Accidents, or Happenings? Unexpected encounters while flying.
I could feel the vibrations and hear the noise of the departing KC 135 tanker aircraft that early morning as it echoed through the heavy fog. I had just arrived […]
Tag Archives: B-36
My experiences while flying at .77 Mach
In 1956 the 92 Bomb Wing, (H) was alerted for upgrading to Boeing’s new eight engined all jet heavy bomber, the B-52’s. We had three bomb squadrons in our wing, […]
CONTROLLED INDOCTRINATION FLIGHT COURSE – PILOT RATING BOOK: Col. Francis H. Potter USAF
The pages below are scans of the CONTROLLED INDOCTRINATION FLIGHT COURSE – PILOT RATING BOOK of Col. Francis H. Potter, USAF. Col Potter began flight training on August 12th, 1943 […]
Pilot Flight Record And Log Book: Col. Francis H. Potter, USAF
The information below is summarized from Pilot Flight Log Book of Col. Francis Harold Potter USAF . See photos below for scans of individual log book pages. Link to Spreadsheet […]
Big and Beautiful, Flying the B-36 Peacemaker
Wow! Can this big hunk of metal really get off the ground? I must be looking at a thousand square feet of aluminum skin, along with a million different parts, […]
A B-36 Story from long ago.
There is a small group of Airmen, numbering less than .01% of the entire Air Force, of which I am a member. When you think of the thousands who wear […]
Stories and memories of Col. Francis Harold Potter, USAF (1921-2009) 