Introduce Yourself

I'm Jacques from Montreal, and have been an avid fan of prototype and experimental aircraft, civilian and military and designed hundreds upon hundred of my own as a young adult. My interest is limited to spectating the creativity of others now, as family life and work limit my free time. Happy to be a part of the forum and I hope I can contribute as much as I benefit from its content.
 
F.L. said:
Could you please share some of your best work with us ?
Click to expand...
Hi F.L... Sadly they were all on paper, and as a young adult I did not have the presence of mind to keep them, and it was pre-digitalization, so they likely are buried a few hundred feet under a landfill. I resumed my fictional aircraft design work using Adobe Illustrator (I'm a senior art director/graphic designer) and when I became sidetracked by other hobbies (I'm also an amateur astronomer, and a musician) I lost interest in designing my original fictional aircraft, and consecrated those completed using Illustrator to DVDs long since stored away, so I'd have to dig those out. That said, I've not cut back on reading books and magazines on aviation and currently have a library of over 100 titles on that subject alone. But thanks for asking, the day I threw out those reams of paper filled with my aircraft designs I was sure I'd never think of them again. I wish I'd kept them now...
 
northeleanor said:
Hello, I am Roma, I live in Ukraine. I am interested in British militarism, and also collect photos of British military equipment, and have a large library of e-books, it is very nice to be together with such specialists as you on the forum.
Click to expand...
Welcome aboard... I'm brand spanking new here as well. I hope all well in your neck of the woods. Stay safe.
 
JacquesD said:
Welcome aboard... I'm brand spanking new here as well. I hope all well in your neck of the woods. Stay safe.
Click to expand...
Thank you! here I have already found a lot of interesting things for myself. If you need any book in electronic form, write to me, I can look in my library.
 
northeleanor said:
Thank you! here I have already found a lot of interesting things for myself. If you need any book in electronic form, write to me, I can look in my library.
Click to expand...
Do you have this book : "Britain's Rebel Air Force: War from the Air in Rhodesia, 1965-80" ? ;)
 
My name Is Claudio Alves, and I am starting my studies in Aerospace Engineering soon.
Already graduated in Architecture and Transportation Design.
I am an entrepreneur and founder of an Aerospace Startup established in Silicon Valley, California.
I lead a team of engineers, professionals, and enthusiasts and We are developing a State-of-the-art VTOL "Flying Car".
We still have no funding, so the project has been developed from our sources (very slowly).
I believe that antigravity aircraft have been developed for decades and I am an enthusiast of this affair.
I also lead a small team of researchers, physicists, and future engineers to discuss alternative propulsion systems using antigravity.
I am looking for technical and scientific information on the development of this kind of aircraft.
The "G-Engines" of the post caught my attention on this forum.
Best regards!
 
Last edited:
Hello!

I don't want to say my real name, but I am a nerd in grade school who knows a lot of random information about things I'm interested in, and likes to pitch ideas. I don't have any real qualifications but still grasp the basics of most of what I'll post about and am good at getting the gist of high level discussion.
 
Hi all, this post #1,000 for me though I've never formally introduced myself!

After a year of lurking I made an account in late 2011, though it took over a year to work up the courage to make my first post :D

Lifelong history fan and graduated with a BA in History during the pandemic. Have always enjoyed the archival work and sharing of finds to like minded people. Started posting a lot more when University went online in 2020 and have thoroughly enjoyed the work coming out of the alt-history section. Hats off to Paul and the Mod team for keeping this place in tip-top shape!
 
Hi,

I am from northern germany and 23 years old.

My biggest interest lies with tanks of all eras, with WW2 being the era I am most knowledgable about.
Especially french tanks and everything with oscillating turrets is what I love.

I also am interested in Dreadnought era battleships as well as military aircraft in some capacity, but I am not that knowledgable on aircraft. I just look at them and think "hell yeah" basically.

I came here by chance while trying to find out more about the german Leopard 1 based prototype with a 3-axis stabilizer.

