Fnlayson

Big Spring Park in downtown Huntsville

Thurlow Dam on the Tallapoosa River, one of Alabama Power's four dams on the river

Finlayson Works, Tampere, Finland

Hello, I've been on Wikipedia since 2006. I spend my time here on aviation and related articles (WP:Aviation, WP:Mil history aviation), some ships, some military ground vehicles, some TV series, some WP:Spaceflight related, some highways, some sports, etc. I don't care to use userboxes. ;) With family and work obligations I do not have as much time for detailed work here these days.

To Do list & notes

• Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, T-45 Goshawk, McDonnell Douglas YC-15, Boeing YC-14, AMS Transport, C-23 Sherpa: Expand and add details, referencing.
• McDonnell Douglas DC-9/C-9/717, MD-80/MD-90, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Expand and add details, referencing.
• Boeing 707/720, Airbus A320 family, A340, Bombardier CRJ700, CSeries, G-IV, G-V, MRJ: Add info where possible, referencing.
• British Aerospace Harrier II, Harrier Jump Jet, Transall C-160, 737 AEW&C/P-8, F-4, Boeing 747 LCF/YAL-1: Add development, design info, & operational info, referencing.
• F/A-18, F-14, Lockheed A-12/YF-12/SR-71, YF-22/FB-22/X-44 MANTA, X-55, SR-72, F/A-XX program, F-15EX: Referencing, add info where needed.
• Sukhoi Su-24, Sukhoi Su-25‎, Su-27/Su-30/Su-34/Su-37, PAK FA/FGFA, Mikoyan MiG-29/MiG-29K/MiG-29M/MiG-35, 1.44, Kamov Ka-50, Mil Mi-28, Mi-26, and other Soviet/Russian aircraft: Add info, referencing.
• Boeing CH-47 Chinook, Sikorsky CH-53/MH-53/CH-53E, SH-3, Piasecki 16H, X-49, Sikorsky S-92/CH-148: Fill in info, referencing.
• Transcendental Model 1-G, Bell XV-15, Tiltrotor, QTR, Bell AH-1 Cobra, Bell 222, Kaman SH-2/SH-2G, OH-6 Cayuse, AH-6, SH-60 Seahawk, VXX, FVL, AAS: Add details, referencing.
• Eurocopter Tiger, Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin/Panther, EC225, AgustaWestland AW139, Agusta A129, Aérospatiale Gazelle, Airbus A330 MRTT, A400M: Add info and referencing.
• A-6 Intruder, North American AJ Savage, Northrop YA-9, F-111/EF-111A/F-111B, EA-18G Growler, Boeing X-32, NG Bomber, LRS-B program: Add info, referencing, adjust/tighten wording where possible, etc.
• Northrop F-5/T-38/F-20, A-4 Skyhawk, LTV A-7 Corsair II/YA-7F, Textron AirLand Scorpion: Summarize text, referencing, add info where needed, etc.
• Boeing X-45/Phantom Ray, A160, X-48, Phantom Eye, X-43, DARPA Falcon Project, MQ-1 Predator/MQ-1C, MQ-8 Fire Scout, and other UAVs: Referencing, add details.
• Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle, McDonnell Douglas DC-X, Atlas V, Delta IV, RS-68, Ares V, XS-1 and other space/rocket related articles: Add info, referencing, etc.
• IAE V2500, Rolls-Royce BR700, Lycoming T55, PW J58, PW2000, LEAP-X, GE T64, GE/RR F136, AATE, ADVENT, and other aero engines: Add details, referencing.
• M230 Chain Gun, GAU-8 Avenger, M61 Vulcan, M197 electric cannon, AGM-114 Hellfire, BGM-71 TOW, Hydra 70/Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, AIM-54 Phoenix: Add info, refs, summarize.
• M60 tank, FCS Manned Ground Vehicles, Ground Combat Vehicle, EFV, ACV, JLTV, and other ground vehicles: Add info, refs.

• Check {{WPAVIATION Announcements}}, {{WPAVIATION Announcements/Aircraft}}, {{WPAVIATION Announcements/Rotorcraft}}, MilHist open tasks (update main template with Article alerts page if needed)
• Also check WP:Aviation/Peer, WP:Aviat/Assess, WP:MilHist/A-Class review, WP:Aviation/Maintenance,
  WP:New articles (Aircraft), WP:MilHist/Aviat, WT:Air/Aero Engines every so often.

Links

This user is one of the 500 most active English Wikipedians of all time.

• WP:WPAVIATION review tools, Template:Peer review tools
• Special:NewPagesFeed - Page Reviewer and Articles for Creation feed.
• Category:Pending AfC submissions
• Common tags: {{refimprove|date= }}, {{copy edit|date= |for= }}, {{notability|date= }}, {{very long|date= }}, {{uncategorised|date= }}, {{stub}}

Scratch pads

• /sandbox - Text for various helicopters, Joint Heavy Lift/Joint Future Theater Lift program(s), An-112KC, etc.

Others: User:Fnlayson/common.js, User:Fnlayson/rollback.js

Sources

Aerospace and defense news sites

• Aviation Week, Flight Global/Inter., Defense News, Air Force mag. & Daily Report, Defense Daily, AirForces Monthly news/Key Publishing

Aerospace and defense related print media

Here's my main aviation and aerospace related sources.

• Sutter, Joe and Jay P. Spenser. 747, Creating the world's first jumbo jet.... Smithsonian Books, 2006. ISBN 0060882417.

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• Several Warbird Tech series books, and various other books.

Quotes

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. ... For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.

— Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9

On Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power. Here, on Arrakis, we need desert power.

— Duke Leto Atreides in Dune

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.

— David Banner

I happen to like to shoot first, Rekkon. As opposed to shooting second.

— Han Solo (Stars' End)

You won't get wise with sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be...

— Rush, Something for Nothing

Biggs, Wedge, let's close it up. We're going in... we're going in full throttle, that oughta keep those fighters off our back.

— Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: A New Hope

... We're going to hit them with the Empire.
They're not going to like the Empire.

— Wedge Antilles and Tycho Celchu from Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream

What is thy bidding, my master?
It's the disaster, Skywalker we're after.
What if he could be turned to the dark side...?
Yes! He'd be a powerful ally... another dark Jedi...

— Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Gangsta Rap