Sunday, September 29, 2024
We will be meeting at Arbuckle Acres from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm to enjoy a beautiful Sunday together. No refreshments are being provided. Just good company.
See you at the large shelter near the airplane! Wait, the airplane isn’t there anymore! WHAT?!?!
Below is a photo of the aircraft being delivered in the 1950s and as it stood in all its glory for years for us all to climb and play on.. So many wonderful memories! So many band aids. If you didn’t cut yourself on that airplane you weren’t playing right!
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed
Engine type: Turbojet
First flight: April 16, 1949
Unit cost: $196,248–$534,073
Top speed: 640 mph
Manufacturer: Lockheed Corporation
Introduced: May 1950
Last flight: February 1959