Best regards
 
Well hello everyone. Although my career was spent on the railroad (35 years at Canadian National), I grew up under the Vancouver International airport flight path and have always been fascinated with aircraft.

Of particular interest is the story of the AVRO Arrow, I'm an on-line volunteer with the Avro museum in Calgary where a 2/3 scale flying Arrow is being constructed, and seeing that there was some Avro and Orenda info tucked into these pages, I had to hop on board!

-Ed
 
After reading some of the bios, I feel like I'm standing in the middle of the room at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting introducing myself.
I'm Bill Marshall, aka drgondog in other forums. My father was my inspiration in all things academic and sports. As an Air Force Brat of a Mustang ace and camp follower from the end of WWII till he passed away, fighter aviation has been the shiny beacon distracting me from worldly distractions.

While I stumbled through BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering, I toiled in Structures, Performance, some Aero and CAD/CAM at Bell, Vought and GE. I escaped the airframe design biz, briefly at GE as project engineer on AFCAM during the mid 70s - but attained orbital velocity away from airframes with EDS and then full blown IT acolyte in Information Services and Consulting, finishing up at Oracle in the early 2000's. I was seduced by computer software and apps and might be remembered by someone at Bell to be the first to model a Bell airframe (AH-1 Iranian Cobra) in NASTRAN and have accepted by USA. After that it was full blown business systems integration and offshore development centers.

I am a major historical nerd relative to AAF airpower growth from early 1930s through Vietnam and feel somewhat knowledgable in all things 8th AF.
Several of my books have made their way to print, most notable "P-51B Mustang; North American's Bastard Stepchild That Saved Eighth AF", co-authored with Lowell Ford (hyperbole to be sure, but hey - I was in sales!), and "Our Might Always: History of the 355th FG in World War II".
On the personal life side of the ledger my wife, and partner for 40 years, breed and Raise Irish Wolfhounds on 10 acres in E.Texas, hunt and fish in the Americas and UK and Spain, and shoot competitively (much less today) in Interernational Skeet, Helice and Flyers.
Love my kids and grandkids, three former Marines in the litters.

I enjoy this forum
 

Attachments

  • 355fg Bert Marshall -color [daniel rarity].jpg
    355fg Bert Marshall -color [daniel rarity].jpg
    153.5 KB · Views: 10
  • 355fg WRBbar Color [Paynter].jpg
    355fg WRBbar Color [Paynter].jpg
    103.6 KB · Views: 10
drgondog said:
After reading some of the bios, I feel like I'm standing in the middle of the room at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting introducing myself.
I'm Bill Marshall, aka drgondog in other forums. My father was my inspiration in all things academic and sports. As an Air Force Brat of a Mustang ace and camp follower from the end of WWII till he passed away, fighter aviation has been the shiny beacon distracting me from worldly distractions.

While I stumbled through BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering, I toiled in Structures, Performance, some Aero and CAD/CAM at Bell, Vought and GE. I escaped the airframe design biz, briefly at GE as project engineer on AFCAM during the mid 70s - but attained orbital velocity away from airframes with EDS and then full blown IT acolyte in Information Services and Consulting, finishing up at Oracle in the early 2000's. I was seduced by computer software and apps and might be remembered by someone at Bell to be the first to model a Bell airframe (AH-1 Iranian Cobra) in NASTRAN and have accepted by USA. After that it was full blown business systems integration and offshore development centers.

I am a major historical nerd relative to AAF airpower growth from early 1930s through Vietnam and feel somewhat knowledgable in all things 8th AF.
Several of my books have made their way to print, most notable "P-51B Mustang; North American's Bastard Stepchild That Saved Eighth AF", co-authored with Lowell Ford (hyperbole to be sure, but hey - I was in sales!), and "Our Might Always: History of the 355th FG in World War II".
On the personal life side of the ledger my wife, and partner for 40 years, breed and Raise Irish Wolfhounds on 10 acres in E.Texas, hunt and fish in the Americas and UK and Spain, and shoot competitively (much less today) in Interernational Skeet, Helice and Flyers.
Love my kids and grandkids, three former Marines in the litters.

