!
Oldiron440
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RR doesn’t use RR engines they use BMWs…
There have probably been more RR aircraft engines produced than RR automotive engines.
There have probably been more RR aircraft engines produced than RR automotive engines.
Woody500
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That was the coolest plane I ever saw @ the Indy 500, they hovered in front of us at Penthouse height. And it wasn't scary at all, unlike this years Helicopter stupidity!
B-2 was cool but much further away.
B-2 was cool but much further away.
Minercar
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I remember as a kid going to the 4th of July celebrations at the Gateway Arch in St.Louis. ( Now called the veiled prophet fair for some odd reason). Anyway McDonnell Douglas (Now Boeing) used to put on quite an air show in conjunction over the Mississippi River Front by the Arch. They brought in a Harrier and it hovered over the river and lowered down blowing around a 50 foot diameter hole in the river. Very impressive.
gzig5
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Used to live in St. Charles in the 80's and go to the big airshow on the river before it became the VP. Most memorable flyby was a B1 with wings swept forward coming low and slow down the river, barely above the Eads Bridge and definitely below the top of the arch. When it got to the viewing area at Laclede's Landing, it lit the afterburners and started to accelerate out of the. I swear I could feel that power in my soul. Absolutely stunning.
Used to love sitting at the airport early in the morning waiting to fly somewhere and watching the F15s from the McDonnel Douglas / Boeing factory on the other side doing unrestricted takeoffs for test flights.
Woody500
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Used to work at a Military Museum, Ropkey Armor Museum in indy, and we did Mt Comfort Air Show for more than few years, until Show runner would no longer pay trucking fees for larger tanks. We hauled & drove a bunch of pieces there, too, all paid by Fred.
Also did parades & Armed Services Day displays at IMS for years.
Also did parades & Armed Services Day displays at IMS for years.
In the mid 1970s I was a hotel/airport limo driver in St. Louis. Got to park on the tarmac to pick up passengers sometimes, depending on their pick-up location. Those F-15s would make a short take-off run then shoot straight up! Very impressive and LOUD!
Lots and LOTS of Brit WWII AC and our Mustang, just a few and used in boats and tanks as well
Woody500
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Saw pics of GAA Ford V8 forced into a Mustang. Google "GAA Ford in '70 Ford Mustang" , I think.
GAA 10 cylinders were trialed for P-51 Mustangs, but had a vibration, so contract canceled, & V8 GAA built & used in Sherman tanks. Had 2 10 cyl prototypes @ Armor Museum.
GAA 10 cylinders were trialed for P-51 Mustangs, but had a vibration, so contract canceled, & V8 GAA built & used in Sherman tanks. Had 2 10 cyl prototypes @ Armor Museum.
Oldiron440
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I forgot about boats, I saw a video of a yacht tour and it had RR engines. It was an elegant old yacht from the thirties or forties and very cool.
Woody500
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Ropkey Museum also had Ferret armored cars, used by UK, that had a 6 cyl Rolls-Royce engine, 130HP.
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