#t-29

“Projects T-29 and T-39 Revisited”_ Tokyo, Japan [1979]_ Architect: Hiromi Fujii.

Uddin, M.S. “Axonometric And Oblique Drawing”. McGraw-Hill, 1997, p. 102.

In 1966 I was commissioned a 2nd Lt. through my college ROTC program, and then went to graduate school. While there my vision changed and I could no longer pass a flight physical. By 1968, I went on active duty at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. There, I reported to the 1100th Security Police Squadron as one of its officers. I did not know before I arrived that this was the Air Force…

If the T-29 was not sleek and classy like the TWA jet I had flown on, she was not as fast. The T-29 had a cruising speed of about 180 knots. We also had to consider head or tailwinds as we computed the route. If all went well, it was straightforward. That was the operative phrase—all went well.   Sadly, for me and others, all did not always go well.   Imagine a clown car filled with 12 clowns,…

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Najwyższy czas, aby niektórzy kierowcy zdali sobie sprawę z utrudnień jakie stwarzają osobom niepełnosprawnym pozostawiając swoje samochody na miejscach parkingowych przeznaczonych dla osób niepełnosprawnych. W dalszym ciągu powszechne jest parkowanie na takich miejscach pojazdów przez osoby do tego nieuprawnione. Jeszcze więcej spotkać można przypadków częściowego zaparkowania na kopercie…

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W przypadku miejsca parkingowego dla pojazdu osoby niepełnosprawnej, nie sposób mówić o przypadkowym na nim zaparkowaniu. Prawidłowo oznakowane miejsce parkingowe jest oznaczone aż czterema znakami drogowymi – dwoma pionowymi: P-20 „koperta” i P-24 „miejsce dla pojazdu osoby niepełnosprawnej” oraz dwoma poziomymi: D-18a „parking – miejsce zastrzeżone” i T-29 „tabliczka informująca o miejscu…

Flying on “Old Shakey”

After weeks of preparation at Navigator school we were set for our first actual airborne mission.

Our training aircraft was the twin engine T-29, outfitted with about 12 training stations in the cabin, depending on the mission. Sometimes it was used for basic nav training, other times bombardier training or Electronic Warfare. The T-29, was based on the Convair 240 civilian aircraft and served…

I get my Wings

Graduation

July 25, 1972; I remember the day well,

That long ago afternoon at Mather, the Officers Club ballroom was filled with family and friends gathered to celebrate the occasion. The wives were all in their finest, ready to pin their husbands. These were the women who had for the past eight months spent long hours alone as their husbands flew. Today they were Mrs. Lieutenant, but some day…

dearest:

today i drank wine and had incredible cheesecake, made small talk with my parents' friends, played jenga and yahtzee with the kids. do you find yourself in these in-betweens as well? belonging not quite here, not quite there. tequila tasting at the kids table.

you say you love mountains, well, baby, that's what I am made of. born in a jade hammock, coming of age surrounded by silver. becoming in a gentle slope of a valley. you? you are the next mountain that towers next to me (not above, not below).

someone to scale.

someone whose greatness i can only get a glimpse of, never truly fathom, so i keep climbing, keep climbing, keep climbing.

i always find it unsettling when the entire world seems flat, when i can see my path laid out perfect grid plan in front of me.