We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:24:04 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:44:15 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82191 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82191 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:46:00 -0600
Hence the SR-71 was born...

Makes a fellow wonder whether Santa swapped him a portion of the list of naughty girls, or the whole thing...

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Oh I would love a book like that!  I'm jealous now haha!
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BTW my kids got me the book "Secret US Pusher Fighters of WWII" for Christmas and I have been devouring it.  Interesting factoids: the Curtiss XP-55 was not actually a canard, but merely had a forward elevator ala the Wright Flyer, and its "Ascender" name was supposedly derived from an in-house joke name that was cleaned up.  I suspect it was "Ass-ender".]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82181 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82181 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:26:16 -0600
Of course I think Santa should be in a De Havilland Mosquito...those twin engines out in front of the nose look like they're dragging the plane along like a pair of reindeer! :P  And besides, Santa needs something FAST to get all over the world in one night!
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82173 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82173 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:12:43 -0600 ...the "hover caption" (if you mouse-over the pic) says it was probably taken at Bell's factory in Buffalo during WWII.

Okay, I missed that - probably not the hovering type.  Just trying to add some info I thought might be interesting.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82166 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82166 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:19:40 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82162 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82162 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:53:57 -0600 when that photo was taken - note the hairstyles and the shadow cast by the huge flash unit on the camera!  Of course some might argue that this particular airplane design was obsolete when it was brand new... the Bell P-39 Aeracobra or one of its derivatives, if I am not mistaken.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82160 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82160 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:48:40 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82158 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82158 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:47:40 -0600
Grumpy]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82154 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82154 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:59:03 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82143 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/santawork_and_p.html#comment-82143 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:02:41 -0600