Blogs from Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States, North America

LT PHILLIP M. RASMUSSEN The Curtiss-Wright P-36A Mohawk was the fighter that replaced the Peashooter in our arsenal of warplanes, after the Peashooter had found its way onto the discard heap. Glen Curtiss, that old swindler, was a motorcycle racer that was interested in aviation. He got his start in the airplane business by trying to steal the patent for controlled flight from the Wright Brothers. Early competition with the Wrights eventually resulted in a merger between the former adversaries, but they were not commercially successful until they hired an engineer named Don Berlin away from Northrup Aviation. Berlin designed the ‘Hawk and after a few fits and starts it performed admirably enough in trials to win a production contract of 215 planes from the Army Air Corps. Nine hundred additional planes were built ... read more

Here are the long overdue photographs. We've been cleaning so much, making sure everything works and is antibacterialized. The place is great....but definetly needed a good scrub. And its easier to do that with no furniture. Although, we are wishing we had some chairs....especially after the long days and nights of cleaning and painting. Maybe I can upload a sound bite of the chickens we have outside...who dont let us forget that the sun is risen and the sun is still up.... read more