Major Lee

@torno Wow, that Privateer looks awesome! Just outstanding work!

Aiming for total destruction, I decided to really lay into a fleeing Mig that had attacked a nearby airfield. Another Mig was closing off angle, so I gave him a long burst to fly thru and raked the entire top of his fuselage... Success!

@GepardThe Great Lakes map looks really cool! What will you do for the Mackinac Bridge? It is about five miles from shore to shore there. The bridge is huge, with 150' between the water and the underside of the framework in the center. The two towers are 550' tall above the water. The Plenty of scenic beauty up there in northern Michigan!

The USS Alabama even has photography instructions...

As an aside from this trip, can you guess which song I had playing in my truck when I crossed the Alabama state line?? You know there's only one song that fits that bill! I hadn't been in Alabama since 1987!

A few more pics from the Alabama.

Kickin' it old school with the F86H... That third shot was a little too close for comfort!

Well holy smokes, I just found my old backup disc with WOI2, SF2, and WOE2.... I had out WOE2 on my old machine, and just dragged it over to my new machine and ran that. Back up your stuff!

I'll be sure to add a screenshot in the future and I fixed up that last post...

I recently had opportunity for a short visit in Mobile, Alabama. Took some time to see the battleship BB60 USS Alabama. What a marvelous ship! Got to crawl into one of the 16" gun turrets. So much to see! I can honestly say that if I had ever served on her, I definitely would be running a twin 20mm AA gun! Even better, the entire facility is a dedicated veteran memorial park, with aircraft and vehicles from across the American military services. The WWI submarine, USS Drum is there, on an elevated dry mount. Finally, I had the chance opportunity to speak at length with the Executive Director, Cmdr (USN retired) Mark Fields. We spoke about veteran affairs, history education for children, and shot the breeze about our service time. What a brilliant gentleman to lead this hallowed park. A few pictures below... (I have more pics, but need to get home to access them.)

@Wrench I saw the Blue Angels flying the A4 at an airshow, in Smyrna, Tennessee, I guess in 1978 or 79. Met Greg Boyington there too. Awesome looking work there, Wrench!

Almost home, and a little worse for wear. Wondering how much booze I'll have to buy the crew chief and hoping this will buff out...

Somewhere on the border of West and East Germany, January, 1984, getting up close and personal...

82 years ago, Normandy, France...

@Muesli Thanks for sharing, bro! It is great you have soldiered on and defeated your foes and are living life with your son! In my younger days, I enjoyed Metallica a bit, but never made it to one of their concerts. I was, however, at Frankfurt Rhein Main airport twice, back around 1984 and 1985, passing thru on my way to Neu Ulm, Germany, and two year duty with the US Army in the 56th FA BDE Pershing II (tac nuke) unit. I am so glad to see a brother in arms prevailing in their battles!!

June 5, 2026: Site is not fully functional...

It can be a pic of exterior of the plane, a small section if the plane is more well known own, or even the entire aircraft if it is obscure or rare. It can be part of the the interior or cockpit, just enough to give someone a chance at identifying the craft. Go for it!

@Wrench From time to time, these live YouTube channels catch the Aurora running wild. This one is on the southeastern end of the Mackinac Bridge, where Lake Huron and Lale Michigan meet, looking NW. This one is in Marquette, Michigan, looking north across Lake Superior.

The orange colored light is from my barn with chickens, and in the vertical picture, the bright white light on the bottom is a car driving by...

Late autumn last year, (Nov 2025) the Northern Lights were running, well, kind of mild. Couldn't really see much, but the pictures came out cool!

If yakarov wanna to pass, new bird post is open. Anyone?

@yakarov79 Is the winner! This is the P39Q at the Kalamazoo Airzoo. Yakarov79 is next to post a mystery bird! https://airzoo.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=1981.126.001&db=objects&dir=AIROBJ

@Wrench A variety of options are available... https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/check-ssd-health-windows-10-11

@Nightshade/PR Your time frame is correct, but it is not a P51 variant.