Tag: NORAD

• Convair F-106 – A NORAD Quickie

  

  I have taken to an amusing game when I photograph dancers at their concerts or for portraits – when they ask me the cost of the finished files or videos I tell them about my model airplane hobby. I ask them to pay their bill by purchasing a 1:72 scale model airplane kit that I…

  Dick Stein

  August 29, 2022

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Chinese models, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Scale Models

  belly dancers, Convair, kit lottery, NORAD, Trumpeter

• F-82 Twin Mustang – Part One – SOOTB Interception

  

  I had no idea I needed it… Until I stated googling the business of North American air interception in the late 40’s. I identified an interceptor base near to where I once lived and looked over its roster. I was amazed to find the F-82 and to read that it was an effective unit. Then…

  Dick Stein

  August 6, 2022

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, History, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Alaska, interceptor, Mustang, NORAD

• Things I Never Thought About

  

  Vs things I thought about all the time… As a kid in Alberta in the 1950’s the northern horizon was a worrisome prospect. We knew that it was the closest route for the Soviets to attack Canada and the United States by air. We knew that they had multi-engine bombers that they could arm with…

  Dick Stein

  July 29, 2020

  research, Uncategorized

  Cold War, NORAD, Pine Tree Line, RCAF