It was the smallest tank at Tankfest Northwest 2016 but the M3A1 Stuart light tank driving display was fast and furious to say the least. Very impressive and a lot of fun! A US design that first entered service in 1941 and was in production until 1944. Approximately 25,000 Stuart light tanks rolled off the production line…
Tag: Paine Field
Tankfest Northwest 2016
The annual Tankfest Northwest was hosted again this year by the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Washington state on Memorial Day (May 30th). This year was bigger and better than ever with plenty of tanks, military vehicles, weaponry and re-enactors. All this accompanied by a big crowd with warm sunshine made for a fantastic day!…
Messerschmitt Me-262B @ Legend Flyers
This is a reissue of an older blog Messerschmitt Me-262 Stormbirds, the original was corrupted somehow and just didnt look right. I have fixed it up now and tried to put back the information that was lost (slightly different from the original version). Apologies to anyone who was trying to read the corrupted version –…
The Supermarine Spitfire and it’s Mighty Merlin Engine
The Supermarine Spitfire and it’s Mighty Merlin Engine.
Il-2 Sturmovik – The ultimate WW2 “Beast From The East” arrives in Washington
ILYUSHIN IL-2 STURMOVIK “The IL-2 aircraft are necessary for our Red Army now, like air, like bread“ Joseph Stalin (he demanded prompt and efficient production from factory officials…or else!) The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik was known to the Soviet troops in WW2 as the “Flying Tank” and to the Germans as “Der Schwarze Tod” (“The Black Death“). It was a low level ground attack aircraft, heavily…
Boeing Factory Tour
December 5th, 2011 There are a large number of Boeing facilities dotted around Seattle and Everett in Washington state, but the main aircraft factory for construction of Boeing 747, 767, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner aircraft is at Paine Field in Mukilteo near Everett. The Boeing 737 is built in Renton in southern Seattle. The Mukilteo location…
Messerschmitt Me-262 Stormbirds
October 18th, 2011 Today I had the privilege of visiting Legend Flyers at Paine Field, Everett. They are a group that has reproduced a number of Messerschmitt Me-262 Scwhalbe (“Swallow”) airframes (the original German aircraft was the first operational jet fighter of WW2). The aircraft have been built to the exact production standards of WW2 right down to rivet placement…
Meeting William E. Boeing Junior @ Vintage Aircraft Weekend
September 3rd, 2011 Vintage Aircraft Weekend On this day I attended the Vintage Aircraft Weekend hosted by the Historic Flight Foundation at Paine Field, Mukilteo, Washington (another local museum with an excellent collection of flight capable historic aircraft owned by John Sessions a wealthy Seattle based international corporate attorney and entrepreneur). The theme for this years weekend was…
Deano In America 