A new forum, a new misc images thread.
Skat, ever the courteous fellow, goes that extra mile to ensure his squadron mates have enough space on the carrier deck.
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4918/skat1cs3.jpg)
(http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6145/skat2md2.jpg)
DW
S~. Nice to have met and flown with you, Doc. Lookin forward to the next time. no worries bout the bolters.. we've all done it.. and will do it again. as as for the little explosion there at the end.. it was way at the other end of the deck and there was no damage to the planes already landed.. the term gutterball comes to mind . i guess on accounta landing on a carrier with a group of planes parked on the bow is often referred to around here as bowling for AH.
and that SKAT.. he's such a nice young man. making extra room.. thanks for the pix, DW.
Great pics DW! Thanks for hosting and SKAT (And the umbrella duty).
I wonder if this heroic action on SKAT's part merits a Meritorious Award for thoughtfulness in providing adequate sun protection for his squadron mates or a Gomer Award for parking his aircraft in a gun pit, lol.
Nice flying with you Doc. We've all leave the better parts of our aircraft to the sea from time to time so don't worry about it.
One more he he
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2052/dohcg4.png)
DW
MOST EXCELLENT PICS, DW. Oh that BBQ,...
LMAO!!! Great pics DW! Great bowling BBQ!
I'm even more sorry now that I missed the fly in. That sleep stuff is really over rated.
S~.. boy it sure woulda been great to be a spectator for that one.. i mean i know i can be explodey, but that's ridiculous... maybe i should reformat my hard drive.
Bwaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa! That there's some of the funniest stuff I've seen in ages. Well done DW. Chock up some major artistic value to BBQ's bowling style.
S~. i thought i scraped some paint off of my plane last night. BBQ's handy dandy Betty attack tip #7a, for those that have gunnery issues such as myself ... I have found that if you cut through the support wire that's attached to the top of the betty's vertical stabilizer, the betty's tail will break off. but not with your prop.. that would be dangerous.
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/BBQonaBetty5.jpg)
LMAO. BBQ taking the "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" technique to an all new level! I actually think that the Betty's dorsal gunner actually put some hits into his own plane while trying to nail BBQ.
S~. Just testing out the new gallery feature available on this forum..a pic of the collection of pens that Tbull was kind enough to make and send. feel free to use the gallery to upload pix. just click gallery, select one of the three galleries there, then click add pic..you'll figure out out from there.. then copy the bb code that you'll see when you view it and paste it into you post..gonna try it right now...copied and (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/gallery/4_11_08_07_6_24_43.JPG)
pasted!.. hmmm.. it's been resized to fit the forum... editing.. that worked.
very nice gesture, Tbull... and a very nice pen. i use mine quite a bit. it matches my checkbook and everything.
Lol, more like "Don't fire until you see the zinc chromate of their interior fuselage". :-D
DW
Wow, have'nt posted anything in here for a long time...
A picture from one of tonights COOPs
(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3010/superseafireshm4.png)
All 8 players survive the mission and successfully land their seafires back on their carrier. SKAT was damaged with no rudder, but still got down safely minus the prop. One of the more difficult carrier a/c to land and on one of the more difficult carriers to land on. Pretty impressive chaps!
DW
Is this Jack in an early Spit MK1a?
http://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/IL2/photo#5165390823816031858
Great pics DW. Great mission. Great bunch of guys to fly it with.
S!
Hey hogan, you know we do have a image gallery we can post in the forum right?? Goes for everyone also......DW
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on February 10, 2008, 04:38:50 PM
Is this Jack in an early Spit MK1a?
http://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/IL2/photo#5165390823816031858
lol Either he found my suit in his netcache, or I found his in mine. I "borrowed" mine what, 4 years ago?
I'm just used to doing it this way tomtom. Don't mess with my system! :bomb-034:
P-47s rock!
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2250/jugs2kr2.png)
(http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9262/jugs3jj0.png)
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/9837/jugs4vl5.png)
Ok I'll shut up now.
DW
I understand that DW, however I spent lots of time on this for it to not be used!
Ok I shut up now!
Fine, fine, fine! Here is one more screenshot uploaded to the AH website screenshot thingamajiggieplace. Are you happy now!?! (6)
(http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/gallery/9_12_02_08_4_47_39.bmp)
DW
:lol-034: :drinking-42: :cool:
Great pics DW. Great work too on the nose art of "Thunder Boomer". It must have been a pain in the butt getting the part of the nose art on the cowl flaps to sit right with the part of it that's on the fusalage.
Actually it was'nt too bad Gonzo. There is some stretching on the cowl flap section. You gotta kinda cut that section up into bits and resize them to get the edges to match as close as possible.
DW
I would like to nominate DW as our official squadron skinner.
On a side note, no one mentioned that Jack was in a flyable Spit MK1a
There are many skinners in this squad Hogan, no one can be the official skinner. Besides, I have my sights set on far more lofty positions of power. I'll TOTALLY be the new squadron XO as soon as BBQ gets a load of this :
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9195/bbqru0.png)
Oh yeah, I can FEEL the power already....
DW
Is it me or is there a brown smudge on the nose of that bird?
lol, just kidding DW. Great stuff as always!
Need more screenshots! C'mon people, don't be camera shy.
Some dumb-low level strafing escaping Caen during Mission #8 :
(http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/290/dw2gp5.png)
DW
Bad form SKAT, very bad form.
(http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/8338/skatbadfe3.png)
DW
This was odd. Viper came to a stop on the edge of the deck and fell over. It knocked his tail and wing off, but his carcass came to a rest on the bow under the deck. (roll)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4714/viperbowgh8.png)
DW
S~.. never seen that before.. lol
Leave it to Viper...that's funny! :hahaha-024:
(http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4278/cshz2.png)
:happy-016:
DW
LOL. :lol-053:
LMAO DW!
Great stuff bud!
OMG! that's hilarious!!
Thats funny! :hahaha-024: :hahaha-024:
That looks just like Skat...........S!
LMAO! I may have just peed my clown pants...let me check ...
DW...you sum-tin
S~
S!
Also grabbed the new crater
http://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/BOB
Ckeck out the Mk1 and the London bridge, and the new BOB map..............S!
http://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/BOB
I like the mod that puts the narrow cord rudder on the MkIXc Spitfire. Thats a proper spit!
(http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2387/ixcrudoz4.png)
The Beaufighter Mk.X looks promising as well. Rockets AND a torpenae.
(http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/848/mkxbeauqt3.png)
DW
The Hurricane IId could be usefull as well.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4355/hurriiidif9.png)
DW
Quotenew BOB map...
_AH_Hogan
There's a Battle of Britain map available now?
Gonzo...the BOB English Channel map is a got to see...it is to Europe as the Slot is to the Pacific. It will run on the "slotted" 4.09 but because we are just getting up and running on the 4.09 slot, I put the channel in an entirely seperate 4.09 folder cause I was not sure about potential conflicts... it's running smooth and I plan to run some tests to see if it will cause any problems. The map has London in the Northwest corner, Dunkirk in the Northeast corner, Paris in the Southeast corner and a small bit of Atlantic water in the SouthWest corner, The Bases are configured to repersent 1940 but oddly enough, there are no airbases at Paris...uhmmm?...it is not the quality of the Slovakia map, but hey! it's the Dang English Channel. The install for me was a point and click, then a copy and a paste...Good find Hogan...
S~
Here's some screenshots of a train I took out last night...with my entire plane :hahaha-024: unfortunately, I still didn't get the engine :idiot-0011: The train has wheels on one side in this view:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/trainleft1-1-1.jpg)
and on this side in the other view:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/trainright-1-1.jpg)
Apparently, this has something to do with how the 3d models are done...I just thought it was funny to see a train with only one set of wheels :lol-034:
Here's a screenshot from awhile back...Viper's gal, Halle Berry, got shot in the forehead...again, I thought it was funny :lol-034:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/vipersnoseart-1.jpg)
BTW, I can't seem to get the two top pics the same size... (roll) oh, well...
S!
Are these new bullet holes?
http://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/IL202/photo#5222976699640603330
Those bullet holes look great!! What mod are they from?
Don't know Gonz, just noticed them in my 110 ..............
Nice shot of a furball from one of Gonzo's COOPs last night
(http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2091/furballld7.jpg)
DW
here one from the gaunlet me chasesing some KI after his buddy tryed to shoot down some one go rebel lol
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(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3892/sparxq0.png)
A nice shot of Sparpooch giving some of the AA gunners at A16 heart attack on takeoff. :happy-026:
DW
:lol-034:
Great initiative keeping them on their toes like that Spar. Well done!
Yes.
Yes, but thats just the way the game works. Others see you as having full flaps down, even if you're only using takeoff flaps.
DW
S~. yea that was fun to listen to.. who's drifting right!? now to the left!! back right again!! look out for the gunners!!.. #$&*@*#& that was close..
i didn't know it was that close.. :cool:
Here's a couple from the other night. My engine died, and I coasted back to the island. I tried to belly land it, and as I did, I started cranking my gear down. It touched down with the gear partway down...and coasted up over the end of the runway, and onto the tarmac! :hahaha-024: Couldn't do that again if I tried!
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/grab0000.jpg)
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/grab0001.jpg)
One of the weirdest landings I've ever done!
lol...Any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Being able to use the plane again after is a bonus!
Here's some shots of BBQ being followed by a few of his closest friends:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/grab01.jpg)
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/grab001.jpg)
That BBQ...he's so popular! :hahaha-024:
S~..i could swear i was hearing banjo music following behind me all the way back to enemy lines.
Oldy, but goody.
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This is mine Deuce.
Lol... I dont have Micro Word 2003 or 2007 Vip.
Grr.
you can DL the fix...
(http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/gallery/9_26_08_08_10_16_19.bmp)
I am cursed when flying mustangs in this campaign.
DW
Meant to post these some time ago. A few nice shots of some P-47s heading out as a group during the last Euro Campaign wamup.
(http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6176/warmup1ji5.png)
(http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6091/warmup2eu0.png)
(http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2340/warmup3vo7.png)
(http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5778/warmup4kh2.png)
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/774/warmup5mr3.png)
Guess I shrank them down more than I needed to....rats...
DW
thanks DW
S!
S! DW. Great pics!!
You wouldn't happen to have the originals or the track itself would you? I could use them for a little project I'm working on.
ATC stiffy chillin at the tower.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/USN_Homicide/Stiffy.jpg)
S! Some shots I took over the last coupla weeks.
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn248/REDGT4ME/110onanighthop.jpg)
Awesome cockpit in the 110 at night.
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn248/REDGT4ME/DeadPilotin109.jpg)
New gore details in 409.
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn248/REDGT4ME/He111NightRaid.jpg)
HE 111's spotted over the target on a night raid.
I LIKE screenshots.... :happy-016:
DW
Aces High Squadron Photo circa 2010. That's IF we don't stop Jack now, while we still have the chance. (kooky)
(http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6149/ahcirca2010an9.jpg)
DW
S~.. was funny was seeing a clown in the pilot seat when that plane landed .. but then when ALL those guys got out of one plane... wow :hahaha-024:
It was crazy in the early war, they were dropping men instead of bombs.....
S!
A pair of Bettys returning from a recent mission. AH_Moby's plane, viewed from the starboard fuselage blister...
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/AH_Moggy/AH_Moby_3-1.jpg)
And another view...
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/AH_Moggy/AH_Moby_2.jpg)
Lucky boy...
(http://photos-407.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v360/127/61/1498544407/n1498544407_103990_1657.jpg)
(http://photos-407.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v360/127/61/1498544407/n1498544407_103991_1947.jpg)
Took a flight in a T-6 Texan last year. Sweet.
:cool:
S~. :cool:
S! & cool pics Hornet. I'e always wanted to go up in one of those things!~
Here's a shot of the carrier fly-in last night. A total of 14 on deck.
(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4940/flyinci1.png)
DW
S~. Not too shabby.. man we have a well dressed squad.
i think it was the AH Choir uniforms :lol-029:
A few nice pictures from the end of a COOP. Man, can we park.
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9020/47s1.png)
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5295/47s3.png)
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7660/47s4.png)
DW
S~lol.. YES WE CAN..
those are nice pix, DW.. thanks for posting them.
Here's a shot of Moggy, ever the unscrupulous war criminal, shooting up ambulances from the waist of his downed He-111. So shamefull...
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1587/mogly.png)
And a few from tonight's carrier fly in. The most we had was 19 on the deck, if you count Archie's plane that grew ever smaller as time went on... I still think we can do better on a more conventional map.
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4383/flyin1.png)
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6759/flyin2.png)
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5763/flyin3.png)
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3827/flyin4.png)
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1485/flyin5.png)
DW
I actually thoroughly enjoyed that steep approach pattern, great sideslipping practice. Took me 3 attempts to catch a wire.
i gave up after the third, (kooky)
S~.
pretty good job gettin on the deck, guys.
the next fly in will be a more conventional approach to the carrier..
Heck yeah it was a hoot! Interesting landings at times kept us in stitches but heck that was expected.
~S~
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on May 18, 2009, 03:34:26 AM
Here's a shot of Moggy, ever the unscrupulous war criminal, shooting up ambulances from the waist of his downed He-111. So shamefull...
DW
Hey, they shot at me first. No, really. Honest. BTW, lemme know if you ever find a war criminal
with scruples!
(wish I'd kept all those tracks of you shooting me in my parachute....Grrrrrrr) (wavey)
I would NEVER shoot someone in their parachute! It would be too dangerous, you might fly into the chute and crash. Nope, I'll never make a fool out of myself like that.
DW
~S~ DW. What ways then would you make a fool of yourself??
Well DW...??? I do believe that TD asked you a question....
~S~!
Mobes.
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on May 19, 2009, 10:29:43 PM
I would NEVER shoot someone in their parachute! It would be too dangerous, you might fly into the chute and crash. Nope, I'll never make a fool out of myself like that.
DW
HEY! There's something missing in this post. Where's the sheepish grin?
(BTW, what does a grinning sheep look like, exactly?)
Oh I have a wide ranging repitoire of ways to make a fool out of myself, but I assure you it does'nt include crashing into chutes trying to shot them....
DW
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p5Qr648UYApp1J0H7WOTA7o8RTCqEX43CfcOZDFi29zj4oSZ7SlvkmsvI9eJX3sDG7r69nF7ZoYKFMr_Stv20YWGnYprs7_hL/shaunshead.gif)
:lol :lol
Ohh, it gave me a warning that this thread had not been posted in for 120 days :sad-056:
Here's a few shots of last nights carrier fly in.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7394/54283992.png)
(http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8449/97445634.png)
(http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3751/50659834.png)
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8987/55402687.png)
These show 21 on deck. I don't know if we had 1 more down later on, we were getting some wierd lag and it would blow up 1 guy.....bummer.
DW
whos in the jap bomber :unhappy-059:
I see Dev has the "Bunker Hill" ship skin mod installed.
Quote from: _AH_Moggy on October 26, 2009, 09:25:56 PM
I see Dev has the "Bunker Hill" ship skin mod installed.
No, that would be me. It makes the Intrepid look like Bunker Hill. I have another that gives the Essex a measure 43 camo pattern.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on October 26, 2009, 09:46:43 PM
...I have another that gives the Essex a measure 43 camo pattern.
DW
Cool. We'll have to have all potential hosts install that one for the CVG-83 campaign! Is it still available at AAA?
Moggy, I think for the ship skin to show up, everyone who flies the mission has to have it installed.
You can get it at:
http://allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18838&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=essex+skin (http://allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18838&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=essex+skin)
Quote from: _AH_Gonzo on October 26, 2009, 09:53:31 PM
Moggy, I think for the ship skin to show up, everyone who flies the mission has to have it installed.
Bugger. Nevermind that idea, then. At least for now...
Yeah it's a client side thing, just changes the skin.
DW
What's wrong with this picture...... (6)
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6771/13278701.png)
DW
Looks like TD joined a game and readied up, got tired of waiting for everyone, disconnected and when to the kitchen, made himself a P, B and J sammich, grabbed a box of Ginger snaps and a tall glass of milk, read the paper while he had his snack, then jumped back in game and is about to ready up for the next mission. Sound about right?
:happy-112:
~S~ TD!
~S~ Mobysan except for reading the paper. It is all in the timeing.
LOL!!!
~S~ TDsan!
Mobes.
So does anyone remember that time when Jack, BBQ and SKAT went to the petting zoo and........well........I think you can see where I'm going with this....
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9690/salty.png)
DW
:lol-034: :lol-034: :lol-034: :lol-034:
LMAO!!!
Someone please keep DW away from the livestock!
Got Milk?
Tops of the ever growing list of things I did'nt need to know about Moby....
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9128/ewww.png)
:thinking-008:
DW
You Sir, are a twit...
LMFAO! I just peed my pants!
Oh My GOD!!
Now that's just damn funny and I don't care who ya are that's funny!!
S~ DW
:lol
That's it... I am taking my jiggly tits and going home!!!! :unhappy-059:
Just consider yourself lucky you did'nt get gomer'd for that freudian slip! (http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2313/mobyemot1.png)
DW
:lol
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8172/piloth.png)
"Hi, despite what BBQ thinks I am totally not oriental"
DW
Well for what its worth, here it is. Dancing with "Anna L"
Z's fllyby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSR5NWb-5g0#)
Last years ice storm, yup, I finely found my post.
Kentucky's Ice Storm of 2009_0001.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2qwhUxiF4#)
I see a new plane in some of your futures...... :thinking-008:
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3669/18746795.png)
(http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6300/31970746.png)
(http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8249/51179043.png)
DW
:lol
LMAO... Love it DW!
Bravo on the underside!
S!
DW
...you sumtin
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/3/9/1675932.jpg)
That picture is so nice
When I look at that 190, this is what I hear in my head......scary......
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff German Composer and the Classical Music of the 20th Century (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGla6ZuMAE#)
S!
Authers Themes,, oh ya
Or this one,
Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata (Mvt. 1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7_IZPHHb0#)
ahhhh, Ludwig van Beethoven's Adagio sostanuto, Piano Sonata No.14 in c# minor. I love this one
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=611_1270122725 (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=611_1270122725)
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This is the first ever helicopter built in any Somali speaking state. The fact that the trio could do so much with so little will inspire a lot of Somalilanders.
To many Somalilanders, this is historical moment for Somaliland and it is possible very soon others will start manufacturing their own electronics and devices.
This is the time to support these promising Somalilanders!, all stakeholders and regulatory agencies should rally round and assist these men to achieve their goal.
We wish them all the best from here Somalilandpress, we are certainly with you and we hope all the Somalilanders, friends and others who might be inspired by them get involved.
Man, I was cringeing waiting for sumptin real bad to happen...
Spitfire MK 11
Video
http://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/SpitPL965.wmv (http://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/SpitPL965.wmv)
Hey Hogan, il send you my recording of Moonlight Sonata's 1st movement and you can dub it into that video! I like mine better anyway lol
nice find Short
I enjoyed that
S~
Shrtaprch on short approach?
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pac2iyfRM2Zhyh9h-CTHosln0qf1CewRVaKYBBIoJyJU8r7Melign9SxEbC07MmcJmB9eRnaLUbSVxnYLHi8JyEo0FzJmQOUb/Short.jpg)
(Submitted by TD)
Holy buckets!
And Doc, a combat medic with with huge pianna skills??
I smell a screen play in that..... Just sayin...
S!
hmmm, landing or taking off ?,,, you decide
From the amount of rotation my guess is take off.
What do you pilot types think?
S!
Its a takeoff!
Thats what I was thinking
Take off gets my vote.
(http://www.geekologie.com/2007/04/learn-to-fly-here.jpg)
Looks like he was going to get some help. To bad he had to wreck a good airplane to realise he needed lessons.
~S~ If I remember(and lately that is doubtful)that was the result of a tornado and the signs were added later as a joke.
Well, its nice to know, Im not the only one that has trouble with trees. ~S~ :surprised-027:
(http://i40.tinypic.com/dblfh1.png)
vipers emergency landing mishap tonight.
TD's Golf Cart. ( as seen on Pimp My Ride)
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1paeQmROcAiAuW5khNfDvyl-zTYPtkfEPLOzNqIZNpLV80X--H6fhoYsPbroI0K9R8WhFOHmLmy6lhI5gzkf1mfsarrXmH1Cjj/TDGolfcart.JPG?psid=1)
Cant be, theres no tailhock... Oh NM there it is.
~S~ BTW that is a USMC flag flying proudly above the overhead.
Where's the saucy noseart though?
DW
And the kill flags?
Here's a couple pictures from last night's fly in. We had 18 on deck by the end, not too shabby.
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3072/98899016.png)
And here's BBQ and Nimbles doing their levitation routine.
(http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/2177/64198617.png)
Strange thing watching the track, we were all rocking back and forth on the deck of the carrier but BB and Nim were rocking back and forth out of sync with the rest of us..... :surprised-041:
DW
S~.. My guess on that is because I hadn't run the updater.. and when i did run it, I noticed a new date posted in the updater .. June 18, 2010..
I also saw Slikk and Viper astern of the elevator, hovering over the water. So I must have been seeing the carrier, and myself, a few seconds forward of where those that had run the updater were seeing it.
Yes, Beebs. I believe you were seeing the carrier and the rest of AH where we were on June 18.
~S~ ! I tried to post some jpeg-pics in zee forum, but it doesn't work. The file size is about 91 kb only...
Does anybody know why?
How were you trying to do it Coyote?
What I do is upload the image to www.imageshack.us (http://www.imageshack.us), then use the "Insert Image" button when you're writing a post and put the URL of your image in there. Imageshack is pretty reliable, this thread has images from 2007 that are still functioning.
DW
You have to use a photo hosting site like Picasa and choose "imbed photo" then copy and paste the link in here.
S!
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qnOz7G98koE/SB4rXK-LXeI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/fTZmpJvdClU/s800/Office%20fan.JPG) (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0c_De4Qq52bkH6cSVi9LiA?feat=embedwebsite)
Thx for the help, I'll try it that way tomorrow morning, when I get back home!
S~.
Here's a pic of _AH_Turbo..
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p66uCUddXQPO2o5bPCjG3fmKwHO2_g-xYRFQ6Giq_ZyxV57xQq981gqbGoGDNCYQbYarz7hNA3GKYAJEp4O2gYiPobNdjVZTY/Turbo%20pic.jpg?psid=1)
:lol I like that fan Hogan. Where did you find that at? :lol
great pic! makes me wish i was born in a different time.
Cool pic Turbo
Turbo's thinking "Give me the keys, I'll take'er for a spin"
Check here Zulu,
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=warbird+ceiling+fan+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=warbird+cieling+fan&_rdc=1 (http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=warbird+ceiling+fan+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=warbird+cieling+fan&_rdc=1)
S!
S~.
And Turbo as he looks today.. with a whole bunch of his family at this year's Thanksgiving.
(http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pDRSNnpYnuxEzAhKb9lNv4cNsVdk1cx4IK1dB9gfeEFe87gCOUZFkEZ0yDFQHqC_2DRc-wxJJ2TI3x3UoudOTbg/Thanksgiving.jpg?psid=1)
Jeepers, Turbos breed like Tribbles!
DW
S~.
Here is a pic of TD receiving the Tailhook Award from Commander McWhorter in Pensicola. It was given to ol' TD in 2002 at Naval Air Station in Pensecola..
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pAhnyjc-oIts2C35K2JiSGVGC93iNnmrVvaNCRVugnHbZcP_5fWqI6hd2ycw-XzmJI7eGeOeACyjSc5WNKNz3sfX02deHC7eP/Cdr.%20McWhorter%20and%20me.JPG?psid=1)
And here's a close up of the Tailhook Award that TD received.
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pCt8I-a0Yf1Z1S1fLIv72V7HU0ZVhf6l-zC5MIlVQmk3UDPo83iWQpyItBPXx3d_BwgEw9meuruvUjC66SPrei0by7IbXO2jM/Img_5189a.jpg?psid=1)
It's a real tailhook from an F6F. It was awarded to the pilot who contributed the most to the squad each year. The thing is heavy...about 6 pounds
I can't see BB's pics?
S~.. yea.. the microsoft server is having a "temporary" problem.. they will eventually appear.. it's been up and down all evening..
TD got an award from a navy squadron? Is that legal?
DW
~S~ Ya...only 'cause thay paid our salery.
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/2/9/1823928.jpg)
flight sim in iran. (really)
What the....?
its the cockpit of an old MD-82 that had a hard landing and broke some stuff
this is what the inside looks lile
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/8/9/1820986.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/0/4/1820408.jpg)
i see nothing! :thinking-008:
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A few pix from the Christmas party i went to this weekend
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party1.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party2.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party3.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party4.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party6.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party9.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party10.jpg)
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/Party12.jpg)
now i see everything :cool: :surprised-041:
feliz navidad to BBQ
Ho, Ho, Holy cow that looked like an awesome party dude! Now I know what I want for Christmas!!!!!
~S~!
Moobies!!!!!
Hmm, he does'nt seem to have enough hair to be your brother....
DW
I know what want for Chrismas,,,, A date with Boobies, er um, I mean Mobies avitar. WOOHOO!!! :lol-029:
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on December 13, 2010, 08:36:23 PM
Hmm, he does'nt seem to have enough hair to be your brother....
DW
My bro is the one wearing the stunt reindeer hat, then in another he's wearing a wig.. so there's no pic of him where you can see the extent of his baldness..
The guy with the the goatee isn't my brother.
Yes, I know you mentioned he was the one in the reindeer hat, that was who I was speaking of. He's bald you say? So he's like....the anti-BB. Did you guys get compared to eachother alot as you were growing up, forcing you to take such drastic measures to differentiate yourselves? :thinking-008:
DW
S~..
lol.. uhh, no. He's 10 years younger than I and I had moved out by the time he was 6 which didn't leave much room for comparisons.
Since our father was asked to 'leave and never return' ( a la Felix Unger) shortly after my departure, he would send my brother to me for a few days every summer asking that I roughen his edges a bit because he was concerned that his being raised in a home dominated by women folk was leaving him a bit soft.
And he's not really bald yet.. balding is more like it. (6)
10 years younger?! Crap, there goes all my evil twin jokes. :censored-015:
DW
S~..
Those family portrait Christmas cards are my favorite ones.
(http://aceshigh.ws/images/bbq/Pix/FoxbatXmasCard.jpg)
S~ I am soooo gonna get you BB!
Which one is Fox?
looks like one of our landings! ow :drinking-43:
FW190 Fougueux Full HD Meeting Aérien de La Ferté-Alais LFTA 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIJl1T5TSE#ws)
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pRW5NJgs41SiLOX7VUntY2pWJgZx6KZEyk49l8yfDXqCv9FGSCRZEk9marqB8-Attt1nExDWgccDZbuZ9j68JewMILUwb8fa8/TDSHog.jpg?psid=1)
TD's new bike
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfkerw8Kxo1qznvi3o1_500.jpg)
~S~
WOW !!!!
Thats cool, the 308th Bomb Group had all kinds of variations of mouths on their B-24s.
DW
Yeah?, Well so did that puppy!
nice and easy, ok a little more power.. powerr..... WAVE OFF!!!
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg72g3zX5d1qznvi3o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1297079730&Signature=6bD%2F%2BZEiJTImpzLHUjg7tzyqm0s%3D)
Is that a picture of BB from the last carrier fly-in? :surprised-027:
DW
Still got somptin under da wing....
S!
~S~ External fuel tank(1)always went under the right wing. I think that is what you are seeing.
:drinking-43:
(http://i56.tinypic.com/29wevr.jpg)
Ha, good one. I think there is video of that paticular crash, the guy leaping up on the wingroot to help the pilot looks familiar.
Check out this video, at about 5:30 in I think it's video of this aircraft.
F6F F4F WildCat & HellCat Crashes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmxh9RPjZUg#)
There's alot of other footage in there I don't think I've ever seen.
DW
cool footage
I was bored and looking at some really neat photos.
:drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/H7Rgv.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://imgur.com/Df7Kd.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://imgur.com/6vgow.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://imgur.com/npCEe.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/mv7hd.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://i56.tinypic.com/29wevr.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/BOCcz.jpg)
OOHHH, Well Done Sir.
S!
~S~ You forgot ol' TD. Just bring 'um on.
Just 18 years old (http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/taldrg/lastscan.jpg)
~S~
Wow, you were just a pup then
LMAO.... Great stuff Auto!!
another :P (glasses)
~S~ thanks for being there
(http://imgur.com/JCxoR.jpg)
Bolter! Bolter! Bollocks!!!!!
Is it just me or do all LSO's look like the world is about to end?!?
Quote from: _AH_Gonzo on March 09, 2011, 06:39:56 PM
Is it just me or do all LSO's look like the world is about to end?!?
Can you blame em?
(http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/5310/eep.png)
Hows aboot this one?
(http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/4932/torque.png)
DW
QuoteCan you blame em?
:i-m-with-stupid-0101:
The crew on a successful Gauntlet Run 3/12/11
All enemy AC and ships destroyed with a return of all planes and crews.
(http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn248/REDGT4ME/grab0001.jpg)
Kewl Fox, glad you posted that
S!
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3696/nomoreskinsforhogan.png)
DW
Why I haven't been on much lately....
(http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2011-2/27/123815.jpg)
She's a sweet bird, but very heavy and way too complex!!
How many in the crew for it? Must have radar operators and stuff on board?
DW
Typical mission is 2 pilots, one radar and systems operator, and 1 observer (Back up systems op). Take off weight in full mission configuration is 14,500lbs.
~S~
Now I want to know when Gonzo's going to pick us all up and take us for a spin in that thing. :happy-112:
From where he is I'm not quite sure his plane has the range but it sure would be a fun time!
(http://imgur.com/MMtFC.jpg)
some classics
Sad, very sad. Hopefully they can get those 2 nuclear reactors under control and keep things from getting worse.
thats a pretty bird Gonzo.....flew in an S-2 when i was in the service....was really a fun ride....but old fashioned compared to this one
(http://i.imgur.com/A3l75.gif)
:help-sos-sos-29402:
Yikes Auto, that's a pretty grisly crash. I don't doubt no-one got out of that alive.
Just goes to show that, skip bombing isnt as easy as it looks.
~S~ Holy skip-bomb Bat Man.
What is that? An A-20?
DW
Tail looks kinda like an A-26
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1916&bih=995&q=a-26&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g9g-m1&aql=&oq= (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1916&bih=995&q=a-26&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g9g-m1&aql=&oq=)
Hey, it's you and me. hello!
This is the view from the Messenger spacecraft orbiting Mercury, the first craft to do so since 74'-75'.
Taken from ~114 million miles away which is further than the average distance from the Earth to the Sun.
(http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/45000/45710/earthmoon_mwc_2010126_lrg.png)
WOW, everytime I see a pix like this, it make me realize just how small we all really are in the big picture. Also makes me wonder where I left the keys to my Starship.
<----Starts humming the the theme to Star Trek
we've only dipped our toes. distances become enormous. to the point where due to the human life span they become 1 way trips, and not nice ones. blast off! :drinking-43:
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It's so big it's almost impossible to imagine.
The milky way alone is about 100,000 light years across. Which begs the question how far does light travel ( in a vacuum) in a year? Almost 6 trillion miles.
Here's a pretty cool little video that compares the size of Earth to some other celestial objects that are in space.
Star Size Comparison HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv6OtEnIAQk#ws)
Fascinating.
look, hes poking that tribble with a stick
S~
Sure the first pix of Mercury are cool, but at about 2 minutes into this 4 minute vid, he starts to talk about the Kepler Mission (looking for Earthlike planets). Very nice graphic of what Kepler has seen so far (that's what's in the thumbnail pic), and a reasonable estimate of 2,000,000,000 Earthlike planets in the Milky Way Galaxy alone.
Space Fan News #16: First Images of Mercury; All of Kepler's Planets; Number of Earths in Our Galaxy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMWnaaUE6cQ#ws)
its neat that we've found these now. because then the people at the SETI monitoring stations instead of aiming just old anywhere in the sky can aim their big ears and listen for aliens on vent arguing about smokers from another world!!!! (glasses) (glasses) (glasses) (glasses)
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/373/stewiec.png)
DW
this doesnt seem right ?! ! (roll) (roll) (roll)
(http://raf-112-squadron.org/images/P-40s_aboard_USS_Ranger.jpg)
http://www.325thfg.org/ (http://www.325thfg.org/)
great read about the checkertail squadron the one we're flying
are those p40s on a carrier?
Yup, being ferried to a land base.
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I would have loved to have seen "Scramble! Scramble! and the pilots would be like "WTF!?!?" :lol
Quote from: _AH_Killerbanjo on April 05, 2011, 07:58:10 PM
I would have loved to have seen "Scramble! Scramble! and the pilots would be like "WTF!?!?" :lol
there ya go :D
Curtiss P 40 take off from aircraft carrier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nQrSJA7RVA#)
P-40's were flown off of carriers to land bases during the African Campaign, Spits (Non carrier types) were flown off of carriers to Malta quite a few times, and P-47's were flown off of carriers during the invasion of Saipan.
QuoteOn 23 June Manila Bay came under enemy air attack during refueling operations east of Saipan. Two fighter bombers attacked her from dead ahead, dropping four bombs which exploded wide to port. Intense anti-aircraft fire suppressed further attacks; and, as a precautionary and rather unusual move which Admiral Spruance later characterized as "commendable initiative", Manila Bay launched four of the Army P-47's she was ferrying to fly protective CAP until radar screens were clear of contacts
(http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/aviation/64212d1299758494t-p-47-carrier-capable-318thmanilabay.jpg)
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4377/launchsm150pw1.jpg)
Another fun fact... Almost every USAF aircraft during WWII was carrier evaluated. The most promising being nasalized versions of the P-40 and the P-51.
Yet another fun fact... The P-47 could easily have been modified for carrier use as it's under carriage and approach speeds were well within the required limits. It's main draw back was it's weight. It could be operated at such a heavy weight that upon landing it could actually damage the deck of an aircraft carrier!
now this is impressive
C-130 Hercules Carrier Trials (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84#)
Is'nt that Dev at the last carrier fly in?
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on April 05, 2011, 11:40:31 PM
Is'nt that Dev at the last carrier fly in?
DW
no this is...
(http://www.b-29s-over-korea.com/150AviationPhotos/NMUSAF/C-17-on-carrier.jpg)
Thats him alright. :lol
The Boeing XB-15 was a United States bomber aircraft designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5,000 mile range. It was originally designated the XBLR-1 (experimental bomber, long range). When it first flew, it was the most massive and most voluminous airplane ever built in the United States. First flight 1937.
(http://www.planeaday.com/images/2011/Mar/Boeing_XB-15_060511-F-1234S-039.jpg)
You almost think it's B-17 sized at first glance, then you realize the engines look tiny. :thinking-008:
DW
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy214/Archie3101/untitled-1.jpg)
Parking during Checkertails
The next 190 across our field is gonna get 8 P-40s in one strafing pass....
DW
Prop, Mrs. Prop and Mini Prop posing with a friend's Bellanca.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/Lukas/IMG_0094.jpg)
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Awww... nice pic. good lookin Family ya got there, Prop.
Nice.
However I am concerned with the FOD on that hanger deck.
Rgr sir, I'll get right on sweeping.
Actually, the cardinal rule is to push the a/c out of the hangar, facing away from the entrance before starting the engine.
some neat shots.
(http://i.imgur.com/JVSZ2.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/oQ7o8.jpg)
this one has a lot of detail if you look closely. imagine being in the back of that snapping that picture.
(http://i.imgur.com/cAcZx.jpg)
At least those gun barrels are pointing the other way.
~S~ re: The last picture. The round objects on the ground are graves like there were on Okinawa and where japs placed some guns. The natives had the keystone shape entrance to underground graves and they all faced away from the trade winds. In lower left corner you can see a gun inplacment.
https://picasaweb.google.com/Col.Hogan1910/UntitledAlbum#5323810477870492930
I thought ya'll might enjoy this. Maybe it will give ya a better understanding what Rainbow Gathreing is and whats its all about. For those who dont know, this is what I do every year during the spring and into the summer and ending in the fall.
S~ and as we say in the woods "Namaste"
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5562245?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1" width="398" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe>
http://videos2view.net/PT658.htm (http://videos2view.net/PT658.htm) PT Boat
Now thats a boat.
Nice find Turbo.
Z is a hippie? cool.
yup, Im just an old hippie.
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/6/7/1908763.jpg)
Heres an oldy but a very goody :lol
Looney Tunes 3D - Coyote Falls.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q5Qa9YdeyY#ws)
I wanted to post 2 photos but cant seem to get them to upload, the file cant be that big. I even tried copying the link to my skydrive which didnt work any hints.
S~ Lippy, when you put the photos on your Skydrive, you need to click on the photo until it is the only thing showing on the page. The first time you click on it, you'll see there are slide show options on the right.. that page won't work. click on the photo again, until it's the only thing on the page, then copy and paste that url, and use the image tags.
the link with the tags should look something like this {img}http://www.yourimageadress.jpg{/img}
But use brackets [ ], not { }
and on the Skydrive, make sure the folder you're putting the pix into is viewable to the public..
When will that coyote learn??
Well, nice try WB, bring back the ol hand drawn cartoons. CG just isnt the same. BUT, still it was very funny so
ROFLOL
Lockheed P-38 Flight Characteristics (1943) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_2UmiCoJk#)
Go to 16:14, That's what Jack sees when he looks at the instrument panel.
Now everyone knows there aren't any Alligators in Texas or are there. A Texas Power and Light company needed to do some work in a culvert and when they cam upon this creature they about, well you know the rest
(http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pmv5ehqq-145MNt7_DPU85nrvrbQDrkXoC0G5EeDc81UUyWPS7rbQPycGmeMLZ8dx3YapLMjsYCgxgG7bcGf7gg/image.jpg?psid=1)
Another crew started to remove this drainage pipe to work on the road when to thier amazement they found 87 of these little pesky creters.
