P51 Mustang field service reference manual... its astonishing what you can stumble across at the swap meet, selected interesting pages

 

 

Hurst Armed Forces Club, the Performance Special golf cart, and the shifter girls... photos I've never seen before, and a Hurst group I've never heard of

How incredible to see a jeep in the Hurst colors, with those terrific looking Hurst rims, and the girls in uniform

found on http://www.flickr.com/photos/57343654@N03/sets/?&page=3

Just a gust of wind

This misfortunate pilot landed his vintage tri-plane on its nose. The man had been flying the famous Fokker Dreidecker aircraft at the Flying Legends airshow at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambsridgeshire. But when he landed the WW1 fighter aircraft a sudden gust of wind blew it on its nose. No one was hurt in the incident. (Philip Tyler / Rex) http://news.yahoo.com/photos/snapshots-week-of-june-3-1307133161-slideshow/#crsl=

Every now and then then landing gear won't operate when you need it most, like the South Pacific in 1945

But that day wasn't a bad one, USMC pilot Ken Pruitt ran it out of fuel, and then coasted onto an atoll airstrip nice a slow and safe. Each of the 5 crewmembers decided to ride it out rather than parachute down... and they all walked away. Read about it at http://www.lyonairmuseum.org/news/b-25-belly-landing-on-pacific-island/

More cool stuff from 5window.tumblr.com

all from http://5window.tumblr.com but beware that it's changed a bit from being primarily race cars and hot rods, there are lots of nude women, lingerie, etc etc. Yup, that's awesome, but don't let your boss sneak up on you to see what you are surfing the web looking at