Icons of Aviation History: MiG-17

Outwardly, the MiG-17 looks like a slightly larger MiG-15. But in reality it was a completely different aircraft.

MiG-17A on display at the Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force in Savannah GA

Japanese Type A Midget Submarine

The Japanese Type A midget submarine on display in Groton CT is one of only four left in the world.

Midget submarine on display

Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire

Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire was a hub for Strategic Air Command Nuclear bombers during the Cold War. Today it is part of a national wildlife refuge, and some remnants of the former base can still be seen there.

Front gate of the abandoned air base

Florida Bushcraft Arrows

Like Native American tribes everywhere, the people who lived in Tampa Bay before European contact (the Tocobaga) had to meet all their needs from locally-available natural materials.

Icons of Aviation History: The A-1 Skyraider

Intended as a World War Two carrier bomber, the Skyraider was introduced too late to see action in the Pacific.

A-1 Skyraider on display at the Pensacola Naval Air Museum

A Shameless Plug

As some of you already know, all of my diaries here are draft chapters for a number of books I am working on.

Some of these are now available:

The Moon Buggy

The Lunar Roving Vehicle, or “moon buggy”, was used in several Apollo missions to the Moon.

Moon Buggy on display at Marshall Space Flight Center, AL