Mr Blue Sky Horizon

8 June 1938. The second prototype of the German four engine heavy bomber, the Junker Ju-89 (D-ALAT) reached an altitude of 23,750 ft with 22,000 lb payload.

8 June 1959. The first X-15 free-flight was an unpowered test flown by Scott Crossfield.

Agenda: Grinding America Down

The Fact-Based documentary detailing a COMMUNIST AGENDA for the last 70 years to corrupt American Institutions – from Education to Hollywood to Media – and sabotage America, and its values from within.

The main strategy is to Divide and Conquer – to turn Americans against each other.

After watching the documentary, at least you know why the DEMOCRATS Are COMMUNISTS.

The only way to DEFEAT the DEMOCRATS is to Call Them What They Are – DEMOCRATS Are COMMUNISTS.

Once the American people find out the Truth – DEMOCRATS Are COMMUNISTS, it could DESTROY the party forever.

Sharing Is Caring

When legendary designers Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard cooked up the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in the late 1930s, they weren't just building a fighter. They were breaking the mold. They skipped the standard single-engine blueprint for a radical twin-boom layout powered by two supercharged 1,425 hp Allison V-1710 V12s and concentrated all the firepower straight into the nose. No wing gun convergence issues. Just a concentrated buzzsaw of four .50-cals and a 20mm cannon. By the time the D-model rolled out, it became the first U.S. production aircraft to smash past 400 mph in level flight. 1/3

But that insane speed came with a terrifying price tag. The P-38 was so fast that it became one of the first aircraft in aviation history to slam into the invisible wall of high-subsonic physics: compressibility and violent aerodynamic buffeting. During high-speed dives, airflow over the wings would choke, locking up the controls and causing fatal crashes. Lockheed engineers worked day and night to solve the mysteries of Mach effects. It wasn't just a war against the Axis. In many ways, it was a pioneering and bloody war against high-subsonic physics itself. 2/3

Once tamed, the "Fork-Tailed Devil" went on a global rampage from the Aleutians to North Africa, and from Europe to the Pacific. The Lightning racked up 2,785 aerial victories and produced 162 aces, including America's top two scorers, Richard Bong and Thomas McGuire. Lockheed even stripped the guns from about 1,300 aircraft to create the ultra-fast F-4 and F-5 "Photo Joe" recon birds. More than 10,000 P-38s were built. You could argue it was the Lightning that taught Skunk Works a lesson it still follows today: push the limits and never settle for mediocrity. 3/3

Me262 replica and Messerschmitt Bf-109 (EADS Heritage Flight)

A UH-1E Huey gunship preparing for take off at Đông Hà Combat Base.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Sally B" at Midlands Air Festival

A-26B Invader of the VNAF during Operation Ranch Hand.

8 June 1959. First drop of the X-15: Flight 1-1.

OV-10 Bronco marking targets for an F-100D Super Sabre in South Vietnam 1970

Photo Joes!

Reconnaissance pilots flew alone, unescorted, and they were unarmed. Guns and ammo were ripped out to save weight and make room for massive aerial cameras. Papa flew the F-5, a version of the P-38 Lighting. Restoring those photos soon. Smooth nose is a giveaway!🇺🇸✈️❤️

Crew of B-17F Flying Fortress bomber 'Memphis Belle' returning from their 25th mission, England, United Kingdom, 7 Jun 1943

P-51D Mustang "Sweetie Face 2" (44-73543). Flown as 473543/HO-P.