(http://public.blu.livefilestore.com/y1piSIbBTvPL_WTFkZBYTEJY0HlQUCQhA_OIq4MwPzndSfIbJht0bXinx790aPthXIqGpYVL5unzKBhlR1oXqTSqQ/image1.jpg?psid=1)
So when traveling into Texas dont go into the drainage pipe to retrieve the purse your wife dropped or the toy your kid threw into the drainage pipe. :help-sos-sos-29402:
BTW BB TY that was harmless once I figures out what the image tag was lmao. ~S~ Sir
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/221831_662477428464_70301779_34373553_4631849_n.jpg) Our Son Farm, Success Ar.
Some Twin Beech goodness I captured while visiting family in Hamilton, Ontario.
Just uploaded the vid, itll take awhile till it processes in Youtube.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/Beech.jpg)
Beechcraft Taxiing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEX-F-842TM#)
Lovely plane.
"Pvt. John Slaughter of the 116th Regiment, U.S. 29th Division, described a scene. "After dark an enemy ME109 flew over the entire allied fleet. Suddenly every ship in the English Channel opened fire, illuminating the sky with millions of tracer shells. Now that convinced me of the absolute futility of antiaircraft fire. There was one plane that flew in a quite regular course at a medium altitude at a normal speed with about 40,000 guns firing at him and he did two complete circles and went away without a scratch"
(http://i.imgur.com/58IhR.jpg)
The Farm, Success Ar. (http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/TheFarm.jpg)
~S~
So sad,will be praying for the family and all the victims of the storms.
Bummer Turbo, Hope everything turns out ok.
S~
~S~ That is a picture of Turbo's son's farm.
One good thing you will have m,ore top soil. You and Your Family are in my Prayers Sir.
First Jet Flight
http://www.aircraftowner.com/videos/view/americas-first-jet-flight-october-1942_1617.html (http://www.aircraftowner.com/videos/view/americas-first-jet-flight-october-1942_1617.html)
dummy wood'en prop, lol
That was a good one Turbo
Thanks
S!
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy214/Archie3101/spin.jpg)
Lippy trying the ole {I am going to spin at the start of the race and confuse them} trick
LMAOROF your killing me Archie I laughed so hard I actually started to choke. Man do I need to quite smoking. Just think I just said make sure ALL engine where selected. Hey it was the only heat I finished yesterday, maybe I need to that more often. ~S~ Was still fun.
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on April 30, 2011, 03:10:26 AM
:lol ROTFLMAO Z you wont live this down for awhile opps maybe I need to shut up or I will be next lmao.
need I say more
Z looks like i did it to myself, lol. Well this wont go away for a very long time. I hold my head high and enjoy the ridicule. Its a form of respect as I keep telling myself and don't you dare burst my bubble. :help2:
S~
I think I will call you "Spinny", or some variation of it, while we race. (tongue)
~S~ How come the pictures will not show on my screen??
S~
TD, there are too many possibilities to list here..
It could just be a temporary problem that will fix itself.. how long has it been since you've been able to see pix in the forums?
higher res> http://i.imgur.com/hhQP0.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/hhQP0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/hhQP0.jpg)
wheres the ash try?
alittle something for everybody
I found Bong,,,
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/176884_1762296289533_1002849229_31954102_1725017_o.jpg)
and
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/217185_10150270372714546_527589545_9439721_6297812_n.jpg)
no caption needed for this one
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/199873_10150206037989546_527589545_9072874_2981656_n.jpg)
FAT CHICKS!!!! (http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/225177_10150289531494546_527589545_9648761_3323130_n.jpg)
Canadian Navy? I resemble that remark. Especially when you make no mention of our latest ingenious all terrain assault platform:
(http://www.humorhound.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/army-bike-cart-hybrid-vehicle.jpg)
DW
ROFLOL
Ultimate Dog Tease (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw#)
It takes alot to make laugh out loud when I'm alone, well done.
S!
Just awesome
someone get this working with il2 :D :drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/1gm2L.jpg)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ACCURATE-WWII-P-51-MUSTANG-INSTRUMENT-PANEL-/120713479399?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8903041454794720912#ht_872wt_1140 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ACCURATE-WWII-P-51-MUSTANG-INSTRUMENT-PANEL-/120713479399?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D15%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8903041454794720912#ht_872wt_1140)
Now that is cool!
LOL@ BB, nice find BB, that was to funny
ah sweet Doc, that looks like you might beable to do something with that
Lol @ BB's vid! Great find!
@ Auto, if only there was a way!!! It's incredibly hard getting old steam gauges to work without the associated systems like vacuum pumps, pitot simulators, and the like.
S~
You know summer is just around the corner when
(http://vxrigq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pKnaUSBjFGDLF7qxIeenXcgVH8w0Do0lxpr9ldLBFlumpSL9E_dlgRLKvJJOmEbwAHXeeZf8keQ8fSiaHAVX065ZlX7NVI9Og/belly_button.jpg?psid=1)
the girls start showing their bellybuttons.
~S~ In the upper left hand corner of the panel is what a REAL pointy thingy looks like.
I know spring is over and summer is here when BB breaks out that picture
She's a looker
Disseminating one picture like that could be an anomaly but two? You are now officially a chubby chaser, BB.
DW
S~
Sorry, I don't understand your banter, DW.. unless by chubby chaser you mean outstanding individual that's not only very good looking but also has admirable integrity and an exceptionally kind heart.
It's becoming clear that there is some serious issue with your comprehension of my banter. :thinking-008:
DW
I didn't see the photo, Beebs.
Quote from: _AH_Jack on May 05, 2011, 01:44:31 AM
I didn't see the photo, Beebs.
Thats a good thing jack.
Republic made several attempts to further improve the P-47D. The XP-47J began as a November 1942 request to Republic for a high-performance version of the Thunderbolt using a lighter airframe and an uprated engine with water injection and fan cooling. When fitted with a GE CH-5 turbosupercharger, the XP-47J achieved a top speed of 505 mph in level flight in August 1944, making it one of the fastest piston engine fighters ever built.
http://www.aerofiles.com/_repub.html (http://www.aerofiles.com/_repub.html)
(http://www.planeaday.com/images/2011/May/Republic_XP-47J_061020-F-1234P-031.jpg)
The H was even funnier, big nose.
(http://www.aerofiles.com/repub-xp47h.jpg)
The bottom one had an engine built by Chrysler.
http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/chrysler.htm (http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/chrysler.htm)
Another little known prototype/s... A navalized version of the P-51:
(http://www.mustang.gaetanmarie.com/articles/naval/testac.jpg)
(http://www.mustang.gaetanmarie.com/articles/naval/naval2.jpg)
(http://www.mustang.gaetanmarie.com/articles/naval/naval3.jpg)
(http://www.mustang.gaetanmarie.com/articles/naval/naval4.jpg)
Great looking plane but it didn't have the handling characteristics deemed required for carrier operations.
AH hard at work. :CC :CC
(http://imgur.com/pmvs7.jpg)
~S~
Hey,that looks like my airplane!!!
Check this one out
Awesome aborted landing on a Russian carrier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFokR6mNQIo#)
Gonzo this one is for you. You like stunt flying.
The most extreme stunt landing ever? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJy1idHwCc#)
Just think of yourself in that plane, your life flashes before you and then you say H__L NO I WONT GO.
Mrs. Allison singin' a sweet tune, turn 'em up!
Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk - great engine sound at Classic Fighters 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_EUFq2jic#ws)
~S~ In my 25 years of flying airplanes and been almost every place and seen almost every thing that pilot who lost a complete wing and still landed safely is the most amazing flying I have ever seen.
~S~ That P-40 was burning about 80 gal. of high oct. fuel per hour. That is a lot of money for some fly bys.
even has little faces on the bombs.
higher res>http://i.imgur.com/IUuhr.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/IUuhr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/IUuhr.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_taldrg on May 13, 2011, 05:43:43 PM
~S~ In my 25 years of flying airplanes and been almost every place and seen almost every thing that pilot who lost a complete wing and still landed safely is the most amazing flying I have ever seen.
S!! TD, as cool as a video that it is, it's a complete fake done by CGI.
Prop how can you tell its a fake
Really Lippy?
(http://kaszpir.hlds.pl/4chan/this-looks-photoshopped.jpg)
DOH.
:happy-026: :help-sos-sos-29402:
~S~ Prop and thanks for the info. 'cause I watched it over and over trying to think of what controls would be used to do what was done and I could not think of any conbination that would produce what he did.
Quote~S~ In my 25 years of flying airplanes and been almost every place and seen almost every thing that pilot who lost a complete wing and still landed safely is the most amazing flying I have ever seen.
From TD
Sorry TD, but that's CGI... FAKE :(
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on May 13, 2011, 11:52:36 PM
Prop how can you tell its a fake
Look at the smoke trail, and the propeller when the engine stops. Completely unnatural. I think part of the footage was taken from an R/C competition.
Here's a link that proves it ain't real.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/one-wing-plane-landing-video.shtml)
And a making of video. It's in German.
Making-Of the Killa Thrill 'One Wing Landing' Viral Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naSZBdJoEbM#)
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll61ytzdwV1qz9tkeo1_500.jpg)
Sheisse Helmut! Das goderverdamt sheepenhausen!!!
DW
Hogan I am probably one of the most gullible people you will meet. I am very honest and so trusting. I am known to believe the BS that some spread in the Yard where I work. It was a ongoing joke. I try to trust to much in what people say. Oh well no matter doesn't change things. ~S~
No Worries Lippers, if ya haven't seen it on CNN it's most likely a fake.
S!
woo get out! (kooky)
(http://i.imgur.com/MJq0r.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on May 15, 2011, 08:16:53 PM
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll61ytzdwV1qz9tkeo1_500.jpg)
Welsh refugees. :lol-034:
hmpht, thats the frist time Ive ever seen an aircraft eatting,,what the ____ are thoses anyways? They dont look like any cows from Kentucky,
maybe Ohio, but not from Kentucky
Building a 737
Southwest Airlines The Making of Florida One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnsyYbfC60#ws)
Heres a fly by for ya.
Extremely low flyby with jet trainer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTHJqLju2vU#)
(http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/LCBW9/BV222-2f.jpg)
http://theaviationanorak.blogspot.com/2011/04/wiking-was-initially-developed-for.html (http://theaviationanorak.blogspot.com/2011/04/wiking-was-initially-developed-for.html)
The Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking (Viking) was a large, six-engined German flying boat of World War II, and the largest flying boat to achieve operational status during the war.Prior to World War II, the German airline Deutsche Lufthansa had carried out many transatlantic mail flights. However, their main interest was passenger transport, and they initiated a program in 1936 that culminated in an order for three BV 222 flying boats designed by Richard Vogt.
Construction of the first prototype, V1, began in January 1938, with construction of the V2 and V3 following within weeks. V1 made its test flight on 7 September 1940, carrying the civil registration D-ANTE. During trials it demonstrated that it could carry up to 92 passengers, or 72 patients on stretchers over short distances at a maximum speed of 239 mph (385 km/h).[1] The flight characteristics were found to be satisfactory, but with some improvements required. Further trials lasted until December 1940, when the V1 passed into Luftwaffe service, receiving a military paint scheme and the registration CC+EQ (later X4+AH).
The type was noted for a long flat floor inside the cabin and a large square cargo door aft of the wing on the starboard side. The flat floor was a welcome novelty for that era. Only thirteen aircraft were thought to have been completed.
Originally powered by Bramo 323 Fafnir radial engines, later aircraft were powered by six 1,000 hp Jumo 207C inline two-stroke diesel engines. The use of diesels permitted refueling at sea by U-boats. C-13 aircraft was a sole example fitted with Jumo 205C and later Jumo 205D engines.
ended up being ours, then we gave it to the brits.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fhZZ63PRjhQ/TD4DvlONTnI/AAAAAAAABHQ/Djh0DfbfixU/s1600/BV-222_V2_TRONDHEIN_FJORD_NORUEGA_27-08-1945.jpg)
more info
Blohm & Voss BV 222 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_L5U1Yivbk#)
Betty on Balalae Island.
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/6/0/1935065.jpg)
Wow, thats neat Auto.
June 13, 2011 B-17 Crash
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-110613-b17-plane-crash-pictures,0,3672607.photogallery?index=chi-plane13smoke20110613100559 (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-110613-b17-plane-crash-pictures,0,3672607.photogallery?index=chi-plane13smoke20110613100559)
That's a real shame.
DW
sad indeed
thats a terrible sight... :sad-056:....thankfully all aboard got out safely and that must of been a very good pilot to bring her down as quickly as he did... looks like without any damage until the engine fire caught the rest of the plane
here's a statement from the Liberty Foundation that clears up alot of the mis-information from the media.
http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html (http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html)
S~
Yep a real bummer. It reminded me of watching the B-29 Kiwi bird when it burned after all the work
to get it air born.
Its also one less left in the world. I try to go out to the shows whenever I can and usually
give them a donation when I can. Its extremely expensive to keep them flying and I worry
that someday soon they won't be able to anymore.
hehehehehe
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s144/TBDude00/b17a.jpg)
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s144/TBDude00/B17b.jpg)
The Making of the CAF DMWT Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgd3o--LIyg#)
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39480&start=75 (http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39480&start=75)
Good Lord!
Those props are 10 feet above his head.
WOW! :surprised-041:
What a kewl place tobe standing when the pilot give that bird the gas, Im betting it sounded real kewl.
ZOOM. Zoom
S~
Cool clips, Doc.
Had I known you were going, I'd a gone with ya
S!
Great clips Doc, thanks for the narration and .303 damage assessment!
Wow, that 109's wounds really bring it home, doesnt it?
Nice find Doc, thanks
Zulu
duh cannon makes duh BIG Booomer... dont it :bomb-034:
S~
For your Entertainment
Useful Dog Tricks performed by Jesse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Fyey4D5hg#)
ahhh
~S~ I liked that. It came at the correct time. We needed something happy.
Ten million + hits, My Jack wont do that stuff......
yeah all AH_Jack will do is chase sheep around in the yard :surprised-027:
Sheep tell lies.
Quote from: _AH_Jack on June 27, 2011, 12:05:46 PM
Sheep tell lies.
That's why they installed hidden cameras, so they have evidence...
(http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/7654/sheepy.png)
DW
S~
I think it's funny how jack always seems to like the ugly sheep the best.
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_legefjcAKW1qz9tkeo1_r1_500.png)
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldv809N3Zu1qz9tkeo1_500.jpg)
nice
Supermarine Walrus being towed by an Indian "tractor"
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9of8rGFTE1qzp3pqo1_500.jpg)
Awesome pics Auto, keep'em comming.
S!
I'm sure you've all seen this A-26 picture before, but this ones quite a good resolution compared to the others I've seen. such bad damage it knocked the landing gear down.
I still wonder to this day why this aircraft is not in the game :( i quite like it.
(http://i.imgur.com/4r5iT.jpg)
Yeah the B-26 was so widely used in the ETO, would be cool.
DW
It could hang with a Mustang speedwise too, albeit not top speed.
Only reason it's not in game is because someone hasn't made it yet. Who's willing to give it a shot?
I thought I saw a thread somewhere where someone had starting working on one but work kinda trailed off on it. Too bad.
DW
well here's what the marauder crew thinks about that...
(http://www.manbottle.com/pictures/b-26.jpg)
looks like the windshield is cracked... (kooky) (kooky)
That's a different aircraft, the first picture is a B-26 Marauder while the second is an A-26 Invader.
DW
My father flew, among other aircraft, the B-26 in combat during the war, and he recalled they could outrun the 51's due to a water system that could cool the engines down thus enabling the 26 to maintain high rpms longer than the 51's could.
S`
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on June 29, 2011, 09:37:52 PM
That's a different aircraft, the first picture is a B-26 Marauder while the second is an A-26 Invader.
DW
well if you wanna nitpick DW, its actually a B-26 Invader. after 48 they re designated it from A to B, that's when the confusion started.
either way, cool aircraft i wish we had in game.
After '48? Good lord! Nuts to anything after '45!
DW
Johnny should get his dad to tell us some combat stories eh???? that would be soooooo cooooool
A US Navy Corsair crashing after take off from USS Boxer.
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnn27dttJi1qz9tkeo1_500.jpg)
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1461/unledivn.png)
My brother sent me this, funny that they'd use a spitfire on the label. If SKAT drank canadian beer, this would be the one.
DW
DeeDub, don't look.......
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaantoine/5894891635/#in/set-72157627100683798/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaantoine/5894891635/#in/set-72157627100683798/)
It's a series of photos of a Seafire that had to belly in. Looks like they'll probably be able to fix it up.
Sad to see, nice job though on savin most of her.
S!
Where and when did that happen?
DW
I think it was in France maybe July 1st or 2nd
no info
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xu-an/dauntless_wing_damaged.jpg)
Wow, I wonder if they made it down ok.
I tried searching around for TBF avenger and Bennington, found these :
"A TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron Eighty-Two (VT-82), flying from USS Bennington (CV-20), in flight in the South Pacific area. The aircraft was damaged when the plane flying above it in formation was hit by anti-aircraft fire and fell on top of it. (U.S. Navy photo)"
In Osprey's TBF/TBM Avenger units of World War 2 there is a color plate of this aircraft, the description for it reads :
"TBM-3 White 113 of VT-82, USS Bennington (CV-20) February 1945
This Avenger was subject of one of the most dramatic aircraft photos of World War 2. Heavy flak damage resulted in the loss of nearly half the port wing, in addition to a five-foot section of the fuselage decking immediately aft of the turret. However, the VT-82 pilot skilfully retained control of his doomed TBM long enough to make a successful water landing. Standard early 1945 colors and markings were gloss blue overall with Bennington 'Christmas Tree', or arrowhead, repeated on the upper starboard wing, overlapping the aileron."
DW
Wow, Ill wonder no more, thanks DW
~S~ In the days of unending valor.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/ak47_9a.jpg)
This is just wrong is so many ways
1 Ipod
1 hand full of money
1 AK47
1 someones rolling tray hanging from mouth as a sign that your "MOJO" is better than the last guys
and possably the worst BO anyone ever had, I know your asking, "You can smell him." Ask yourself, does he look like someone who worries about taking a bath?
-OR-
Could this be the guy your little angle is wanting to go to the prom with?
~S~ Ya got it all wrong...that is a woman...the sea shells are her money...that in her hand is for ammo.
A little fun from flying last night:
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/AcrosstheBow.png)
ok, meet the new daughter-in-law. Surprize!!!
It's good to know you americans have a strong sense of history. Why look, they even preserved SKAT's old school bus!
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4527/funnycarphotostheshorte.jpg)
DW
i bet you could do some wheelies in that bus.
on a side note, me and T.D. are starting a biker gang.. so look out! :drinking-43:
look what I just got this week. :D
2011 triumph scrambler (glasses) (glasses)
(http://devondunphy.tumblr.com/photo/1280/7286273381/1/tumblr_lnw2jusOg41qznvi3)
S~
ooooo.. shiiiineeee.
I want that bus.
wow... I didnt know that triumph made a scrambler ....nice.... back in the old days they did....is it new? :drinking-43:
Quote from: _AH_Nimble on July 09, 2011, 11:53:42 PM
wow... I didnt know that triumph made a scrambler ....nice.... back in the old days they did....is it new? :drinking-43:
Yea nimble, they started making them again back in 2006. Been wanting one ever since, i really dig the retro look, cant stand how the newer bikes all look. One heck of a bike too, been loving wvery mile. Kinda rare here too, not to many made it to the usa. I was orginally looking for a green one but i was told there were only 4 for sale in all of north america, so i settled on black. Eventually going to repaint it a silver/grey color.
Road trip!
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hLBLtkQQV_w/SnIpqmPiKnI/AAAAAAAAA7o/Q_AfjoWysl8/s800/025.jpg)
Post modified by Gonzo ----- Just wanted to make sure that awesome looking bike shows up!
P-51 Big Beautiful Doll and a Skyraider collided. Pilot bailed from the Pony and the Skyraider landed with a large chunk of the wing missing.
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/747/1duxfordcrash.jpg (http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/747/1duxfordcrash.jpg)
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/936/2duxfordcrash.jpg (http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/936/2duxfordcrash.jpg)
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1043/3duxfordcrash.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1043/3duxfordcrash.jpg)
Mid Air collision Duxford Flying Legends 2011-07-10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qME7VefLxFw#ws)
Some more clips of the collision.
Vintage fighter planes collide at Duxford display (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OynscjUHzxg#ws)
Duxford 2011 P51 Skyraider Crash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_A4xdGFXoE#noexternalembed-ws)
(http://devondunphy.tumblr.com/photo/1280/7510849756/1/tumblr_lo6ztnUNVE1qznvi3)
A mid-crash photo of this WWI replica as it hits a cornfield after experiencing an engine failure. Pilot was rescued and suffered no major injuries.
It's not been a good couple months for warbirds, has it?
DW
Looks like it's not the first time that little Fokker has been in trouble....
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/12/article-0-0CF99A1400000578-20_964x579.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/12/article-2013821-0CFA7BA800000578-776_964x627.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/12/article-2013821-0CFA9A1B00000578-248_964x417.jpg)
Thankfully it looks like very little damage was done.
Some pics from the accident that caused the loss of P-51 "Big Beautiful Doll"
This is her before the accident.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/10/article-2013219-0CF4D01E00000578-219_964x506.jpg)
And some photos of it happening.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF5420800000578-332_964x580.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF7CA3500000578-117_964x505.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF7CBFF00000578-710_964x470.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF4BC5800000578-350_964x629.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF4BA5500000578-365_964x603.jpg)
And finally what was left of the "Spad's" right wing after the accident. I've heard that that "Able Dog" could take a ton of punishment and keep on trucking, but I never expected that the loss of so much wing would still allow it to fly.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF541DC00000578-267_964x649.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/11/article-2013219-0CF4BD8C00000578-146_964x498.jpg)
S~
Wow, what a shame. The pics seem to indicate pilot error as they were banking someone got too close.
(http://i.imgur.com/BopWv.jpg)
~S~ Auto
~S~ Gang
I found this and thought you might like to see it. Its a news broadcast of "National" Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. Its the biggest gathering we have every year.
Sorry I couldnt post the video. I couldnt find a share link for that.
Hope you enjoy and hope it might shed a little light on the Rainbow Gathering and Rainbow Tribes
Zulu
http://www.kval.com/home/video/124396414.html (http://www.kval.com/home/video/124396414.html)
PS sorry about the add at the beginning. I guess theyve got to make alittle $$ aswell
@ Foxbat,
From what I could see from the video, I think the accident was caused by the difference in the types of aircraft in the formation.
Here's my take on (For what very little it's worth...
When the formation flew past, the Sky Raider was on the left wing of the formation and the P-51 Big Beautiful Doll (BBD) was in the lead. During the "Run in and break" over the runway, BBD peeled off first. The standard "Break" part of the manuover is 30 degrees pitch up and 45 degrees bank (Resulting in about 2.5G that helps slow the aircraft to downwind speed) with the pilot closing the throttle about half way through the 180 degree turn that would place the aircraft on downwind. Also, it's usually the aircraft closest to the downwind side of the runway that peels off first (But NOT always).
In this case the pilot of BBD was the first to break with the pull looking very tame, probably to put less stress on the aircraft. When the SkyRaider broke, the pull looked more normal. This would put the SkyRaider inside of the P-51's turn.
To make matters worse, the SkyRaider is much heavier than the P-51. This means that it would have more kinetic energy and bleed speed at a much slower rate than the P-51. Another important factor is that a pilot usually goes "Heads down" in the cockpit to confirm things like bank, pitch and airspeed in the turn. When the pilot does go "Heads up" again, he's usually focused on the downwind because he's almost certain that the lead aircraft is well ahead of him.
All in all a recipe for disaster. I'm no expert, but I've been around the flag pole in formation enough times to know just how bad things can get in a very small amount of time.
In aviation, a really big problem just makes you sweat and usually doesn't kill you. A bunch of little problems however will send you to the ole 6x6 foot plot before you even know what happened.
That's one of the more sensible explanations I've seen of the accident Gonzo. :cool:
Did we ever find out if the wing severed his control cables?
I kinda wondered why the Skyraider pilot would'nt have been looking up and watching the P-51 as he broke upward, but I guess if he was lookin at his gauges that would explain it.
DW
Actually DW, the pilot of the SkyRaider might have been looking out of the cockpit. But even if he was looking for the P-51, he would have been searching on the downwind side of the field (Over his left shoulder) and not in the base turn itself.
Again, this is all speculation on my part. I'll have a look around work to see if EASA (The European version of the FAA but twice as f%#$@ed up) publish anything about the accident.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/wLQsJS7zQOM (http://www.youtube.com/embed/wLQsJS7zQOM)
(http://www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/7/4/7/1054747.jpg)
:cool:
Some Skyraider refueling pics, for the curious among us:
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/F4D-1_inflight_refueling_NAN5-61.jpg)
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/Douglas_AD_refueling_A4D-1.jpg)
Hippie Highrise
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/277684_10150240952102163_581972162_7935366_1195358_o.jpg)
holy hannibal!!!!! now I know where twisted has been and what he has been doing :drinking-43:
~S~ The green striped home has wind power on the roof. That dude is so cool...man.
From the upper tiers, where do the plumbing and waste by-products go?
Photo Shop.
Interesting IL2 carrier catapult bug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lPOZk5hfE
This site has some amazing pics...
http://www.footnote.com/image/#1|126930323
Copy/paste the link into the browser window, the site has some awesome shots from WW2
Awesome find Prop.
Lots of late war pics from the canal to Bougainville, bet TD knows some of those guys...
S!
Here's one for ya TD,
http://www.footnote.com/image/#1|126931767
"I couldn't find a close line",
http://www.footnote.com/image/#1|126937452
If only my ex were a redhead....
https://picasaweb.google.com/101950555966155293218/NoseArt#5640397294087344994
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/scan0001.jpg) Checking turbine wheel on F80 Could be T 33
Cool, I pulled an engine from a T-33 once
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x5RJI2ASlWw/TmTza1Ml0UI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ASalydQR3ak/s800/EmailBacon.jpg)
Can't have em both at the same time though, only in some ratio that adds up to 100%.
DW
The volcano destroyed more of the 340th Bombardment Group's aircraft (estimates vary between 78 and 88) than the devastating German Luftwaffe air raid of the 340th base at Alesani, Corsica on May 13, 1944 (about 75 aircraft). At Pompeii Airfield on March 23, 1944 nearly all of the 340th's B-25 Mitchell medium bombers were covered with hot ash that burned the fabric control surfaces, glazed, melted, or cracked the Plexiglass, and even tipped some B-25s onto their tails from the weight of the ash and tephra. No lives were lost at Pompeii Airfield and the only casualties in the 340th were a sprained wrist and a few cuts, but the effects of the volcano on the aircraft proved insurmountable despite a major effort by the 12th Air Force to repair and salvage the damaged planes.
These B-25s from the 447th Squadron of the 321st Bombardment Group passed very near the erupting volcano on their way to bomb targets.
(http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/846222869/1/tumblr_l5z4r9liSx1qznvi3)
(http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/12thAF041.jpg)
great pics of that time in history auto....awesome!!
This is ao awesome i had to share ..
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=inwi10s22a3q81f (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=inwi10s22a3q81f)
~S~ Bear
Bear
I have seen alot of these dear at my fathers place in northern Wi over the years. One of these years i hope to see one with pink eyes.
Arch
Hmm, no "Screaming Beaver"?
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4435/alcoholworld.jpg)
DW
Or Labatt?
Hilarious pic DeeDub!
ahh yes... the wonderful world of BEER :drinking-29:
(http://i.imgur.com/nMmnF.jpg)
Oh my baby.
F22 Raptor up close and personal!! Riat 14/07/2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPtM5t81B4Q#ws)
Im not sure why I felt the need to post this here, but, here ya go.
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms ( war version ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGpwKQo5_Z0#)
~S~
silly Russians...
and yes that is what it looks like..... about 100 PPSH sub machine guns.... (http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/11/111398/1619943-ars57_6_screen_large.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/TK3ic.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/IWpE4.jpg)
Lol, nuts
Steel rain!
Reminds me of an AH fly-in .. (glasses) (glasses)
(http://i.imgur.com/blP6y.jpg)
Those are some war weary looking birds, must be destined for the scrap yard?
DW
this is good for a giggle
"No. No! NO!!!" - The Greatest Scare Prank (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2Pc5XNtrw#ws)
~S~ The planes are all PBYs except for one lone biplane. The Navy is sending them to japan for relief from their big wave.
TD
It also appears that there are 18 Wildcats scattered about the deck; most tucked under the wing of a Catalina. Of course, they could be Hellcats, but I doubt it.
I bet DW can identify them by the paint scheme, white ring on the cowling and white stripes on the stab.
dB
They appear to be hellcats, looks like they have curved ends to the horizontal stabilizers whereas the wildcats are more squared off. The markings are strange, I'm not familiar with nose bands on hellcats other than the yellow ones used briefly in '45.
Couple captions for this photo found on the net :
"The escort carrier Thetis Bay (CVE 90) pictured underway transporting PBY Catalinas and other aircraft in need of repair to Alameda,CA. July 8,1944
(U.S. Navy photo)"
"The U.S. escort carrier USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90)enroute to NAS Alameda, California with a deckload of war-weary planes in 1944. The planes visible on deck are eight Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats, 18 Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters, and a Grumman J2F "Duck" amphibious biplane."
DW
To those wondering about the PPsh submachine guns . if you look closer there is no parachuting devices for that rack system. Also there is mounted below the port wing a tank. The tank appears to be a high pressure air tank. I would bet that those guns are attached to a pnuematic firing device to fire them in low level flight
moving right a long..
A Japanese aircraft carrier circling to evade attack by USAAF B-17s during the Battle of Midway in June of 1942
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8e00000/8e00300/8e00396v.jpg)
a standard AH P-40 landing after a perfectly flown mission. at least we can park good.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r202/USMF1/P-40/P-40WalnutRidge004a.jpg)
December 8th, 1944 - Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll during a break from operations in the Philippines area.
The carriers are, from front to back...
USS Wasp (CV-18)
USS Yorktown (CV-10)
USS Hornet (CV-12)
USS Hancock (CV-19)
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
(http://i.imgur.com/ANcrY.jpg)
if you squint the dazzle camouflage schemes really trick the eye into making them look like smaller warships.
That P-40 pic brakes my heart.
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on October 12, 2011, 04:34:27 AM
That P-40 pic brakes my heart.
at least i didn't post this one...
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/p38-39.jpg)
whoops
Good Lord!............ Really?
here something to cheer you up.
makes a good desktop
higher res>http://i.imgur.com/zsP3y.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/zsP3y.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zsP3y.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 12, 2011, 04:29:42 AM
if you squint the dazzle camouflage schemes really trick the eye into making them look like smaller warships.
Those schemes are cool, it's hard to appreciate what they looked like in black n white photos.
(http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4050/horneth.jpg)
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9210/27622155.png)
DW
not just for ships. :D
i'll be expecting a skin DW....
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WubeN06WLXQ/TA73dcEBN4I/AAAAAAAADG4/0cCpTNMWlZY/s1600/08.jpg)
(http://www.eflying.tv/images/ac23.jpg.pagespeed.ce.iueXbyivwz.jpg)
(http://www.buamai.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mustang-1_dazzle.jpg)
http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=170314 (http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=170314)
Hey that thing has 20mm cannons.
That skin has been done by the chaps over at Axis & Allies Paintworks.
http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=186&t=1591 (http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=186&t=1591)
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/9979/p51a1.jpg)
The P-51A is included in UP 3.0.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on October 12, 2011, 06:18:41 PM
That skin has been done by the chaps over at Axis & Allies Paintworks.
Sweet!
(http://i.imgur.com/RMEHB.png)
P-51A protos had the cannons.
S!
neat
P-38s in flight. F-5B camera ship and P-38J fighter in flight. Circa 1944
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1339/1477810298_5bc876f5b8_o.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/rYmCJ.jpg)
B-29 meet B-36
Wow.
That is one big bird
This plane was redesignated the XB-36H, then the NB-36H and was modified to carry a 3 megawatt, air-cooled nuclear reactor in its bomb bay. The project was to use a Convair B-36 bomber as a testbed aircraft, and though one NB-36H was modified during the early stages of the project, the program was cancelled before the actual X-6 and its nuclear reactor engines were completed. The X-6 was part of a larger series of programs, costing US$7 billion in all, that ran from 1946 through 1961. Because such an aircraft's range would not have been limited by liquid jet fuel, it was theorized that nuclear-powered strategic bombers would be able to stay airborne for weeks at a time. To shield the flight crew, the nose section of the aircraft was modified to include a 12-ton lead and rubber shield. The standard windshield was replaced with one made of 6-inch–thick acrylic glass. The amount of lead and water shielding was variable. Measurements of the resulting radiation levels were then compared with calculated levels to enhance the ability to design optimal shielding with minimum weight for nuclear-powered bombers.
(click for bigger)
(http://i.imgur.com/tCvMT.jpg)
Nuclear powered bomber. Would suck to fly with complex engine management on....
DW
If Im not mistaken... that nuclear bmbr looks like its flying over canada??????? :surprised-027:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/315667_590650045738_32703922_32535178_130358565_n.jpg)
I'll just leave this here...
Ever want to make those junk mail sender pay to junk mailing your mailbox?
This is such a good ideal, I had to pass it on.
Have fun
Keep Wall Street Occupied (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2JlxbKtBkGM#)
I like it.
Although I think it should be in a different forum slot. Maybe we should make a political thread where peeps can choose to be involved. We lost a member who didn't like the fact that a main page was taboo for his stand on political issues.
It would be kinda like the "Zee Very Last Channel" on Vent., Join at your own risk.
Who knows, maybe some good can come out of it.
S!
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on October 29, 2011, 10:35:31 PM
Who knows, maybe some good can come out of it.
good come out of politics? :lol :give-me-beer-0034:
here have a misc image.... :drinking-43: :drinking-43: :drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/gXqlh.jpg)
sieg woof!
Silly nazis.
The Screaming Beaver Party of Canada is on the rise! First we will control Canada, then the world!!!! (But we don't want California)
DW
Nigher do we...
SIEG WOLF!!!!! :happy-112: luv that picture
THe sCreaming BeAVer party from Canadia has a sticky problem.... ..... ..... .... too much maple syrip :drinking-43:.......not enough hot cakes :surprised-027:
That's it, when we sieze power Nimble is the first one we send to the camps.
DW
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/301236_10150845744670451_135692855450_21324986_1045385136_n.jpg)
z5o is #2 behind Nimble.
DW
:lol :lol :lol the best yet Z!!!
Well DW, I was wondering how long it would take you to notice :lol-029:
I wonder if I can get this with memory foam?
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/Untitled-1.jpg)
If she comes with the bed i want 2
Couple of shots from my trip to the surrounding areas of Calgary, Alberta. Fell in love with the town of Banff, and the badlands were pretty cool as well.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/IMG_20111111_143608.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/IMG_20111111_164454.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/IMG_20111112_142357.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/IMG_20111112_171252.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/IMG_20111112_171318.jpg)
Pretty cool?
Very cool.
awesome pictures... always loved canada.... although most of what Ive seen of it is vancouver and vancouver island... still quite breathtaking :happy-112:
Nice.. i been there before a few times... Miette Hotsprings 100 miles north of Jasper is awesome..
Bear
(http://dc433.4shared.com/img/mY1Q4pYV/BB_and_Gromet_out_on_the_town.jpg) (http://www.4shared.com/photo/mY1Q4pYV/BB_and_Gromet_out_on_the_town.html)
BBQ and Gromit out on the town. Click on the picture for a larger view.
On 8th of May 1945 ,at the End of World War II, the US Air Force lost Airship Republic P-47D-25 Thunderbold at Lake Traunsee , Austria, after it had overflown the Concentration Camp of Ebensee, moving its wings as a sign of liberation. Shortly after that the airplane lost heigth and the airship touched the lake. The pilot succeeded in gaining heigth again, and jumped off the plane, before it crashed. The pilot survived so it was wellknown where the plane crashed.60 years later an American citizen was willing to pay the salvation charges. Now the airship is transferred to the United States of America to be restored there.
(http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/5/8/2/28432_1118690285.jpg)
(http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/2/5/1/9/94618_1118808915.jpg)
~S~ I think you mean the 8th of May the war ended in EUROPE. It ended for me in the PACIFIC on 14th of August.
TD
Come Auto, get your head in the game.......sheeesh.
It's not in bad shape is it? No markings seem to survive on it but the noseart seems intact, maybe the nose was in the mud?
DW
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on November 19, 2011, 04:28:14 PM
Come Auto, get your head in the game.......sheeesh.
i just copied and pasted the tid-bit from the site i found the photos. give me a break (roll)
here's another cool photo that i dont know the date of. german aircraft trying to get in the air as british bombs fall on their airbase...
(http://i.imgur.com/uvNSM.jpg)
109's, on the deck!!!
Kewl pix, Thanks Auto
A shame, no injuries though.. over ran the runway, went through a few fences...
www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=140303 (http://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=140303)
(http://wxix.images.worldnow.com/images/16221300_BG5.jpg)
Aww, we'll get her back.
S!
Apparently this is what happens when you land on a carrier that is not your home ship. :drinking-43: :drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/8h502.jpg)
(http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss200/Greg7AC/HonoredF8F.jpg)
ROFL, I've heard TD mention that but it's the first time I've ever seen pictures of it.
DW
nice skin TD! (kooky) (kooky) (kooky)
(http://i.imgur.com/vje9c.jpg)
Sacrilege! He used to shoot at those folks...
S!
:lol-034: Anime's? :idiot-0011:
:lol-053: :lol-053:
(http://i.imgur.com/ePsMR.jpg)
I don't get it?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on December 25, 2011, 01:20:14 AM
I don't get it?
Longest Day.... Movie... Silly German Air Force on D-Day... :help-sos-sos-29402:
Ahhh, sarcasm on the two Luft pilots that scrambled that day.
S!
~S~ I would not like to fly a plane that had the stick up as high as that one in the picture and the little button on top to fire with.
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on December 25, 2011, 03:29:13 AM
Ahhh, sarcasm on the two Luft pilots that scrambled that day.
