“Racing through Paradise” by Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. Another one of Bill Buckley’s sailing travelogue books, this one has him sailing the Pacific with a group of friends aboard his twin masted 80 something foot sailboat.

FYI…Buckley is/was a private pilot. He wrote about being a part-owner and flying an Ercoupe while a student at Yale in the late 40s for FLYING Magazine in 1977. It was a very funny story, a side I don’t usually see with Mr. Buckley.

Thanks for that, SOC. Anyone know anything about the MB-2, like how long was it in service? Also, any information on a US tour in the mid-20s, perhaps after the Billy Mitchell sinking of the German ships demonstration?

Thanks!

This link will tell you a lot, and give several photos.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/bombers/b1-3.htm

Enjoy!

Too quiet at work…ho hum….

So we’ve got

Riptide -S-54
anyone think of any more?

😀

It was a S-58 (H-34). Actually it was a S-58T, a conversion where the radial was replaced with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6 “Twin Pac” turbine package. In the series it was supposed to be a barely flyable surplus piston ship, they even had sound effects of backfires, etc.
I saw the helicopter for sale recently, it earns its living doing external lift operations.

Nothing looks like England from the air.
Everytime I fly into Gatwick or Heathrow and look out the window of the 777 I’m always impressed by the beauty of the countryside.
I’ve seen the UK from the air in various aircarft, and I’ve landed in the nose of a B-17 in the states.
Now if I could only put the two together.

That was the bomber that was developed from the Dakota isn’t it ?

Thanks, John.

Actually it was developed from the DC-2, in fact, it had similar engines. A total of 217 were produced. They were purchased at the same time as the 21 C-32, 33 and 34s…DC-2s.

As for the serial, Swanborough and Bowers says that 36-275 was a “straight” B-18…the later B-18As had 1937-39 serial numbers. All B-18Cs were conversions.

No, he probably agrees freedom of expression allright. But preferably not in places where he can get into contact with it 😉

I’m all in favor of freedom of INFORMED expression, not most of the rubbish seen here.

I’ve seen too many people spouting off about too many things they know nothing about to give them much credibility.
I’m just tried of hearing opinions from people like GA who seem to have a pathogical need to constantly run down a county.
After all it was GA who turned a good faith news posting about a happening in another part of the world into an anti-US jibe.

How would you like it if everytime somebody said something about the UK, someone else brought up the point of being ruled by in-bred monarchs and being the home of “Eastenders” or ” Jim will fix it?”
No place is perfect. Even the US and UK, and I’ve lived in both.

Garry B …I never claim on this site that things didn’t happen or dismiss then out of hand. Most of my postings are for reasoned discussion, not rabid hate mongering of any country. And I’ don’t call people the “amusing” names as you state. Other people might but I don’t. I’m trying to raise the level of discussion on the board, not drag them down to the “two mates over a pint at the pub” level.
And I certainly don’t impune someone motives (as you did Sauron) simply because you didn’t like what he said. If you have proof that Sauron (or anyone else) is working against Terhan…then prove it, other wise, you’re simply libeling a guy and name calling.
If anyone is against discussion here, it’s you.