I enjoy this forum
Click to expand...
I love East Texas. Lived in Lufkin, Marshall and Gilmer for a while.
 
drgondog said:
After reading some of the bios, I feel like I'm standing in the middle of the room at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting introducing myself.
I'm Bill Marshall, aka drgondog in other forums. My father was my inspiration in all things academic and sports. As an Air Force Brat of a Mustang ace and camp follower from the end of WWII till he passed away, fighter aviation has been the shiny beacon distracting me from worldly distractions.

While I stumbled through BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering, I toiled in Structures, Performance, some Aero and CAD/CAM at Bell, Vought and GE. I escaped the airframe design biz, briefly at GE as project engineer on AFCAM during the mid 70s - but attained orbital velocity away from airframes with EDS and then full blown IT acolyte in Information Services and Consulting, finishing up at Oracle in the early 2000's. I was seduced by computer software and apps and might be remembered by someone at Bell to be the first to model a Bell airframe (AH-1 Iranian Cobra) in NASTRAN and have accepted by USA. After that it was full blown business systems integration and offshore development centers.

I am a major historical nerd relative to AAF airpower growth from early 1930s through Vietnam and feel somewhat knowledgable in all things 8th AF.
Several of my books have made their way to print, most notable "P-51B Mustang; North American's Bastard Stepchild That Saved Eighth AF", co-authored with Lowell Ford (hyperbole to be sure, but hey - I was in sales!), and "Our Might Always: History of the 355th FG in World War II".
On the personal life side of the ledger my wife, and partner for 40 years, breed and Raise Irish Wolfhounds on 10 acres in E.Texas, hunt and fish in the Americas and UK and Spain, and shoot competitively (much less today) in Interernational Skeet, Helice and Flyers.
Love my kids and grandkids, three former Marines in the litters.

I enjoy this forum
Click to expand...
Not a huge WW2 aircraft fan but "P-51B Mustang; North American's Bastard Stepchild That Saved Eighth AF" is a very good book. Good work. Any chance of a sequel?
 
overscan (PaulMM) said:
Not a huge WW2 aircraft fan but "P-51B Mustang; North American's Bastard Stepchild That Saved Eighth AF" is a very good book. Good work. Any chance of a sequel?
Click to expand...
Yes - I am working on the D and Lightweights now. Thank you for the compliment. It would have been better had Osprey not ditched the final edit package - largely correcting the major screw ups when art department couldn't work with my excel spreadsheets. I may make them available on the FB "P-51 MUstang" page.

Only a few tables survived their transformations and somebody was being helpful by correcting "A-36 Mustang" to "A-36 Apache " in a photo caption.

The rule of thumb I used in the first book was 'what could I have added to Bob Gruenhagen's seminal P-51 Mustang book'.

I'm also collaboration with a media company to do a Youtube series - Legends and Myths on the Mustang, which may overlap into the bomber mafia conspiracy crap so prevalent today, in particular the Great Schweinfurt debacle re: P-47 Combat radius.

I'm also going to try to discuss (and prove) Meredith effect between flush and open exit gate. I've decided not to bore everyont to tears with a thermo discussion - but I can do an aero breakdown to extract the difference in total drag and drive a fairly close HP loss as well as the actual cooling drag Cdp between 'closed and open'.
 
drgondog said:
Yes - I am working on the D and Lightweights now. Thank you for the compliment. It would have been better had Osprey not ditched the final edit package - largely correcting the major screw ups when art department couldn't work with my excel spreadsheets. I may make them available on the FB "P-51 MUstang" page.

Only a few tables survived their transformations and somebody was being helpful by correcting "A-36 Mustang" to "A-36 Apache " in a photo caption.

The rule of thumb I used in the first book was 'what could I have added to Bob Gruenhagen's seminal P-51 Mustang book'.

I'm also collaboration with a media company to do a Youtube series - Legends and Myths on the Mustang, which may overlap into the bomber mafia conspiracy crap so prevalent today, in particular the Great Schweinfurt debacle re: P-47 Combat radius.