S!
yuh, thats what they said in the movie just in german. seen the movie but today with subtitles for the first time, made me chuckle.
luftwaffe ahahaha (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6IHANM9_k0#ws)
:bomb-034:
http://youtu.be/KBluUZ4NnZg (http://youtu.be/KBluUZ4NnZg)
This was the gas pipe line that exploded last night about 4 or 5 miles from my house in Estill county.
This picture was taken about 1 min. after it exploded. It sounded like a very large jet taking off.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/380831_10150497662074712_633259711_8487305_1305063618_n.jpg)
Did you have any marshmallows handy?
DW
That pic was taken 4 miles away?
holy moly!
ya, around 4 miles as the crow flys
Quote from: _AH_z5o on January 04, 2012, 07:55:04 AM
ya, around 4 miles as the crow flys
bad stuff. wonder how it happened.
Gas Line Explosion - Esill County, KY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszXn-Cobt8&feature=related#ws)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on January 04, 2012, 08:00:38 AM
wonder how it happened.
Last time I buy my cruise missles from china.... :censored-015:
DW
I particularly liked the people talking..
What the hell is that? What the HELL is that? I know what that is... WHAT the hell is that?
:drinking-29: Sry I was lighting a spliff.
Two A-20's at a desert air base in Tunisia, 1943
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5088/5374483761_5d0b9d1e1f_z.jpg)
Cool pic.
S!
Thats some whacky camo. I think someone has done skins like that somewhere.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on January 06, 2012, 12:50:15 AM
Thats some whacky camo. I think someone has done skins like that somewhere.
DW
I think they call that camo, "ok so the planes showed up green but were in the desert so heres a gallon of tan paint and a rag"
:drinking-43:
Heres some shots I got with my game cam. That you all would like to see them
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0004.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0005.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0006.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0007.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0008.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/SUNP0009.jpg)
BANG!
TD, when you say "BANG", do you see a big red circle on it's fuselage?
S!
(http://i.imgur.com/SAlrn.jpg)
:drinking-43:
Oh deer.
I'll get me coat.......
Oh Auto, you've outdone yourself....... Best ever.
ROFLMAO x4
Spitfires/Seafires in Valletta Harbor, Malta circa 1943. Carrier unknown.
(http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n584/Laz_s/Seafires.jpg)
Found these two vids online and they might be of interest. Lots of information about the battle for Malta and some really rare footage of the battle.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/VeiVHq8TpXk (http://www.youtube.com/embed/VeiVHq8TpXk)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/cmbyW4ITUf4 (http://www.youtube.com/embed/cmbyW4ITUf4)
Good stuff Gonzo, thanks for shairing S!
S! Gonzo! I think you might like this film done with IL2.
Faith Hope and Charity by Wingmen Productions - 2007 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6iTWWCQytA#ws)
It could be a neat campaign idea for a small amount of players.
Full movie here.
http://blip.tv/russell-boyd/faith-hope-and-charity-1223355 (http://blip.tv/russell-boyd/faith-hope-and-charity-1223355)
Thanks Gonzo and Prop I really enjoyed watching those
S`
Great find Prop. The movie is really well done!
Nice, I've just been going through books the last couple weeks collecting notes for making a malta campaign. It's a great story.
Norm Christie recently did an episode of his Battlefield Mysteries show called Seige of Malta, it was really good. Wish I could find a video of it online.
DW
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/402595_221867117903903_168372346586714_456184_1839999847_n.jpg)
My type of toy room
What type of weapon is on the far right leaning up against the wall? It looks to be 7' long with a handle on it.
Browning M2 .50 cal.
Archie is such a noob.
DW
Condensation trails of aircraft fighting high above the Palace of Westminster during the Battle of Britain, Aug 1940
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7zcgQVl61qz9tkeo1_r1_500.jpg)
It ain't me. I ain't no fortunate one.
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/160220124-08-44.jpg)
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/160220124-10-39.jpg)
those shots remind me Janes USAF, boy that was a fun game. Mostly single player but some of the best missions ever. :drinking-43:
Oh ya, now thats what Im talking about. The F4 Phanton, were can I get me one?
The Phantom is available for a DBW 1.71 build at SAS.
As is this little baby, the SA-2 (The Nike missile is available as well):
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/240220121-46-37.jpg)
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee321/_AH_Boosher/240220121-37-05.jpg)
Nobody knows what it was, but they tried like hell to kill it.
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/unfriendly_skies_01.jpg)
This photo appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers this month in 1942 after West Coast anti-aircraft batteries opened up on a mysterious aerial object supposedly seen hovering in the skies above L.A. The object was sighted in the early morning of February 25 and fired upon for about two hours. The next day Army spokesmen said the barrage had been the result of a false alarm caused by war hysteria, which leaves you to wonder what sort of non-existent object could be pinned by multiple searchlights as it moved across the sky.
Another official explanation was that the object was a weather balloon, which of course raises a completely different question, namely, how did more than 2,000 exploding artillery shells fail to bring down something so flimsy? These shells caused three deaths on the ground, and they weren't even aimed there. UFO aficionados, of course, say it was an alien craft. That's debatable, not for any scientific reason, but based on simple logic. Consider: we puny humans have already made major advances in stealth tech, yet we think we'd be able to detect an alien craft that came from the gulfs of space to observe us? That's called pure hubris, and we don't subscribe.
(http://www.pulpinternational.com/images/postimg/unfriendly_skies_02.jpg)
So that leaves one other explanation. It was a deliberate Army drill involving a weather balloon, an exercise designed to test anti-aircraft capabilities, shock Los Angeles residents and thus gauge the potential for mass panic, and ram home the idea to the masses that the Japanese were lurking out there somewhere. In order to believe this scenario one has to assume the anti-aircraft gunners had the worst aim in the history hurled projectiles, however the three obvious benefits we've listed for conducting such a drill make this by far the most logical scenario. Of course in the end, we weren't there, so we're only speculating about this obscure historical event. Others have different theories, and some even have eyewitness accounts. If you're inclined, you can read one of those here.
http://www.rense.com/general27/battle.htm
And we thought the friendly flak in 1946 was bad!
DW
the invincible horseman of fortress euro warmup room
(http://i.imgur.com/yTxha.jpg)
he can hear EVERYTHING but cant see squat.
(http://i.imgur.com/snSou.jpg)
A picture of our great parking from last night. Notably absent is Archie "Print Screen" Andrews.
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg812/scaled.php?server=812&filename=screen1bf.png&res=medium)
Just like the bomber guys to cramp our style.
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg846/scaled.php?server=846&filename=screen2nd.png&res=medium)
Last but not least the odd couple who felt the need to park at the other side of the field.
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg4/scaled.php?server=4&filename=screen3lh.png&res=medium)
DW
Hey, where's Jack? :idiot-0011:
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5155/jackdead.png)
DW
Hahaha.. now thats good!! :lol :lol
Oh, that's funny
S!
That crazy clown will be missed
I'm not dead! In fact, I'm feeling better!
Quote from: _AH_Jack on March 08, 2012, 02:54:43 PM
I'm not dead! In fact, I'm feeling better!
no you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment.
www.7thfighter.com/albums/index.php :drinking-43: :drinking-43:
check out these guys photos, they have a few albums about iwo jima with some really neat stuff.
from having fun, air planes and airplane crashes... to banzai attacks where they got right into the GI's tents.
(http://www.7thfighter.com/albums/var/resizes/Iwo-Jima-Post-Invasion-Ops/342-FH-3A-42679-65111AC_iwo_men_7th.JPG?m=1305563499)
(http://www.7thfighter.com/albums/var/resizes/Iwo-Jima-Crashes/342-FH-3A-42064-59045AC.JPG?m=1305562598)
Good flyen weather
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/0302121716a.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/0302121715b.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/0302121715a.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/0302121714e.jpg)
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all these were taken with a cellphone, sorry thier not the best
Stay safe Z, looks like things could very well go flying.......
Love that pic of the drop tank car.
S!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/LukasCake.jpg)
My son's first birthday, "Stay away from mah cake!"
hehehhe... good stuff.... then straight to the bathtub eh .. lol
~S~ Bear
well, I was in my high chair following this big frosted cake...and :surprised-027:............great picture you shall always remember!!
Lil'Propster !
Handsome young man there Prop
Well Done and Congrats
For some reason, the little guy reminds me of Lippy when he gets into a dive on the enemys six :lol
A little bit of wartime sense of humor
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc80/VMF-214_Prop/P-51.jpg)
CPS_Joseph's gold medal winners,
http://good-times.webshots.com/slideshow/582511378DiNXSs
Impressive detail.
S!
S~
Thanks, Hogan. Those are really good. Museum type thingies even.
when the russians invading canada
(http://i.imgur.com/iRvEf.jpg)
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1881/posterzd.png)
:happy-016:
DW
Recruitment posters, I like it.
DW has been assigned to the office of the Adjutant to assist with recruiting artwork.
S!
Can Archie be my lackey?
DW
So much hate
Did I say lackey? I meant "Assistant Poster Monkey".
DW
Love the recruitment poster Dark!
lol, remove before flight,,,,love it
This could make a nice pic fora sig,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegaseddie/5968501560/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Ho Ho... Hogan..... let me compliment you on your taste!!!! thumbs up bud!!! :happy-112:
Super Chuck Norris
(http://i.imgur.com/YcnVN.gif)
That wasnt chuck norris... the was" super DARK WOLF" !!!!!!!!
found this, not sure what it's from...
(http://i.imgur.com/d31y3.gif)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0yRTmI0RRNs/T4siyI7ux-I/AAAAAAAADYg/rbs7iwHa-nc/s1600/4+39th+FS+P-38%27s+buzzing+14+Mile+strip.jpg)
The 39th Fighter Squadron, a part of the 35th Fighter Group, was a Sierra Hotel sort of outfit during World War 2 and was in things pretty much from the beginning, although their rise to fame really didn't get started until after their assignment to New Guinea. Here's a flight of their P-38s buzzing the strip at 14-Mile; note the gas bags hanging off the port wing stations only. Those aux tanks, along with everything else in the Southwest Pacific, were in short supply and were only used as required to support each particular mission. Rocker Collection
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OE9lZKBzShY/T4skD07hrFI/AAAAAAAADYo/yxDm8A3eA4A/s1600/39th+FS+P-38+Milne+Bay.tif)
The 39th did a stint at Milne Bay prior to moving to Port Moresby. This Lightning appears to be poised and ready to go, but the severe tail-down attitude indicates that she's lacking ammunition for her guns, rendering her harmless for the time being. The laundry line in the right-hand background of this shot provides a telling indication of the conditions the 39th had to endure while in New Guinea. Pretty much everything was make do and they, along with all the other 5th AF fighter units, made things work with what they had. Rocker Collection
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-saoAuRyi51U/T4slBdWeqQI/AAAAAAAADYw/melDEb2F5PU/s1600/00+39th+FS+P-38+%2338+in+a+log+revetment+at+3+Mile+strip.jpg)
This P-38 had the luxury of a revetment made from logs, which protected it from bomb blast and splinters. Of course, that revetment wasn't much use against heat, rain, insects, or poisonous snakes, all of which were present in great abundance. It was, as we've said so many times in the past, a nasty little war. Rocker Collection
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55HictBbcGY/T4sluLJ-C6I/AAAAAAAADY4/ZOnClwPHAig/s1600/39th+FS+P-38+%2327+Charlie+King.jpg)
When aviation historians mention Charles King everyone immediately thinks of his P-39, but he flew P-38s as well. Here's his Number 27 parked in the mud at Port Moresby. We can't say it enough; this environment wasn't the exception, it was the rule. Those guys were hot, dirty, dead tired, and sometimes sick, and they got in the airplane day after day and flew the missions in spite of it all. They got the job done, and sometimes they died in the process. We owe every one of them. Rocker Collection
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LSA2-wnruMs/T4snCbGE76I/AAAAAAAADZA/9rBdb7RNJXw/s1600/39th+FS+P-38F+%2333+Japanese+Sandman+II+14+Mile+Strip.jpg)
Here's "Japanese Sandman II" at 14-Mile Strip. She's a fairly famous airplane and this is the way we're used to seeing her, relatively clean and ready to go get The Bad Guys. Rocker Collection
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NJbUIlcnZKo/T4snbp8yRZI/AAAAAAAADZI/Rk1_IRQTUMk/s1600/39FS+No.+33+JAPANESE+SANDMAN.tif)
Even famous airplanes step in it once in a while. Here's another shot of "Sandman", but this time she's off the taxiway and partially mired in the ever-present New Guinea mud, and with a badly-mangled port wing to boot. The Japanese were a skilled and aggressive enemy, determined in their opposition, but you could get away from them once you were out of the immediate combat area. There was no way to avoid the lousy weather, or the mud. Everybody paid the price. Rocker Collection
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kf-IVgpxNYE/T4soXx8S0bI/AAAAAAAADZQ/dRL4xjFYqo0/s1600/39th+FS+Pilot+Curran+Jones+14+Mile+airstrip+Port+Moresby.jpg)
You could call it courage, or guts, or anything else you wanted to, but the guys who flew in the Pacific, particularly in the rough days of 1942 and 1943, were a pretty special bunch of aviators. Here's Curran Jones from the 39th looking ready for parade beside his Lightning. Rocker Collection
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yfthkPcnenA/T4so8ZeMZBI/AAAAAAAADZY/aNSV8KH-3-A/s1600/39th+FS+Pilot+Paul+Stanch+at+14+Mile+strip+Port+Moresby.jpg)
And Paul Stanch. The uniform's fairly clean but those boondockers tell the story. Rocker Collection
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N9vnSOccdFY/T4spQh0ux9I/AAAAAAAADZk/Eq_Mg-f0L-o/s1600/Walter+Beane+39th+FS+35thFG+P-38+Pilot+14+Mile+strip.jpg)
Here's Walter Beane with part of his ground crew at 14-Mile. The P-38 has proven itself to be a bear to keep flying in the comtemporary warbird circuit. Keeping them in the air was business as usual in 1943. Rocker Collection
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-egOreAjwaRI/T4sp0sbq0WI/AAAAAAAADZs/puuXC4je8-4/s1600/Charlie+King+39th+FS+Pilot.jpg)
Charlie King poses for the camera at 14-Mile, looking like he just stepped out of the shower. They say the camera doesn't lie, but sometimes it fibs a little bit. Rocker Collection
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-leAktKHBrPg/T4sqV1VQ1-I/AAAAAAAADZ0/N8J6MbasNRA/s1600/39th+FS+Pilot+Ken+Sparks+Wingtip+Closeup+31+Dec1942.jpg)
This shot's a little bit closer to the truth. We'll leave today's essay with this shot of Ken Sparks posing with his damaged P-38. Look at his face; you can see the exhaustion. Have we ever mentioned that it was a crummy war? Rocker Collection
(http://chindits.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/p38-ferry-mhi1.jpg)
Here, two DUKWs perform a new role — as the pontoon propellants for an "aircraft ferry." Under a system developed by the US Office of Scientific Research and Development, two DUKWs were joined at the center, allowing an aircraft (in this case a P-38 Lightning) to be positioned on the center span. Obviously the system could only work on calm seas.
really enjoyed those P38 pictures..... so many folks...especially younger ones dont realize just how much was sacrificed by our military guys in WW2
Excellent P-38 pics. Thanks for posting them :)
:i-m-with-stupid-0101:
an amazing photo. :drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/KD4PC.jpg)
(http://forum.armyairforces.com/download.axd?file=0;219053&where=msg)
direct link for HD image --> http://i.imgur.com/KD4PC.jpg
the report on the attack
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Pretty horrific flak hit.
DW
I was reading somewhere.... that a great deal of the damage done to the cities was caused by the Flak itself.... guess some of it fell back to earth and detonated ??? :help-sos-sos-29402:
Nice shot of those 500 lb'ers hanging in the silk.
~S~
Eight hour round trip. That's a lot of fuel for a twin. Four hours to target with fuel for four hours home. One AA hit and you are a fire ball. At least you can stand up in a twin and rest you be-hind.
TD (sig. eng. pilot)
Capt Jump O'Neill 9th FS 49th FG
(http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x77/jeptoncook/CaptJohnJumpONeill.jpg)
Official caption reads : "Hellloooooozieeeees!"
DW
I found this and the first thing that hit my simple mind was,,,TD!?!
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/375899_3787525495490_1103275390_n.jpg)
It would make a kewl avatar for him.
This Hurricane took off Thursday at the Imperial War Museums in Duxford, England. One of these planes is up for auction on Dec. 3.
(http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-VA156_101812_J_20121018143300.jpg)
Went out golfing with the boys this morning. On the 6th hole i finally got my Ace.
It was pinned between the stick and the hole but with a little wiggle of the flag, down it went!!
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy214/Archie3101/ACE.jpg)
Nice!
S!
LOL! Excellent....!
Yards, club?
I have golfed thousands of rounds and have never gotten one. Close though. I have had more that 20 eagles. My wife has one...173 yard 3 iron, down hill, 30 foot drop and over water. It landed just off the green (fringe), jumped slightly to the right and took da dive!
Congrats!
Duff4r
~S~
I have had one only. Got $25 for it from the club. Bought pizza for the foursome.
does mini-golf count? if so.... :give-me-beer-0034:
136 yard par 3 with the pin in the back. Figured it to be about 140 to the pin which was in the shadows of the trees. I pulled out my faithful pitching wedge, addressed the ball and off it went.
I saw the ball hit the green in the sunny area but lost it as it bounded forward into the shadows. My buddy raised his arms and yelled "its in"
Not believing him i grabbed my putter and drove up to the elevated green. When i didnt see a ball up there i assumed i was long into the trees.
As we parked i saw my ball wedged in between the stick and the hole. I took some pictures, wiggled the stick and called for the beer girl.
After the celebratory can(s) of beer my buddy didnt congratulate me he just said "Told You So"
so i've been unemployed for a month... :thinking-008:
what else do i have to do... :happy-026:
day 3, here's just a preview of what i'm trying to build... :drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/icQA4.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4Odf7.jpg)
Rock N Roll brother, looks like she'll fly nice.
S!
~S
Great job Auto,is that a 1/48 scale or 1/24?
48th, very tiny. 9 inch wingspan.
haven't put one of these together since i was about 15, it's good fun! :happy-026:
~S
Oh yeah,I know,used to build them all the time. I am building models of vintage nascar race cars now.
Quote from: _AH_gatlingun on October 25, 2012, 06:40:54 PM
~S
Oh yeah,I know,used to build them all the time. I am building models of vintage nascar race cars now.
layer one of weathering on now and layer two of weathering and main skin coloring about to go on now.
i thought the tail stripes were hard but i'm now realizing the AH logo, lettering and nose art will be extremely difficult. :give-me-beer-0034:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ti068.jpg)
I like 1/48 scale stuff myself.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img836/7543/35775131.jpg)
I just finished that invasion striped Spitfire IX a couple weeks ago.
DW
good stuff there DW...I havent seen any good models for some time.... they just dont seem to be of the same quality I remember... unless you go to a really good hobby shop... nice job on these tho... what is the makers name ?????....
you have quite a nice collection my friend
:drinking-43:
~S~
Here them come boys!
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/taldrg/THP_3955.jpg)
get some!
(http://img3.itiexue.net/1427/14272779.jpg)
All depends on the manufacturer and the age of the mold, Nimbles. You mostly get what you pay for.
In that picture the Spitfire IX coded 2I-E is a Revell re-boxing of the Hasegawa kit. It has issues with being a little short in the fuselage. :unhappy-059:
The one coded AE-J is a Spitfire XIV from Hobbycraft. It's a very basic kit with not alot of detail.
The Spitfire XII coded DL-K is a new Airfix kit that came out in the last couple years. It's a brand new mold and is of fantastic quality.
The blue nosed P-51D is a Tamiya kit. Tamiya is generally more pricey but are excellent kits, hard to find fault with them.
The P-47 and P-38 you can see bits of and the Mosquito and Typhoon are all Monogram\Revell kits. The Monogram\Revell kits are cheaper but vary greatly in quality. Alot of them date from the 60s and have some detail and engineering issues. The US navy ones in particular were designed as much as toys as scale models. The landing gear can fold up and down and same with the wings but they had to add all kinds of little tabs and things to support this which make em look wierd.
The F6F-3 in the far corner is an Airfix boxing of an old Otaki kit. Not a bad kit at all but I made a mess of this one.
I also have a Monogram B-17F I built a million years ago. Even though they are old they are still the only 1/48 fortresses out there I think and are still great kits.
My "To build" pile is getting kind of silly. I've got:
Monogram B-17G
Monogram P-47D
Academy P-47D
Tamiya F4U-1D
Tamiya Lancaster BIII
Revell P-40B/C
Revell SBD-3
Revell Spitfire Mk.I/II
Revell F4U-4 (I had thoughts of converting this into an F4U-1D before I just bought the Tamiya kit)
Revell Typhoon 1B
Revell Wildcat (Very old boxing of an F4F-3)
Revell F6F-5 (Very new boxing of an old kit. Typical half model half toy problems and the shell eject ports are super long...grr.)
Italeri TBF/TBM 1
Academy Spitfire Mk.XIV
I also have a Trumpeter 1/700 scale USS Yorktown CV-10 and Fujimi USS Saratoga of similar scale but the later has some detail issues..
DW
Holy Cow!!..... I havent built a good model in many years ... gave it up in my early 20s.... girls replaced that interest... now Im old... so I can revert back to my childhood...lol I remember the Revelle models..but Ive only heard how good some of the japanese models are... I think I might just drop by the local hobby shops and take a look at them. Thankyou so very much for your input... way back when I trended from the scale models into flyable radio control ones.... built two real nice ones but berfore I could fly them.... I had a problems with a live in girlfriend and she made them fit into a small waste basket..... ohhh the pain of it all!! I have a nice hobby table I intend to put together in my bedroom...for this kind of work...rainy day stuff..... right now Im working on some firearm modifications and mounting scopes on them....but models are truely fun... I just have to get re aquainted with the process. By the way.. your work is much like your flying... very good.... thanks for the pictures....I enjoyed them greatly :happy-112:
Quote from: _AH_Nimble on October 26, 2012, 10:35:22 PM
but Ive only heard how good some of the japanese models are...
The Tamiya ones in paticular
are very nice. But shhh! We don't want TD to hear us...
DW
Swept wing P-39?
http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~2~2~9808~111589
S!
P-63 actually. Cool photo!
called the Bell L-39
http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/04/bell-l-39-wing-sweep-evaluation.html
Two war surplus P-63Cs were modified by Bell under Navy contract for flight testing of low-speed and stall characteristics of high-speed wing designs. The aircraft received new wings with adjustable leading edge slats, trailing edge flaps and a pronounced sweep of 35 degrees. The wings had no wheel wells; only the nose gear was retractable. L-39-1 first flew 23 April 1946, demonstrating a need for extra tail surface and rear fuselage length to balance the aircraft in flight - the wing repositioning reduced empennage effectiveness and moved the center of lift aft. A lighter three-bladed propeller from a P-39Q-10 was mounted and the necessary changes to the empennage were made. L-39-2 incorporated these adjustments from the start. L-39-1 later went to NACA at Langley for wind tunnel testing, where much valuable data were gathered. L-39-2 also served as a testbed for the Bell X-2 40-degree wing design.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EvK6-Obn5e8/TamK6MT1w9I/AAAAAAAABH0/ohRWLiLMBwQ/s1600/L-39-1+upper+rear+web.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GCu1GGQD_R8/TvAYLtoe_UI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BmMRL9dvLwk/s1600/L39slat.jpg)
(http://ram-home.com/ram-old/l-39-action43p46.jpg)
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the storm is unleashing catastrophic devastation here... :help-sos-sos-29402: :help-sos-sos-29402: :help-sos-sos-29402: :help-sos-sos-29402:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mco3cjCWwX1qznvi3o1_r1_1280.jpg)
Nice electric trampoline there :help-sos-sos-29402:
Great color photo of Grumman F6F Hellcats on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV-10.
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6043/6214459524_e417e2665e_o.jpg)
oh yeah!
(http://www.airplanesgallery.com/gallery/lockheed-p-38-lightning/lockheed_p_38_lightning_4.jpg)
~S~
USS Bennington and her crew pass the wreckage of the USS Arizona on Memorial Day, 1958
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOxz-jyDwr0
thought yall would enjoy this
this is where i go camping
Red River Gorge
Hey Z.... reminds me of where they filmed Last of the Mohincans... truely picturesque
Where were all the hippies? They seem to be a very elusive animal almost like Sasquatch
a very cool rare color photo of a fleet arm station. no real info about it..
a seafire (might be one poking out of that hanger too), a vought corsair, a grumman wildcat, a sea hurricane and two fairy barracudas.
(http://i.imgur.com/sP6mL.jpg)
Awesome pic Auto.
S!
this is such an interesting photo that i really don't know where to begin. the B-24 in the foreground is, i believe, the first B-24A. then there is the group of A-20's doing a low fly-by and being followed by what appears to be navy wildcats. then some SBD's parked to the right with some biplanes, grumman F-3/F-2 variants? hard to tell. click the image for ultra high-res.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3017/2985508599_c88f3637c0_o.jpg)
(http://s13.postimage.org/vwiyd4y5j/1356306694552.jpg)
I question the historical accuracy of this photo....the roman legions used the M3 Stuart, not the M5.
DW
Going back over to help TD clean off His Drive(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/SnowPlow.jpg)
~S~
Yep....I can always call on Turbo when it snows...that is if he is out of bed.
Hey hey, you can't talk to him like that anymore TD, he's a captain too now!
DW
Quote from: _AH_taldrg on January 01, 2013, 05:39:04 PM
~S~
Yep....I can always call on Turbo when it snows...that is if he is out of bed.
Must add this to my buckets list...Enjoy the ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVFiNVRvEU
Quote from: _AH_z5o on January 02, 2013, 08:42:34 PM
Must add this to my buckets list...Enjoy the ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVFiNVRvEU
this one looks funner! :surprised-041: :surprised-041: :surprised-041:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqCkICXWdWI
HOLY COW.... WHAT A RIDE THAT ALPINE COASTER IS.....ITS REALLY A THRILLL ............. WHAT SPEED..... WHAT CURVES..... WHAT DISTANCE.....RIGHT UP TILL THAT .......MOOSE CROSSING SIGN..... :lol
who wants pancakes?
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6770/1319510896519.jpg)
great color shots from guam, all from 1945
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(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/2/8/0477823.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/2/7/0477725.jpg)
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(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/9/4/0476499.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/9/4/0476497.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/2/2/7/0477722.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/2/7/0477724.jpg)
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(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/2/7/0477723.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/2/8/0477824.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/2/7/0477721.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/9/4/0476498.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/5/3/0499350.jpg)
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/2/8/0477825.jpg)
Wow, those pics are real treasures.
:i-m-with-stupid-0101:
BBQ gunning in a B-25
(http://inresco.org/moonplane.jpg)
i also captured an entire german anti-aircraft position by myself last night... :lol
(http://s1.postimage.org/e141i1k9r/captured.jpg)
Medal for the gun capture, however I think that BBQ is in an A-26?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on January 08, 2013, 04:34:14 AM
Medal for the gun capture, however I think that BBQ is in an A-26?
you're right. A-26.
i just remember that from years ago and olds comment tonight reminded me about it.
leave it to olds to think about mens bottoms.
Until now, I had never realized how photogenic I am.
:surprised-027:
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on January 08, 2013, 05:45:31 PM
Until now, I had never realized how photogenic I am.
May be not as a whole but the camera seems to love certain parts :lol-053:
hole?
Im just glad that it wasnt very sunny day. (glasses)
some oldies from a year ago, still makes me laugh..
:drinking-43:
(http://i.imgur.com/H7Rgv.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://imgur.com/Df7Kd.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://imgur.com/6vgow.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://imgur.com/npCEe.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/mv7hd.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://i56.tinypic.com/29wevr.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/BOCcz.jpg)
:drinking-42:
(http://imgur.com/JCxoR.jpg)
sgt g. durocher of the les fusiliers mont-royal poses with his 29 souvenir medals.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/682938a1fcb96d05bc295c1353e52ab4/tumblr_mgnecnR3Yc1qz9tkeo1_1280.jpg)
Hmmm, he won the Iron Cross?
Or battlefield pickups?.
S!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aces-High-Metal-Sign-WW-II-Airplane-Nose-Art-Pinup-Girl-Vintage-Mancave-Decor-/110960129882?pt=Plaques_Signs&hash=item19d5bd375a
battle field pick-ups..
and outstanding pin up!
might have to get that!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-6-Action-Figure-Model-Accessory-ACES-HIGH-LEATHER-JACKET-FIGHTER-PILOT-DA66-/230907837526?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item35c32dfc56
One of the wierdest glitches I've ever heard of, seeing red P-51s as blue Bf-109s...
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9499/duff1.jpg)
(http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3543/28541946.jpg)
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5122/duff3.jpg)
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/6590/duff4.jpg)
Cosmic.
DW
haha amazing!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7dgcpFb81qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(http://s8.postimage.org/vugmbudeb/1358801323117.jpg)
Very nice Auto, when I get around to looking for a sig myself, who do I ask?
Also as you can see my avatar is squashed up. hah. Its suppose to be P47. (wavey)
don't mind the awful watermark.
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/4/2/1/2216124.jpg)
flight and combat testing of a P-80 with a P-51
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/Aukieboy/f948f3f0bdf5dfb0_large.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/Aukieboy/8b1c5df16c40100b_large.jpg)
What is that in the first picture, it looks like smoke comming from the left wingtip of the P-80?
DW
smoke pod, possibly indicating a kill by the P-51.
don't see them in the #2 picture though.
http://s8.postimage.org/bfos1xtlv/1359040011112.jpg
(http://s8.postimage.org/bfos1xtlv/1359040011112.jpg)
Can't see the pic Auto
Snow on deck. USS Philippine Sea North Pacific 1945
(http://s7.postimage.org/tuzvxgxwb/Untitled.jpg)
Jack sent that picture in an e-mail with the same caption but I wonder if it's right. Those are skyraiders on the right which would'nt have been on carriers in 45. All the corsairs appear to be the later 4 bladed versions and that skyraider in the front looks like it has the red stripe on the bars of the national insig. I don't think that was used until well after the war.
DW
you're right, that's got to be a korean war photo.
i got the same e-mail from someone else claiming to have a bunch of photos found on some camera, even though half of them are well known photos.
stupid mass e-mails
i scrolled to the bottom and that was the last one, i just thought it looked pretty.... :happy-026:
:drinking-43: :drinking-42: :drinking61:
here's the real deal, 1950-51
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024507.jpg)
(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g430000/g439869.jpg)
(http://qph.cf.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-394b152f3ebba406279999919fa0362b)
(http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024508.jpg)
(http://www.morningjournal.com/content/articles/2010/06/25/news/mj28911305.jpg)
and one from an aircraft carrier crossing north atalantic. snow-covered flight deck with douglas dauntless and grumman avengers.
(http://newsburglar.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/carrier.gif)
OKAY!
Who's got the glue!
(http://s12.postimage.org/cg2ozxcct/World_War_II_22.jpg)
***(Language alert)***
The most honest 3 1/2 minutes of television,
I found this on Youtube. Im posting it not to offend anyone, so please dont take any.
I just found this to be a very powerful statement. Hope everyone gets a chance to watch this,, all the way through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iQ0EoL5kXD4
Misc Images silly, that belongs in Misc Videos.
And he's right, we are 25th in math...
S!
Quote from: _AH_Jack on November 19, 2011, 03:10:23 AM
(http://dc433.4shared.com/img/mY1Q4pYV/BB_and_Gromet_out_on_the_town.jpg) (http://www.4shared.com/photo/mY1Q4pYV/BB_and_Gromet_out_on_the_town.html)
BBQ and Gromit out on the town. Click on the picture for a larger view.
Thanks, Jack. (6)
Extensive collection of WW II pictures, pages & pages of RAF photos.
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14429
S!
Here is a pic of the realistic looking canyons I was talking about. Also a great looking reef.
The last one is a shot of a waypoint glitch I and others get sometimes flying public online coops. Anyone else here get those glitches?
https://picasaweb.google.com/101950555966155293218/Screens
S!
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on February 17, 2013, 06:53:47 PM
Here is a pic of the realistic looking canyons I was talking about. Also a great looking reef.
The last one is a shot of a waypoint glitch I and others get sometimes flying public online coops. Anyone else here get those glitches?
https://picasaweb.google.com/101950555966155293218/Screens
S!
Sorry H...'page not found'.
Aviar
https://picasaweb.google.com/101950555966155293218/Screens#5845994783943443250
Try that one Av.
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/OldDays.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on February 19, 2013, 01:48:27 AM
https://picasaweb.google.com/101950555966155293218/Screens#5845994783943443250
Try that one Av.
No joy....'Sorry, that page was not found.'
Aviar
The new AI sight abilities (or deficiencies) are interesting. A pair of D-9s arrived late over the target area last night and overflew Jack and Twenty close enough that their tags were visible but did'nt see them. They did this twice a few minutes apart. Could have been skill level (they were average pilots) or maybe the darkness affected them?
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/8814/testdp.png)
Note to self : Make all pilots Aces.
DW
i've seen a lot of these diagrams in books, the internet, even my flight training literature.
the problem is they've all been drawn completely wrong & labeled with some mumbo jumbo like lift, thrust & something called drag...
so i thought i'd go ahead make one myself to let everyone know the real forces behind the miracle of flight.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/80d822c99ea6380e18d8759d61d510b6/tumblr_mijc1hXWRs1qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VfWYKuy7i0k/SkTyPahV05I/AAAAAAAANj0/TXMeXYJZliU/s800/FlakTower03.jpg)
I wonder how that flak tower is supposed to work. Is it just an observation thing for directing flak or is it like a martello tower and the conical roof can fall off to reveal a gun position?
DW
no idea... it sure is a weird structure. you usually only see towers in areas surrounded by obstructions, this is at a wide open airfield... and why the pretty white fence? :thinking-008:
haven't seen any screenshots on here in quite some time. so here ya go!
HQ flying high and tight during a white lightning.
(http://s15.postimage.org/xc0il4yw9/image.jpg)
aftermath of hogans bombing run during jack's alaskan mission.
(http://s9.postimage.org/jcimtsrvh/jacksmiss.jpg)
i think their brakes were shot... :drinking-43:
http://i.imgur.com/yEVUBbU.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/yEVUBbU.jpg)
P-38 and a captured schwimmwagen.. (notice the new rudder) :cool:
http://i.imgur.com/sIPdH8c.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/sIPdH8c.jpg)
I can't see auto's pics!!!!
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on March 08, 2013, 04:06:24 AM
I can't see auto's pics!!!!
try again? i included the links if it's still SNAFU.
here's one more while i'm here...
http://i.imgur.com/mSL1VIL.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/mSL1VIL.jpg)
Should say welcome to the Island :give-me-beer-0034:
we don't need no stinking wingtip!
http://i.imgur.com/cC0WKCz.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/cC0WKCz.jpg)
Wow. That's more than a tip
S!
You posted that one a couple years ago.
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on July 05, 2011, 11:35:03 PM
I tried searching around for TBF avenger and Bennington, found these :
"A TBM-3 Avenger from Torpedo Squadron Eighty-Two (VT-82), flying from USS Bennington (CV-20), in flight in the South Pacific area. The aircraft was damaged when the plane flying above it in formation was hit by anti-aircraft fire and fell on top of it. (U.S. Navy photo)"
In Osprey's TBF/TBM Avenger units of World War 2 there is a color plate of this aircraft, the description for it reads :
"TBM-3 White 113 of VT-82, USS Bennington (CV-20) February 1945
This Avenger was subject of one of the most dramatic aircraft photos of World War 2. Heavy flak damage resulted in the loss of nearly half the port wing, in addition to a five-foot section of the fuselage decking immediately aft of the turret. However, the VT-82 pilot skilfully retained control of his doomed TBM long enough to make a successful water landing. Standard early 1945 colors and markings were gloss blue overall with Bennington 'Christmas Tree', or arrowhead, repeated on the upper starboard wing, overlapping the aileron."
DW
We're gonna try something different in the next White Lighting missions. Previously only aircraft 1-8 were starting on the ground, 9-20 were airstarts. The former looked like this on the runway :
(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/1074/91019325.png)
4.11 adds some new waypoint options including one to takeoff in pairs or line abreast. These options also allow you to set exactly where on the runway the aircraft start, allowing you to eliminate wasted runway behind the last aircraft. So by using the pairs setting we can spawn all 20 kites on the runway with the lead pair actually a plane length behind where the tail end aircraft used to start, comme ca :
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7013/87291692.png)
So all you airstart slackers better practice your takeoffs!
DW
good find, i was wondering about this but never looked into it.
i may have to re-do some missions i have in the works like this.
wasn't there another option to spawn planes in parking spaces? or was that just AI.
:drinking-43:
Is'nt that comming in 4.12? Where you can turn on those taxi arrows to show you where to go? I don't see anything in the 4.10-4.11 readmes about that.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on March 15, 2013, 06:26:10 PM
Is'nt that comming in 4.12? Where you can turn on those taxi arrows to show you where to go? I don't see anything in the 4.10-4.11 readmes about that.
DW
correctamundo. getting my patches mixed up. :drinking-42:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=427106#post427106
The pairs takeoff should work fine for us but the AI are a little inconsistent with it. The AI pairs takeoff simultaneously and sometimes they spread out and give themselves room once airborne, other times they criss-cross and clip eachother. Since the AI are always just extras and will be behind us it should'nt matter.
DW
~S~
What percentage increse will this be for re-starts.
Depends how many A Flighters are there... :surprised-027:
I'll wager it will not cause any problems as long as people remember the left plane in each pair rolls first and to give the guy ahead of you a second or two before you power up. Everyone should have ample runway and the 38 does not torque on account of it's counter-rotating props, if someone still can't get airborne I'm going to cry.
DW
If the AI aircraft spawn in with zero fuel, they'll bail and disappear before we all roll for takeoff.
When I tried setting the ground starting AI to 0% fuel the buggers dropped their bombs on the runway and blew everyone to heck. Guess they don't use the new fusing system.
