> A-4 Skyhawk at the USS Alabama Memorial Park.If you are down in the Mobile,Al.area,stop in,it is worth every penny.There is one of only two YF-17 Cobra's ever made,as you can see in my pictures.They look like small F/A 18 Hornets.The other one is at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida.Another fine Museum.
 > Piasecki(Vertol)CH-21B Workhorse U.S. Air Force SAR Helicopter,S/N-515859,at the USS Alabama(BB-60)Museum.Damaged by Katrina.
 > B-52 Stratofortress
 > Douglas C-47D Skytrain.S/N-R D-4076326
 > Boeing's Big Stick.The B-52 Stratofortress.Role:Strategic Bomber,Maiden Flight:15 April 1952,Introduction:February 1955,Status:Active-84,Reserve-9,Primary users:USAF,NASA,Produced 1952-1962:744,Unit Cost:9.28 Million in 1962,53.4 Million in 1998,Crew:5,Pilot,Co-Pilot,Radar Navigator/Bombardier,Navigator,Electronic Warfare Officer,Lenght:159.4ft,Wingspan:185ft.,Height:40.8ft.,Powerplant:8xPratt and Whitney TF 33-P-3/103 turbofans.17,000lbf each.Max Speed:560kts(650mph),Service Ceiling:50,000ft.,Rate of Climb:6,270ft/min.
 > Brothers in Valor Memorial
 > Gun Turret from the USS Arizona(BB-39)Pennsylvania Class Battleship that was destroyed by Japanese Fighter and Bomber Aircraft on the Seventh of December 1941 at Pearl Island,HI.
 > I added this picture from a scan of a 35 mm picture.The Monument (in Honolulu)says "The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom"President Abraham Lincoln.
 > Pan Am Constellation and Air France Concorde STS F-BVFA. Length: 203 ft., 9 in.
Wingspan: 83 ft., 10 in.
Height: 37 ft., 1 in.
Fuselage width: 9 ft., 6 in.
Fuel capacity: 210,320 lbs. (almost
34,000 gals.)
Maximum takeoff weight: 408,000 lbs.
Capacity: 100 passengers
Crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer, six
flight attendants
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA
Olympus 593 engines, each
producing 38,000 lbs. of thrust with
afterburner
Cruising speed: Mach 2 (approximately
1,350 mph)
Takeoff speed: 250 mph
Landing speed: 185 mph
Maximum operating altitude: 60,000 ft.
Range: 4,300 mi.
Pan Am Constellation and Air France Concorde STS F-BVFA. Length: 203 ft., 9 in.
Wingspan: 83 ft., 10 in.
Height: 37 ft., 1 in.
Fuselage width: 9 ft., 6 in.
Fuel capacity: 210,320 lbs. (almost
34,000 gals.)
Maximum takeoff weight: 408,000 lbs.
Capacity: 100 passengers
Crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer, six
flight attendants
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA
Olympus 593 engines, each
producing 38,000 lbs. of thrust with
afterburner
Cruising speed: Mach 2 (approximately
1,350 mph)
Takeoff speed: 250 mph
Landing speed: 185 mph
Maximum operating altitude: 60,000 ft.
Range: 4,300 mi.
 > Pan Am Constellation and Air France Concorde STS F-BVFA. Length: 203 ft., 9 in.
Wingspan: 83 ft., 10 in.
Height: 37 ft., 1 in.
Fuselage width: 9 ft., 6 in.
Fuel capacity: 210,320 lbs. (almost
34,000 gals.)
Maximum takeoff weight: 408,000 lbs.
Capacity: 100 passengers
Crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer, six
flight attendants
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA
Olympus 593 engines, each
producing 38,000 lbs. of thrust with
afterburner
Cruising speed: Mach 2 (approximately
1,350 mph)
Takeoff speed: 250 mph
Landing speed: 185 mph
Maximum operating altitude: 60,000 ft.
Range: 4,300 mi.
Pan Am Constellation and Air France Concorde STS F-BVFA. Length: 203 ft., 9 in.
Wingspan: 83 ft., 10 in.
Height: 37 ft., 1 in.
Fuselage width: 9 ft., 6 in.
Fuel capacity: 210,320 lbs. (almost
34,000 gals.)
Maximum takeoff weight: 408,000 lbs.
Capacity: 100 passengers
Crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer, six
flight attendants
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA
Olympus 593 engines, each
producing 38,000 lbs. of thrust with
afterburner
Cruising speed: Mach 2 (approximately
1,350 mph)
Takeoff speed: 250 mph
Landing speed: 185 mph
Maximum operating altitude: 60,000 ft.
Range: 4,300 mi.
Photo by: alanhinkel • see photo in gallery

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