DO-335

On my way home from work I had to good fortune to be going thru Washington Dulles Aiport, home of the National Air & Space's Udvar-Hazy Museum.

Though I'd been there before, I wanted to specifically to see two airplanes; the Northrup P-61 Black Widow and the ultra-rare Donier DO-335 Pfeil (Arrow).

The DO-335 never saw combat during World War II, but if it had it would have given Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters a run for there money. Fast, maneuverable and packing a 30 mm cannon and twin 20mm cannons, it could handle it's own in a dogfight.

The story goes that when this one was captured by US forces in 1945, it was flown to Cherboug to be taken to the United States. Escorted by two Mustangs, the Pfeil easily ran away from them, arriving 45 minutes before it's escorts.

Oh the humanity...

Went from Liege, Belgium to Baghram AFB to Tashkent today. 9 hours of flying only to wait 4 hours t get our Visa's. Typical (Ex-) Russian bureaucracy.

My calves are terribly stiff and sore from my walk around Liege yesterday. Walked to dinner tonite like an old man.

Snow Day

View out Creve Coeurs Office window looking to the west showing

the snow/slush that made a mess of everything today.

Pictures out my office window.

Pictures heading back from Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The little camera I have with me is maxed out trying to get these pictures.

The mountains are in Tajikistan, to the south of Tashkent.

Sad ending for a Fouga.

This Fouga was located just outside of our hotel in Basel, Switzerland.

Home for a couple days

Was home for a couple days. Took Sky out to the airport, had Glenn show him some of his balsa-wood models. Sky has been building plastic models like a fiend, home he moves on to balsa soon.

Sandblasting Velie Cylinders

Bead-blasted some Velie engine cylinders for Glenn and Wayne today. I'm 2/3rds of the way finished, have a few to do Monday.