DW
Some nice early war color pics,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294284/WWII-color-Rare-photos-1942-Flying-Fortress-bombers-heroic-crews-The-Mighty-8th-Command.html#ixzz2Nif6CDlg
S!
the guy in the last photo is great. haha.
http://s24.postimage.org/4kbc47xo4/1360469067589.jpg
(http://s24.postimage.org/4kbc47xo4/1360469067589.jpg)
http://s24.postimage.org/x7ece0y0k/1360721906515.jpg
(http://s24.postimage.org/x7ece0y0k/1360721906515.jpg)
http://s24.postimage.org/dqtmri2wk/1360540109390.jpg
(http://s24.postimage.org/dqtmri2wk/1360540109390.jpg)
http://s24.postimage.org/9x06iclkl/1360468267178.jpg
(http://s24.postimage.org/9x06iclkl/1360468267178.jpg)
If you havent seen this before or havent seen it in a while. They have pics ontop of pics.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Freeman-Field-Recovery-Team/100776559984890?ref=stream
Quote from: _AH_Corona on March 19, 2013, 04:59:05 AM
If you havent seen this before or havent seen it in a while. They have pics ontop of pics.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Freeman-Field-Recovery-Team/100776559984890?ref=stream
olds is right by there, he's told us all about. truly fantastic stuff they are digging up! :drinking-43:
Yep, it's awesome what they've found, and still more to come. Keep watching, you never know what they will find.
Thanks bro amazing find. That video was superb. :drinking-43:
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/DSC03462.jpg) Spring time in Arkansas.No TD am not cleaning your drive way,
I heard you guys had a hard winter, it has been actualy dry up here. Now I know why its dry its all gone East. Sorry Guys :bomb-034:
Nice pic Turbo, looks like Woodstock can do some ice skating...
S!
heres something you might be impressed with a quad rotor radio control killing machine...
http://www.military.com/video/guns/machine-guns/the-quadrotor-machine-gun/1581262590001/
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/168508_4653073814127_1251100507_n.jpg)
This is my latest project. Im posting here hoping that one of you might beable to help find a gas tank mount for this. Ive got a tank that I can use with alittle refrebing, but, I cant seem to find a mount. The tank mount on the left hand top side of the engine. Ask around if you can. You should beable to find one on an older BnG engine.
Thanks and S!
Z
Hey Zulu... you should be able to fabricate a mount with some mild steel strapping and some rubber to take vibrations out..... u can bend it yourself and drill it too without many tools
He's right, Zulu. You could use old gas tank straps from a car, and some pieces of innertube. Those would be strong enough to hold it.
or....
(http://indianapublicmedia.org/about/files/2010/08/red_green.jpg)
Good oll 100 mph duct tape now there is the answer. :happy-112:
Ah, good ole Red Green. "The handy man's secret weapon, duct tape!"
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on March 29, 2013, 04:34:28 PM
Ah, good ole Red Green. "The handy man's secret weapon, duct tape!"
DW
When we worked on certain Aircraft, we called it 100 mph tape, and you don't want to know what we used it on with aircraft either. :surprised-027:
Red duct tape is used in te Nuclear field, gray can be over looked if taped on gray paint or against metal. Red stands out more so you wont forget it is there. Radioactic particals and sticky surfaces are not a good thing. :bomb-034:
some neat publications on this site i was browsing.
http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/flying-airport-traffic-pattern.jpg)
There are two general roles to follow in every case, regardless of the traffic pattern. Never forgot them:
1. Keep the pattern in close enough to the field and at sufficient altitude so you can bring your airplane in safely even with the power off, if necessary.
2. In preparing to peel off, don't come barreling in at excessive speed. The greater the speed, the longer it takes you to slow down. After you are cleared for peeloff by the tower, slow down to 200-225 IAS before actually peeling off.
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/identify-when-approaching-allied-ships.jpg)
Note to Pilots: This could be YOU!
Identify when Approaching Allied Ships!
GO AHEAD! Fly over one of our ships without identifying. Test the crew's quickness on recognition... if you want that plane you're flying punctured like a hunk of swiss cheese! Then, should you live to add up the count–you undoubtably won't!–you can flatter the AA crews on how accurate their lead is!
But it's saner and safer, to identify. Remember, AA crews are plenty yough and trained to shoot. If you approach Allied ships and leave them doubtful as to whether you're friend or foe, they won't ask too many questions, wait too long...
Don't expect crews to take chances. They've had ships blown from under them, seen shipmates machine-gunned to death because they were slow to act. And most of the unfortunate cases where friendly planes were shot out of the sky were the fault of pilots who failed to identify their planes as friendly.
So don't you take chances. Ships will challenge, but don't wait. It's the pilot's responsibility to identify first.
Ships will recognize, but don't stake your social security on it. They may not be sure, there may be clouds, enemy planes...
In the final analysis, it's that ship and its big complement against your plane and lonely little you. You're valuable, but you know which counts more with the Fleet!
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/give-us-more-p-38-s.jpg)
:drinking-43:
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/flak-traps.jpg)
Ha, I love the flak trap one. Always like to put those in missions.
DW
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8138/watchthatprop.png)
DW
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/The2013plantinghasstartedonJettFarmsinNortheastArkansas.jpg)
Planting, Has started on the Jett farm in Northeast Arkansas.
Nice pic, planting Pheasant by any chance?
S!
Yup, nice pix Turbo, I should start next week on mine. Cant wait. Now my garden isnt anything the size you have, but, Im planning on feeding 2 households from it through to next spring. So, thatll give ya an ideal how big its going to be. no pix yet, but, Ill post some soon. In the mean time, keep posting yours. Itll be kinda neat to see one from week to week to see your progress.
S!
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/Riceplanting.jpg) Rice planting with no tilt drill
I'm just glad we don't have those in game, Turbo would have em crossing the runway during takeoff!!
DW
~S~
I think Turbo may own stock in JOHN DEER.
(http://i.imgur.com/N3LME80.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/1e6af93d453bde1419e2c256c098eae8/tumblr_mlhzxhmm6Z1qb5gkjo1_400.jpg)
:lol-053:
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/DSCN2910.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/DSCN2910.jpg.html)
My dumpster PC,,,hey it works,, somewhat
A damaged B-24 Liberator flying over the Toulon region, 1944 :drinking-43:
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/01e6e64077a6f7d7490921f636c4c069/tumblr_mm1scn5qFz1qz9tkeo1_1280.jpg)
Wow, The stress on the wingroot, I guess thats what you'd call it, must had been out of this world.
looks to be the flap came off and decided to just go up and take what ever was above it with it..
some more hurt and crashing B-24's
(http://www.lokkerfamilytree.com/photos/ClarenceLokkerB24.jpg)
(http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/7909/37408E884AB6430E8D5B5BAFBBBD8ACC.jpg)
(http://www.b17sam.com/files/B24wingoff.gif)
(http://www.7thfighter.com/albums/var/albums/Iwo-Jima-Crashes/342-FH-3A-42067-64495AC.JPG?m=1305562600)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6706447357_b1fb3f7cfe_z.jpg)
(http://www.strangemilitary.com/images/content/126620.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvch0qYhEr1qa9txao1_1280.jpg)
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2106/2112941421_cce4652e01_z.jpg?zz=1)
The full picture of that last one has the tail in the image too, falling behind the rest of the plane.
DW
Ah, there is it :
(http://www.100thbg.com/mainmenus/418th/images30/eh0044.jpg)
DW
This ones for TD, S! ya ol Grunt.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/422085_622419971120907_1904303802_n.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/422085_622419971120907_1904303802_n.jpg.html)
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he... dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile. He refused.
Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her, "Who was that man?" he asked.
The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.
"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"
"I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed. I came here tonight to find a Mr. William Grey. His Son was killed in Iraq today, and I was sent to inform him. What was this Gentleman's Name? "
The nurse with tears in her eyes answered, "Mr. William Grey........."
~S~
WOW what a story. SIMPER FI MARINE
we don't need no stinkin' tail...
P-51 from the 353rd FG, 8th AF
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/7524c3d6da91eec691adca7293933fef/tumblr_mmvtmj2RmD1rpl538o1_1280.jpg)
here comes backup...
i like the bottom photo. click here for fullsize
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9oS8JOSsljg/UDGNf2Q-CrI/AAAAAAAABb4/bWQJOotDTbs/s1600/va-p38-06-cr-12.jpg
here is also a plethora of P-38 photos... (make sure to check page 2, has pictures of a soon to be flying P-38 in restoration)
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48681&sid=581c8616f8bd4e34d504eae840d913b3
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Lockheed_P-38_Lightnings_on_CVE.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9oS8JOSsljg/UDGNf2Q-CrI/AAAAAAAABb4/bWQJOotDTbs/s1600/va-p38-06-cr-12.jpg)
LOVE IT!
S!
A Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu ("Dragon Slayer") attacking a squadron of B-29 Super Fortresses over Japan, 1945.
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdxfp2aBga1rkd8y5o1_1280.jpg)
more P-38 goodies....
links for fullsize.
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/66cf50eb534d8f852161d5e729c5b979/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to1_1280.jpg
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/6e215ee67a4db2028a18cb86f8eb6a87/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to2_1280.jpg
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/c86a976271fbf859212a8f3843a9098c/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to3_1280.jpg
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/2a4731cfacdd52a054d0877a76780bdc/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to4_1280.jpg
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/66cf50eb534d8f852161d5e729c5b979/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to1_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/6e215ee67a4db2028a18cb86f8eb6a87/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to2_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/c86a976271fbf859212a8f3843a9098c/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to3_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/2a4731cfacdd52a054d0877a76780bdc/tumblr_mhtm3oD1np1rq7x1to4_1280.jpg)
Frameable!
S!
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/969649_10151612528523656_1905682833_n1.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/969649_10151612528523656_1905682833_n1.jpg.html)
After 8 Boys, We have a Girl
~S~
Congrats Grand Pa.
Lucky her!!! 8 brothers to watch over her. :drinking-43:
Congrats Turbo :happy-112:
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/Irvine-2.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/Irvine-2.jpg.html)
My little home town, Irvine
quaint
/kwānt/Adjective
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
S!
Are you describing z or the town? :thinking-008:
DW
:lol
~S~
I have a very good friend in Dayton Ohio from Joint-Ops, Mr Funflak, aka Gary Webb, retired pilot, volunteer tour guide at the United States Flight Museum, and one of the top in RC builders in the USA and writes for an RC magazine as well are a few of his credentials.. i received an email from him, heres what he had to say and the video as well...
Its hard to believe that those are all RC planes and not real.... some very talented people..
"Here are photos of the aircraft that flew in Top Gun this year that I had the privilege to set on the runway under a sunshade with a cold one provided, in hand and watch them fly! Oh yeah I was flight judging at the time. LOL The Beufighter took the Top Gun Honors followed by the large Beech T-34 in white and yellow trim."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7L5-4_oJ5s
Enjoy
~S~ Bear
~S~ Bear
That was FANTASTIC! Thanks for posting. I have a friend here who is pres. of the local RC club and I sent it to him.
~S~ Bear
This what my friend sent me after watching yours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=pRSNNpr6YbY&NR=1
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/2ff588f48ac49148149d02faf3a9e4f2/tumblr_mnzg446n631rq7x1to1_1280.jpg)
Caption should be, "Go Time".
S!
(http://spitfiresite.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/d-day-stripes-735617.jpg)
Squadron Leader J A F MacLachlan, the one-armed Commanding Officer of No 1 Squadron RAF, standing beside his all-black Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC night fighter, 'JX-Q', at Tangmere, Sussex. MacLachlan flew bombers in France in 1940, but transferred to fighters in June 1940 and shot down 6 enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. He joined No. 261 Squadron RAF in Malta, as a flight commander, and was shot down in February 1941, as a result of which his left arm was amputated. He quickly returned to operations after being fitted with an artificial limb, flying with No. 73 Squadron in North Africa, but in July 1941 returned to the United Kingdom to take command of No. 1 Squadron. The Hurricane is sporting his personal emblem showing his amputated arm waving a 'V' sign. He was again shot down in 1943 and became a prisoner-of-war, by which time his score had risen to 16.5 victories.
(http://i.imgur.com/GZjeFjr.jpg)
:drinking-43:
just a pair of lovely P-51's over north carolina...
(http://i.imgur.com/Hfjm1uo.jpg)
357th for the win!
S!
a before and after of some japanese midget subs stuck in a dry dock.
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/d5073c7ebd8cfb6be9fd21b650d37742/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/a16fcd7a0a25d6d82c2619ee783ea9aa/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o3_1280.jpg)
my backup turn & bank indicator.
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/c94ff89e606a79cd4a524d144fa4b0ec/tumblr_mor2cwClpG1qznvi3o2_500.gif)
Love it!!!
British model? Nose blisters?
(http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051118-F-1234P-072.jpg)
S!
interesting picture, it was probably USAAF, we kept quite a few of them...
but it doesn't have the glass front which all the C's had, so it must be a G. but i thought the G's didn't keep those bumps...
maybe they didn't have the flat panels in stock to replace them or something.
here's another G with the bumps. maybe they had the 20mm's equipped... thats why the bump. and when they swapped to 50's after the first 250 were made they didn't need the extra room.
(http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp262/res6kgcr/McMullen32.jpg)
this pictures gun arrangement is even weirder.... must be some one off model, there were quite a few..... check the link below.
(https://lh3.ggpht.com/-5kPdug1xIHs/Tk84rTiTGLI/AAAAAAAACrI/fssIknjYw4E/s1600/89th+BS+A-20A+Hell+%2526+Fire+3+Mile+Strip+Port+Moresby.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc
A-20C
The A-20C was an attempt to develop a standard, international version of the DB-7/A-20/Boston, produced from 1941. It reverted to the slanting nose glass, and it had RF-2600-23 engines, self-sealing fuel tanks, and additional protective armor. These were equipped to carry an external 2,000 lb (907 kg) aerial torpedo. A total of 948 were built for Britain and the Soviet Union, but many were retained by the USAAF after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Soviet A-20s were often fitted out with turrets of indigenous design.[14]
A-20G
The A-20G, delivered from February 1943, would be the most produced of all the series - 2850 were built. The glazed nose was replaced by a solid nose containing four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano cannon and two .50 in M2 Browning machine guns making the aircraft slightly longer than previous versions. After the first batch of 250, the unreliable cannon were replaced by more machine guns. Some had a wider fuselage to accommodate a power driven gun turret. Many A-20Gs were delivered to the Soviet Union. The powerplant was the 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) R-2600-23. US A-20Gs were used on low-level sorties in the New Guinea theatre.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/Kaytoo/NewGuinea/A20-rockets.jpg)
I could dig a quad 20mm nosed A-20, this one has a neat rocket loadout too.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3578/3517438996_431c6fc957_o.jpg)
DW
just some aircraft carrier mishaps throughout the years i found while bored googling...
(http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/F6F-5/F6F-5-Hellcat/images/Grumman-F6F-5P-Hellcat-VP-23-White-8-flight-deck-accident-USS-Princeton-CLV-23-01.jpg)
(http://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cutlass.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/110/300617209_0413986e6a_z.jpg)
(http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-BE034986.jpg?size=67&uid=8db1ba42-fe4f-416b-b397-fec0ab46748d)
(http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/attachments/powder-keg/10501d1209771441-world-war-11-photos-united-states-aircraft-carriers-sunk-action-carrier-uss-makin-island-freak-accident.jpg)
(http://albumwar2.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/39334.jpg)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6639926391_6ea8a12e30_o.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/9swb5c.jpg)
(http://greybea.st/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/F-8_MB2.jpg)
(https://thedailyllama.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/easy_etw.jpg)
Archie & BBQ sword fighting... :thinking-008:
(http://s13.postimg.org/4ltox4y8n/archieandbbq.jpg)
nose art! :drinking-43:
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/e1202b1de97b7e64f50d1f4e04aaa075/tumblr_mqd9mkyPDq1s6qpgko1_500.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on July 24, 2013, 02:01:11 AM
Archie & BBQ sword fighting... :thinking-008:
(http://s13.postimg.org/4ltox4y8n/archieandbbq.jpg)
Mine is bigger than his
~S~
Ya...I saw that. When I turned on final and saw that..I knew I had to trap past that mess but, I got 'er done.
a classic.
(click for high resolution)
http://i.imgur.com/nr5T6Xw.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/nr5T6Xw.jpg)
Cause his Facebook page is gone?
DW
Try this one,
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?partnerid=gplp0&pid=5909861001640463858&oid=101950555966155293218
Historic nose art for Jack,
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/SEdwards/hoppyhjgb.jpg)
He also flew 38's
(http://www.fightin79th.com/images/jack7.jpg)
I think this one is far more appropriate.
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j289/baronvlad/Historic%20sales/Hobby%20Master/planes%201-48/HA7714-P51D-Strait-side.jpg)
:surprised-027:
DW
Now I am jealous Jack now has the title of Jerk :unhappy-059: Could always call him JJ.
i wish i was on team redbull...
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/c6906c2e3b360ecccfa9473e69bc794c/tumblr_mra1t0IZeM1s7sq8co1_1280.jpg)
DAKA-DAKA-DAKA!
some great night photos from WW2!
click the photos for higher resolution...
(http://natgeo.fi/files/bonnier-ngm/imagecache/original/pictures/53829-cb1337885374_0.jpg?1348792572)
(http://s39.radikal.ru/i083/1101/ae/485aad31bb04.jpg)
(http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu97/highnoon1966/mosquito_FB_VI_test_fire1.jpg)
(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/ww2_12/s_w38_30413019.jpg)
(http://www.planeaday.com/images/2010/Feb/Bell%20P-39%20Airacobra,%20061019-F-1234P-022.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Japanese_night_raiders_are_greeted_with_a_lacework_of_anti-aircraft_fire_by_the_Marine_defenders_of_Yontan_airfield,_on_Okinawa_HD-SN-99-02894.jpg)
(http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p-38-lightning-5.jpg)
(http://24warez.ru/uploads/posts/1336481399_12.jpg)
(http://i056.radikal.ru/1209/c4/fb5e463eaf5a.jpg)
(http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbvlxbK3aQ1qbobj2o1_1280.jpg)
My bananas are ripening.... :surprised-027:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img405/2764/5de.png)
DW
creek... creek... creek...
(http://i.imgur.com/yduxRtp.jpg)
I don't think we're getting christmas cards from TD this year, Auto...
DW
just a lovely shot of a FM-2 wildcat at an airshow in illinois.
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/8245d852e08c29e8aa572a36075e645f/tumblr_mrfjlcOofT1qa3b4go1_1280.jpg)
had a lone USN F/A-18E super hornet come in from california tonight for gas from VFA-14 tophatters from the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). he did a nice little flyby for us as well.
(http://s12.postimg.org/5h6nh4sl9/IMAG18632.jpg)
Was the Stennis in the Atlantic?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on August 17, 2013, 04:37:51 AM
Was the Stennis in the Atlantic?
i don't know, according to this http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/where.htm it's in washington state at the moment, but probably not...
what i heard was he came from california somewhere and took on 1900 gal. and change aka $16k in gas, i guess he's leaving in the morning.
it was weird he was by himself on the flight being a lieutenant, but he was a really cool guy, talked to him while fueling about all kinds of stuff.
The Stennis is a west coast boat only home ported out of Everett Washington.
Here's a few snaps from our first AH CVE Challenge.
We managed 12 aircraft on deck, so that's our first mark to shoot for. I think it's a pretty good number for our first go, I'm impressed. In this scenario, for an aircraft to count it has to be sitting on all 3 wheels. Loosing a wing or stab is ok, but if you loose the back half of your plane or nose up or something, it does'nt count.
The deck park consisted of Turbo, August, Bear, Hogan, Mustang, ArchWolf, SKAT, Jack, Nimble, BBQ, Gatling and DW.
12 kites looking good.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img839/2765/jgh9.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img46/9426/xfai.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img838/4296/w8s0.jpg)
Queue the Jaws music...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img826/8488/bw2b.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img407/5751/uwdn.jpg)
Notice Olds has not hooked a wire. :surprised-041:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img138/4544/rocl.jpg)
Oh the humanity!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5640/8chr.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img580/9281/8iki.jpg)
DW
olds bowled a strike!
Thanks, DW :unhappy-059: Hey, at least I got a strike!
meet pete & repete...
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/4/7/1054747.jpg)
Looks to me that Pete is a slacker, Repete has 2 kills. :lol
happy national aviation day btw, this ones for hogan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPjVo4Ij4c
(https://lh3.ggpht.com/-Lh3izU_sYNI/UWpe9LWMqCI/AAAAAAAACOE/jW4KCGX31BU/s1600/P-38-Lightning-68.jpg)
(http://www.talamarie.com/images/TM_0426/JPEG/Retro_02.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/1d1cd08117775946b401be9d66661dde/tumblr_mrs6chzSLn1rh9sydo2_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/a8a44414c7dccc3d3edfac1c8fbf277c/tumblr_mrs6chzSLn1rh9sydo3_1280.jpg)
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/karelmilitary/37260910/317240/317240_900.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/ccd5dc1a480e7f127e7defae1ba15ecc/tumblr_mrs6chzSLn1rh9sydo1_1280.jpg)
What a georges airplane!
Well done sir.
S!
Is this CVE chalenge during the meeting I take it. The meeting I missed, but was busy doing things in life. :give-me-beer-0034:
Yes, we did it as a fly-in for the meeting.
DW
Well thats what I get for missing out. Maybe I will learn to plan my day a little better next time. :surprised-027:
looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!
(http://i.imgur.com/G7z24Yy.jpg)
Here is a copy of the original message sent to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after the attack on Pearl Harbor informing the yard of the attack, the original is green. Ultimately the yard repaired 5 of the damaged ships after Pearl Harbor.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=7cd999872472e6dc#cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC!2136&v=3
that's outstanding, real piece of history!
i'd frame that up!
:drinking-43:
successful reinstall complete!
(http://s24.postimg.org/dmdb49kh1/grab0000.jpg)
Good news.
:drinking-43: Right on Auto see ya tonight Dude Sir
a botched qual for a trainee in ww1 :happy-026:
(http://s23.postimg.org/q9p2knpqj/Pilot_who_crashed_his_plane.jpg)
Is'nt that Archie's great, great, great grandfather? :thinking-008:
DW
You are refering to the bald one yes :lol
:surprised-027:
(http://i.imgur.com/LoJp9ve.gif)
Eeep, is that a corsair it's falling off of?
I don't know about anyone else but I would'nt have kept filming the tumbling bomb, I'd have jumped off the ship several seconds earlier.
DW
Detonation at the end?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on August 28, 2013, 11:06:20 PM
Detonation at the end?
yup... 4 second delay low level. :bomb-034:
no info, just a neat picture.
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/P38-DUKW-transport.jpg)
That's funky, it's sitting on a couple of DUKWs.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SndDm71H7pM/UWQd-HP9iVI/AAAAAAAAQv8/Hokqdwz4qQE/s1600/dukw12a.jpg)
DW
The guys that film on those old carriers are located on a cat walk that would put them at just about shoulder hieght for most people (5 feet below the flight deck level I believe to be correct). He may not of even known he was filming the bomb bouncing on the deck untill it went boom. The zoom effect is probably some photo shop. Just my 2 cents worth. I dont DW getting some more ammo to call me Jr. again :lol
~S~
I have a friend that lives here. His name is Jim Hardy and he was a combat photografer(sp)with the Navy in WW2 and he doubled as a radio operator and he still has his short wave trasmitter at his home and uses it almost every day with contacts all over the world. He is also old like me.
TD
Jerk bro Olds Jr. with the suspiciously strong wings.
DW
Looks like it was in Alaska, someone even made a diorama of that pic,
http://www.xtrememodelling.com/e01_web/e01_pdf_eng/2.Ducks%20on%20the%20water.pdf
S!
Oh the abuse I dont know if I can handle it :bomb-034:
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on August 29, 2013, 10:37:58 PM
The guys that film on those old carriers are located on a cat walk that would put them at just about shoulder hieght for most people (5 feet below the flight deck level I believe to be correct). He may not of even known he was filming the bomb bouncing on the deck untill it went boom. The zoom effect is probably some photo shop. Just my 2 cents worth.
the video online that gif comes from with US Navy narration said he was KIA. (roll)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeRXre_FG1w
Following a brief upkeep period in Japan, Oriskany put to sea on 1 March 1953 for her fourth line period, Rear Admiral Robert F. Hickey, Commander, Carrier Division Five, embarked. The carrier began combat operations on 4 March 1953 with a small strike on a supply depot south of Wonsan. The next day Oriskany launched a major attack on Hungnam and a series of "heckler" and armed reconaissance runs along the east coast. On the 6th, the "props" turned to bombing depots, trenches and bunkers south of Wonsan and near Hamsong. In the middle of these strikes one F4U piloted by Lt. Edwin L. Kummer, VF-124, developed engine trouble shortly after take off. Aborting the mission, Kummer tried but was unable to jettison all his ordnance, as one 250-pound bomb "hung-up" on the bomb rack. Hung ordnance was an infrequent but not unusual problem at that time and Kummer was given permission to land. Unfortunately, as his Corsair hit the deck, the general purpose bomb broke loose, bounced up the flight deck and exploded over the No. 3 elevator, killing two sailors and wounding fourteen others.
One of the men killed was Photographer Airman Thomas L. McGraw, killed while filming landing operations, while the other was Aviation Electrician Airman Thomas M. Yeager, who died working on a tied down Panther. The explosion riddled the hangar deck below with shrapnel, piercing many of the parked aircraft and flooding the hangar bay with gasoline. Firefighting teams quickly extinguished the fire and isolated the hangar deck, preventing the fire from spreading into the ship. At the same time, Airman Richard D. Donovan - then serving as "hotsuit man" - ran through the flames, cut the unconscious pilot from his harness and pulled him to safety. Damage repair crews put the aircraft carrier back in business within hours and Oriskany began launching airstrikes again on 8 March, targeting railroad tracks, bridges and facilities.
For some reason i cant search with Google it seems to be down :unhappy-059: I wonder if Donovan was recomended for the MOH, for saving the pilot. Flight deck is a dangerous place. The Stennis returned from ops in the war without a single fatality onboard ship or in the air, I cant seem to find the report that was typed up so i am uncertain of the time line, besides I am not supposed to talk about time lines, but for a carrier not to have lost a sailor is a big thing on a deployment. You can probably find it online released by a public affairs officer somewhere.
google... down.... :lol
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/067428f09d4e330a90035d79e6cfdc04/tumblr_msi5s0sTSf1s5vavqo1_1280.jpg)
http://warisstupid.tumblr.com/
lots of great shots on this website...
check your mixture!
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/3eb978897e21ed1f1ebafd8f6cc9b41d/tumblr_mrn4yeKUzL1qm86t3o1_1280.jpg)
look what i found joe!
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/acd6cbe28ac42de2ef2a0c57b960e760/tumblr_mo18l3d0Gr1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/8da33c163bf07ca44bdf58abd6a78583/tumblr_mg19ba0wgK1qzp3pqo1_1280.jpg)
do i post too many misc. images???? :happy-026:
ever wonder where you're drop tanks end up??
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/3df3b4e0e9afa0f10504044a6a4ede15/tumblr_mk7ddg2fp81rubozqo1_1280.jpg)
That's a drop tank?? Seems huge.
Good plan posting that nazi P-38 while Hogan is gone....
DW
a bunch of outstanding photos from some carrier operations....
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=49529&sid=b0cd43284d844bde83cbe473686d290b
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o679/Mark_Allen_M3/Air%20Group%202%20USS%20Hornet%201944/TBF-1CassignedtoTorpedoSquadronTwoVT-2picturedonthegroundatNASPuuneneMauiTHThedamagevisibleontheairplanewastheresultofanight_zps2ddef719.jpg)
I dont think so I love the images you find, I do wonder how much time you spend searching instead of working :drinking61:
Indeed. All in favor of changing his name to "AutoGoogleImageSearch"?
DW
Is that flak damage? (wavey)
~S~
No. The damage accured during a mid-air collsion on a night mission.
Lightning Sacrilege!!!!!!
I'm getting ideas for Hogan's next skin...
(http://dsv.wz.cz/foto/nemecke_letectvo/captured%20P-38.jpg)
DW
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
You forgot Bro at the end dont you want to be part of the Bro club. :lol-034:
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on September 06, 2013, 02:07:08 PM
You forgot Bro at the end dont you want to be part of the Bro club. :lol-034:
:thinking-008:
anyway...... here's another fabulous misc image.
check out this website, it's absolutely loaded with amazing archived images just recently digitized for online browsing from almost every american war...
http://www.fold3.com/image/41558486/
use the navigational sections to narrow down your selections like ww2 / air force / france / strafing & combat / ect.. ect...
then the film strip at the bottom to navigate through your selected section..
air force ground crewmen lift out the unconscious pilot of a republic P-47 after his flak riddled plane crashed on a new airstrip somehwere in france. 16 june 1944.
take a look at the trailing edge of his wing...
http://i.imgur.com/Ginum8w.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/Ginum8w.jpg)
http://i.imgur.com/Q8MV3lJ.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/Q8MV3lJ.jpg)
NO! SKAT! DON'T!!!!!
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/54bbb45430ad486071127e463d2e6ddb/tumblr_mra4eoVCKd1regz7ho1_500.jpg)
:drinking-43:
I am Sorry Skat i didnt mean to shot you down so many times Sunday. If you promise not to hit it I will leave you alone. (tongue)
Another attempt at the CVE Challenge was made, we managed to tie our record but had no more people to land on so we could'nt beat it.
The deck park on this attempt includes August, BBQhead, Gatlingun, DarkWolf, Turbo, Col. Hogan,
Archie, SKATtrash, Jack, Lippy, Mustang, Viper.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img690/9484/u430.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img600/1853/i56u.png)
The record stands at 12.
DW
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8nxnfqVFG1qivy2xo1_500.jpg)
S!
Heartless uncaring monsters!!!!
DW
whoops!
nobody injured, just ego's. loss of power shortly after lift off, lancaster P.A.
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/1/4/2314411.jpg)
Aniken performed at his first football game Friday. Had to post this:
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff279/_AH_Olds/Photo09062013_zpsa980a2ba.jpg) (http://s238.photobucket.com/user/_AH_Olds/media/Photo09062013_zpsa980a2ba.jpg.html)
He really enjoyed getting to play. The band had a great performance...really enjoyable.
That's where I'll be on most Friday nights for a few months. It's worth it getting to see him play, and do the same things I did in the high school band. Lots of fun!
WAY TO GO ANIKEN!!!!! i USED TO BE IN THE MARCHING BAND TOO..PLAYED THE FLUTE.....i SALUTE YOU YOUNG MAN!! :happy-112:
spitfire experimental float-planes, Mk. Vb (top) and Mk. IXb (middle & bottom).
(http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/8809b583d962c23f6537345289b195a2/tumblr_ms4fjjKMAv1r0h08no3_1280.jpg)
(http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/bb29773069efba1b3ae5e50fd674647f/tumblr_ms4fjjKMAv1r0h08no1_1280.jpg)
(http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/92fbee48e6cc8d7618967974e85a761c/tumblr_ms4fjjKMAv1r0h08no2_1280.jpg)
Olds be sure to tell Aniken I am proud of him, keep it up Young Man. :happy-112:
_AH_Moby
See what happens to you when you dont fly enough with AH
(http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy214/Archie3101/601970_10201016394115578_1385459998_n_zps721765f7.jpg) (http://s793.photobucket.com/user/Archie3101/media/601970_10201016394115578_1385459998_n_zps721765f7.jpg.html)
Do you think he keeps Jack's thumb drive in that bag? :thinking-008:
DW
Circa approx 1925... the original Spitfire racers were on floats
The Supermarine S.4 was designed by R. J. Mitchell to compete in the 1925 Schneider Trophy race. Built by Supermarine at Woolston, the S.4 was primarily an all-wooden monoplane seaplane, although a mixed wood-metal construction fuselage was mated to an unbraced cantilever wing and monocoque fuselage, powered by a 680 hp (507 kW) Napier Lion VII engine. As an exceptionally "clean" monoplane seaplane, the S.4 design was in marked contrast to the biplane Supermarine Sea Lion flying boats which Mitchell had designed for previous Schneider Trophy races, which won in 1922 and came third behind the American Curtiss CR seaplanes in 1923
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/supermarine-s6b-1-seaplane_zpsc61c6f7d.jpg)
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/supermarineS5_zps213137fc.jpg)
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/supermarineS6_zps646c600c.jpg)
Nice one Bear Tanks :drinking-43:
a formation of the heavy hitters...
(http://i.imgur.com/KBK5o4j.jpg)
the shinny redbull P-38F making a lovely pass at the air races...
(http://i.imgur.com/MO4y5fx.jpg)
A burning U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4 Skyraider from Attack Squadron VA-55 "Torpcats" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9).
The pilot escaped from the plane, but left the engine running. An airman jumped into the cockpit and turned the engine off, but he suffered second degree burns.
:surprised-027:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/68bc9da2bd22231d5b251c454dd6b8b3/tumblr_mth9xzQZon1rq7x1to1_1280.jpg)
From the angle it almost looks like the ship is ablaze, not the plane.
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on September 21, 2013, 04:44:13 PM
From the angle it almost looks like the ship is ablaze, not the plane.
propeller blast and wind blown fuel leaks are a bad thing... :surprised-041:
The Battle of Ramree Island...
(http://i.imgur.com/SWxZ1Nl.gif)
On 26 January in Operation Sankey, a Royal Marine force landed on the Cheduba, which lies to the south of Ramree, to find that it was not occupied by the Japanese. On Ramree the Japanese garrison put up tenacious resistance. The 36th Indian Infantry Brigade landed with RAF and Royal Marine units. When the Marines outflanked a Japanese stronghold the nine hundred defenders within it abandoned the base and marched to join a larger battalion of Japanese soldiers across the island. The route forced the Japanese to cross 16 kilometres of mangrove swamps and as they struggled through the thick forests the British forces encircled the area of the swampland. Trapped in deep mud-filled land, tropical diseases soon started afflicting the soldiers, as well as scorpions, tropical mosquitoes, and saltwater crocodiles.
A saltwater crocodile
Repeated calls by the British for the Japanese to surrender were ignored: the Marines holding the perimeter shot any Japanese attempting to escape, while within the swampland hundreds of soldiers died over the course of several days for lack of food or drinking water. Some, including naturalist Bruce Stanley Wright (who participated in the battle), claimed that the crocodiles attacked and ate numerous soldiers. Wright's description occurs in his 1962 book Wildlife Sketches Near and Far:
"That night [of the 19 February 1945] was the most horrible that any member of the M.L. [motor launch] crews ever experienced. The scattered rifle shots in the pitch black swamp punctured by the screams of wounded men crushed in the jaws of huge reptiles, and the blurred worrying sound of spinning crocodiles made a cacophony of hell that has rarely been duplicated on earth. At dawn the vultures arrived to clean up what the crocodiles had left. . . . Of about one thousand Japanese soldiers that entered the swamps of Ramree, only about twenty were found alive."
When the British eventually moved in on the swamp, they found that of the nine hundred troops that originally fled into the swamp, only around twenty seriously wounded and weakened Japanese soldiers were left. In all, about 500 Japanese soldiers escaped from Ramree despite the intense blockade instituted to stop them. If Wright's claim is true, however, the Ramree crocodile attacks would be the worst in recorded history. The British Burma Star Association seems to lend credence to the swamp attack stories but appears to draw a distinction between the 20 Japanese survivors of one attack and the 1,000 Japanese who were left to fend for themselves in the swamp. Furthermore there is no corroboration of the event by British military reports or by interviewed Japanese soldiers and local Burmese. These figures are disputed and the event has been described as an urban myth by British historian Frank McLynn, who opined that only a few wounded Japanese had been consumed, although he did admit that the saltwater crocodiles of the region were both "known man-eaters and opportunistic killers".
And???
There is another recorded event involving man eaters of a magnitude rarely ever recorded. This event is well recorded by the survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) out of the some 900 men the went into the waters 317 survived. Now some died of exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and what not so the number of men killed or eaten by sharks isnt very clear. But the fact still remains, I think this to be the biggest single event of the largest number of deaths by animal or fish that is recorded.
http://www.ussindianapolis.org/woody.htm
both of these events prove that animals are ungracious beasts that will have your leg off if you get to close and that vegetarians should abandon their ways. (http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/hungry/very-hungry.gif)
Beef, it's what's fer dinner!
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/8799780617_c60886287a_o.jpg)
In Honor of TD I went with the 3 blade Hamilton Standard,
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UFBfvzUw1w0/SkVFuXPsQxI/AAAAAAAAAnk/R9l6dwwY_Nw/w789-h984-no/TD_out_of_Boot_camp.%255B1%255D.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6-1acUCXnTk/Ukysk4LAPfI/AAAAAAAAB9w/t6FMzBQkIJs/w1313-h985-no/1002131602.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5L00jE9L2Z0/UkysorLx2XI/AAAAAAAAB-I/2xtJO6K6DlM/w1313-h985-no/1002131603.jpg)
S!
want. (tongue)
a japanese midget sub yard before and after a bombing...
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/d5073c7ebd8cfb6be9fd21b650d37742/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/a16fcd7a0a25d6d82c2619ee783ea9aa/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o3_1280.jpg)
I have the feeling I've seen that before...
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on June 10, 2013, 08:26:00 PM
a before and after of some japanese midget subs stuck in a dry dock.
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/d5073c7ebd8cfb6be9fd21b650d37742/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/a16fcd7a0a25d6d82c2619ee783ea9aa/tumblr_mo6wxdj9n21qznvi3o3_1280.jpg)
I wasn't going to say anything DW, maybe he's getting old and forgetful.
S!
so what i'm going through some old photos!
well here's some p-47 & p-38 goodness i bet you've never seen!
a thunderbolt 12th air force flies low over the crumbled ruins of what once was hitler's retreat at berchtesgaden, germany.
(http://i.imgur.com/K7tLlf9.jpg)
skidding down a snowy runway this thunderbolt crashed into a another parked one, note the guy running for his life.
