Download Walt’s Published Articles
Just click the links below to download PDFs (with photos) of my
articles that were originally published in aviation magazines.
Be sure to check back, as I plan to add more!
The B-36 Peacemaker (486k)
Published January 1997. Peacemaker history with “war stories” from Beryl Erickson, chief test pilot, and details on the restoration of the last production B-36.
The Wichita Mescalero & York Firefly (528k)
Published April 1995. The short-lived USAF T-3A Firefly from its introduction to its grounding in 1997. Updated with the sad story of how and why the USAF killed the program in 1999.
A Home For Slow Airplanes (385k)
Published March 1995. Saginaw, Texas — home of airplanes that cruise barely faster than the cars on the Texas freeways below, like the Piper Cub in all its manifestations.
The Flying Car: An Idea That Will Not Die (343k)
Published September 1994. The innovative flying car of Ken Wernicke, “Mr. Tiltrotor” at Bell Helicopter — design details, projected performance, and photos.
T-Birds Over Alaska (391k)
Never published in a magazine. It includes a brief history of the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star and some personal storie of flying the great old jet over Alaska back in 1979-82. We did a bit of everything with the Lockheed Racer — CAS, photo recce, BFM, DACT. Includes numerous photos. Read all about it!
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