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We’ve been gathering everything needed to return t We’ve been gathering everything needed to return the Waco's Jacobs L-4MB 755-9 engine to airworthy condition with freshly overhauled components and accessories. Once it’s back together, we’ll plumb it with modern materials, set mag timing and E-gap, adjust the valve lash, and roll it outside for its first start.
On February 18th 1962, at Edwards Air Force Base, On February 18th 1962, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Major Walter Fletcher Daniel of the United States Air Force flew a Northrop T-38A Talon to set four Fédération Aéronautique Internationale world records for time to climb. In a single series of flights with T-38A-40-NO serial number 61-0849, the supersonic trainer reached 3,000, 6,000, 9,000, and 12,000 meters in record-setting times, establishing new international benchmarks for rapid climb performance.

The achievement highlighted the capabilities of the T-38, the world’s first supersonic jet trainer, which had entered service only a few years earlier. Designed with a highly refined aerodynamic shape and powered by twin General Electric J85 turbojet engines, the Talon combined low drag with exceptional thrust-to-weight performance. Edwards Air Force Base, long a center for experimental and record-setting flights, provided the ideal setting for demonstrating the aircraft’s climb performance under carefully controlled conditions.
On this day in 1956, Lockheed test pilot Herman “F On this day in 1956, Lockheed test pilot Herman “Fish” Salmon took the YF-104A Starfighter on its maiden flight, marking a major step forward in supersonic fighter development. As the first of 17 pre-production models, the YF-104A featured a longer fuselage and revised air intakes compared to the XF-104 prototype. Just weeks later, on 28 February 1956, it became the first aircraft to achieve Mach 2 in level flight.

Do you know how long the F-104 was in service?
As the war turned against Japan, the Yokosuka Mode As the war turned against Japan, the Yokosuka Model 11 Ohka, meaning “Cherry Blossom”, emerged as a last‑ditch weapon intended to counter Allied naval power during WWII. Designed to be relatively simple and extremely fast, the Ohka was carried beneath modified Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” bombers and released roughly 20–25 miles from its target, gliding most of the way before the pilot ignited the rockets for the final dive.

The Ohka’s nose housed a massive warhead of about 2,646 pounds, effectively turning the aircraft into a piloted bomb. Rocket propulsion boosted its terminal‑dive speed to over 575–600 mph, making interception extremely difficult once it was committed to the attack. Because the mission was strictly one‑way, the aircraft had no landing gear, underscoring its role as a human‑guided missile rather than a conventional airplane. American forces, struck by the concept’s extremity, dubbed it the “baka bomb”—“baka” meaning “fool” in Japanese.

In practice, the system’s weakness lay in its delivery aircraft. The slow, vulnerable G4M carriers were often intercepted and destroyed before reaching launch range, and fewer than 60 Ohkas are thought to have been used in actual combat. Later variants experimented with lighter warheads and different propulsion systems to increase range to on the order of 80 miles or more, but they arrived too late to have any real operational impact. The Ohka’s first recorded success came in April 1945, when an attack off Okinawa damaged the battleship USS West Virginia during the opening stages of the campaign.

This Ohka Model 11 was delivered on October 23, 1944. It was recovered from Okinawa, where the type saw its most concentrated combat use during the final months of the Pacific War.

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On this day in 1991, during Operation Desert Storm On this day in 1991, during Operation Desert Storm, an F-15E Strike Eagle achieved an air-to-air kill in an unusual manner. Captains Tim Bennett and Dan Bakke were on an anti-SCUD missile mission when a special forces team encountered 5 Iraqi Army Aviation Mil Mi-24 Hinds and requested assistance. 

Captain Bakke used a laser targeting designator to guide a GBU-10 Paveway II 2,000-pound laser-guided bomb onto the lead helicopter, destroying it. The F-15E involved in the mission is still in service today with over 12,000 flight hours. 

The first picture is of the McDonnell Douglas F-15E-47-MC Strike Eagle 89-0487. The second photo is of an Iraqi Army Aviation Mil Mi-24 Hind. The third photo is of a Paveway bomb on an F/A-18.
The PB4Y-2 Privateer was the U.S. Navy’s purpose-b The PB4Y-2 Privateer was the U.S. Navy’s purpose-built evolution of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, redesigned for low-altitude, long-range patrol missions over the vast Pacific. Intended for anti-submarine warfare, anti-shipping strikes, reconnaissance, ground attack, and rescue, the PB4Y-2 replaced the earlier PB4Y-1, which had been little more than a navalized B-24.

A few key changes set the Privateer apart. A single vertical tail improved stability at low altitude, while the forward fuselage was lengthened to accommodate a flight engineer’s station. The turbochargers used on high-altitude B-24s were deleted, as the Privateer operated primarily at lower levels, and armament was increased to twelve .50-caliber machine guns. These included nose and tail turrets, twin top turrets, and distinctive ERCO waist turrets that could be angled downward to concentrate fire below the aircraft. The B-24’s vulnerable ball turret was removed entirely.

Privateers flew extensively across the Pacific Theater, including ground-attack missions in support of major operations such as the invasion of Iwo Jima. After the war, many found long civilian careers thanks to their range, payload, and rugged construction.

Our Privateer was delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard as BuNo 66300 and later sold as surplus in 1959. That same year, it was converted to a “Super Privateer” configuration, fitted with more powerful 1,700-horsepower Wright R-2600 Cyclone engines. From 1959 until 2002, it worked as a forest-fire water bomber with operators including Avery Aviation and Hawkins and Powers Aviation. After retiring from firefighting service in 2002, it joined our collection in 2006.

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