(http://i.imgur.com/KB5x4eL.jpg)
flipped over during take off on a muddy runway, pilot slightly injured and had to be dug out with live bombs still on the wings.
(http://i.imgur.com/X01YIii.jpg)
a quick set of a p-38 of the 339th fs 12th fg which crash landed at vella lavella in the solomons. was a result of a flak hit on the left engine and made it impossible for pilot lt. d.w. livsey (i think the guy with the chops in the second photo) from el cajon california to lower the gear upon landing. also note the nose art "SNAFU"
(http://i.imgur.com/AwVjRCh.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/EzRjUdi.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HGEBK5V.jpg)
The ground crew looks pissed...
some cool ww2/aviation themed t-shirts for gifts or a gift for yourself! :drinking-43:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/warbirdwear/portfolio?ref=carousel_portfolio
Since Christmas is right around the corner. I wear a XL T-shirt
Maybe you can start a post on who is buying me what shirt. I would not want to get 14 of the same color and design
Arch
Quote from: _AH_Archie on October 03, 2013, 03:03:30 PM
Since Christmas is right around the corner. I wear a XL T-shirt
Maybe you can start a post on who is buying me what shirt. I would not want to get 14 of the same color and design
Arch
i'll start things off with this one for archie
(http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.9758861.4492/fig,creme,mens,ffffff.jpg)
How about front and back that reads BRO CLUB :lol
I have an employee who is a history buff and absolutly loves the images and the idea of the video and the what haped today on the main page. We often get into conversation using these tools and he is impressed with accuracy of the info provided. I thought you guys might enjoy a "AT BOY" for all that you do. Keep up the good work. :happy-112:
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 03, 2013, 04:53:17 AM
skidding down a snowy runway this thunderbolt crashed into a another parked one, note the guy running for his life.
(http://i.imgur.com/KB5x4eL.jpg)
I
think that there's a video of this, but maybe I'm wrong. I know there's one out there of a P-47 skidding off a runway, though a snowbank and smacking into parked P-47 engine to engine and barely missing some dudes near the parked one.
DW
Survivers from that horible train crash in Texas finaly make it home,
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N-B_wHD_P38/UkysUv0zcnI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/KRZV-fGMAYs/w668-h501-no/1002131605.jpg)
S!
:surprised-041: dont get it.
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 03, 2013, 04:08:13 PM
Quote from: _AH_Archie on October 03, 2013, 03:03:30 PM
Since Christmas is right around the corner. I wear a XL T-shirt
Maybe you can start a post on who is buying me what shirt. I would not want to get 14 of the same color and design
Arch
i'll start things off with this one for archie
I remember when you were a nice guy Auto....Looooong time ago
(http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.9758861.4492/fig,creme,mens,ffffff.jpg)
Archie is such a noob, he put his response inside the Auto quote...
DW
S~
Some pix from _AH_Gatlingun's recent Warbird Museum visit.
(https://h4swuw.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pIUqxOjx9QURquiHk7Uar0kOskzWpH5MGcdMFA7EOSq0u_3ZluNUU8f1fCUS9xpZenHRqMBKTrtr-85Fk1Vr3-0DxaIH1t2lXGVPrEV78oAXUsH6PZg693PIcji0eTWb_/0911131526.jpg?psid=1)
(https://h4tmpa.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pxYMjD_tuT3eIrm9F0TNS_0lpPJvR0IsyXxwfHUIsgPkkFYMExnlJ1oKSC8qWqivb6MiiKL5uuxz1rFEGM_nYXfv2PDPaXaKPYsqjMUxG_8YqoPNifWEgqwCQQv-RCyux/0911131545.jpg?psid=1)
(https://h4v60q.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pDLt4JwvZ1gzXMUBJXtbyVsZHUgw5jsIuBr3G1MYSkcYjsqSi2NAm5YfhRzYRF3QLsr900_3ZqeeHnlJCwQyMwM_-ZDkQvM9xBD2GQ2LxVb-C2WmHxSa7B4toZVmJI0oj/0911131547.jpg?psid=1)
(https://h4tfxq.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pXQL1X5YBwnVEnGTOqI8asR8r-YAOrQSSIqFOjn3NVwjTzgr89pP8JeIEt7TEOV07u_udqlifwZcCkxOWLaB9xApxwRkAgHNgoApV_Mo8t6V0siKvEk_1q3Jp3ddlK1nY/0911131550.jpg?psid=1)
(https://h4spda.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2p9bC72LxCHwLDR-5jermLMmCuAytAoFZhUXbR1ELYGmeQrFkcxK42vEVqbMRyLVQPsY3vNwYfHBbqZMaHjsE5QtIAt5U3MeHaKLbh3jNCcQEAsP8gXGdbEbxqRbXjiUWr/0911131552.jpg?psid=1)
(https://h4uvrg.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pLn_szX2TGVMZBKdDUnOgYth1IndwkWOkmgaoe7-sPtvkyJBW8ARr0YUbV18E4-VIF9KBlzh2M6wqKJ_uYeFWAjRkguWz5EAl-AJpKdo9LozPH_AWMVGz-TVCoMrsSvv0/0911131557.jpg?psid=1)
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on October 03, 2013, 07:12:55 PM
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 03, 2013, 04:53:17 AM
skidding down a snowy runway this thunderbolt crashed into a another parked one, note the guy running for his life.
(http://i.imgur.com/KB5x4eL.jpg)
I think that there's a video of this, but maybe I'm wrong. I know there's one out there of a P-47 skidding off a runway, though a snowbank and smacking into parked P-47 engine to engine and barely missing some dudes near the parked one.
DW
there is right here, starts at 0:07 seconds... quite the AH landing!
http://youtu.be/u0PTc4eY0rM?t=7s
I thought I saw a Olds painted one of those f6f I thought i saw pooty cat :lol ~S~ Olds
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 04, 2013, 05:08:04 PM
there is right here, starts at 0:07 seconds... quite the AH landing!
http://youtu.be/u0PTc4eY0rM?t=7s
Yeah right, that's the one. Man what a close call for that dude.
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on October 04, 2013, 05:11:14 AM
(https://h4tmpa.sn2.livefilestore.com/y2pxYMjD_tuT3eIrm9F0TNS_0lpPJvR0IsyXxwfHUIsgPkkFYMExnlJ1oKSC8qWqivb6MiiKL5uuxz1rFEGM_nYXfv2PDPaXaKPYsqjMUxG_8YqoPNifWEgqwCQQv-RCyux/0911131545.jpg?psid=1)
This must be some kind of small scale replica right? Either that or Gatling is freakishly huge! Even more so than Lippy.
DW
~S~
Yeah,I thought it was too small also but I never got around to asking anybody about it. I'm only 5'9".
BTW it was a kinda "small" museum.
For $297,000 it doesn't even come with Browning M2's
http://www.thundermustang.com/kits-for-sale/
S!
OH GREAT now i got live with the stigma of freakishly huge man. Man talk about abuse I need to swap names with you DW from now on you be lippy and i be DW (wavey)
DW sucks!
Lippy
look how you wrote that man it is bad :censored-015:
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on October 04, 2013, 10:48:09 PM
OH GREAT now i got live with the stigma of freakishly huge man. Man talk about abuse I need to swap names with you DW from now on you be lippy and i be DW (wavey)
Bro, you are not helping the stigma by taking that name. In fact it is a downgrade.
Your Bro
Archie sucks too.
Lippy
Why does this picture scare me?
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/269284b0d4fe69789039b2317eab0c19/tumblr_mu117n2zfV1r3q1fqo1_1280.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on October 06, 2013, 12:01:06 AM
Why does this picture scare me?
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/269284b0d4fe69789039b2317eab0c19/tumblr_mu117n2zfV1r3q1fqo1_1280.jpg)
Because its a little AH-CPS pic from 1975
starting from left to right
GhostBear-Lippy showing his true colors-Jack (age 24)-BBQ (he likes puppies)-Little Miss DW. I dont know who the hairy guy on the end is, but I am thinking a young Hogan
The guy on the end is Skat. His parents couldn't afford a costume for him.
Did the earliest F4F's have fuselage guns?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221293041067&ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1123
It does look like the prototype XF4F had a pair of fuselage guns, you can see the slots for the gun barrels in the pictures on this page : http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/xf4f3.htm (http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/xf4f3.htm)
DW
~S~
Nope.
Apparently the XF4F-2 and the prototype XF4F-3 did have two 0.30 guns in the fuselage and two 0.50 in the wings. The 0.30 guns were deleted in production F4F-3s in favor of the four 0.50s in the wings.
DW
Curtiss Helldivers from the Fast Carrier Task Force 58 are seen midair on a mission over Saipan, in the Mariana Islands.
(http://www.planeaday.com/images/2013/Oct/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldivers_7344715384_e111f3dbfc_b.jpg)
There's a kite I wish we had in IL-2.
DW
P-40 Warhawks are assembled at Buffalo, New York in 1939.
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/00b9fc67b61d84eca43cda4931e41c4b/tumblr_msawztV7EY1rcoy9ro1_1280.jpg)
Lieutenant Tom Killefer of VF-17 after a forced landing, Nissan Island, 1944.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/f29e1d196eecfd3de99333d183371fb9/tumblr_mtz3wlkMSt1rmm2fwo1_1280.jpg)
What a great color shot, looks like it could be mordern day.
S!
As usual I think i am confused I thought the SBD was known as the Hell Diver. Please correct me if I am wrong which I think so i might delete this post in favor of have two solid days without disbaringing remarks from Lippy
DW.
Nay they are two different birds, Lippy. The SBD was known as the Dauntless. It was a pre-war design.
(http://www.aircraftaces.com/images/douglas-sbd-dauntless.jpg)
The SB2C Helldiver (Not to be confused with the SBC Helldiver which was a pre-war biplane) was the replacement for the Dauntless. It suffered from a long list of teething problems which delayed it's use until late 43, early 44. Alot of them were armed with 2 20mm cannon and they could carry like 2000lbs of bombs in their bomb bay.
(http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/765/pics/3_82.jpg)
DW
thanks DW... nice illustrations too......my compliments
TY Sir looks like a stronger airframe and larger vertical stabilizer but it is still SB maybe why i am confused.
The Helldiver was'nt an upgraded Dauntless, it was a totally different design.
(http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Douglas-Dauntless/IMAGES/3-view-Douglas-Dauntless.gif)
(http://www.kartonbau.de/forum/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=65151&h=9e14dbff3bfa95d2c92d09c1b6f39fa10184daab)
DW
Got ya thanks.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa2c26b36db2e6fb4c4841de06baa078/tumblr_muih31dTRT1rl7dl5o1_1280.jpg)
click the link for the full story!! :drinking-43:
http://mofak.com/Night_Infamy.htm
This unnatural act of flying the Crusader with folded wings was photographed by Marine GySgt George Lord of VMF(AW)235.
It all ended after about a point 5 hour of flight time when the plane was landed safely into the arresting gear with the wings still folded and standing at attention. Hundreds of hours of structural repair was required by Juan Lara, Jon Kirkwood and others in the Death Angel Metal Shop before DB 5 was once again flyable.
There were two successful flights in the F8E with the wings folded in the same Death Angel squadron at Da Nang in 1966 and 1967. The first such wing folded flight occurred less than a year prior to our FAC's daylight demonstration and was a night all weather spectacular. The 1966 flight was at night in the rain. The pilot folded his wings to taxi around a PanAm 707 for takeoff. He forgot to spread the wings. He took off in the black rain probably setting the night land speed record in the Crusader. After yanking it into the air before entering the frog minefield, he entered a world of flashing Christmas tree lights with the wing tips overhead flashing green and red and the multiple orange stab-aug lights blinking with every movement of the outboard wing panels and the stick and rudders. The pilot raised the gear after becoming airborne. Having no idea what was wrong with the Crusader, he turned downwind and declared an emergency on the Tower radio frequency. With all the flashing yellow and red lights, warning horns, black night, rain, soiled underwear, and uncontrollable urges for terra firma, the pilot forgot to put his gear handle back down. Being a combat flight, he had a box fin two thousand pound bomb on each wing station. The anguished pilot landed on the two 2000 lb bombs with a mighty "Whump!" but nothing detonated except the Commanding Officer after he discovered what had happened to one of his valuable aircraft. The pilot was medivacked to CONUS with a fractured vertebrae and a tooth-shredded rectal orifice. Not exactly a hero's departure out of Da Nang Air Base.
~S~
This image means more to me than anything.
(http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/taldrg/DSCF0049_zps9191d59b.jpg)
~S~
SEMPER FI Brother!!!!!!!!!!
Great Pic TD
Gos
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FidIC7N8APE/TXvELnFZbpI/AAAAAAAABkM/Ujm8YisNi-E/w595-h892-no/B_JOE_The_react_33_sjpg_950_2000_0_75_0_50_50.jpg)
THATS A GREAT PICTURE TD.. AND ONE THAT IMPRESSES ME GREATLY.... ESPECIALLY WITH THE GENTLEMAN PILOT IN THE FOREFRONT... THANKS FOR THAT TD..i EXPECT i WILL COPY AND FRAME IT FOR MY WALL
super pic TD glad you shared it. Semper FI
I hear ya loud and clear Mate ~S~ TD
darkwolf successfuly protected _ah_jack by downing a Ki-43 using nothing but his vertical and half of his horizontal stabilizer.
then after one hot approach he made a bouncy yet successful landing!
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/o9afPq5.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/qUlqTLf.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/bOveaUT.jpg)
~S~
Well done skipper.
My plan was to hit him with my wing, I missed...
DW
I saw that great landing DW... excellent!! Have you ever thought about bungy jumping??? :cool:
a GREAT album full of P-38 photos... click z link!
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48681&sid=581c8616f8bd4e34d504eae840d913b3
a few previews....
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o679/Mark_Allen_M3/6thReconGroupLockheedP-38F-5-3_zpsc0342dbe.jpg)
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o679/Mark_Allen_M3/AP-38Lightningfromthe2ndServiceGroupbeingwarmedupontheairfieldatCampTripoliIcelandonMarch161943_zps118f4dbb.jpg)
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o679/Mark_Allen_M3/817_zpsa5f9f2b4.jpg)
(http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/skosh25/Joined.jpg)
Drool...
Nice find Auto :happy-112:
~S~
Did you notice in picture #1 the right engine has been shut down and the prop is feathered and on top of that this plane is LEADING the flight. WOW! Also in the brown tinted pictures #5 look at the pits in that prop. I would not fly that plane if it was me and thank God it wasn't. Same set of brown tinted pics. #10. It looks like only about 5 or 6 of the whole bunch were issues side arms. Hummm.
Flight leaders are always a little screwy TD.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3424/bg4q.png)
Also, for some reason my sister sent me pictures of Gonzo today. Facebook wierdos...
(http://imageshack.us/a/img32/7205/jp86.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img850/5275/ufmc.jpg)
Really backs up my statement about flight leaders.......and former flight leaders....
DW
:surprised-027:
a lot of free time over there in malta...
~S~
For Canada pilots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Qw43zzMnI
Nice TD
S!
Quail 2013 with bacon,
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tuytadipeipacng/R8N8-8WuZ9#/
I didnt see any Quail...ill get some pix for you of my dads back yard... you'll be pissed!! :lol
Cant call it Quial 2013 without any Quial I feel ripped off :unhappy-059:
Jack, drinking and driving affects more than just you...
(http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF258-Honk.png)
(http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/jbowers001/ProctoSim_zps0a7756cd.jpg)
That's just disturbing... :thinking-008: :surprised-027:
navy day on the hudson river in new york city, october 27th 1945.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjUz4BPWwbc
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/f1968f862e15e0903e867f4bf09e90b1/tumblr_mveedyoK8d1qgggino1_1280.jpg)
~S~
Thanks Auto for posting. I remember 1945 and all that happened that year when everything was black and white.
Pres. Truman said that this country never would seek to take a piece of another country's domain. How the times have changed and not for the best. You just had to be there then to see what it's like now but still we all ask, "God Bless America".
TD
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/OurBackyard.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/OurBackyard.jpg.html) Our Back Yard, River down the hill.
Wow, was that today or earlier in the fall, Turbo?
DW
Quite the contrast to the snow laidened yard you showed last year I believe it was. October is nice around here too. Wish I had some photos but dont. I will look around for some.
~S~
Why don't we have "Class Acts" like Bob Hope anymore? 10 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppA4qYF7ARo
TD
I miss Bob.
In his words, "Boy, Isn't that something?........W i l d.
S!
Hmm,
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/3f898ecbfdb5bbb227e75a132869fa1e/tumblr_mwfzbt1Jka1r3q1fqo1_500.jpg)
Wife sent me this from SD.
I see Ronald Reagan, a gorilla, a donkey and a leaping female lion.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-haW7NKqD2gk/UpjG-h0NbqI/AAAAAAAACDo/czdKAi20QAw/w735-h984-no/tn.jpg)
S!
~S~
Col..if that is what you see then you had better change the type of rope your smoking.
I dont get it I just see a hand and ice. :lol
~S~
Ya...that's my plow...I loaned it to Turbo.
TD
~S~
This morning there was 13" of snow in my driveway and it will stay there till it melts 'cause I can't shouvel it and I can't drive my car out and if I only eat food every 3rd day I will last for 2 weeks and it will be gone by then...I hope.
TD :help2:
WOW!!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=649559458428007
~S~
He must have been dead center hit on target to get a straight back return..eh.
Whoa, that's a funky house. The garage is in the middle. That blows my mind.
DW
Make this one a Christmas card Turbo,
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/scan0001.jpg)
~S~ Zulu here,
Thought Id show ya'll my new toy
:lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029: :lol-029:
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20131211_110243.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20131211_110243.jpg.html)
Dell XPS 8700
Windows 8 64Bit
4th Gen Intel Core i7-4770 processor(8m Cache @ 3.9 GHz)
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600Mhz
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
(Stand Alone) NVDIA GeForce GT 635 1GB DDR3
Intergrated 7.1 WAVE MAXX Audio4
Dell Wireless 1703.802 b/g/n
Bluetooth v4.0+LE
16X CD/DVD burner(DVD+/-RW), write to CD/DVD
And
Cisco/Linksys EA6400 Wireless Router
Im not sure, but, I think this should get the job done. :lol-029:
Took me 15 in. to figure out how to shut down Win8, but, I like it,,, I think
Hogan, got those parts you sent me, Thanks a bunch, Ill put them to good use and let me know what I owe you on shipping. It didn't come with a power supply, but, If the Thermotake 450 power supply I have can be useful. I'd wouldn't mind kicking it down to who ever needs it.. ("Kick Down"; hippie term for giving someone something you no longer need that they may have a use for, for free)
Looking mighty sweet. i believe that machine would run BF3 and 4 so you are good to go for IL2, Nividea 635 is a nice card. Here is a link to 635m playing bf4 battlefield 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17UurwjROZU
You be rockin down the house Bro.
Welcome back z.
Now, CORD DISCIPLINE!!!
Sent two boxes, the one with the PS might arrive tomorrow.
kewl, np, Ill pass it on then. let me know who to send it to and their address
great new pc Z! santa came early!
:drinking-43:
(http://cdn.e2ma.net/userdata/1408293/images/xlarge/e1356027594.jpg)
:happy-112: I like
jack's flight crew. :drinking-43:
(http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/4/3/9/3/58852_1385437393.jpg)
Love it.
B-17 bomber being towed to a USAF museum, 1957.
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/93e551725c3a64b86b108dde0b30cc21/tumblr_mz5mvwDY0z1s3a8qvo1_1280.jpg)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/996539_10201311249892545_491090320_n.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/996539_10201311249892545_491090320_n.jpg.html)
Snowed in
Finely got it completed. It cost me around $50 in new and used parts,,, and one tent.
My "Home brew" 150watt solar package( system currently setup for 45watt output)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20140124_170259.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20140124_170259.jpg.html)
The Battery 2 cell, 12 volt Battery bank. (2x6volt connected in series for 12volt output)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/FB_IMG_13854357852403773.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/FB_IMG_13854357852403773.jpg.html)
150watt charge controller and 12volt DC control
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20140125_140442.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20140125_140442.jpg.html)
45 watt solar arie(System can be upgraded to 150 watt)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20140125_141548.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20140125_141548.jpg.html)
Nice job Z.
S!
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zIgm1nMk9Sw/UuVEywxHNxI/AAAAAAAACFE/D9HKekcViVY/w500-h473-no/SAlrn.jpg)
I bet SKAT plays this alot.
(http://s11.postimg.org/niv9du1pf/Carsim.png)
I have a hard time believing he smiles that much though...
DW
No DW, I do the actual job six days a week. There is no way I would waste my off time on that. I notice no one else is much interest in the "Game?" either; noting the price mark down.
I wonder if they have simulated vehicle owners complaining that their vehicle "Doesn't run right"', 'Makes a funny noise" or "This is covered under warranty Right?". I have heard that you like the new Canadian game " Baby Seal Hunter III"
Baby Seal Hunter III, :lol
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/sea-shepherd-filming-592x365.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/sea-shepherd-filming-592x365.jpg.html)
Rut row.
~S~
Did anyone happen to notice that Skat who has been in AH for years and years only has 132 posts. Now there is the strong silent type. Watch him closely.
(http://www.chickenwingscomics.com/comics/2011-01-01-cw0335.jpg)
Saw this in my garage last night, not even sure who put it there, It did however remind me of Jack, not sure why..........
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pZbsDxDSpiA/Uu_hq5fuMJI/AAAAAAAACGQ/3-4w-4DZm8w/w1044-h783-no/1223131419.jpg)
Walked into a web an hour earlier, It repelled off my hat brim onto my lap while flying. Boy, talk about pilot discipline...
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HUeOuBgeNts/Uu_hyzge9tI/AAAAAAAACGs/w9URnST5I3M/w1113-h835-no/1023132201.jpg)
~S~
Ohhhh,couldn't handell that.
There are only two things in the state of Washington that are posionous, Lippy and Spiders I am with ya gatlin yukkers. :surprised-027:
~S~
Just follow it and see where it goes and then send in your wingman to see which way it turns and then you go in and step on it. K.I.S.S. system.
TD (orig. spider man)
hey Hogan.... along came a spider eh????... now that could un-nerve ya :lol
Jack's ground crew perform maintenance on his aircraft.
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/f086b05bd1e75e59e2fedb1429c6f5b7/tumblr_miwvrrWhLB1qbsnsoo1_1280.jpg)
DW
Ground crew or offspring?
Sheep lie, you know.
Nose Art for TD,
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/pVcAAOxyUrZSrH6I/$_57.JPG?rt=nc)
~S~
Go to your room Col.
BTW...here is one of BBQ hitting a convoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FG1LGKieTxY
Just learned of this today, freeil2modding.free-forum.net has released a Helldiver for IL-2. Still appears to be a beta, they have an early and late model.
(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g410/rodeo222/P-51R/helldiver/Dec1220136-03-25PM.jpg~original)
(http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g410/rodeo222/Dec2220138-34-44PM.jpg~original)
Hopefully we'll see these added to HSFX sometime in the future!
DW
Enjoy
http://themetapicture.com/canada-the-only-place-youll-see-something-like-this/
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :surprised-027:
it sure doesn't happen like this in IL2! :surprised-041: :surprised-041: :surprised-041:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/skydiver-piot-collide-mid-air-accident-florida-article-1.1715454
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/8c4f38b26bba7171959fa9fc27322a60/tumblr_n267obpYqF1qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/f9f0ef7835fbeb8dbd2df4f96e9b05a3/tumblr_n267obpYqF1qznvi3o2_1280.jpg)
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(https://24.media.tumblr.com/5430e574789dbfcba29be1d419750dbb/tumblr_n267obpYqF1qznvi3o6_1280.jpg)
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/a80a8e1681b8f67784e4f84d29566612/tumblr_n267obpYqF1qznvi3o7_1280.jpg)
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(https://24.media.tumblr.com/05e59eeb3b650197ac1c8d88116e84e6/tumblr_n267obpYqF1qznvi3o10_1280.jpg)
Wow,,,, nasty "Bird Strike".
ahhh.. instruction on how to wrestle a Cessna and avoid the prop :help-sos-sos-29402:
(http://smodcast.com/babbleonpics/20140411/16.jpg)
Humph, thats's odd. He's wearing a shirt that turns red when it comes in contact with urine....
DW
Yes. It's a shame that his shirt wasn't made from the same rubber material as his underpants.
You all are just jealous of my two girl friends.
You tell the Bro. :lol
Canadian aircrew
(http://s29.postimg.org/9kk3ii2ev/news_07142008_7.jpg)
"Now let's like, go bomb germany eh?"
DW
~S~
The second guy from the left. The only thing holding his hat on is his ear.
~S~
This is really funny.
2nd Annual Kick Archie In The Nuts And Run Away Day. :lol :lol :lol
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol ~S~ TD :drinking-43:
(http://www.lolroflmao.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/happy-easter.jpg)
More canadian aircrew...
(http://s4.postimg.org/teo2ozb1p/Lancaster_424_SQ_Victorious_Virgin.jpg)
DW
~S~
2000th sorte. That is one sorte per day for 5 1/2 years for that plane??? Or does it mean the 2000 th for that squadren? Either way...that is a lot of flying and being shot at every day.
That would be for the whole of 424 Squadron, TD. The RAF musuem in england has a lancaster on display that flew 137 missions, I don't know if that was the record or just really high.
DW
(http://wpmedia.o.canada.com/2013/10/kd_plane-e1381868503447.jpg?w=660&h=330&crop=1)
Not an air racer.
DW
Maybe so DW but it was all of the dollar I paid Ghost to paint it. :lol :lol :lol :lol
Jerk bro.
DW
some really neat articles on this site, been cruising through it for a while now. (on page 22)
http://thesciencebookstore.com/category/militaria/page/22/
"Not a Display of Toys", shows
only one section of a large airfield "in Europe" (actually in U.S.-administered
Munich). There's about 300 B-17's (e?) parked wingtip
to wingtip, off duty now from the fight in Europe, but (as the caption says)
prepared for a fight in Japan. I don't think anyone in high command had any
doubt that these planes had seen their last action. The atom bomb worked, and would work again
(and again, and more so if necessary), and the fear that these planes would make
their way East was not a real concern. This photo represents about 7% of the highest number of B-17's in service in Europe at any given time.
(http://thesciencebookstore.com/wp-content/images/6a00d83542d51e69e201156f839b24970c.jpg)
When we put our minds too it, it is amazing the devistation that we dream up. Too think I work on the deadlest of all those combined dreams. :unhappy-059:
the blue angels throughout the years.
great painting but it would be really impressive to see this formation for real.
(http://firstblueangel.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Blue-Angels-Aircraft-1946-to-2004.jpg)
one more cool find for today. spitfire beer!
"During the war, the Heneger and Constable brewery donated free beer to the troops. After D-Day, supplying the invasion troops in Normandy with vital supplies was already a challenge. The Spitfire Mk IX could be modified to carry beer kegs. If the Spitfire flew high enough, the cold air at altitude would even refresh the beer, making it ready for consumption upon arrival."
(http://i0.wp.com/www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spitfire-Beer-2.jpg)
(http://i2.wp.com/www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spitfire-Beer-3.jpg)
(http://i1.wp.com/www.retronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spitfire-Beer-1.jpg)
God bless the spitfire!
S!
Great shot from the 50's in Vegas, Jugs and twin 51's
(http://www.planeaday.com/images/2014/May/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolts_North_American_P-82_Twin_Mustangs_14084062516_c5f823097e_b.jpg)
S!
oh the good old days....
those twin 51's, it was all about the range. ment to escort the B-29's over japan if Nagasaki and Hiroshima didn't work. :cool:
"On 27 February 1947, P-82B 44-65168, named Betty Jo and flown by Colonel Robert E. Thacker, made history when it flew nonstop from Hawaii to New York without refueling, a distance of 5,051 mi (8,129 km) in 14 hr 32 min. It averaged 347.5 miles per hour (559.2 km/h). This flight tested the P-82's range. The aircraft carried a full internal fuel tank of 576 US gallons (2,180 l; 480 imp gal), augmented by four 310 US gal (1,173 l; 258 imp gal) tanks for a total of 1,816 US gal (6,874 l; 1,512 imp gal). Also, Colonel Thacker forgot to drop three of his external tanks when their fuel was expended, landing with them in New York. To this day, it remains the longest nonstop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter, and the fastest such a distance has ever been covered in a piston-engined aircraft."
here he is in betty jo taking off from hickam in hawaii.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/F-82B_Twin_Mustang_44-65168_Betty_Jo_taking_off_from_Hickam_Field_1947.jpg)
Man, I wish that guy on my left would stop flying so close to me...
looks familiar to us.
rough landing at dekalb-peachtree airport near atlanta.
pilot is okay and they say the plane is fixable.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bny-kVLCUAA2Hl7.jpg)
Jack's childhood?
(http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF262-Dreamcatcher.png)
farewell... ~S~
(http://i.imgur.com/JsUbwdg.jpg)
Found this in a 2008 post.
QuoteThere are many skinners in this squad Hogan, no one can be the official skinner. Besides, I have my sights set on far more lofty positions of power. I'll TOTALLY be the new squadron XO as soon as BBQ gets a load of this :
Oh yeah, I can FEEL the power already....
DW
We should start doing this in the squad head.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/b7948b549090547aaf2e108e73c87aed/tumblr_n5r6zoRLhj1r3q1fqo1_1280.jpg)
LMAOROF
:lol
more flying tigers
(http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/533/10249255149bbe797b30o.jpg)
the even ended up adding the teeth!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/3633812019_dd6c617aa5.jpg)
That P-40 looks like a toy plane compared to the 747.
Anyone curious about Submarines this is a pretty good site
http://www.rickcampbellauthor.com/styled/index.html
cool site, Lippy.
never heard of these until today... yehudi lights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudi_lights
Today's experiments with visual stealth have their roots in a 1943 U.S. Navy project code-named Yehudi. The intent of the program, which was highly secret at the time and came to light only in the1980s, was to give Navy patrol aircraft a better chance of sinking enemy submarines. During 1942, German U-boats took a heavy toll on merchant marine shipping off the East Coast of the United States. Aircraft scrambled to attack the U-boats, but submarine captains called for crash dives whenever they spotted approaching planes. By the time an aircraft got close enough to fire upon a sub, it had disappeared beneath the surface of the ocean.
Yehudi's inventors needed a way to make the antisubmarine aircraft harder to see, and they realized that camouflage paint wouldn't do the job: Regardless of its color, the airplane would stand out as a black dot against the sky. The only way to make the plane less visible was to light it up like a Christmas tree.
The engineers fitted a portly TBM-3D Avenger torpedo-bomber with 10 sealed-beam lights installed along the wing's leading edges and the rim of the engine cowling. When the intensity of the lights was adjusted to match the sky, the Avenger blended into the background. Tests proved that the Yehudi system lowered the visual acquisition range from 12 miles to two miles, allowing the Avenger to get within striking distance of its targets before they submerged. A B-24 Liberator bomber was also modified, with similar results.
Yehudi was not put into production, because better radar had already enabled Navy airplanes to regain the tactical advantage, but the idea was revived after air battles over Vietnam. Concerned that the big F-4 Phantom could be seen at a greater range than its much smaller Russian adversary, the MiG-21, the Pentagon started a program called Compass Ghost. An F-4 was modified with a blue-and-white color scheme and nine high-intensity lamps on the wings and body. reducing the detection range by as much as 30 percent.
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Avenger-Yahudi.jpg)
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Avenger-Yahudi-1.jpg)
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Avenger-Yahudi-2.jpg)
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Avenger-Yahudi-3.jpg)
Huh, makes sense. I wonder how many lights they needed for the liberator!
DW
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/Presentation1-1.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/Presentation1-1.jpg.html)
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on June 10, 2014, 08:36:18 AM
Huh, makes sense. I wonder how many lights they needed for the liberator!
DW
18
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/SrspTqVXhAI/AAAAAAAAEdc/tdk2Y_f8riA/Visual%20Stealth%20-%20Yehudi%20Lights%20-%20B-24%20Liberator.JPG)
they even had them on f-4's over vietnam.
(http://jmrc.tripod.com/fa/stealth/comghost.jpg)
Get that thing in the mud Turbo.
That is a sweet 4x4
If Turbo go in the mud, He will have to call TD to come and pull he out lol :lol
We are now offering 300 X 20 in some cities. Rumor has it that once we merge with Comcast, it could be even higher.
Here is what they now give to employees,
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3579077447.png)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on June 22, 2014, 02:47:41 PM
We are now offering 300 X 20 in some cities. Rumor has it that once we merge with Comcast, it could be even higher.
Here is what they now give to employees,
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3579077447.png)
on comcast here near boston..
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3580142012.png)
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/Farm.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/Farm.jpg.html)
I'm gonna assume Turbo is the little kid with the glasses at the bottom left.
DW
on a 300X75 got me :-)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on June 23, 2014, 05:03:58 AM
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on June 22, 2014, 02:47:41 PM
We are now offering 300 X 20 in some cities. Rumor has it that once we merge with Comcast, it could be even higher.
Here is what they now give to employees,
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3579077447.png)
on comcast here near boston..
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/3580142012.png)
~S~
_AH_turbo and his wife are the couple..front row right and his son inthe back in the gray shirt is a Senator in Arkansas and past head of the AR. aviation dept. and ownes and operates a flight charter service and farms 1500+ acres and was choisen 2014 farm family of the year. Just sayin'
mig-3, wreck to reborn.
:drinking-43:
more pics and story (in russian)
http://kak-eto-sdelano.livejournal.com/168195.html
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/0328ac9fe0cb6352b59bff2b16ac3675/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo7_1280.jpg)
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/9cf8a50401eda5ac2ab2c73ab650e9e1/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo3_1280.jpg)
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/ik/24599529/826495/826495_original.jpg)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/4029f1d78b3860b8f8421cddca5402f2/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo8_1280.jpg)
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/8b439125cffc7b5592e63c507475d298/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo4_1280.jpg)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/d56bde866a6421c22f6c86df17e32a3c/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo6_1280.jpg)
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/bed23c7392425e40e3bd0a7ce55efa34/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo9_1280.jpg)
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/ik/24599529/828753/828753_original.jpg)
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/ik/24599529/824426/824426_original.jpg)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/f026cb5d191da5545731f14d63fa529a/tumblr_n7s4h9negE1sxm4gzo2_1280.jpg)
Nice story
If you use Google Chrome, it will translate the page for you.
S!
Skat repels.......
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE5NVgxNjAw/z/mFcAAOSw91NTsF8o/$_57.JPG?rt=nc)
If you had photo-shopped out the word "insect" I would have been your first customer.
DW
impressive light show at the airport last night, made a few gifs.
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/dbec1949ecc0ab7ed72fce092a4a7cef/tumblr_n8680g17Yf1qznvi3o1_1280.gif)
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/ec5e35c86077859322cca44d80d67ec1/tumblr_n8680g17Yf1qznvi3o3_1280.gif)
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That must have sounded awesome.
Wow, need an epileptic shock warning on those gifs.
DW
My 4th
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20140705_155550.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20140705_155550.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20140705_160822.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20140705_160822.jpg.html)
~S~
What brand bug spray do you guys use?
I don't. Most of the time I stand in the smoke of the fire for a little bit. The smell of the smoke tends to keep most bugs away.
check these crazy above ground tent/hammocks out Z.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqImIChxJ-E
B-17G Flying Fortresses of the 96th Bomb Squadron are joined by a damaged P-38J Lightning fighter on the return from a mission to Ploesti, Romania, 10 Jun 1944. Note the feathered engine on the P-38 with oil stains covering the engine cowling.
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/d586225229b43fce11540d5f2e253368/tumblr_n6al31BtHG1sfdr4zo1_1280.jpg)
(hi-reshttp://38.media.tumblr.com/d586225229b43fce11540d5f2e253368/tumblr_n6al31BtHG1sfdr4zo1_1280.jpg (http://38.media.tumblr.com/d586225229b43fce11540d5f2e253368/tumblr_n6al31BtHG1sfdr4zo1_1280.jpg))
~S~,
Ya, Ive seen those. Not out on the trail, but, online. Did a lot to research on it. Its nice, but, theres a few things about it that would give me pause. Mainly, the price, ouch. But, with it being off the ground, winter sleeping could be a big problem. Seeing its purity much like a hammock.. Summer camping could be a problem as well. It being a sigle wall tent, condensation on the walls is going to be a problem. BUT, with all that said and knowing there really no perfect tent. With a few design changes, it could be a KILLER tent and I love the ideal. But, I wouldn't want to have to pack it far. Im sure its heavy.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1408229982/1-96+USS+Oriskany (http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1408229982/1-96+USS+Oriskany)
I wonder if they added a Viper figure?
DW
Neat
My action figure is in the hanger installing a J-57 in AIMD in one of them F-8 crusaders. I'm probably uncanning the after burner first.
I just assumed you were the guy alseep in the aircraft on the catapult blocking everyone else from taking off...
DW
Some nice pics of the two remaining airworthy Lancasters in England. The Canadian Warplane Heritage one is visiting for a couple months
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-04.jpg (http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-04.jpg)
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-08.jpg (http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-08.jpg)
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-05.jpg (http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-05.jpg)
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-02.jpg (http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2014/08/icnp2014-aug-2lancs-02.jpg)
I put the links as urls since they are pretty big pictures.
DW
Beautiful.
Nice Looking Planes
~S~
That 3rd picture(in flight)really shows the lift created by the really thick wing design.
splish splash! as TD would say "stay off my grass!" :drinking-43:
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/d36d27a226adec1a7f67f3c425229631/tumblr_nbp7kbvT6p1tqk7p3o1_1280.jpg)
the san diego mothball fleet in 1946. only a small portion of the unneeded ships left over.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BxcsbYuCcAAle5E.jpg:large)
WE need to try this.
http://vimeo.com/100670266
Yes, awesome!
Viper does that stuff all the time while dogfighting. The flipping and spinning anyways.... :bomb-034:
DW
Turbo if you want someone to trail smoke from their engine.....I am your guy. I have been doing that since I started il2
WOW thought I saw myself in one of those shots head just a spinning around crazy like. :help2:
If you live for facts and statistes this is for you. http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html
Great read Turbo
S!
