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This page was most recently modified Tuesday, August 07, 2007
elcome to AeroKnow, an aviation museum,
a not-for-profit aviation data bank, model museum
and educational enterprise, based in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
ATTENTION artists and arts enthusiasts:
The many arts related pages shared here for years have been moved
to a new arts domain
called Central Illinois Visual Artist Galleries: www.civag.com
Telephone number, mail and e-mail information are provided at the bottom of this page.
When you write to AeroKnow, you are writing to founder, director and
webmaster Job Conger. I am not a pilot, even though I wrote a pilot
report about a Piper Aerostar featured in a national aviation magazine. I have flown right
seat and back seat with some terrific people who appreciate what I'm doing with
aviation, and if there's not an affectionate female or an intelligent poet around, there's
no one I'd rather spend time with than aviation people.
If you have news of interest to aviation enthusiasts and historians, and
if you would like to be placed on a mailing list of aviation enthusiasts to be
notified whenever the aviation pages here are updated,
e me writer@eosinc.com
Pictured above -- Thanks to Steve Hinton for the terrific
photograph of yours truly!
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FOR SALE: I purchased the light apparatus about 15 years years ago and have used it probably 10 times since, most during the first five years. Two clear plastic slide holders will allow arranging a bunch of slides. They may be lifted off so that the translucent surface can be used for layout. Two legs extend from the back, permitting it to be used as shown here, or retracted for horizontal use. Cost from Photo Resource Center, Springfield was a hair over $600. It is yours today for $300. I do not want to ship this. You will have to pick it up in Springfield, Illinois. Drop me a note or call 217-544-6122 if you'd like to purchase or learn more about it. |
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This
Week in Aviation History August 7, 1943 -- Junior Lieutenant Lydia Litvak, the top scoring Soviet fighter ace of WWII (12 air victories), was killied in action. August 8, 1948 -- The prototype Ilyushin Il-28, later NATO Code Name "Beagle," flew for the first time.. August 9, 1952 -- Peter "Hoagy" Carmichael became the first British pilot to down a MiG-15 flying a piston engine aircraft (Hawker Sea Fury WJ232) near Chinnampo, North Korea. August 10, 1921 -- The U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics was formed. August 11, 1918 -- The Loening M-2 Kitten flew for the first time at Mineola, Long Island, New York. It was the first US Navy monoplane fighter, but it was not ordered into production. August 12, 1914 -- The first member of the French air force died in World War I. Sgt. Bridou was killed in an accident returning from a recon flight. August 13, 1960 -- Convair's supersonic TB-58A flew for the first time. |
If you live in central Illinois and want to become involved
with activities intended to terminate US military involvement in Iraq's civil war, visit
Bring Them Home www.aeroknow.com/home.htm
This is not an anti-president site. It is a pro-life site: pro American
lives.
NEW at AeroKnow
August 7 -- ADI References to aircraft of Argentina, Brazil, Poland, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and Yugoslavia have been posted here
Augusr 4 - ADI reference lists to Vought and Vought F-8 Crusader have been posted. View here
August 3.5 -- The August issue of World Airshow News (super publication!) is
indexed at the Magazine Index page. View it here
August 3 -- I have posted a page of pictures taken of airshow pilot Jim LeRoy who fatally
crashed at the July 28 Dayton Air Show. Jim performed at Springfield Air Rendezvous and
had a legion of fans, including earnest webmaster. View the page by clicking here
August 2 -- ADI references lists to articles about Italy, N -- end and Japan have been
posted at the ADIF home page
July 31 -- A link to ADI references to Italian aircraft A -- M has been posted here
July 30 -- Links to ADI lists for Czechoslovakia and France have been posted at the ADI
home page here
Boeing is delivering more 777s to Air
India. Details and a picture at the Industry News page here
July 24 -- Canadian aircraft references in the Aircraft Data Index have been posted to a
page of their own. View by clicking here
July 23 -- New to the Aircraft Data Index: references to aircraft planned and
built by international consortia and small countries. Links to these files are posted at
the ADI base page which you may view by clicking here
July 21 - I have finished the first part
(of two) of posting references on hand for US-manufactured aircraft in the Aircraft Data
Index. This includes all references noted on index cards, an effort that concluded about
1986. I wanted to get those into the web data base first. After I have done the same with
the rest of the notecards which cover aircraft manufactured beyond the US, I will begin
adding references now in files in the clipping collection. To understand what's been done
so far, click the ADI base page by clicking here
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THE CONCEPT of AeroKnow is this: Aviation enthusiasts will enjoy their hobby or profession more by interfacing with lists of data, indexed at considerable expense of time most people would rather spend building model airplanes or enjoying their families, and those who enjoy it a lot from this interface will support it. If the concept seems fair enough to you, I hope you enjoy your visit to this site, and if you like it a lot, I hope you will support it.
THANKS TO MIKE GEORGE, Springfield, Illinois for his donation of several hundred issues of the Experimental Aircraft Association's (E.A.A.) Sport Aviation, the EAA Warbird Division's Warbirds and many miscellaneous av mags. These titles are of special historical interest because of their superb documentation of one-of-a-kind and more popular home-built general aviation aircraft, restored civilian types and of course, restored military aircraft. Partly in recognition of Mike's major boost to AeroKnow resources and partly because it needs to be done, and now we can do it, I am initiating a priority focus on indexing not only Mike's donation, but all copies of those publications already in the AeroKnow collection. There are still some holes in the publication run of those titles. If you would like to fill those holes, please e writer@eosinc.com and I'll send you a list of current inventory of those (or any other) titles. In the meantime, if you want good advice regarding business and home security, look up George Burglar and Fire Alarm Company and give them a call.
THANKS TO RICHARD STRODE for donating copies of Aviation
Week & Space Technology from 2001 -- 2003! Articles appropriate for AeroKnow have
been culled from them, and that data will be distributed to the Historair Files in the
weeks ahead; sooner if we can recruit some cheap (a/k/a VOLUNTEER) help. Many articles
will be instrumental in permitting update of our Point In Time file which is our source
for the daily anniversary listing posted here every Saturday. Richard is a competent
modeler and one of the most knowlegeable aviation enthusiasts in central Illinois. We will
be sharing more about this generous supporter in the months ahead.
FIRST-TIME VISITORS -- Please include a your last name and
something in the subject line that indicates you're a serious aviation enthusiast. "I
want to send you $1,000" is an example of a subject line that will generate fast
attention, but if you can't say that, almost any other indication of a brain behind your
keyboard will be fine.
The magazine article copying dilemma, which raised its ugly head when the current publication rights holder two two well-respected aviation periodicals wrote earnest webmeister suggesting we might be in volation of copyright laws, has been resolved . . . I think. Details at our magazine index page here
AeroKnow was organized by a group of
aviation enthusiasts who believe the best way to learn is to share what we know and reap
from the wealth of feedback contributed by those who appreciate what we do. We intend to
accomplish this mission through Abe Lincoln's Air Force, our support organization, by
offering what we know to aviation enthusiasts all over the world and by developing
subscription services of interest to new and experienced aviation historians.
If you have a business or personal web site connected to aviation, or Springfield, Illinois, please add a link to AeroKnow.com to your web site and recommend it to others. Tell us about your aviation-related web site, and if we visit and add a link to it.
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"It is better to break ground and head into the wind than it is to break wind and
head into the ground."
-- Thanks to Malcolm Jefferson
who sent the above to Barry Tempest, and to Barry for forwarding it to AeroKnow.