1100 block of West 112th Place: 17 years old boy killed. It was police who found him, and it was apparently only the police who”heard gunshots” which led them to the victim.
4100 block of West Jackson Boulevard: 33 years old man shot in the back and killed.
One of Chubbuck’s dynastic mayors, Steve England, once described the festival as a giant block party for the city. Of course it’s held in a park named after the first dynastic family, the Cotants. J.O. Cotant was Village of Chubbuck chairman from 1949 to 1951. J.O. Cotant Junior (aka John O. Cotant) became mayor in 1969 and reigned until he retired in 2005! Apparently the job of mayor was considered a part time job under Cotant. Then came Mayor Steve England (after having been city councilman for 22 years!) and now Mayor Kevin England. By the way, if we were really celebrating the early days of Chubbuck there’d be drinking, gambling and prostitutes!
Too bad the company’s name isn’t IDAHO Helicopters.
Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be as many cars this year.
Actually based on the Plymouth Road Runner, yet is 65 lb (29 kg) heavier.
Oh well, it’s an automatic.
The 6.3 liter B engine was factory rated at 335 hp (250 kW) and 460 lb-ft of torque.
You know it cost way more than that to restore it.
Note the lack of electronics and no computer control modules! All that modern computerized crap only makes things worse!
The 6.6 liter B engine was factory rated at 320 hp (238 kW) and 410 lb-ft of torque.
The ’73 Charger body was actually longer and wider than the ’71-72 Charger, and it was the best selling of the ’71-74 Third Generation Chargers.
About $300 when brand new!
You think those kids can really push it over?
The price, brand new, ranged from $300 to $1400 USD. It was so popular that even the Soviet GAZ company built them.
You had to pay extra to get seatbelts.
The owner told me the seats are covered in Corinthian Leather.
The 7.2 liter RB engine was factory rated at 375 bhp (280 kW) and 480 ft lbs torque.
The spare tire in the trunk is one of the features that set the ’57 Thunderbird apart from the ’55-56 T-Birds.
21,380 ’57 T-Birds were sold.
The 5.1 liter engine was rated between 245 horsepower (183 kW) and 300 horsepower (220 kW), depending on the induction options.
Despite later model T-Birds out selling the ’57, many car lovers consider it the best looking Thunderbird.
Unfortunately, the car came with a pathetic straight eight engine with 6.9:1 compression ratio with only 120 horsepower.
An orignial Pocatello car, 1949 was the first year the Dynaflow automatic transmission was offered.
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Section Eight paid a visit to Pocatello Airport in summer 2012.
More than 8-thousand D variants were built, in the U.S. and Australia.
The D variant saw combat during World War 2, Korea and the upgraded Cavalier version saw action in Latin American countries.
24 VDC, located toward the rear of the starboard wing root.
At least you can see the canopy rail detail.
Pocatello Airport, 02 August 2014.
This plane has been around for a while. Bob Hoover began naming his P-51D airshow planes Ole Yeller starting in 1962. The FAA declared him physically unfit to fly in the 1990s. John Bagley of Rexburg, Idaho, is the current Ole Yeller owner/operator. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.
In 1999, there was a small ‘air show’ at Pocatello Airport that was actually a promotional event for what was then called the Confederate Air Force (now called Commemorative Air Force). One of the planes that showed up was Section Eight.
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
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Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
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Put into USN service in 1954, in 1962 the Navy changed its designation to S-2 Tracker.
The Tracker retired from U.S. military service in 1976. At last word, it’s still used by Argentina & Brazil.
Looking forward.
Looking aft.
Wright R-1820-82WA radial engine, 1525 hp (1137 kW)
Strong legs for landing a 20-thousand pounds+ (9071.8kg+) aircraft on aircraft carriers.
Outboard side.
Inboard side.
Looking forward in the main landing gear wheel well.
Looking rearward.
Large external hinges for folding the wings. I have a couple of kits of this plane and I don’t think they depict these noticeable hinges, very well anyway.
This privately owned Grumman is painted in the colors of the utility/transport version. The USN converted many armed S2F-1s to unarmed US-2Bs.
Have fun trying to string the wire antennae on your model.
Seems to be missing the hook, but the tail bumper wheel is present.
The combat version could carry 4800 lb (2200 kg) of torpedoes, bombs, depth charges and mines.