~S~
Thanks Turbo..been there--done that.
Found it...
What the, how did you get my personal game version??
DW
Now THAT"S funny.
S!
:drinking-43:
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/48308c8504c18ab0329685bd6b26f09a/tumblr_ncmoggHnil1ttiiaeo1_1280.jpg)
Mmmm..... Purrrrrrrdy.
S!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuEi2KOZyqc I was with the 71st 67-70. NCOIC of Test Cell & Trim Pad. Remember when they pulled all my paper work to.
Awesome story.
S!
~S~
Thought you might enjoy.
http://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/Other_Areas/Lombard/_Lombard_photos.htm
TD
hidden wrecks are always outstanding to view. thanks TD!
and here's a cool animated gif i found..
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/06ce9149a655fbcf901a57fce0d7e825/tumblr_nd3z2bfwYl1rqtiebo1_1280.gif)
~S~
Here is a great follow-up on the crash.
http://youtu.be/mTYZMw6IYQo
I saw that B-17 in 2005 at an airshow, her engines were hella smokey on startup then too.
DW
That video was creepy.
That guy hates Gable, and has an unnatural attraction to Carole. :thinking-008:
Ya I kind of got the same kind of feeling especialy when I saw Fireball writen on her shoulder as if making an internal statement of his feelings. :censored-015: Although it was very informative on the site and what was left, wonder if we can find those parts on e-bay.
Good short TD. Thanks for sharing. S!
I'll need some of these painted on my plane soon,
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See y'all in a week.
S!
~S~
What is that thing?????
I think it's a partridge, or a pheasant, or a quail or whatever it is that Hogan hunts.
DW
Looks like one of Gator Coots. :lol
What makes me laff is my dads backyard is full of Quail... must be 50 or 60 of them daily.. ill take a video next time im there ... and they live in the city.. not rural.. :happy-112:
Testing
~S~
This is AWSOME!
What you are about to view is a A/H1-G D model Longbow Apache Gunship. They are working in concert with Special Forces, not SEALS, using laser designators to designate where the primary targets are. The buzz saw sound is the 20mm mini gun , and the hack-hack sound is the 30mm chain guns. Of course you can see the hydra 2.75 rockets as well as the large explosions being the Hellfire Missiles. If you have never seen anything like this before, this is The Army in Action. We don't get a lot of publicity, of course it is not sought, what we do is covertly done without a lot of fanfare. We just do it, we don't brag about it. It is a great light show, but know you are looking through an infrared night vision device so it can all be captured digitally. Here's a great clip of the "Night Stalkers" in their birds rolling in hot on ISIS with chain guns and penetrators, guided of course - by Special Forces (SF) with laser target designators.
The SF guys definitely have their boots on the ground.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=657786650983972&fref=nf
Yeah, I'm not even gonna ask....
(http://s29.postimg.org/q5kc0iyyv/Jack.png)
DW
Me & my posse.
~S~
My friend Mike and #44 in the Indy news paper for rides.
http://www.shelbynews.com/news/article_dc29b36e-5a15-11e4-8f80-6f5ed4452ed3.html?mode=story
TD
Nice story, TD.
S~
Here's a couple of before and after pix from my boat.
Before and after the dodger (windscreen) and bimini (canopy) replacement. Also had window panels added around the cockpit.
http://1drv.ms/1wrLcdd (http://1drv.ms/1wrLcdd)
Cockpit? Does'nt a boat have a bridge?
DW
Very Nice.
~S~
WOW! BBQ...that is soooo cool. I am happy for you my friend...enjoy.
TD
Sweet. Don't fall asleep and run in to any shipping containers. (roll)
Hugs for everyone!
Can't wait to see that boat at seal beach harbor, I'll even bring that creepy hugging clown.
S!
So I start a new campaign in Silent Hunter 4 and where do they send me for my first patrol?
(http://s11.postimg.org/4ilfg1isj/wtfbob.png)
Seriously?
And not one word from you, SKAT.
DW
I didn't know you were in to SH DW. Its a bit slow, but, I love that game. Wish Hyperlobby listed it. Id really dig playing it online for once. Sub vs sub, hell ya.
There was'nt alot of sub vs sub action during the second world war, unless a submerged sub caught one transiting on the surface.
I think the SH4 multiplayer is more like COOPs vs a convoy or task force.
DW
Your next mission will probably be landing Marine Raiders in Moose Bay to take out a enemy held Beaver Dam. :drinking-43:
Pfft, Moose Bay is on a land locked lake in Saskatchewan, how would I get my gato class submarine into that.....wait a minute....
DW
~S~
12 min. of sooooo cool flying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6McV4L_K7xA
:happy-112: :happy-112: :happy-112:
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/10850083_1007009595979627_6936106864140045806_n.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/10850083_1007009595979627_6936106864140045806_n.jpg.html)
~S~
Thanks Turbo and did you know that there are still 900 bodys still inside her hull.
Here's a link to an article on the U.S.S. Arizona. Remember Pearl Harbor!
http://www.azcentral.com/story/life/az-narratives/2014/12/04/uss-arizona-pearl-harbor-history/19788563/ (http://www.azcentral.com/story/life/az-narratives/2014/12/04/uss-arizona-pearl-harbor-history/19788563/)
10 humming allison's... :drinking-43: :drinking-42:
and a video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCF-vVYsgA
(https://38.media.tumblr.com/81a63e20473509d24b769be65b0d1775/tumblr_ng8vsaTZzY1qznvi3o1_1280.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/f2OLMdt.jpg)
Good One. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=agwnwqCdwl8
~S~
This what formation flying is like.
http://www.chonday.com/Videos/fivebujawe2
Can you imagine an uninformed ATC guy seeing that on his scope?
Nice one TD
S!
Archie?
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/rGYAAOSwaNBUf1ad/$_57.JPG)
Available on eBay, only $200.
S!
(http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Homer-reads-Archie-500.jpg)
Hate those Riverdale punks so much!
DW
Hey Darkwolf is that you!! reading Archie love book lol :lol
~S~
Nah...gator...that's Archie readin' about his self an his $35,500.00 kill pay.
Na, he's just looking at the pictures.
here's something i've never heard of until today, single bladed propellers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqiBb98o1D8
story and more info
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/watch-an-old-man-prove-how-dangerous-hand-starting-a-pl-1678360419
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(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/dljjsbks925kpu1pu6du.jpg)
~S~
Some of the best WW2 aircraft pictures I have ever seen. When you get to the bottom of page 1...click on page 3.
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=15
TD
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8475/8092024817_a9591d4d9a.jpg)
This is that fellow I was talking about, what a silly nickname!
DW
Quote from: _AH_taldrg on January 19, 2015, 05:55:36 AM
~S~
Some of the best WW2 aircraft pictures I have ever seen. When you get to the bottom of page 1...click on page 3.
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=14428&finish=15&start=15
TD
Are you on page 3 TD?
Well Well I believe a well picked nick name, I am in good company a swell looking kid LIKE ME and he is an ACE. Hmmm oh no I can feel my head swelling ouch that hurt ok I am back to normal now I THINK. Tanks DW
http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=31816
He served as William Shomo wingman. Shomo was a medal of honor recipient during the same mission Lipscomb got the fly cross. If I read it right Shomo shot down seven aircraft on that mission. So a well picked nick name. UH OH its swelling again oh man its getten real big this time I think it permanent this time :lol :lol :lol :give-me-beer-0034:
Little ol me. :happy-112:
http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/G0014491.jpg
I like this one better Z,
http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/S6300369.jpg.html :sleep-058:
S!
:give-me-beer-0034: :lol-034:
:lol-034: forgot aboot that one.
On the coffee cup this morning, is it a sign?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--XyvdjuANtA/VM0aB00fsLI/AAAAAAAACME/TeahTmocal4/w1313-h985-no/0131150953.jpg)
Could be.
I'd be more impressed if it was beside the virgin mary on a mexican grilled cheese sandwich.
DW
:happy-112: Joy :happy-112:
Thanks Twenty S!
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Ive got a working cockpit clock. Now all I need is a Artificial Horizon and a plate to mount them on and Ill be set. These things are so kewl.
~S~
The only guage there that will work with out a vaccume system is the altimeter(sp)and you have to set it at the berametric pressure(it shows 3039)to show how high you are standing above sea level.
Taildrag
Really, didn't know that TD. I was wondering if the altimeter would react to barometric pressure without a power source being applied, but, I don't really care if they work or not. Real nice to Twenty to get them to me. I just thought they were a kewl thing to have sitting around. Besides, maybe one day I can use them in a cockpit for my game. Wouldn't that rock. Wish there was a way to get them to work in concert with the game. But amyways. If I get to where I can build me a cockpit for the game, Ill have them. Be nice if I was good at cabinet building and/or wood working. Buy hey TD. Ill have to get with you and you can explain just how to read this type of altimeter. I understand the ones we use in the game, but, this one has a few things that I don't know what they are and what they do.
well, i've just bought my first house this week, unfortunately it's inside a giant snow globe. none the less, i'm quite happy.
located in the quiet town of manchaug massachusetts, it was built in 1884, sits on ~2.5 acres with a small river in the back yard and built like a rock.
now i just need a new computer desk and a pellet stove to help warm this house up.
:drinking-43: ~S~ auto
(http://i.imgur.com/nNDUNk3.jpg)
Awesome... great looking old place eh ..
Built in 1884? Dang.
DW
Congrats Auto very picturesque home.
My first house here in Washington was built in 1908 and I remodeled the down stairs found newspapers from the 50 in the walls.
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on February 08, 2015, 04:49:25 AM
My first house here in Washington was built in 1908 and I remodeled the down stairs found newspapers from the 50 in the walls.
oh yeah, well i've got newspapers from the 40's in mine! :drinking-42: :drinking-43:
http://i.imgur.com/tTp6Obk.jpg
(http://i.imgur.com/tTp6Obk.jpg)
Bra and Girdle sale?
Huba Huba.
Swell gams.
23 skidoo.
S!
Idlike to read more about what it says about the Blockade. But, other than that. Neat stuff.
Wow, only $1.59 a gallon!
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/w20000305.htm
Here is a photo tour of a French ballistic Submarine pretty cool.
http://www.cnet.com/pictures/a-tour-of-the-ballistic-missile-submarine-redoutable/
French Military History in a Nutshell
Gallic Wars: Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.
Hundred Years War: Mostly lost, saved at last by a female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare - "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchmen."
Italian Wars: Lost. France becomes the first and only country ever to lose two wars when fighting Italians.
Wars of Religion: France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots.
Thirty Years' War: France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
War of Devolution: Tied; Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.
The Dutch War: Tied.
War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War: Lost, but claimed as a tie. Deluded Frogophiles the world over label the period as the height of French Military Power.
War of the Spanish Succession: Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved ever since.
American Revolution: In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting".
French Revolution: Won, primarily due to the fact that the opponent was also French.
The Napoleonic Wars: Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
The Franco-Prussian War: Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
WWI: Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like not only to sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
WWII: Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.
War in Indochina: Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with Dien Bien Flu.
Algerian Rebellion: Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a Western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare -"We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Eskimos.
War on Terrorism: France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe.
Laaame, Jack.
DW
Viva Le Soorennndorrr!!
S!
Laaame, Hogan.
DW
I seen this and thought it worthy of the attention of the modelers out there ..
http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/showthread.php?27886-West-Coaster-2011-Dynamic-Dioramas-quot-B17-Airbase-quot
Enjoy
~S~ Bear
Wow, that's beautiful.
S!
Speaking of building things, anouther B-29 will join FiFi in the air later this year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=272&v=0VaSeXFnO5A
S!
great website to browse. http://www.lonesentry.com/images
This incredible photograph, shot in 1940s, shows a BOAC Airlines DC-3 sitting on the ramp at what would become RAF Gibraltar, as searchlights flood the night sky in search of enemy aircraft.
(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/1227601737503421029.jpg)
Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters sit with propellers running and wings folded on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) during World War II. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
(http://www.lonesentry.com/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/F6F-Hellcat-fighters-on-USS-Saratoga.jpg)
A U.S. Navy Vought F4U-1 Corsair photographed with a test pilot at the Vought factory in Stratford, Connecticut.
(http://www.lonesentry.com/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Vought-test-pilot-with-US-Navy-Vought-F4U-1-Corsair.jpg)
Bell P-39 Airacobra photographed at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands.
(http://www.lonesentry.com/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/guadalcanal.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on March 25, 2015, 05:26:53 PM
Speaking of building things, anouther B-29 will join FiFi in the air later this year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=272&v=0VaSeXFnO5A
S!
That video shows as private for me..:(
Mee too :unhappy-059:
~S~
If I remember rightly they spent a ton of money on FiFi and on first take off test one of the engines caught fire. BTW wasnot the engines on the 29 the same as on the P-47?
The B29 had Curtis R 3350. P 47 had pw 2800
~S~
OPPS!....there went another brain cell. Thanks Turbo for the correction.
~S~
Words and pictures to live by..
http://www.doyletics.com/tidbits/militaryadvice.pdf
~S~
Formation flting:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0bc_1428285879
Thanks TD..even Mrs. fragg got some laffs
...and my favorite:
'There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.'
What cha think of my new ride. :happy-112:.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/GOPR3458.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/GOPR3458.jpg.html)
Nice :happy-112:
~S~
Ya ata clean her up next time ya tak a pitcher.
Nice Zulu. I like the Altima.
That's nice! Glad to see you got some new wheels. What year?
He only got that cause the local dealership was out of these :
(http://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/61026/61026_Side_Profile_Web.jpg)
No hillbilly willingly drives a Nissan.
DW
A Chrysler training film; especially for you technical types.
https://youtu.be/MXW0bx_Ooq4
2012 Olds
DW, it had under 200.000 miles AND its a truck so they wanted 28,000 for it. I just cant see giving that much for a 2 wheel drive truck. EVEN if it does come with rocking chair. :happy-112:
Good luck with the car! Hope you got a 'squeal of a deal' on it :)
My son just got one and he likes the gas mileage he gets with it. :happy-119:
Was looking at the Airfix model website and amongst the images for one of their new Spitfire releases was this large version of the box artwork, pretty sweet. Click on the image for the full size.
(http://2e7fd430838d304f1516-467f5d9f2ca7b7b12f8a116e60ea9c1d.r77.cf3.rackcdn.com/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/0/a05126-spitfire_1.jpg)
DW
The RCAF's 2015 demo aircraft is paying tribute to the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and is done up with some appropriate camo on it's upper surfaces with some WWII roundels and 401 squadron codes.
(http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/assets/AIRFORCE_Internet/images/news-nouvelles/2015/04/bn01-2015-0186-005-cropped-2.jpg)
The image is kinda huge, click on it to see the larger version. Looks pretty cool. They even put the hurricane gun ports on the leading edge of the wing, lol!
DW
Cool photo.... Funny how it says, "je te plumerai"
Got to see them fly that at the Chino airshow last month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxLlTQLWhVk
S!
~S~
What has "je te plumerai" which means "I pluck you" got to do with anything?
Jyst wondering.
Not a clue.... maybe some crazy Canuuk thing will Geese and all that?????
The Canada Goose protects our boarders...Now why do you suppose
they call it the American "BALD" Eagle ?
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That CF-18 is from 425 Squadron, which is based in Bagotville, Quebec. When 425 was formed during WWII it had mostly french canadian air and ground crews and was given the name "Les Alouettes". An Alouette is a type of bird and there is a french song that goes "Alouette, gentile Alouette, Alouette je te plumerai" which became the squadron motto on their crest. It means "I will pluck you" I think.
DW
(http://www.airforcebadges.ca/badges/RCAF-425Sqn(d).jpg)
Whoops, they were'nt "Les Alouettes", just Alouettes.
DW
Stop plucking helpless birds!
Just look at the colors on that patch...all the colors of a rainbow!
What kinda rainbow Jack???
a formation of american a-20 havocs fly back after bombing point du hoc, normandy, france, in may, 1944.
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The F-35 Lightning II, the P-38 Lightning and the F-22 Raptor – which was originally named "Lightning" – are all fighters made by mega-defense contractor Lockheed. And being a mega–contractor, it has mega history. Here are those three planes showcased under a sky set ablaze with fireworks. Taken at this years Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/three-lockheed-lightnings-look-awesome-in-this-wild-pho-1720033025
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Now there is some heavy Air Power. Too bad that it is not enough to defeat the Afgan Air Force or the ISIS Air Force.
Quote from: _AH_taldrg on July 25, 2015, 02:30:51 PM
~S~
Now there is some heavy Air Power. Too bad that it is not enough to defeat the Afgan Air Force or the ISIS Air Force.
i think the last 5 or so airworthy P-38's could take on ISIS no problem!
https://youtu.be/xubCaOlHJOE?t=1m20s
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ppSV4E6rrI/UaoTAjqtF6I/AAAAAAAABms/bOt74HGUec0/s1600/5p38s.jpg)
~S~
But how do we get our gutless officials to send them? If these people in control now were running WW2 it would still be going on.
Quote from: _AH_taldrg on July 25, 2015, 08:55:56 PM
~S~
But how do we get our gutless officials to send them? If these people in control now were running WW2 it would still be going on.
hit that nail right on the head! it's a travesty.
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Free beer and wine with any purchase at Cook's tires in Fullerton Ca.
Guess they got my biz from now on.
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click on play all ...sit back an enjoy.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ :happy-112:
The rules of engagement I believe is what separates the savages from the righteous. We can no longer with the invention of the TV Carpet bomb an area suspected to hold terrorist. I believe that if we were at war with the country as we were with Iraq the ROE would be different. ISIS would no longer be a threat, but because they do not care who dies and shroud themselves with the innocent we can not just drop a bomb on them. It is a different world we live in now. Just saying. Even the warriors that are fighting the Terrorist agree that it is very tuff to weed them out when they know for a fact it is a Terrorist. But if the TV were to show a school hit by a bomb or a miss fired rocket hits the wrong house America today would have a field day and it is the Government that pays the price now. Not trying say it is Justified but it is a different Era we live in now. Even when I was in the Navy during the 80 and into the 90 a display of force like loading missile and threatening another countries ship was deemed unjust and the CO relieved of command and this was during the cold war with Russia.
~S~ :drinking-42: :drinking-43:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/all-these-jaw-dropping-airplane-images-were-taken-by-th-1721264161
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~S~
So..there are a lot of fighter planes. So what. It went for 13 years and they could not defeat the Afgan Air Force or the other nations Air Forces spreading hatred in the world. Just more money to the builders of the planes.
Love the skin on that F-18
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When I fly the Typhoon, I like to use the "50 British Guys" loadout.
(http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/groups/1/3/2044/thumb_620x2000/typhoon.jpg)
DW
Aerodynamics could be problematic....
SNAKE!!!
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Copperhead?
~S~
Can't tell---it has no 'head'.
Yup, I cut it off. It was a Copperhead and a BIG one.
Per NBC News:
The wreckage of a World War II Soviet plane and the remains of two crew members, believed to have been shot down by German forces in 1945, have been retrieved from a riverbed in central Poland, local media reported.
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The recovered remains of the Soviet fighter bomber
The recovered remains of the Soviet bomber. GRZEGORZ MICHALOWSKI / EPA
The plane was pulled out from the mud of the Bzura river, some 43 miles west of Warsaw, after draught caused the water level to fall to a record low.
Polish media said the remains of two crew members were also found. The plane has been taken to a museum in the nearby town of Wyszogrod, where it will be examined.
"It was a Soviet plane. All inscriptions on it were written in Cyrillic script," museum director Zdzislaw Leszczynski told Polish television. "The pilots were dressed in furry shoes and sheepskin coat suggesting (the plane was shot down in) January 1945."
Footage of the excavation on Sunday showed explorers using a metal detector and examining the wreckage's depth with metal pins in the muddy riverbed as local residents looked on.
Related: Nazi Treasure Train Hunt: 'Something' Found, But What?
"People knew (about the plane)," one resident said. "The wreckage has even been examined by touch several times. However, it hasn't been excavated due to the water level, which is usually two meters higher at least."
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WOW! Look at the size of that engine.
What is it though I wonder? Single engine or twin?
DW
I was wondering the same thing. I'm going to say single engine. It looks like it has been bent side ways and pushed to the left side of the air frame.
~S~
You got that right Z. Things do get shoved around when you hit the water at 300 knots.
Off to kill the bird of love and peace, see ya in a week
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Well, Ive been looking at ALOT of pic. of WWII Russian aircraft. The more I look, the more I think its what left of a IL2. What makes me think this is the belly of this plane or whats left of it. Where would the gear go. It would have to fold completely under the wings and the IL2 is the only one that I know of that does that. So, I'm thinking IL2. Kinda neat huh?
~S~
Yep!
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Just a few pix of some of the stuff that's been getting done to the boat.
http://1drv.ms/1L8cBtN Davits, Dinghy, and Hatch to Aft Locker
http://1drv.ms/1L8cj67 Aft Berth
http://1drv.ms/1L8cs9C Top Down View into Locker
http://1drv.ms/1L8cSNc Generator Being Lowered into Locker
http://1drv.ms/1L8cXkb Generator Resting Comfortably in Its New Home
It's so shinny!
Nice!
Hey BBQ did you realize your yellow name tag fell off
and stuck to the generator...just sayin..........
:happy-026: :happy-119: :happy-016:
:lol
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I like it. Dipstick - good nickname. And it reminded me of a girl I dated a long time ago that would tell me I was like a human dipstick. i don't know why. Plus it kinda makes me feel like i'm mechanically inclined or something.
And it makes Archie laugh - that's gotta be worth something.
was hat you in the photo in the hat or you takin the photo
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Or vise versa!
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Lippy, that is the guy that does most of the fabrication work here. Nice guy and very good at what he does. I took the pic.
I think I remember you in a beard which is why I asked but I figured you was taking the pic
I think you can see the toes of BB's shoes in one of the pictures, but that's it.
DW
The BBQ pilot skin variant he claimed did not exist. Then why was it in my cache BBQ? Why was it in my cache?
(http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/gallery/9_23_09_15_2_29_50.bmp)
DW
Not as attractive as BBQ, .... butt... :lol
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The only leg I have to hang on is I thought we were talking about a plane skin. (wavey)
No, no, pilot skin.
Also, I am like 80-90% sure I did not say "leg to hang on" you %@$ #@%$ son of a %$%#!
DW
I have to go with BB on this I heard plane not pilot neener neener
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on September 25, 2015, 10:12:39 PM
I have to go with BB on this I heard plane not pilot neener neener
Oh come on, considering the number of times you are confuddled you have no leg to hang on!
DW
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That's a good pilot skin though. I had forgotten about that one.
LMAO :lol
Your not going to be able to hide from me in the clouds anymore Jack. Just got an upgrade to a 32" Vizio 1080p 120Hz HD TV for my main screen for my birthday. Wow, love it. That's my old 22"Dell on the left.
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The clouds will be bigger. And, congrats on the upgrade.
Rats, didn't think of that.
WOW that is nice, is that a tv or a monitor, I tthink the bigger you go the more definition you will see. Just saying now i will SHUT UP
:lol
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~S~
That's $5 in the jar Bear.
I see Jack finally made it to the Holiday Inn just not all the way to the room
~S~
I'm missing ya' in the lead plane Arch.
I had some records that were being deleted and one of them pointed me to this photo of a B-25 Mitchell taking off from the deck of the USS Ranger. Kind of cool never knew this took place. Keep in mind the Range is a Forrestal class supercarriers , much longer than the original aircraft carrier the USS Hornet CV-8 it took off from.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Ranger_(CV-61)_B-25_Mitchell_Doolittle_reenactment.jpg
Cool pic Lip, here is something simular and a little louder from 1995 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQIqmk6FsdI
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WOW I never knew they took WW2 aircraft and launched them from an active carrier, Nice vid Hogan
AWESOME HOGAN.... THANKS FOR THAT
:drinking-42: :drinking-43:
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Just saw the pic, Bear. I love it.
Captured Jap cart?
http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday (http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday)
Directions:
Left Click and hold on each photo, and then drag your mouse gently from left to Right on the original photograph and it will be become a photo of the exact same location and view in 2014.
Or just click on the picture.
Drag it back to the left and you are back in 1944!
Scroll down for more of the same. Just fascinating!
Freakin awesome!
Very cool
Been doing some painting and a bit of remodeling to my man cave. Took out the closet, wasn't using it anyways. Replaced it with a 73"x25" countertop. Painted the room and installed new LED lighting. Going to try to give the whole place a facelift this winter.
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Very nice Z,noticed the chess game in lower left,assume you play.
That's not chess Gat, those are salt and pepper shakers
Kinda small,guess that's why he has so many of them uh.
http://www.tailsthroughtime.com/2010/06/prior-to-arrival-of-boeing-b-52.html
http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=175581
(more photos)
labor day, monday september 1st, 1952 at 6:42 p.m. a tornado struck the flight line at carswell air force base, fort worth, texas. 76 convair B-36 peacemaker bombers of the 7th and 11th bombardment wings were damaged, knocking out nearly two-thirds of the strategic air command's bomber force. the air base was also left awash in thousands of gallons of aviation fuel from ruptured fuel tanks. one bomber, B-36D-10-CF serial number 49-2051, of the 98th bombardment squadron, had been blown across the air base and into a ravine over a mile away. its fuselage was broken in half and its tail and left wing were missing. of the 76 damaged peacemakers, only one thrown into the ravine was damaged beyond repair. all the others returned to service by 11 may 1953.
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I like the 2nd pic, they appear to be walking arm in arm.
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nice set up twenty.... and those pictures of before and after were really interesting thanks
boom!
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V1 ?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on November 15, 2015, 02:55:57 PM
V1 ?
wasn't sure at first.. some snooping around says its a me-163 komet. it would explain the boom, especially if they caught it right after take off, that fuel was volatile! not 100% sure though.
It'll buff out...
~S~
Looks like a 'scud' explosion as in 'desert storm'.
The guy at bottom right can't get off his smart phone!
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got to love a well "colorized" photo...
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~S~.. Pictures TD wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to see...
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(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/USMC-II-VI_zpsri6taqrj.jpg)
Enjoy
Awesome!
Are these available in hi res?
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~S~
These 'strip maps' are what were issued for missions. One is for the attacks on Bougainville from Henderson field on Guadalcanal. The other one was for the mission for the attack flights from Bougainville to Rebaul. They were made from silk or cloth. They were also the same type as issued to pilots in Europe.
A new digital aviation artist -
http://www.adamtooby.com/#!world-war-2/c6oq
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Right chaps, that Tiger will never expect us from above!
DW
Tank driver - "Ohi! This is gonna bloody hurt!"
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on January 14, 2016, 11:11:53 PM
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Right chaps, that Tiger will never expect us from above!
DW
https://youtu.be/zAKksqKR3pI
I forgot, Jack wanted me to post the picture of him playing his new favorite game.
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DW
:happy-026: i can't wait to see the mods for it.
US naval base at Ulithi
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52966
Can't get that link to come up right now but we do have a map in HSFX with Ulithi Atoll. It's the one we used for the TF-58 warmup room, it's called Western Carolines.
DW
Maybe the warbirds site is down. I got it in a email and it opened just fine and then I posted it. But now it wont even open from the email. I have no idea about maps DW. The number of ships there you could walk across the ocean it is impressive, it was the main staging area for the Pacific fleet so the write up says.
Yeah Ulithi was used as the forward staging area for the fast carrier task force later in the war. Probobly pictures like this eh?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Murderers_row_at_Ulithi_atoll.jpg)
DW
Murderers row.
Wasp (CV 18), Yorktown (CV 10), Hornet (CV 12), and
Hancock (CV 19) anchored in Ulithi Atoll Dec 1944
more from ulithi
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/images/Mark_Allen_M3/ShipsoftheFifthFleetatanchorinUlithiAtoll_zps6d4be270.jpg)
(http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/images/Mark_Allen_M3/1944_12_Ulithi_1280x_zpsa29ec064.jpg)
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Alright Auto, now recreate that exact scene in the game, you have 24 hours, aaaaaaaaaand go!
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on January 23, 2016, 10:48:15 PM
Alright Auto, now recreate that exact scene in the game, you have 24 hours, aaaaaaaaaand go!
DW
okay, i'll have the mission ready for tomorrow... prepare for lag.
Loading Stationary Ships 1%....
DW
So... almost all of our snow here was gone yesterday.. then it started snowing last night and hasnt stopped yet .. this is what i woke up to this morning 31/01/16.
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The box looking thing in the foreground is the top of my smoker, has about 6 inches of snow on it...
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Supposedly, the first El Nino Storm of the season for S. Cal... We sure need the rain.
The Cavalier Dart Mustang / Turbo Mustang III, from around 68' which became the Piper Enforcer in the early 70's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier_Mustang
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/swissmustangs/DartMustang.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/swissmustangs/a68-187-4.jpg)
(http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Mustang-A68-187a/DartMustangOzImagePeterSledge001.sized.jpg)
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Turbo Prop?
I vote no.
~S~
I would hate to see where the CG would be with that much nose heavy. Take a lot of up elev. trim for take off.
I vote fugly.
DW
Summer is almost here
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omg... just threw up in my mouth alittle.... thanks Archie...
It's almost tube top time, and time for the girls to start showing their belly buttons again.
~S~
Jack!...Go to your ROOM and never come out.
Tomorrow -
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(http://q-zon-fighterplanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Grumman-F9F-2-Panther.jpg)
And on the eighth day God created Canadians, because even Americans need heroes.
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Were you not listening at the meeting under the tree in Edmonton?
Keep....the moose cavalry.....SECRET.
Freggin British Columbians anyways.
DW
Oh.. i thought that was about where we will have to hide the beer when the Mericans claim refugee after that Clinton :censored-015: gets in....
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:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
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On behalf of Canada I would like to apologize for Bear's constant america bashing. We are not all like that. We will soon be changing Bear's name to Scott.
Cause Scott is a dick.
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DW
The only true way to know that you are great is by the slanderous statements. If we were a small third world country you would have nothing to say. I take it as a compliment. :happy-112:
I thought it was frikken hilarious..
holy moly!
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
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Wow.
Looking at the metal deflection it prob came from his 6?
Do some research, I have to know!
That looks like "Gabby"
http://acesofww2.com/USA/aces/gabreski/
Gabreski flew in the 56th FG, whose nose cowling was Red.
The pilot was
Lt Edwin Wright of the
404th Fighter Groupscroll down three photos from the link below:
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-35699521
Quote
Wright belonged to the Ninth Air Force, which, following the ground invasion of France in June 1944, moved its bases from Britain to mainland Europe in order to provide closer support to the advancing troops. This picture was taken near St Trond, Belgium.
It was not the first time Wright's aircraft had been hit on a mission. By the time this photograph was taken, the 19-year-old had completed 39 missions and survived being hit by flak six times.
Wright was considered a very fortunate man by his squadron, who nicknamed him Lucky for his ability to evade death. The hole here measured eight inches in diameter in an 11-inch propeller. If the damage had been an inch and a half over on either side, the blade would have severed and Wright would have been brought down.
Wright died, aged 34, from lung cancer.
Hollywood wins!
Good job on the research guys..
Quote from: _AH_Hollywood on March 06, 2016, 07:51:42 PMWright died, aged 34, from lung cancer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbHMZ6WSzlc
~S~
I only speak for WW2 but the cigerettes I saw was Chesterfield....Lucky Strike....Camel and they were 5 cents a pack and 50 cents a carton. After WW2 they really went up in price 'cause the manufacturs had thousads of military hooked at 5 cents a pack.
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Keep your eye on that bug eyed cat he looks twitchy LMAO
Were ready!!!
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Hey Hogan.... that cat of yours has some pretty shify eyes :lol
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
http://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-38-lightning/
ground crew member in vehicle made from salvaged parts including a P-38 fuel tank, Italy, 1945.
(http://i.imgur.com/evOYOeb.jpg)
My condolences Canada.
Rest in peace Rob
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Kami attack on the Mighty Mo. -
Right before it hits -
(https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9d09df2d77a7482fa7ea2efc4/images/1dd59af6-9693-4ccf-8455-44637674d077.jpg)
Jap gun jammed in the barrel of a 40mm Bofors where the wing struck it
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Damage still visible today -
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S!
wow, the gun in the gun is amazing...
here's the silly nazi's version.
(http://i.imgur.com/hmjSUWJ.jpg)
No pic!
haha they park it in the living room to watch tv
~S~ Hey gang. I'm sure ya'll remember me talking about build a cockpit control panel. Well, I decided to make it happen. I'm mainly worried about 'Trim Controls".
So, I got my hands on a old High School Score board control box. That's what I'm starting with. I'm stripping it down and cleaning it up to install a BBI-32 Button Box Interface,
http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=94&products_id=205&zenid=8ee112c2be6112674b26754e28ffa593
which I'm basing it on.. I might even have room to install some of those gauges Twenty kicked down to me. I'm waiting on the mail to get the controller, then I'm going to try to order 3x 360 Degree Continuous Potentiometer for my Trim Controls, which leaves me "32 independent digital inputs for buttons and switches". Which should give me all the room I need to upgrade and install all sort of controls. Right now I'm more worries about getting Trim Controls installed and running. Parts and time, that's all I need now. Ill post what pix I have now and more as I get it all together.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160325_000330.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160325_000330.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160326_155645.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160326_155645.jpg.html)
awesome Z! :drinking-42: :drinking-43:
speaking of DIY... my new dog decided to chew and eat a good 80% of the usb wire on my "classic" microsoft force feedback 2... splicing it with a extra usb cord i had laying around right now.
it's basically the only joystick i've used since i started playing flight sims so it's all i know... and apparently very hard to come by now a days. i had to get my newest one from e-bay for a substantial amount of money...
(http://i.imgur.com/uyZuvVo.jpg)
Bad Dog!
And trim those nails...
S!
Someone made an HMS Ark Royal for IL-2.
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/img/28959226/ArkRoyal_ship.jpg)
(http://www2.pic-upload.de/img/28959244/ArkRoyal_stationary.jpg)
DW
Thats cool
If anybody could advise me...teach me how to post certain videos that I come across occasionily I would like that very much...as I do get some dynomite videos from some very good sites :help-sos-sos-29402:
Me new boat & truck
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fxxa7s8unznbhfr/AAAYF1i2cLSW8Q7JUXpmvyM8a?dl=0
Very nice rig Jack
Six rigs in da holders, now if he only had 5 friends to fish with...
I'm getting you one of these for that front curb.
(http://www.buytoolsforhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_0155.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Jack on April 21, 2016, 12:16:59 AM
Me new boat & truck
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fxxa7s8unznbhfr/AAAYF1i2cLSW8Q7JUXpmvyM8a?dl=0
going to be quite the speed boat with a 115 on the back! very nice!
how do you like the colorado? i had a 2004 one and loved it.. sold it in 2011 and got a VW GTI, big change... but i've been thinking of getting a truck again and i'm torn between the new colorado and the new tacoma. (roll)
The boat is quite fast...had it up over 40 mph without opening it fully. I love the Colorado. It's got lots of power and tows the boat with no effort. It rides more like a car than a truck, and is very quiet and comfortable.
I saw your pictures Jack.... very nice rig and boat.... am very happy for you buddy.... but Jack....is there room on the floorboard for those shoes??? :happy-112: :surprised-027: and do u water ski ? lol
Be that thing sways and bounces like crazy
Hey Dan... those pics give new meaning to FLY FISHING lol man thats up in the air baby :help-sos-sos-29402:
haha Dan.... hey ive got a 24 foot extension ladder... aluminum..... and when i clean the high gutters its really scarey.... of course your ladders arnt from Home Depot either :help-sos-sos-29402:
S~
That looks way sturdier than the 80 footer I used to climb when I was in the sign business. The thing I remember most about it, other than the bouncing around, is how weird it was to have nothing but open air in front of me on the way up. On the other hand, all I had to carry up there was my tool belt and maybe a couple of ballasts or some 8 foot florescent bulbs.
Ive got a Multiband Dipole that would look real nice up there.
CQ,CQ.
Abby first Solo flight.(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/Abby.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/Abby.jpg.html)
German WWII Half-track Pulled Out of a River in Poland -
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/amazing-german-wwii-halftrack-pulled-out-of-a-river-incredible-condition.html
S!
wow hogan... hey was that front tire a continental ? dont know if continental tire is same company today?
That was probably one of those deals where an American company make products under license. When the war started, they would have been under the control of the German government, and were bound by licensing agreements. I think Rolls Royce also had some engines used by the Germans under license, if I remember correctly.
Meanwhile in Canada -
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/22b59b93d5eaa7eedc652cf8f0c2643d/tumblr_o76k90wHrk1r3q1fqo1_1280.jpg)
Naw..Thats Down town L.A.... the line up in front of the welfare office
Guess you missed the U.S. flag on the house across the street :lol :lol :lol-034:
The guy with the flag is an ex-pat.
No pic Jack.
Sad lose of pilot and aircraft -
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/ny-air-show-plane-crashes-into-hudson-river-1464443360-lMyQjAxMTE2MjI4ODAyNzgwWj
The plane is in incredible shape for a water landing, wonder what killed him...
S!
Air Show Pics from the Portage La Prairie, Man. air show
http://s273.photobucket.com/user/fraggmann/slideshow/
Im the short little fat guy with the stach
The little fella is my bosses son "Spencer" (8)
The other Kid with the toque is my 14 year old son Stefan
Nice pics short little fat guy with the stache.. lol
TD Birthday Dinner (http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/TD.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/TD.jpg.html) :bomb-034:
:bomb-034:
Happy birthday TD...sure wish we could sing to ya!!!
Don't worry Shrt, the AH Choir has a memory like an elephant.
DW
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/canadian%20hammock_zps6ufwzfar.jpg)
(http://65.media.tumblr.com/d2284aed23c895edaf7d47e6458b66dc/tumblr_o8j3iemUQT1r3q1fqo1_500.jpg)
(kooky) :lol
wrong turn...
