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Robert Taylor (1946-2024). It was announced today that Robert Taylor, considered the finest aviation artist, passed away in his home in England.
The name Robert Taylor has been synonymous with aviation art over a quarter of a century. His [...]
This is a model that I have been waiting for every since I first heard about it becoming a reality.
I pre ordered it from Squadron Mail Order when they announced it would be available for pre order purchase. The anticipation was great. [...]
Coming this Christmas from Disney+ and Executive Producer/Star/Certified Airplane Nut John Travolta.
Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd"
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This is the only flyable Hawker Tempest II in the world. The Tempest was the biggest, most powerful, fastest British fighter of World War II and the last World War II RAF fighter to see combat, flying in the Malayan Emergency 1948-51, when [...]
Hi everyone, I just found this site a few days ago and joined. I did modeling as a kid stopped while in the service and got back into it about 10 or so years ago when the family got a little older and had I had more time.
I build mostly [...]
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To follow up on Tom's @tcinla post about the dive on Akagi here the same team dive on CV-5 USS Yorktown
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The remaining hours of the final Reno Air Races have been cancelled after a crash between 2 planes killed each of those planes' pilots Sunday afternoon.
Pilots Nick Macy and Chris Rushing died in what a statement from the Air Races is [...]
Robert Ballard's team is diving today in search of the Japanese carrier Akagi, which they think they have found at a depth of 17,500 feet.
Here's the livestream:
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Commemoration of 80 years of the B-17 emergency landing in Utzenstorf on August 17, 2023
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So, after a wandering trip from Poland through the US Postal System (thanks, Louis DeNoJoy) of 9 days once the package landed in Florida, my order for two of the new Arma 1/48 Hurricane IIc's landed on the front porch this morning.
Initial [...]
