Author: jbbandaviation

  • Pratt & Whitney

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    Pratt & Whitney manufactures aircraft engines. On their famous logo with the Eagle, it says: “Dependable Engines”. In later years the company had the following slogan: “The Eagle means Business”. They have been manufacturing engines (piston and jet) since 1925. The man who started it was Frederick Brant Rentschler. And you thought the company was… Read more

  • A Fighter Pilot’s Life (fiction)

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    He was just a boy of 10. It was 1933. He was sitting on a stone wall looking out at the wheat field of his family farm. All he knew up to this point in his life was living and working on the farm and he didn’t have a problem with that. His name was… Read more

  • New England Air Museum (NEAM)

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    My wife and I had returned from a trip to upstate New York in March 2015 and on our way home we stopped at the New England Air Museum.  It is a gem of a museum nestled in the tranquil woodlands next to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  Back in 1969 it was… Read more

  • Charles Lindbergh – The Lone Eagle during WWII in the Pacific

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    Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator, was against America going into WWII. After the Pearl Harbor attacks, however, he wanted to do whatever he could for the war effort. President Roosevelt didn’t want a national hero to be involved in any actual combat lest he got hurt or killed. Also, the president held some deep resentment… Read more

  • A Look at the B-52 Bomber

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    The historic Boeing B-52 Bomber first flew 73 years ago on April 15, 1952. The B-52’s official name is ‘Stratofortress’ but its nickname is BUFF which stands for ‘Big Ugly Fat Fellow’ (among other things). The B-52 has been used in combat missions from the Vietnam War up to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and… Read more