I'm also going to try to discuss (and prove) Meredith effect between flush and open exit gate. I've decided not to bore everyont to tears with a thermo discussion - but I can do an aero breakdown to extract the difference in total drag and drive a fairly close HP loss as well as the actual cooling drag Cdp between 'closed and open'.
Click to expand...
That is disappointing because the research and text is very good. Production issues are so frustrating as a niche author as you will probably never get a chance to fix for a second production run.
 
Hi All, I'm Calum, 49 and from SW Scotland. Always had an interest in aviation but only as a hobby. I used to volunteer at our local Aviation Museum and am still a member there but I also love modern technology and the potential that it offers. I'm fascinated by what might have been built that we don't yet know about and those projects that didn't quite make it so I'm looking forward to having a good look through the forum. :)
 
Hey!

I'm Heath, a 22 year old currently studying to become an EMT in Helsinki, Finland.

I do art as a hobby, which led me down a rabbit hole of plane design. I love all odd, unconventional and obscure aircraft. My other art interests beside planes include speculative evolution and fantasy. I work mostly in Krita and Blender.

I've been stalking this forum for inspiration for half a year now, and though it time to get involved finally.

To whomever reads this, have a great day!
 
Hello.
I'm Mauer.
I'm an aircraft/air warfare nerd from the Palmetto State.
I'm particularly interested in electronic warfare, and the cold war, especially the Vietnam War era, from about 1962-1980.
Here's some nice shots of the SCANG F-16s (not mine - USAF press photos)
 

Attachments

  • 169th_Tactical_Fighter_Group_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_aircraft_of_the_South_Carolina_Air_National...jpeg
    169th_Tactical_Fighter_Group_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_aircraft_of_the_South_Carolina_Air_National...jpeg
    1.7 MB · Views: 8
  • 169th_Fighter_Wing_-_F-16_takeoff-closeup.jpg
    169th_Fighter_Wing_-_F-16_takeoff-closeup.jpg
    303.6 KB · Views: 10
Hello all.
I´m Brian and im 42 years old.
I live in Western Jutland in Denmark, retired due to PTSD from deployment to Iraq with the Royal Danish Army.
Was 2½ years in the Army at Jutland Dragoons in Holstebro, before that in the Royal Danish Army Home Guard.
Have been interested in military aviation since i was 10, ever since i stood 10m from a hovering RDAF OH-6 that was training literally on the other side of our garden.
Since i live in a lowflyingtraining area i often see our helicopters come literally at treetop level and our F-16 comes down to 300ft AGL.
My interest is primarily on late 1970+ Cold War Soviet/Russian fixed/rotorwing.
I spent many hours a year in the DCS World military flightsimulator, living out my dream of becomming a military pilot.
 
I am an old RAF service pilot from the 'last days of empire' who also spent a lot of time in the Far and Middle East, later civil aviation regulation, accident investigation and finally Boeing Flight Training.
My prime interset will be in the helicopter types I flew from 1964 to the turn of the century. They are now all in museums - and some of them should have been in museums when I was flying them!
Cheers!
 
Jaychee123 said:
I am an old RAF service pilot from the 'last days of empire' who also spent a lot of time in the Far and Middle East, later civil aviation regulation, accident investigation and finally Boeing Flight Training.
My prime interset will be in the helicopter types I flew from 1964 to the turn of the century. They are now all in museums - and some of them should have been in museums when I was flying them!
Cheers!
Click to expand...
Welcome, I hope you have some good stories to share with us ! :)
 
Hi
My names Gary and I live and work in the North East of England.

I’ve been a aircraft spotter since 1986 and in that time I’ve seen a vast array of aircraft types in and around various USAF, European and RAF bases.

Im particularly interested in the USAF Aurora spy plane

Kind Regards
 
F.L. said:
Welcome, I hope you have some good stories to share with us ! :)
Click to expand...
I see the passage about the museum air force as a good story already.
More is wanted obviously. This is for many of us winter time after all.
 
Last edited:

Similar threads

Back
Top Bottom