(http://s33.postimg.org/s0ns30rtr/planelandingwhoops.gif)
My drone ,
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/x8hc.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/x8hc.jpg.html)
shipped out today
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/3159162-Sanpan-0.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/3159162-Sanpan-0.jpg.html)
cant wait.
ETA: July 7th
Yup, its the slow boat. That's ok, itll give me more time to crash my current drone.
Jack's daughters in new boat?
https://goo.gl/photos/g781N23VfJrgsxfi8 (https://goo.gl/photos/g781N23VfJrgsxfi8)
How'd you know, Twenty?
Well, I was wrong. My new drone got here real fast.
Here it is. The Syma X8HC with "Altitude Hold."
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160618_153142.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160618_153142.jpg.html)
The can there to give you an ideal on the size of this thing.
The truth and nothing but........ (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj237/fraggmann/13423833_10157010748525258_6397740713391326368_n.jpg) (http://s273.photobucket.com/user/fraggmann/media/13423833_10157010748525258_6397740713391326368_n.jpg.html)
Quote from: _AH_z5o on June 18, 2016, 07:38:19 PM
Well, I was wrong. My new drone got here real fast.
Here it is. The Syma X8HC with "Altitude Hold."
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160618_153142.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160618_153142.jpg.html)
The can there to give you an ideal on the size of this thing.
That is cool! I also see that you have the Kentucky Soda Pop, Ale8 1. Tried it once...kinda different...couldn't help but notice.
Its the only thing I drink.
~S~ Gang, Heres some new pix fom my drone. Sorry for the tilt. It was windy and I don't have a gimbal,,, yet.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0002.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0002.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0000.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0000.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0010.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0010.jpg.html)
Had a little crash to day. The wind was up a little and I was running with it. Which meant I had a lot of speed and well. One thing led to another and crash. Hit so hard the battery went one way and the camera went another. The damage looked a lot worse than it was. I small buckling of one of the nacelle which doesn't seem to effect the drone any. The upper half of the body was popped loss. but, otherwise no problem. Except a buzzing sound in one engine that later jammed that engine. It turned out to be grass seed in the engine assembly. Took it apart, inspected and cleaned it and its back up no worse for wear.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160620_235406.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160620_235406.jpg.html)
Damaged nacelle
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160620_213506.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160620_213506.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160620_235922.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160620_235922.jpg.html)
I'm not sure what kind of repairs you're doing but you do realize human medication will probobly not work on the drone, right?
DW
LOL, ya, I didn't notice them til after I posted this. You make like the 3rd person to call me out on those.
That what the VA gave me for stubbing my toe....... jk
I must say I am kind of getting an urge to fly one of them things. Hey Z looks like my medicine cabinet. :lol
Sure sign your getting old.
Lippy, if you do decide to get one. Start small, try the Syma X5HC. You can fly that one in doors. Then, when your feeling a little braver, go for the one of the X8's. The X5 runs about $50 US on eBay and the X8 around $100. THEN, if your really feeling wormy, you can go get what I'm wanting.... DJI Phantom 3 or 4. They'll run you around $600 for the 3 and $1300 for the 4. Now if you really REALY want to go nuts. Get the DJI Inspire 1 $3000. But, just make sure you learn how to fly a cheaper one first. Your going to crash it. No matter how hard you try. It will happen. but, on the bright, you can get all the parts for them on eBay real cheap and their easy to work on and... upgrade. Got to love those upgrades. FPV, GPS Lock, ground radar, collision avoidance, Brushless motors, etc etc.
Ya indoors sounds fun especially during the rainy season. Well work is calling me time to run. ~S~
hey Z nice lookin drone u have there.....Ive been looking at them myself...looks like fun
~S~ Here some shots I took with my X8HC.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0001.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0001.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0004_1.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0004_1.jpg.html)
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/PICT0005.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/PICT0005.jpg.html)
this is the part of having a drone that interests me... the photographic part..... my my what s coming in the future
:happy-112: :happy-112:
~S~
Nimble, the future is here. The DJI Phantom 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=234&v=JJPSSqMQajA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHmOVShIspc
I want one of these so bad.
By the way, DJI will also insure your Phantom agents crash, theft etc.
Meanwhile, back at the bookstore -
(http://66.media.tumblr.com/57bb76e2d1c0a4adcf556abb54af6d26/tumblr_o9ec3vcZCD1r3q1fqo1_500.jpg)
Ordered the Syma X5HC 6 day shipping should be fun in the back yard.
S! Lippy. My advice, start low and slow. Small adjustments on the stick go a long way. Your going to crash, no matter what. That's normal. Make sure you completely understand the controls and their function and be VERY mindful of the wind. The X8 fights the wind nicely, but, it can be carried off if your not careful. AVIOD bodies of water at all cost. Other than that, the X8 is a nice bird to learn how to fly drones. Enjoy.
Facebook X8 group. Lots of good info there.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1582491725364445/
This just in... how many cases did you get DW???
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/bacon%20soda_zpspguugn0h.jpg)
I I want bacon I will chew mine thanks :lol
Little tuff getting used to the control's a bit to windy to fly outside today so been trying to fly around the living room gettin the hang of it. The bad side the battery is good for about 10 minutes of flight only small battery but for the money fun.
Joke of the day...
My wife and I went to the Calgary Bull Sale & Agricultural Show and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the breeding bulls. We went up to the first pen and there was a sign attached that said,
'THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR'
My wife playfully nudged me in the ribs ......smiled and said, 'He mated 50 times last year, that's almost once a week.'
We walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said,
''THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR'
My wife gave me a healthy jab and said, 'WOW~~That's more than twice a week ! ...........You could learn a lot from him.'
We walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said, in capital letters,
'THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR
'My wife was so excited that her elbow nearly broke my ribs, and said,
'That's once a day ..You could REALLY learn something from this one.'
I looked at her and said,
'Go over and ask him if every time was with the same old cow.'
My condition has been upgraded from critical to stable and I should eventually make a full recovery.
Good one Bear.
My hometown.. downtown Kelowna BC, picture taken from a restaurant called Earls on Top overlooking the "sails" and the marina on Okanagan lake...
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/kelowna%20pink_zpsrtnh4fh0.jpg)
Cantcha tell i love where i live.
Gorgeous did u use a filter Bear to get that much red.
I didnt take the picture... looks good tho.. Ive seen skies like that here before, Lower right you can see the Ogopogo statue... our Nessy
(http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab186/jonjett/13438847_536825209851381_7522639927773410330_n.jpg) (http://s862.photobucket.com/user/jonjett/media/13438847_536825209851381_7522639927773410330_n.jpg.html)
(http://i.imgur.com/JfNp3xZ.jpg)
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One drive doesn't like to let me show pix directly, but they give me links.
Here's a couple of my boat driving itself while I take pictures of it.
https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2dXDt-zFEVYmkI_
https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2akKuiz-WfOan9Z
Looks Good BB.
I think I see Twenty sailing in formation with your boat, BB...
DW
~S~
I sent a picture of your boat to Mike (the Stearman guy)to show him where we will be sleeping.
looks good buddy
S~
Thanks, Guys.
TD, you guys will be sleeping in the forward cabin - also known as the VIP Suite because it has its own head.Sounds pretty fancy, eh? From the top it's a boat, down below it's more like a 1960's Winnebago - but with fewer windows and less room.
I'll post some pix of the interior soon.
For when your arthritis kicks in -
https://vimeo.com/26364348
S!
~S~
Yep! My friend Mike and I are planing a flight out to visit BBQ this Sept. We leave Indianapolis IN. in his 1942 Stearman bi-plane and fly to Hullman Field VA. Counting fuel stops we should make it in about 7 hours and about $700 fuel cost round trip.
(http://p.fod4.com/p/media/f00240d189/G6eajmmfRi9Mev1jmyy9_Motorcycle%20Assistance.gif)
My bird.
Syma X8HC
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20160718_143717.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20160718_143717.jpg.html)
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Wanted to show anyone who's interested a comparison of my 35 year old and now dead Battery Charger and the one I replaced it with.
Tried using dropbox instead of OneDrive to post pix - It worked , kind of. The pic from Dropbox showed up, but it's too big to fit on the screen and it only showed about a third of the pix and wouldn't pan to see the rest - no auto sizing I guess. Haven't screwed around with the crap photo editor that came with Windows 10 yet. So for now, still just links to the pix.
The old one weighs in at about 45 pounds, and is about 18" X 7" X 9" - about the size of a mailbox. https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2gOog_noDz-4i3u (https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2gOog_noDz-4i3u)
I'm thinking it might make a good emergency anchor.
The new one weighs about 15 pounds and is about 14" X 8" x 2" https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2k1KoBusYMfgr0G (https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2k1KoBusYMfgr0G)
It's a little fuzzy in the pic because it's installed in a small space under the aft berth and there wasn't enough room to move the camera around for it to focus properly.
Going out for another sea trial today to make sure it keeps up with demand.
If it works I'll be anchored somewhere North of here tomorrow night - exactly where will depend on the wind - and hopefully will still be able to get online.
~S~
Happy sailing and may the wind always be at your back, just so you are back to your home port the middle of Sept. 'cause that is when I plan to fly out and see ya'.
TD
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Thanks, TD.
Looking forward to meeting you in person. Keep that schedule loose. I can only get about 10 Knts out of this rig so anywhere from mid September to mid October should be the plan.
I'll be underway in a few hours. Just going to top off the fuel and water tanks and make a grocery supply run before casting off. Hoping to be on the hook somewhere between the Rappahanock and Potomac Rivers, and online tonight.
Wanna know what I look like? Brace yourself. https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2rjZw4-mHB9s3QS (https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ak5rS71RlDvgh2rjZw4-mHB9s3QS)
BB you look a little dinghy.
Or maybe your the other one. Cant be sure at that camera angle
Ah... right on.. i expected the beard to be longer.. lol
What, no Browning M2 .50 on the aft deck? What about pirates?
S~
All guns are below deck.
Beard has been and will be longer again. I trimmed it up when I moved East but I'm used to the gut wrenching humidity now so I'm growing it out again.
Sometimes I feel kinda dingy, but I figure that's just from the heat and dehydration.
I do not have a small dinghy. It's perfectly proportioned.
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on July 22, 2016, 04:57:34 PM
What, no Browning M2 .50 on the aft deck? What about pirates?
BB is supposed to be the pirate, though I see neither a parrot nor appropriate headgear. Worst. Pirate. Ever.
DW
S~
Parrots are loud and messy. Not a pirate- we're business men. And even if I was a pirate everyone knows the first rule of pirates is
nevermind- we're not supposed to talk about it.
Its kinda funny the picture never matches the face.
He's soooo hAnDSom3 :thinking-008:
Quote from: _AH_fraggmann on July 23, 2016, 02:04:12 AM
He's soooo hAnDSom3 :thinking-008:
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/RUMockingme_zpsbgwomfgt.jpg) (http://s350.photobucket.com/user/Barbqhead/media/RUMockingme_zpsbgwomfgt.jpg.html)
Come on BB it's me fragg...would I Mock you?? :surprised-027:
I think he means your mockin Archie
~S~
You guys better stop hasslin my lead. I have been know to test my guns on the way to a target.
S~
TD wins. I can verify TD does in fact test his gun(sights?) from time to time on the way to target. Still makes me laugh.
And yes, Fragg. I believe you would and do. This is AH after all. It just wouldn't be the same without it.
Finally made it out and am travelling North. Currently just south of the Potomac. There are a lot of dolphin here. None close enough to get a good pic of though. Spent the night a couple of miles out. It was great except no internet there. Wifi connected, but not not well enough to connect to the world. I think wifi is a bit spotty even on shore in the area I was in - it's very rural. I should be online tonight.
I figured out how to get pics to show - Woo hoo! Not that I've got any to show now, but I will.
BB if u had an underwater noise maker the dolphin would come over to investigate. The Sonar tech I knew real well would go active and whistle in the mic to get the dolphins to come. you could try tapping on the hull and see if that draws them in.
Just net fish for tuna and you're bound to catch one!
What the He11 is this?
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no idea but i want one!
Well, I'm taking the big plunge. Seeing theres no way I can afford to go out a buy a hobby class drone like the DJi Phantom 3 or 4 or the Autel X-Star. I decided to build one. I'm starting with a S500 Quadcopter Fuselage. I figured its a good place to start collecting parts to build this thing. It may take me 5 years to get all the parts to complete it, but, its a start.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/s-l1600a.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/s-l1600a.jpg.html)
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It might not take as long as you think, Z. The way people crash these things you should be able to start finding parts by dumpster diving by the end of summer. or maybe by climbing random trees?
Z I have one floating down spring river. :happy-112:
~S~
FAA questions and answer.
1. Do model pilots have to register with the FAA?
ans: If you fly a model weighing more than 55 lbs. you must register at:
http://registermyuas.faa.gov or call (877) 396-4636
2. Am I permitted to fly above 400 feet?
ans: All models must remain within visual line of sight of the pilot/observer which assures that most models will operate below 400 feet.
3. There are airports within 5 miles of where I fly. What do I need to do?
ans: You must notify all airports(with control tower) within 5 miles the location where you are flying.Information can be found at :
https://skyvector.com or call AMA at (800) 935-9262 and they will send you a latter.
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It's about 100 degrees here.
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Solomons, Md.
I think if you click on the picture it'll tell you, too.
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on July 28, 2016, 09:33:28 PM
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Solomons, Md.
I think if you click on the picture it'll tell you, too.
i've been fishing in the bay at solomons, sometimes the jets will come out of patuxent and give you a show!
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Yep. Saw a few osprey landing as I was coming up the river towards the harbor and heard a lot of jets as I was getting close in the bay- only spotted one of them though.
Ohh, that's what you meant about the Solomons.
I'm from Canada so they think I'm slow eh?
DW
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Yes, DW that's what I meant.
That's not Solomons, Md.
Clearly it's Tulagi harbor in the solomons chain.
Trying out my new Syma 8Mp HD Cam.
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ooooooo.. Purdy.
Z this one is just for you see if you can name the sub.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212693&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212137&o=OneUp
it call Gator lol
says right there USS Nautilus
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Sure I can name it. I will call it Dave.
USS Ranger (CV-4)
On 3 January 1944, Ranger became a training carrier out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island. This duty was interrupted on 20 April when she steamed to Staten Island, New York to take on 76 Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters—together with Army, Navy, and French Navy personnel—for transportation to Casablanca. Steaming out on 24 April, she arrived at Casablanca on 4 May. The new aircraft were replaced with damaged U.S. Army aircraft marked for repair in the U.S., while military passengers were embarked for the return to New York City.
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Cool pix and info.
Yup, you can tell they are French sailors. They are already laying down and surrendering.
Hell ya I know that boat oh to well. That's the USS Nautilus SSN-571. The US Navy First nuclear powered submarine. Her keel was laid on June 14 1952 and was launched January 21, 1954 from General Dynamics (Electric Boat) Division Groton Connecticut and commissioned Sept 30 1954. Later to be Decommissioned March 3 1980. She is currently permanently moored and on display just out side main gates of the Gorton Navel Submarine Base/School Groton Connecticut. She was the brain child of Admiral Hyman G Rickover, the name sake of my boat USS Hyman G Rickover SSN-709. Among other distinctions and awards. She was credited with laying the way for our current Nuclear Navy.
Correct and that Message is the most Famous of Naval messages, and the CO ordered it shortened but the radioman lined out the time underway. I thought you might enjoy it, My new Sup is a RMCM and a COB. That is his screen saver, asked if he would send it to me so I could show ya. So the 709 you know is no more she has been cut up. I asked if I could get a piece of the hull and they didnt just say no they said hell no. Thickness is the issue bro I couldnt just mail it to ya. But some things are now declassed.
ROFLOL, I figured that. Oh well. Thanks
My first build
Dji Naza S500 UAV
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Installing the FC/MC Flight Controller/Main Controller
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Got my Transmitter and Receiver in the mail.
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Installing the Receiver.
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Installing the ESC,(Electronic Speed Controllers)
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Trying to make it all fit.
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Now just waiting on the motors to get here.
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I'm going to install an FPV camera setup with OSD(On Screen Display). Just got to pull all the peace's together first.
I also have a 2 axes gimbal on the way as well for my GoPro3+ which will be mounted under the nose of the UAV.
It is equipped with
-Inner damping controls
-3-axis gyroscope
-3-axis accelerometer
-barometer
-GPS
-Advanced attitude stabilize algorithm
-Multi-flight control mode/intelligent switching
-Intelligent Orientation Control(IOC)
-Built-in gimbal stabilization function
Current Parts list,, so far:
(Just to get it in the Air)
-S500 Airframe
-DJi Naza-M Lite MC
-DJi Naza-M Lite LED
-DJi Naza-M Lite PMU
-M8N GPS for Naza
-Futaba T8J Transmitter
-Futaba R2008SB 8ch +S.Bus Receaiver
-4x SimonK 30Amp ESC's
-4x SunnySky 2216-11 900kv Brushless Motors
-Multistar 11.1volt High Capacity 3S 4000mAh Multi-Rotor lipo battery pack.
(PAYLOAD)
-CNC FPV BGC 2 axis gimbal with Controller
-GoPro 3+ Silver
-Unspecified FVP system(not yet purchased)
It Features:
-Advance stability control
-GPS Lock
-Attitude Lock
-Home Lock
-Altitude Hold
-Autopilot, Return to Home and Land
-2 Safe Modes (Auto Return to Home and land and Land)
-Motor Arm and Dis-Arm
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Kinda fancy lookin'. Good luck getting it all together, Z. Should be pretty fun to play with once it's flying.
Don't forget the new rules.. From what I read the estimated cost of getting a certificate is $150. Estimated revenue, or benefit as they like to call it, is anywhere from $770 million to $9 Billion. After an hour or so of reading I came across a place where they did mention waivers and exemptions for recreational/ hobbyist use - so maybe not everybody needs a certificate.
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My friend had over 2 grand in his. Checked everything out before first flight. At 300 feet one of the props flew off and it crashed and caught fire...the battery burst into flame. Tightened 3 blades but not enoghe on the 4th. We all cried.
That thought keeps me up at night TD
Ya BB, I think I don't have to worry about that, yet. BUT, I don't want to move in to the commercial end of it. Its a big wide open market right now with a ton of potential.
It would be nice to take something I enjoy doing and turn it in to something I could make a living off of,,, for once.
~S~
If I am remembering rightly the FFA ruled that one would have to have a special exemption issued from the FAA to 'CHARGE' for any pictures/video taken from a drone.
Current state of the Memphis Belle...
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Got my last motor in today. Wish I felt like wiring it in, but, I was down all day. Now I just waiting on a charger and gimbal. After that, programming, bench testing, tethered flight testing and if all goes well. Flight Testing
TD, so far. Without camera added in to cost because I already own one.
So far it has cost me $546 without camera. With it. $946 and change. But, Ive got the best you can get when it came to parts. All top rated and brand named.
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experimental 6-barrel remotely-controlled turret on b-17g, tail number 42-31435 SU-S, "WEST END", flying with the 384th bomb group, 1944.
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
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Huh, thats wierd. Judging by the lack of success of the YB-40 its probobly not surprising it did'nt go anywhere. More guns are'nt always the answer, unless you are stroffing I suppose.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Yb-40-gun-details.png)
DW
Getting so close now.
Transmitter / Receiver, Motors and programming ALL checked out OK.
Got the gimbal mounted and now working on programming it.
Want be much longer and I can start test flights.
Cant wait.
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Looking good mate, cant wait to see the results.
~S~
Are you able to connect your quad to your pc to check all on board systems? I could with my typhoon. I found that two factory systems were not a solid connection. If I had flown there would have been a great crash.
Ya. that's how I program everything on it and the part that keeps me up at night.
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After all the complaining I've been doing about the pain in my shoulder, I figured the least I could do is show you one of the bruises.
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/20160913_Bruise_zpsjcvifkzr.jpg)
It's not easy as it looks to take a picture on this phone with one hand. This is the only one that I could get that didn't blur. It's the inside of my upper arm.
dam BBQ I know that hurt :drinking-29:
Um and what did you do to get a bruise like that??
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on September 13, 2016, 07:18:01 PM
Um and what did you do to get a bruise like that??
DW
Took a tumble off my bicycle when a car pinched me between it and the curb. I chose to try and jump the curb instead of letting the car hit me. Got the front wheel up and over but the rear wheel slid along the curb and out from under me then gravity and momentum did the rest.
Huh, did the driver of car notice and like, stop?
DW
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Driver was completely oblivious to any of it. I don't even think she knew I was there as she passed me.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8600/28683180580_6207ac3409_b.jpg)
ouch! too bad they didn't give you something soft to land on like this lucky guy!
:drinking-42: :drinking-43:
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Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on September 13, 2016, 08:47:46 PM
Driver was completely oblivious to any of it. I don't even think she knew I was there as she passed me.
Hmm, that sucks. Seems to be alot of that going on of late.
DW
This winner was talking on his phone -
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Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on September 13, 2016, 09:11:53 PM
ouch! too bad they didn't give you something soft to land on like this lucky guy!
:drinking-42: :drinking-43:
yep, that would have been way better for me.
wow... that left a mark huh... :unhappy-059:
~S~
WOW! That really hurts the next day. My whole shoulder joint has moved forward about 3 inches. It took time to do it. Last summer I tried to get my motorcycle (350 lb.) up on the center stand and I heard something pop. Now I think, at my age, it is( atheritice)sp setting in. Something in the joint catches when I raise the arm. That is the way things go when you get into your 91 year.
good quick read about a run away hellcat drone in the 50's...
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-a-rogue-drone-in-the-1950s-caused-a-fiasco-that-end-1786633506
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Good one.
Full story on that here -
http://www.thexhunters.com/
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Can someone please post a pic of our current game settings in Hyper Lobby.
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I think its part of the qual faq thread...yeah it is.
(http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/gallery/9_08_05_16_5_09_15.bmp)
Of course for most stuff we usually have No Enemy Views checked as well.
DW
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Where's Waldo?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B046'38.5%22N+76%C2%B033'36.4%22W/@38.779113,-76.5595447,712m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d38.777362!4d-76.56012?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B046'38.5%22N+76%C2%B033'36.4%22W/@38.779113,-76.5595447,712m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d38.777362!4d-76.56012?hl=en)
The above link shows where I am at least for tonight.
Is this targeting information accurate enough to guide in a drone strike?
Just asking...
DW
(https://s13.postimg.io/6exbkbl7r/Bomb_BBQ.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on September 16, 2016, 09:10:57 PM
Is this targeting information accurate enough to guide in a drone strike?
Just asking...
DW
Doesn't look like it. It looks kind of arcadish to me. Just saying...
the FBI was just briefly concerned of a canadian terrorist attack on washington dc by DW's post...
:happy-026:
http://www.flyingmag.com/junkers-f13-makes-triumphant-return-to-skies?cmpid=enews092016&spPodID=030&spMailingID=26562815&spUserID=NDMyNjI4NzM0NDgS1&spJobID=883192536&spReportId=ODgzMTkyNTM2S0#page-2
(http://www.flyingmag.com/sites/flyingmag.com/files/styles/large_1x_/public/images/2016/09/junkers_f13.jpg?itok=Z8Pzbk_A&fc=50,50)
Ive got the dro... er um UAV. Drone pilots HATE people calling them drone. So Ive found out the hard way. DANG'ET I did it again
~S~ Gents,
Had a bit of good luck today. Long story short. Ive been locking horns with Samsung for the past 8 months over a deal they made my mom and then didn't hold up their end of the deal.
Ive been trolling the FaceBook page for about a month now and in response. Samsung decided to send me these little babies. Yup, Samsung Gear VR. Ya'll have GOT to try these things out. Their amazing.
Anywho, Id thought Id share this with you. Oh, I did go back to Samsungs site and told them thanks and this made up for the trouble. I'm not a total heal.
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good news!
http://xp-82twinmustangproject.blogspot.com
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(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/cakeys_zpslig2qvnj.jpg)
What?
Oh...these tourists....think that funny $h1t is wicked pissah... lets make them say Gloucester, Worcester,
Glouster, Wooster...
i've actually gone to worcester to buy a toaster. :happy-026:
Jack... whats your best clown skill????
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/clowns_zpstqwomrim.jpg)
Helping Canadian women become pregnant.
Shut up, dad.
DW
BB, was this your place in La Quinta?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.6650403,-116.3166388,3a,54.5y,122.41h,88.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sI7khH4DBlQquqEb-BislfA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-US
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Yep.
Cool, I was in front of it on Saturday and told my friends "Hey, this place looks familiar".
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/6a56241309f1aa8afd9e23ed5dd1a786/tumblr_noirt13hRg1r94kvzo1_1280.jpg)
IWO?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on October 21, 2016, 04:31:01 PM
IWO?
only info i could find is this and another shot of what seems to be the same groups aircraft. not sure of its accuracy.
"maintenance area servicing P-51 mustangs and P-47 thunderbolts of the 35th fighter group, lingayen airfield, luzon, philippines, april 1945"
P-51D 44-72115 "Nancy Lou II" of the 41st FS 35th Fighter Group, 25 June 1945
(http://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/usa/aircrafts/p-51-mustang/P-51D_44-72115_Nancy_Lou_Ii_of_the_41st_FS_35th_FG_25_June_1945.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1GULvjEt0U/TWJLwAWKwfI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/t8IsC60yCuE/s1600/IMG_8052.JPG)
My baby.
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What the------is that thing, Col.?
German tea cup. Vented for comfort.
TD, it's a wartime German helmet converted to a colander after the war.
Here is the video that Autorotate posted -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E2SR6Z28kY
after the war there should have been plent of those helmets with holes already in them??? :help-sos-sos-29402:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/american-wwii-ace-shot-7-german-1-italian-1-japanese-1-american-plane.html?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postplanner&utm_source=facebook.com
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Good one, Short.
I think there was discussion on this the other day ... lol
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/connect_zpstyr9vbxz.jpg)
Did no one notice the Crew Chief's name??
(https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Lt-Curdes.jpg)
biggest RC aircraft ever?
wrong, this one will actually have a pilot on board.
guy built himself a 1/3 scale B-17.. not a scaled down plan, a scaled up one from a 1/9th scale RC plane.
he built everything himself apart from some landing gear components and the engines/props.
got certified by the FAA to give it a go last week, only done taxi tests so far.
good photos on the facebook page.
http://www.theballybomber.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BallyBomber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdjkkiHWn4
(http://theballybomber.com/images/theballybomber_2013_0366.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb7pvaJ2aVg
That's @#!$%&* awesome!
:lol and still laughing :happy-112:
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r286/Riddle_of_Steel/durajugcomic.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Riddle_of_Steel/media/durajugcomic.jpg.html)
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r286/Riddle_of_Steel/oclubp47comic.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Riddle_of_Steel/media/oclubp47comic.jpg.html)
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r286/Riddle_of_Steel/comfortjugcomic.jpg) (http://s147.photobucket.com/user/Riddle_of_Steel/media/comfortjugcomic.jpg.html)
This is for you SandHog....
~S~
Nov. 10 was the 421st birthday of the Marine Corps. and, as Sr. marine there, TD had the honor of cutting the cake and giving the opening talk. There were 27 marines present.
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(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/1110160913_zpsvs3zii7k.jpg) (http://s350.photobucket.com/user/Barbqhead/media/1110160913_zpsvs3zii7k.jpg.html)
Nice!
Awesome.
Looking good TD. (wavey)
took place at oshkosh in 06'
pilot of the RV-6 was KIA
(http://i.imgur.com/YEGCJ8d.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/rCDifsT.jpg)
bad trap by a fm-2 on the uss bismarck sea (CVE-95), date unknown.
ship was eventually abandoned and sunk after kamikaze attacks in feb 21st 1945 near iwo jima.
the last us aircraft carrier to be lost in the war.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/CVE-95.html
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/79/20/8e/79208e1bde1ad68d3210fbb40cc1168a.jpg)
~S~
If I remember correctly the USS Yorktown CV went down on my birthday June 7, 1942.
S~
If you look really closely, you can see a Marine in his natural habitat.
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/YUNC0001_zpsrahyncvq.jpg)
TD flying his QuadcopterUAVDrone
This page REALLY needs a "Like" button.
Yes we do.. Ive thought that several times..
get down from there!
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/u1h9s0tfiplzuhvsnmiw.jpg)
Lol, I didn't see the guy on the ground until I enlarged it.
(http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery/357g/c5-h2.jpg)
Man, Hollywood needs to work on his landings.
DW
QuoteMan, Hollywood needs to work on his landings.
DW
Cut me deep Canuuk!
C5=*=H ?
That may have been me.
S!
@$$ played a pivotal roll during ww2... that is all. :drinking-43: :drinking-42:
(http://i.imgur.com/ON71RXc.jpg)
(http://krabov.net/uploads/posts/2015-09/1441448938_111.jpg)
(http://webodysseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/85-photo-normandie-WWII.jpg)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZZm0NqWQAAk3sk.jpg)
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/09/f1/02/09f1020a1d5cc989361d7ca2d8e1317b.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7O1hiF2Ipxs/U4MJYuhBHBI/AAAAAAABrqk/MUJmogJlEAI/s1600/4-Min+the+donkey+mascot+of+a+RAAF+unit.jpg)
(//)
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"the 75mm is firing, but the 37mm is firing traverse round the wrong way. the browning has jammed. i am saying 'driver advance' on the radio set and the driver, who cannot hear me, is reversing and as i look out of the top of the turret and see twelve enemy tanks fifty yards away someone hands me a cheese sandwich."
-lieutenant ken giles
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Latest build. Just waiting on the last motor.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20170122_192143.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20170122_192143.jpg.html)
Waiting on the replacement gimbal. Installed 6 new, high end, ESC's. New set of anti-collision lights. Got to stay FAA compliant. And one new SunnySky 2216-11 900Kv BL motor. Lets hope this bird last a bit longer than the last. No thanks to me.
(http://i824.photobucket.com/albums/zz164/z5o1135/20170130_191453.jpg) (http://s824.photobucket.com/user/z5o1135/media/20170130_191453.jpg.html)
Looks nice!
sweet Z expensive hobby though.... ??
Z, what would say the cost per flight is?
(Giggle) per flight you say. Well, my last UAV cost around $1000 with the gopro to build. I flew it maybe 20 times before my crash. So... that 1000/20,,,,, (Muddering sound and the faint smell on machine oil getting to hot) "one knot knot knot, halfies, hand knot," about 50 bucks per flight.
Yes it is Nimble, but, arnt they all. And VERY addictive.
Just got my new Gimbal in. Its a much nicer one than I had before and boy is it sweet. It allows me to use my Gopro for not only recording, but as a FPV camera at the same time. Save weight, power and giving a much much better realtime view on whats going on around me. The only down side is, it cost about 3 time more than my last one which was a cheapO one from China.
That is one reason I like IL-2, it has a refly button.
:happy-112: :happy-112: :happy-112:
(http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x72/BrotherBear_01/meatclown_zpsbtp3uani.jpg)
Speaking as a Chef...that is so wrong.
No ..really... thats a rubber stamp right?
(http://cdn.foodbeast.com/content/uploads/2014/11/Conchita2.jpg)
(http://cdn.foodbeast.com/content/uploads/2014/11/billybearsausage.jpg)
Ya' know, many many women look at me like I'm a piece of meat, and sometimes, it almost bothers me.
Well,,, I just don't know what to say about this.
S~
Just a couple pix from yesterday. If you click on a pic it'll get bigger.
Looking towards where I used to dock from where I'm docked now. The old dock is just to the left of the blue roof where the sailboat facing away from the camera is.
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/Adventuring/Broad%20Creek_zpsmsgycprt.jpg)
Looking to the right towards the boatyard and Rappahannock river.
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/Adventuring/Rappahannock_zpskfikd4bj.jpg)
Looking down from where I took the other pix. I was finally able to remove the worn out pulley for my jib. Now I've got to find a machine shop that'll make me a new one.
(http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q429/Barbqhead/Adventuring/Hanginaround_zpsl8l9lye4.jpg)
Very cool back yard you have.
Thanks, Archie. It looks nice but it's infested. INFESTED I tell you, with barnacles.. I expect they'll take over the world one day.
nice boat shoes! :drinking-43:
Jesus, get down from there right this minute, BB.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on February 19, 2017, 08:14:09 PM
Jesus, get down from there right this minute, BB.
DW
Hahha.. someones queezy..
Quote from: _AH_Bear on February 19, 2017, 09:46:19 PM
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on February 19, 2017, 08:14:09 PM
Jesus, get down from there right this minute, BB.
DW
Hahha.. someones queezy..
No wonder they find dead people under the docks at that place!
DW
Wow BB, that's nice. Looks like you really got it going on Brother.
I rather cllimb the mast than walk the plank :drinking-43: nice pics BB
Oh my.
http://www.banggood.com/KingDian-S280-SATA-III-120G240G480G-SSD-Internal-Solid-State-Drive-Disk-p-1054647.html?rmmds=detail-top-buytogether
a plethora of random ww2 photos, pretty neat couple pages with descriptions.
http://maanpuolustus.net/threads/harvinaisia-ja-erikoisia-sotakuvia.4573/page-3
three of my favorites.
(https://i.imgur.com/1cXC6zI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/v8yK7uN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yg992dj.jpg)
B-24 liberator crewman of the 90th Bomber Group "Jolly Rodgers", 1945
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/af43b93717da040d018acf79f2fd2483/tumblr_okqg8nctUI1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg)
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/cf966dfe99d03bb87184988fbf1bb021/tumblr_inline_okraw8c8Rp1stil8n_1280.jpg)
Its hard to make out a color on the rudders from those pictures but that group's squadrons used a number of different ones.
(https://s10.postimg.org/ms2ikcxg9/24_Tails.jpg)
DW
I love this stuf, keep it up.
~S
BBQ patrolling the base perimeter...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/9c1ba5378eae799515aa8316ad31e45e/tumblr_ok2b6tK2s11thuhcdo1_1280.jpg)
a flawless landing...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/8f44fcf7d1d4e41a3259faee91be807e/tumblr_nd555lfLc71qgggino1_1280.jpg)
and some fine nose art...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/82b11140478230b7235b933cc5cdd12a/tumblr_nyd5e6T64m1sfdr4zo1_1280.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on March 09, 2017, 01:00:56 AM
BBQ patrolling the base perimeter...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/9c1ba5378eae799515aa8316ad31e45e/tumblr_ok2b6tK2s11thuhcdo1_1280.jpg)
I think he may be over compensating with the leaf size
:happy-112:
It wasn't my idea. The photographer insisted.
F-5B Lightning of the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron after colliding with a P-40N on Tadji Airfield, New Guinea - 30th April 1944
(https://i.imgur.com/x1M3lua.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Cwn4Gb3qc&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Imagine having enough money to own a WWII plane collection, and be able to fly them all...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z1Z-WEZZGM
~S
Loved that ... very nice
Pair of P-38's flying low above the runway at Shemya AAF on August 1, 1945.
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/3149d24a731ff8f02aea8995aa383f34/tumblr_omiqusn41d1ujyzsuo1_1280.jpg)
Birds on a roost
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170315_201150_zps1cadqgel.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170315_201150_zps1cadqgel.jpg.html)
Its done. Ive finshed it. My Naza V2 S550 (HL) Multirotor.
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170320_144848_zpsivfk0s5z.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170320_144848_zpsivfk0s5z.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170320_144807_zps2exuagjf.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170320_144807_zps2exuagjf.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170320_144832_zpsr6fs8cog.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170320_144832_zpsr6fs8cog.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170320_144855_zps8ofzus4p.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170320_144855_zps8ofzus4p.jpg.html)
NICE!
Nice job man... can it get you beer??
Zero on Palau
(https://i.imgur.com/nRbjk9X.jpg)
LVT(A)-1, on Peleliu
(https://i.imgur.com/fwGaFNS.jpg)
Avenger, Arundel island, Solomon Islands.
(https://i.imgur.com/evKiq2o.jpg)
Japanese Ha-Go on Guam
(https://i.imgur.com/q0Scw0U.jpg)
Flipped Sherman during the battle for Peleliu
(https://i.imgur.com/IwdlUUl.jpg)
Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki off the coast of Japan.
(https://i.imgur.com/acR05Hj.jpg)
M3 Stuart Light Tank. Arundel island, Solomon Islands.
(https://i.imgur.com/kNeWCeX.jpg)
Japanese Ha-Go. Northern Mariana Islands
(https://i.imgur.com/pWSa6fy.jpg)
"Frankly, Schultz, I don't give a damn."
(https://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia//2015/05/7ac59f134f6ed5e3862809078a9826a6.jpg)
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
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Look what I found in an old box of software. I forgot I even had this. Now all I need is the box and all the paperwork. I don't think its the 1946 version, but still. Wonder if it will run on Win10.
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/20170409_175147_zpsbyqdtyhd.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/20170409_175147_zpsbyqdtyhd.jpg.html)
It's not 1946, it does'nt look like its even Forgotten Battles. It looks like the original IL-2 game that predates this one?
DW
2001 on the label
That Z is IL2 Sturmovik the very first to come out it came out in later part of 2000, I think for Christmas 2000. I have the same CD. It basically is the IL2 against 109's. About 6-9 months later Forgotten Battles came out in 2001. I may be off a bit on the dates this is from memory only. :surprised-027:
May be my all time favorite nose art, and some history on it.
P-51D-20 - Serial 44-63289 - "Is This trip necessary?" - 72nd Fighter Squadron, 21st Group - Iwo Jima - April 11th 1945.
(https://i.imgur.com/7ziK6bv.jpg)
May 28th 1945 - LT Earl D. Crutchfield the 21st FG gets sideways in P-51D serial 44-63289 "Is This Trip Necessary?" upon return from a very long range mission to Tokyo. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service, only to suffer the same sort of mishap months later in the hands of LT Dale F. Meyers.
(https://i.imgur.com/uB5gY1k.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Fzgy6PO.jpg)
S~
Yep.. Good pix, Auto. I like the name.
Quote from: _AH_Archie on April 15, 2017, 12:55:44 PM
Going to be 70 degrees in Wisconsin today. That can mean only one thing
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~S~ and enjoy
If they're puttin' on Flip Flops then Summer's Coming! - and you know what that means
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These photos help me to diet.
You guys are scaring the hell out of me and that aint easy :help-sos-sos-29402:
You guys just need to make skins for BB, you start to build up an imunity to this sort of thing.
DW
S~ All,
Thought I would share a couple of photos that I found a couple of weeks ago. (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/Smileys/default/drinking-29.gif)
Chuck Yeager (11.5 aerial victories WWII), Bud Anderson (16.5 aerial victories WWII), and me (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/Smileys/default/drinking-43.gif)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/DHumphrey/Chuck-Bud-I.jpg)
Gunther Rall (Luftwaffe JG-52, 275 aerial victories, 80% on eastern front) and me (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/Smileys/default/drinking-43.gif)
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/DHumphrey/GuntherandI.jpg)
These pic's were taken at an airshow near Detroit, Michigan. After the airshow, the organizer's put on a dinner and the three of them were the special guests. I was able to speak with them about their experience's during their flying days. If you look in the background you'll see a P-51 parked near the hanger doors. That P-51 is "Glamorous Glen III", flown by Chuck Yeager while assigned to the 357th FG in WWII.
The real treat was when the folks were filing out, my father (Ed), uncle (Addison), and I were talking with an elderly gentleman at the wing tip of that plane. An African American, 80'sh. We were talking airplanes when he looked at me and asked, "Are you an aircraft mechanic?" I said, "Yes Sir, I was in the Army and was trained as a helicopter mechanic." He looked at me and said, "I was trained as an aircraft mech as well by the Army, I was then shipped off to Italy to serve with the 99th FS, 332nd FG." That floored me as I was speaking with a Tuskegee airman face to face.
Just then Bud Anderson, Chuck Yeager, Gunther Rall, and another shorter gentleman walk up to our conversation. Chuck looked at the man and asked, "Mike how you doing? Are you giving this young man the once over about the plane?" Mike said, "Hi, Chuck, yeah this kid is an Army aircraft mech too." At this point I felt somewhat embarrassed. Mike then said to me, "would you like to get in the plane?" Of course I said "YES".
Mike then looked at the shorter man, he was wearing a straw hat, and asked, "Jack, how about letting the kid sit in your plane." The man said, "Sure if he can open it up." I climbed on the left wing, popped open the canopy handle and climbed in. Next thing you know Chuck and Bud were on either side of me standing on the wings giving a personal once over of the cockpit. I couldn't believe what had just happened.
I climbed out of the cockpit and shook everyone's hand, thanked them all for an awesome day. As my dad, uncle and I walked away heading back to our car, my Dad said, " Do you know who that man was in the straw hat is?" I said, "nope". He said, "that's Jack Rouch." At the time I still didn't know who he was, later I found out he's the Owner/Operator of Rouch Racing (NASCAR). (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/Smileys/default/drinking-29.gif)
Incredible!
Unbelievable man a day of a life time. And Gunther Rahl (is it Rall or Rahl not sure) to boot. Dave you sound very young on comms I was surprised at the photo not what I expected, but I should have the way you speak and your respect of everyone very mature. Incredible story. Jack lost an eye in a landing crash about 5 years ago. He crashed his lear Jet I believe comming to a race. Jack has done well for himself in Nascar. Though I think he only has two cars in Monster Energy and 2 or 3 in Exfinity.
S~
Yep, That's one heck of a day.
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/5e9b4c0c272e552c8a9c446929b60ee3/tumblr_onqokwnhOB1s6qr4mo1_1280.jpg)
What are those? Hellcat target drones?
DW
yup, china lake redbirds.
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/11-september-1953/
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just a nice photo. click to enlarge
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Tell Tojo I'm coming, and Hell's coming with me!
If those Liberators are going to see Tojo, they have a long flight. They appear to be from the 491st BG of the 8th AF.
DW
Shut up.
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on April 22, 2017, 08:52:48 PM
Shut up.
Just for that, the warmup room is totally gonna be open 5 minutes longer this week.
DW
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Good going Hogan!!! Take out the East coasters first.
The Western Canadidians should soon fall in line........or else
Resistance is futile-just summit and it will all be wonderful
Just summit??
Much lik eastern Canididia, speling is knot part of our book learnin
After talkin to my edgeumacated wife (6th grade book learnin) she said i proballlly meant Submit
aRChE
But a crest of a large hill or mountain would be wonderful as well....just saying
buzz cuts!
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/325/Lower-than-a-Snakes-Belly-in-a-Wagon-R.aspx
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/58/ef/f3/58eff3d548ff08f3b7df4592dc548dfa.jpg)
Unknown.
(http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/NewStories-C/Lower%20than%20a%20snake/DownLow262.jpg)
Here a Beech AT-11 Kansan bomber trainer bounces a bomb right smack into the mouth of the floating target on Lake Childress, Texas. Skip bombing required excellent low flying skills and nerves of steel—some pilots could skip a bomb off a railroad track and into the mouth of a tunnel.
(http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/NewStories-C/Lower%20than%20a%20snake/DownLow252.jpg)
A Photo-Recce Lockheed F-5 Lightning, nicknamed Maxine of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance group, USAAF beats up a snow covered airfield in Kent.
(http://www.vintagewings.ca/Portals/0/Vintage_Stories/NewStories-C/Lower%20than%20a%20snake/DownLow258.jpg)
Two USAAF P-47 Thunderbolts rip down a recently constructed airstrip, while a construction battalion soldier directing traffic holds up a deuce and a half dump truck.
wasn't listening for the cavatation...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/cb1997c6547c18118b9ac89b92cd1a48/tumblr_oogbioCLbH1s6qr4mo1_1280.jpg)
What kind of aircraft is that? A Bearcat?
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on April 27, 2017, 08:09:22 PM
What kind of aircraft is that? A Bearcat?
DW
i want to say yes....
also no idea how this ended up happening, but ouch!
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/F4U-4_of_VA-74_crashes_near_USS_Philippine_Sea_%28CV-47%29_1949.jpg)
Here's another ouch ...
(http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/historical-photos-rare-pt2-corsair-wreck.jpg)
This one looks like one of our planes coming home during the Solomon Islands Campaign (http://www.aceshigh.ws/forum/Smileys/default/drinking-29.gif)
(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--JlKHSknI--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/17e6yznq9gnkfjpg.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on April 27, 2017, 08:49:15 PM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/F4U-4_of_VA-74_crashes_near_USS_Philippine_Sea_%28CV-47%29_1949.jpg)
Heading for the water inverted, yikes. I wonder if the fellow got out.
DW
~S~
Looks a little like one of my landings
Naw.. the boat is upside down :happy-112:
Quote from: _AH_Nimble on May 11, 2017, 06:24:19 AM
Naw.. the boat is upside down :happy-112:
:lol-053:
here is a folder full of pics of some of the stuff
I built during my absence...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cstwmrbttaguzvo/Jan-Apr%2017.zip?dl=0
Wait for down load button to appear
Nice work Fragg
TY Bear
Nice weathering techniques Fragg...
Thanks Hw
Got any pix of aircraft?
No aircraft yet. I do have a 1/35th scale P-61B
and a Mosquito Mk.IV sitting on the shelf waiting.
I just started a British Cromwell Mk.IV tank. Once this is complete
I think I will do the Mosquito next...
I'll be starting a burma banshee P-40 soon. :drinking-43:
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on May 14, 2017, 12:35:50 AM
I'll be starting a burma banshee P-40 soon. :drinking-43:
What scale?
Quote from: _AH_fraggmann on May 14, 2017, 03:09:51 AM
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on May 14, 2017, 12:35:50 AM
I'll be starting a burma banshee P-40 soon. :drinking-43:
What scale?
just a 1:48th
similar to this one
http://imodeler.com/2014/07/p-40n-5-lulubelle-of-the-burma-banshees-132/
:lol-053:
(https://i.imgur.com/OsSqVSq.jpg)
Hey Hey,
Not only does it say Poopy, but it did a #2 as well... LOL
:drinking-43: :drinking-42:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/3d8b96c4c8c51940e8453bb3e02aee26/tumblr_oqjl7wrlvq1qgggino1_1280.jpg)
Awesome pic Auto.
S!
how do i get this load out?
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/90c39115049a255059d9288c8514ec1b/tumblr_olotssfEgN1spfzgqo1_1280.jpg)
Looks like a P-40N. You'll get that loadout when we get these :
(http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm94/Ack-Ack/8thSqdnA-20_with_rocket_lanchers_attachedEdShookFlewMsnLikeThis_zps865a5e13.jpg)
(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/3214-7/raf-a20-rocket.jpg)
Actually they are probobly all in a mod somewhere.
DW
soviet AAA
(https://i.imgur.com/zFWbcQa.jpg)
here you go Darkwolf P40N-1 http://patrulla-azul.com/FreeIL2modding/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1058
Check before you shoot. https://www.facebook.com/avery.ball.5/videos/1684636851550774/
Quote from: _AH_Turbo on June 06, 2017, 03:54:11 PM
Check before you shoot. https://www.facebook.com/avery.ball.5/videos/1684636851550774/
i think he needs to change his pants.... :surprised-027:
Quote from: _AH_Gator on June 05, 2017, 11:12:32 PM
here you go Darkwolf P40N-1 http://patrulla-azul.com/FreeIL2modding/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1058
I think I saw a mod somewhere long ago with P-40Fs as well, some kind of complete P-40 pack or something.
DW
I cant find my strong wing mod on there any longer. :lol
Oh if you used a strong wing mod no one would complain. Strong wing mods are not an issue at all. The problem with you is you employ the outrageously strong wing mod!
DW
navy pilots taking a class to learn how not to fold their wings in flight. uss yorktown 1943
(http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/xMNHTDqD0yaaK2HKytT12MVPQoY=/fit-in/1440x1440/uploads%2F2017%2F6%2F14%2Ffonsiannelli_20.jpg)
how'd that get there... :surprised-027:
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/d7b98fd9873134a7dcb65056c4063fe6/tumblr_oraj5o3C1K1qgggino1_1280.jpg)
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1498524041/In+for+a+penny+.+.+.+.+What-If+Monogram+P-81A+Twin+Lightning+1-48 (http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1498524041/In+for+a+penny+.+.+.+.+What-If+Monogram+P-81A+Twin+Lightning+1-48)
A what-if model from Hogan's dreams, a twin lightning.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on June 29, 2017, 08:26:14 PM
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/tempforums/plasticpixframe.htm (http://hsfeatures.com/features04/tempforums/plasticpixframe.htm)
A what-if model from Hogan's dreams, a twin lightning.
DW
when i clicked on it a page come up with a bunch of selections... nothing individual, which one is it
Oh yeah, that is kind of a wierd website. Fixed it.
DW
Nice ... 2 pilots as well i see
Yes please.
Modders, get to work!
~S
A few shots of home using my drone. I'm not a bit happy with this Gopro 3+. But, it'll do til something better presents itself.
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/G0014765_zpsvyrfvstf.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/G0014765_zpsvyrfvstf.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/G0014896_zpstujrcqvx.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/G0014896_zpstujrcqvx.jpg.html)
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/G0014675_zps2lzaguyw.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/G0014675_zps2lzaguyw.jpg.html)
(http://68.media.tumblr.com/9a3964eac791667872b507bf2cd39233/tumblr_oss51r6WTK1qgggino1_1280.jpg)
No Spitfire?! That is SO racist.
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on July 08, 2017, 07:34:03 PM
No Spitfire?! That is SO racist.
DW
here ya go,
(http://image.ibb.co/neZ15v/09370760501cc980b72db67f93c21d03.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vyHLe.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on July 08, 2017, 10:40:05 PM
here ya go,
Oh thats mean, screw you Auto!
(https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/abw.jpg)
DW
(http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u488/darrenw1135/nRFDneR_zpsopqkya8h.jpg) (http://s1070.photobucket.com/user/darrenw1135/media/nRFDneR_zpsopqkya8h.jpg.html)
There ya go.
That nazi 38 is SO wrong on SO many levels. Why did you have to drag me into your squabble.....?
But I did laugh at the nazi spit (glasses)
~S
S~
I thought you'd be hairier, Zulu.
Quote from: _AH_BBQhead on July 09, 2017, 11:56:59 PM
S~
I thought you'd be hairier, Zulu.
:lol :happy-026:
the douglas destroyer.
The prototype first flew on 8 April 1943, demonstrating excellent performance, being much faster and carrying nearly double the bombload of the Helldiver, and orders for 358 SB2D-1s quickly followed. The U.S. Navy changed its requirements, however, wanting single-seat carrier-based torpedo/dive bombers without defensive turrets, and Douglas reworked the SB2D by removing the turrets and second crewman, while adding more fuel and armor, producing the BTD-1 Destroyer. The orders for SB2Ds were converted to BTD-1s, with the first BTD flying on 5 March 1944.
The first production BTD-1s were completed in June 1944. By the time Japan surrendered in August 1945, only 28 aircraft had been delivered, and production was cancelled, along with other aircraft types that had been designed from the start as single-seaters, such as the Martin AM Mauler.[4] None saw combat action. In any event, Heinemann and his team were already working on developing the single-seat BT2D that became the Douglas A-1 Skyraider.
BTD-1
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Douglas_BTD-1_Destroyer_with_at_NAS_Patuxent_River_on_26_June_1944.jpg)
XSB2D
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Douglas_XSB2D_Destroyer_landing.jpg)
during all this i think the engineers got drunk one night, not sure what came of this...
(https://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/convair640/tb2d-2.jpg)
(https://s18.postimg.org/iz68pr709/pic-2-out-of-context-archie-comics-217311.jpg)
:thinking-008:
DW
:surprised-041:
MY EYES, OH MY EYES!!!
Place appropriate comical picture here that Photobucket will no longer allow me to place myself without paying $399.99 dollars per fraking year to allow 3rd party hosting.
I received a notice also, that they would no longer allow third party hosting. Didn't see the price. Funny, I've been using this for years, and there was never a problem until now.
If you can recommend a better site that will allow third party hosting, I will move everything from Photobucket. Not going to pay them a ridiculous fee for something that was free for years. :unhappy-059:
Hey Olds ...
Here are a couple of free hosting web sites:
imgbb.com (//http:////imgbb.com/)
postimages.org (http://postimages.org)
Hope this helps. :)
Thanks for the links. My son is recommending Imgur, which I just reviewed. Going to look into these and get the pictures moved.
FYI, this is the awesome TBF skin I made for SKAT that he refuses to wear cause he is a complete and total wuss.
(https://s1.postimg.org/gu1q5jv5r/SKATwuss.jpg)
DW
hahhaha
(https://s2.postimg.org/xqkb3gsx5/image1.jpg) 47 mile and 3 days down the Buffalo river. Most of the trip was in Leatherwood national wilderness area and no( Banjo music)
Nice.. hope you two had a good time..
S~
Looks like a good canoe river. Loved going on trips like that when I was a kid.
Just a tip on using Postimage, once you've uploaded the picture right click on the image. If you are in Firefox you can select Copy Image Location. If you are using IE click on Properties and you can copy and paste the address. Either way will get you the URL for the image file itself, you can then use the Insert Image tags when posting and paste that URL in there to make the image appear in the post.
So for example for the picture you posted Turbo, its the difference between the URL to the page with the image (https://postimg.org/image/e8pnnivz9/) and the URL of the image itself (https://s2.postimg.org/xqkb3gsx5/image1.jpg).
Also, is it just me or is this the first picture of Turbo we have seen where he is smiling? He normally sports a rather stern look. He must be getting soft in his old age.
DW
I think I see Burt Reynolds approaching...
Love those boots!
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5e/fe/1a/5efe1a54ce0c2d6449cb4c53e552fb4a--burt-reynolds-stunts.jpg)
I have no comment for that image thank you very much.
some more fine nose art...
(http://imagens.mdig.com.br/avioes/avioes_noise_art_2gm_14.jpg)
"Dear John" letter eh?
yep Hogan , I know all about Dear John letters... cant wait yep :help-sos-sos-29402:
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/rules-are-so-stupid.jpg)
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/c57cf7bd090162597600bd9bfe71ace9/tumblr_ovx8oti5fN1v4e677o1_1280.jpg)
I was up at the Gatineau airport today for the Battle of Britain commemoration. Thats where Vintage Wings of Canada is based, they had their newly restored Spitfire IX flying with their Hurricane.
(https://s26.postimg.org/6b7t8tr21/One.png)
Its pretty spiffy looking, you can see the Snowbirds taxxing after landing in the background.
DW
Nice.
Very cool
grumman f8f bearcat with a bit of an issue...
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/a36e26796479c45e6be05cda915bc472/tumblr_owbaf4uAIf1ws46zho1_1280.jpg)
Looks like he straddled something taxiing.
Whats up with that upper-right blade? Looks almost like it peeled apart. Actually the lower left one looks similar. Are the blades manufactured in two halves?
DW
Speaking of propellers, I think I mentioned this to you guys before but I never posted up pictures. My grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Corps of Electrical Engineers during the war. He arrived on the continent about a week after D-Day and his unit followed the Canadian Army through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany. The engineering units had these huge trucks that were like mobile workshops with every imaginable piece of equipment and alot of trench art stuff came out of them.
This is a cribbage board that was made for my grandfather by a buddy of his. Its made from a slice of propeller, those are his initials in the board itself. It has a threaded hole drilled into the top with a stubby aluminum screw cap that acts as a storage for the four pins. There is a peg on the back on one corner so it sits flat on account of the slight twist. I assume the twist is not damage but is part of the shape of the blade from where it was cut from. A couple of the holes in the board are not very deep, I think the guy snapped off some drill bits making it. I thought way back in the day there was talk it was from a german aircraft but my brother says he was told by my grandfather that it was from a B-17.
(https://s26.postimg.org/fx5dwe80p/One.png)
(https://s26.postimg.org/49fxfl89l/Two.png)
(https://s26.postimg.org/4apv90a3d/Three.png)
(https://s26.postimg.org/51ilescgp/Four.png)
Not the greatest pictures, I put the ruler in there just to give an idea of scale.
DW
Very Kool DW !!!! ... Thanks for sharing :)
Nice!
Nice board and a heck of a story to go with it.
What a great treasure.
~S
Very cool
Picked up a little boat for the lake
It's powered by two V-12 Allison P-38 engines, combined horse power is 2,200.
Not much, but it should get me to the other side.
(http://www.grantmaclaren.com/thunderbird/17.jpg)
(http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Thunderbird-NLB-111215-3-2.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/68/45/79/684579bebede776cf93061f2855990e2.jpg)
All it needs are a few torpedo tubes and it could double as a PT boat.
DW
S~
Nice boat. You could torpedo Nevada with that - if you had torps like DW suggested.
Torpedo Nevada? :thinking-008: Thats a new one.
DW
S~
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on September 22, 2017, 11:16:47 PM
Torpedo Nevada?
DW
Yep. Lake Tahoe has the California/ Nevada state line running north to south through it. It's also rather famous for the wood boats that go there.
Pretty sure that boat is one of them. Now we know where Hogan goes when he disappears for a week or two at a time.
Oh ok, so its not as bizarre and random a reference as I thought it was. I was worried for a second. I thought maybe you were going senile. Well, more senile. I mean, senile to the point where it is starting to get kinda awkward. I was thinking of you when I was whipper snippering today, BB.
DW
Yep, Tahoe.
The boat's name is Thunderbird.
~S
Nice, nice boat indeed. From the look of the amount of wood on it. I think I'd call it, "No Smoking".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqCJBzNKlc
This will remind some of you of rough seas, it looks like it is 18 20 foot swells with an occasional 25 maybe 28 footer.
(http://i.imgur.com/6QJdeAU.png)
And I also remember something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBXC_WSHnE&list=RDITBXC_WSHnE&t=15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBXC_WSHnE&list=RDITBXC_WSHnE&t=15)
Quote from: _AH_Lippy on September 24, 2017, 01:00:39 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqCJBzNKlc
This will remind some of you of rough seas, it looks like it is 18 20 foot swells with an occasional 25 maybe 28 footer.
Only once for me we where in sea of about 10 12 footer the ships was moving in all directions and the chief thought I could go clean up the forward pump room. It has fuel oil in the bilges and no proper ventilation I lasted maybe 15 minutes and told the chief to bite me. In Port I had to clean the forward pump room LOL
https://ibb.co/mW21WR think we have found the problem. :happy-112:
Gonna take a wild guess, was the problem jammed flaps? :thinking-008:
DW
(https://image.ibb.co/jbnb0m/15350603_994977617314138_966719384359403846_n.jpg) So very True. :unhappy-059:
Are you saying you didn't get the support you needed?
:lol
(giggle)
"But honey,,, its only $4500."
(https://s19.postimg.org/qz6wxt0r7/s-l1600.jpg)
I'll take it if you stack 3 more monitors on top.
I just used to glue them together then light them on fire, sheeesh -
http://www.ratomodeling.com/articles/stressed_skin/
~S
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on October 31, 2017, 05:55:12 PM
I just used to glue them together then light them on fire, sheeesh -
http://www.ratomodeling.com/articles/stressed_skin/
~S
that sure is some extra detail.
i plan on putting together a few this winter. (p-51 "why is this trip necessary and a burma banshee p-40)
http://www.7thfighter.com/album/var/albums/Iwo-Jima-Post-Invasion-Ops/342-FH-3A-42519-57570AC_44-63289_is_this_trip_necessary_72nd_fs.JPG
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/P-40/80FG90FS/images/Curtiss-P-40N-Warhawk-USAAF-43-22791-10AF-80FG90FS-Burma-Banshees-Flung-Dung-India-1944-01.jpg
a doubt ill attempt this though, looks like it involves lots of trial and error.
also because every dremmel tool i buy seems to self destruct within 3 uses. :thinking-008:
I was following this build for months as the guy posted updates.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1506886178 (http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1506886178)
Its 1/18 and the whole thing is coated in metal sheet that the guy formed and shaped and molded and detailed. The dude scratch built every little detail. Even the tail control surfaces are fabric coated. He is an absolute master craftsman.
DW
amazing
The detail is unbelievable. (glasses)
No way....fake news....that thing is real!
Wow how they do that. Amazing.
hot potato! :help-sos-sos-29402:
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/171a365e443b25a4cba3366bf3f7823a/tumblr_ozb7bb1mXr1u0kmm0o1_1280.jpg)
Ummm.... Get out?
After seeing Auto's posts, I found these...
(https://s25.postimg.org/5m5kwfn8f/F6_F_23_VF_9_Lexington_2.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/3ucm1j3vf/)
(https://s25.postimg.org/6bod8svhr/F6_F_23_VF_9_Lexington_3.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/d24ui8inf/)
(https://s25.postimg.org/5ywz2mkxr/F6_F_23_VF_9_Lexington_5_Ens_Ardon_R_Ives_25feb45.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/yojuz9oxn/)
(https://s25.postimg.org/snm628kbz/58fea3c21090b2a190b1ea9470dc5351.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://s25.postimg.org/v4xx9gtxr/F6_F_23_VF_9_Lexington_6.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/etxtd5hfv/)
looks like the drop tank... dropped and got chopped! :surprised-027:
F-18 skywriting. Scroll down for the finished product -
https://twitter.com/i/moments/931618117876436994
~S
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on November 18, 2017, 01:31:06 AM
F-18 skywriting. Scroll down for the finished product -
https://twitter.com/i/moments/931618117876436994
~S
(https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/23595714_1680697691962547_9075253020136046592_n.jpg)
(https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/23667999_1728549957179096_231963014629163008_n.jpg)
(https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/23733966_128365254525656_8184169807273263104_n.jpg)
:lol
My Lee Infield #4 Mk 1 was made in Canada, who knew?
(https://outlook.charter.com/owa/service.svc/s/GetFileAttachment?id=AQMkADhjMWJkMDk1LTUwOWUtNGY1ZS1hZjBkLWNkODcyNGQ5MjkxMgBGAAADIReEUaydVU%2BPEN2HouLMIwcAxndvKdTnKk2ZKpzQ%2F5x16AAAAgEMAAAAxndvKdTnKk2ZKpzQ%2F5x16AABdGfGYgAAAAESABAAjIs5%2FRaVvEaHeX1r7yBMCA%3D%3D&isImagePreview=True&X-OWA-CANARY=kN6SzUuGyUOoZo5HQpoICc8Cm--uMNUI5paDqe8aZqyIaGFGd7YWDjbbFuKkMQft7B9Vgqg6ehM.)
Made in Canada
Lee Enfield #4 Mk 1
Thats what I use for Deer hunting.
303. is a great cal. for Deer :happy-112:
Look on the bright side, at least it can't get any worse.
(http://www.asisbiz.com//usn/HMS-Ravager/images/HMS-Ravager-Sea-Hurricane-KI-F-NF728-after-being-struck-by-Hurricane-NF722-03.jpg)
Oh wait, yes it can.
(http://www.asisbiz.com//usn/HMS-Ravager/images/HMS-Ravager-Sea-Hurricane-KI-F-NF728-after-being-struck-by-Hurricane-NF722-02.jpg)
DW
3rd sqd's history :happy-112:
That's the way to park em
oh geeze!
:surprised-027:
I like it.
Hey, you'd be surprised at how many cars you can get in a 53 foot van stacking them that way.
The Gold medal game against Sweden was the best game Ive seen in ages.. wtg boys..
(https://s25.postimg.org/byuz4z8q3/can_gold.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/byuz4z8q3/)
A weather app that cusses at you. You have to turn on "Profanity" in the settings.
I set mine to be an Ausie woman.
It's called WTForecast.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LpPo2OPmlc9Ata3OrGLzEMas1Spf25Wa2zfBhFoT4LWG_hU53VTMmquWotR00w4BUJos2qetZxLVyhPPgkKVcSDyyvtfYq08f7V7NG_2r1TUyHefHua6ZYE1qJnnziNEfNC7T7XQ-uugxs7svyGyliM6OpmwSGasPFzVVsOh5VmiUTfkKiQ6xt_U6-7-VreRsgnNfUrA2Y9LOEdkHm69b0GpSdq8phaw3kiJG6T7x7Us0mjnZqqcKk3vpyY9KOEhCsshw-trsMe1hESmDdnk7rdeUt_hvLnnmqF5EVsERAwyfhFfKhnvD0bUWbaKYkX1Mm-ESAyLnxN4UXVAgD0VFtj-iKbHWZAAAbSvhl_-Ysm4NqVEXqvELJ26hdViSi0PkOweVocZybE5__CULBqOaiY3a4RX8nyYQzSt1TaSURP9we1gnJ-aS7sD-7opyG8YwLuMSzOAfDNJG0Por0yRgMigSmHXVv_nJlwHRwT905vEOwOecSr6j_vmJC0qijepUj0RdHYxUk34xBgs8kMFD8E7TZl8FJsc4YJT_7X1NevXZ7pQtSRqqOTn9_W1s4A5IOD-MN4PSJuAPA5JYtVCgRHvK_ZKY_4ZlZTy6CM=w486-h647-no)
S!
Heres my printer.
Its a Monoprice Makers Select V2.1
(https://s9.postimg.cc/odn08k36n/20180116_204407.jpg)
I should have taken the blue pill...
(https://s17.postimg.org/i7ex2ugvj/terrance_and_phillip_in_the_matrix_wallpaper_by_oirammario12345-.jpg)
DW
(https://s25.postimg.org/5efdjtb8v/jug.jpg)
Drool......
P&W R-2800, P-47
For Sale, only $800 USD. The things I could do with this if I had $800 to blow.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/tl1edv60p/27459097_10156069535473908_4600504649009553161_n.jpg)
Added a RunCam and LED flood light that I had sitting around to see the Extruder Nozzle better and some mood light from a Blue LED light bar I had for a racing drone. What cha think. Ya, Im out of filament. Can you tell?
(https://s18.postimg.org/66tf20geh/20180204_152856.jpg)
(https://s18.postimg.org/5u20vwiq1/20180202_191801.jpg)
(https://s18.postimg.org/4rruddn21/20180203_000721.jpg)
This is a Y axis bearing carriage upgrade Im designing. Im working with Autodesk Fusion 360. A free CAD program you get with the printer that allows you to make your own designs. Im starting to get the hang of it.
(https://s18.postimg.org/6h5iyvumh/20180204_202246.jpg)
My first 3D print model. Its not perfect, but, for a first full scale, non-troubleshooting print. Its not to bad.
(https://s14.postimg.cc/ebk8aejgx/20180209_201214.jpg)
That is awesome
Very , very Cool Z.
We could use you and your new toy at the aviation museum where I volunteer.
Kopf
S~ All.
Just a few pix of AL hanging in the sling where she's been for the past week or so.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/tkesrxd83/ALIn_The_Sling.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/wr9cbjxnz/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/vc7rmlbxv/ALSling_View_Aft.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/q0sv1vpv3/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/r331kt683/ALSling_View.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/i827aahfj/)
So are you living in it in the sling?
DW
I am jealous. definitely nice looking girl
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on February 24, 2018, 08:45:12 PM
So are you living in it in the sling?
DW
It's not too different from being in the water, except for the ladder.
It's pretty comfortable aboard Lippy, not what anyone would call a performance boat. Lots of weight keeps her steady and the mid ship cockpit makes for feeling less of
any pitching. The furthest I've been able to sail in a day is equivalent to about an hour's drive in a car but the view is better and there aren't any stop signs.
You could hire someone to rock you.
Rock a bye BB, in the boat sling...
DW
Oh wow BB. That's sweet.
Heres a couple of my latest prints.
Jupiter 2
(https://s13.postimg.cc/sg7zebbxz/20180225_185121.jpg)
Cetinale drone from the movie Oblivion.
(https://s13.postimg.cc/o739c6qp3/20180222_003936.jpg)
I dont care for Tom Cruise but i did enjoy the Oblivion.
S~
Cool lookin' flying saucer, Z .. except it looks like it would be easy to get lost in space in that thing. Don't remember the Oblivion movie at all, but I'm not much of a movie person. Did you paint that drone thing or is that different color filaments?
Finally back in the water now. Engine is aboard, but not running yet. Still putting it back together.
(https://s19.postimg.cc/xduij8q03/ALMotor.jpg) (https://postimages.cc/)
(https://s19.postimg.cc/ihvzc0h9v/ALMotor2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/yg4p25bhr/)
S!
ITs done with different color filaments BB and thanks.
You smurfed your engine
Glad you're back in the water BBQ :)
Here is my new project ... I got it in the mail a couple of days ago, it's assembled and I'm waiting on my batteries to arrive.
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/storefronts/warbirds/fms-brand/p-51d-red-tail-v8-pnp-1450mm-fmm008prt (https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/storefronts/warbirds/fms-brand/p-51d-red-tail-v8-pnp-1450mm-fmm008prt)
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That looks like it would totally fun to crash fly, Dave.
Twenty, same color it was before - at least where paint was left. I think it's called Perkins Blue. It is kinda smurfy though.
I was gonna say, that engine looks like something z made on his 3D printer.
DW
Bbq your engine at the blue candy at the wonka factory!
Kind-of a salty looking crew you got there BBQ :)
S~
Yep. It's blue alright.
And that's just how you look when you live and work in Soggy Bottom, Va. long enough.
popped in here to test embedding pix from one drive because I found a few old pix from the AH bar-b-ques we were talking about last night.
(https://h4tspa.bl3302.livefilestore.com/y4m2NJXScC_1jh3mnzGIzfWrekRJl4KObGsC5O-b63org6HYaCdFOBp6JkRMq2VGbr3r6pRj9OJMPw83qlKLMSeojOBKdAMS86KHAgcvXdgDPvfNyGKfPBLhK94jFHZkvpFGiIO3c9NUWIUkCAfLZ-5FhxoruRcKnOJ4FF1_8z38uTTn-jMlNQskfsdn7gSaz3850Cl1C8TIWbCUUI--ME1sw?width=983&height=1600&cropmode=none)
(https://810e6a.ch.files.1drv.com/y4mTx9px5UcMg_Myk3ai9OLesn0KYXKfKn685eMrG-wsDLw9e2t02uuSH-OcwVe7KVZnAzi9d7LwrvKVqegZo6ehJAr7Ggq7X59MPnCVd3fAhjBDzXcEmAIj9GAP5jtS2w-s8EAopP95MiY_6vsn3Ulr9r9W9MeOxJ6zzaKr3QxTv8r7gxPn8UftheofI8wqQr3QJhH--ovaQy7sN3UBr8I5Q?width=1024&height=768&cropmode=none)
_AH_Moggy & _AH_Doc 2008
Ok, that works. Let me know if you want to see more - Seems most all of them that I saved to one drive are of the food or the Black and whites with the captions.
~S~ My latest print, U-522. It took 118hrs to print.
(https://s14.postimg.cc/u7pvu7x2p/20180320_174719.jpg)
it look nice Z
Hmm, I think there is a typo somewhere. The stand says U-522 Typ VII/C but the U-522 was a Type IXC.
DW
I saw that as well. Guess the person that made the STL file that I printed it from didnt do his/hers research. The correct number for this boat is U-552 NOT U-522, but, it could be a German ploy to mislead us and maybe confuse us too.
Why we should send them a sternly worded letter expressing our dissatisfaction.
DW
What a dork....wolf...
Cant take you two ANYWHEREs.
He started it...
DW
My latest project Im working on with my 3D printer. Its a face plate for my Trim Controls Im working on.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/p1bdt3bh5/20180401_191029.jpg)
Well done on the banner Auto!
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S~ A new bezel Im working on for my controller.(https://s18.postimg.cc/sm6ugr6ih/20180410_192205.jpg)
(https://s18.postimg.cc/sbzbxapah/20180410_194547.jpg)
Looks good
Awesome
S! I still got to print the diffuser and install the LED's on it AND then install the whole unit. But, heres what Ive got printed so far of the Warp Core Table Lamp.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/lpkhg81uh/20180415_102930.jpg)
looks awesome Z...whats it do?
Quote from: _AH_Shrtaprch on April 15, 2018, 05:03:02 PM
looks awesome Z...whats it do?
It'll look something like this.
https://youtu.be/99j0pvadybs
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For _AH_Archie:
(https://s19.postimg.cc/x2atbit8z/belly_button.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I'm thinkin this Summer girl must be sisters with the Springtime babe Bear posted.
Shes got her pee jug with her too...
Love this guy -
(https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28660888_848282851963027_3370470505348069835_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=66254948a38cc86c19ee3f757d24100a&oe=5B52C076)
He will be speaking at the POF air show on May 5th - 6th
~S
Thanks BB
I love me some summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noriLGVL7Qo&feature=share This is one of the 71st FIS aircraft I was assigned to this unitat Malmstrom MT.
S~
This is one of the 71st FIS aircraft I was assigned to this unitat Malmstrom MT. ~ _AH_Turbo
THat's freakin awesome, Turbo. " You better get back in " :lol
You're welcome, Arch. I usually wait until it's actually getting warmer, but what's a rule good for if ya can't bend it, break it, or kick it's little @$$ once in awhile..
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Ahhhhhh.
You have a stutter there Hogie??
~S~
My latest project. The Warp Core for Star TreK Next Gen.
It controlled by an Arduino Mega2640. The blink rate is variable and controlled with a 10k Potentiometer.
https://youtu.be/VC5HiK_StqU
Quote from: _AH_z5o on April 20, 2018, 07:02:14 PM
~S~
My latest project. The Warp Core for Star TreK Next Gen.
It controlled by an Arduino Mega2640. The blink rate is variable and controlled with a 10k Potentiometer.
https://youtu.be/VC5HiK_StqU
Very Kool "Z" .... very KOOL !!!!
Thats awesome.. well done..
I didnt like how my last version of a HOTAS control system for Trim and Engine management was working out. So, I printed a new encloser and some knobs up. This is what I came up with. The Yellow knobs are trim control and the grey are engine management. Now all I need is the control board.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/rryoo251l/20180429_185518.jpg)
You have the hard part done
Why won't my modem get online?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oEOstE4VCO5DxaOqXp0ItgWTxQFBqgY9hGW1vbAovjf2JljIkkz5Z6H7LA55FSOOqW54JNrYqBKCm4Aix-A9zyu3yFzN-5EjYD6b4btlRS4rsumdu5BUtnvze2Ih6v_LjP-_8glb-p4RcAI6e0VV31Vwq2zuNQARynZ2YtIzzjLRo_VejcqwZ8hlVjKE9hrTTzlMvV3Lwz7dagmHgXn51rW5UKjdnbdFXjh5nvclBFxDOb3_hvso1GbHvcx5lEVI8ULwg57LxV4Y9fw_918aDPMyip6XkTVJ7pzO86cTRnII3VBBWBM3sTkiXq19DKUI6Ts8Zg7ZteYmobHFb92L3yTdSDfMb4YANzIIfhhHoZWnIGOb5fEDAKOsrjSCeC3yA-LPzQyEBohPfYdBQIIbNHWJs5AhcLNtWsmAQKPVn5ZxUj_HvJLkunnFqNtcJZnpzUovFiVjdaqGwvHY5Ikc-1gALGi19C1zmKRdkQ8wktMtZ4ESMk5bKrTp-qysAB4Cii4Djk_TaZc-DaYX5vdsNpTf7UldYoqEJthaEOxVDJ02bogrlzSRPB67blMQ_zkUqXyedPVqXaKVCE6reV2ny10JwMx-iehrZzY84Ng=w1360-h1020-no)
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S~ All,
Here are my current RC planes ... :)
Current Flyer:
(https://image.ibb.co/cHAXXo/DSCN0161.jpg)
Under Construction (B-25, plan on doing the Ruptured Duck - Doolittle Raid paint scheme)
(https://image.ibb.co/kMfo58/DSCN0160.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/hkO858/DSCN0159.jpg)
Retired Planes:
(https://image.ibb.co/jQVcyT/DSCN0163.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/fe94dT/DSCN0162.jpg)
:)
Nice!
Sweet
~S~
Beautiful work Dave.
My latest little project. Its the Discovery 1 from 2001 Space Odyssey. It'll be 48" when completed. So far Ive got around 60 hours printing it. It should take me around 90 to 100 hours to print all the parts.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/4l4la9u97/20180617_170148.jpg)
pretty cool Z
Quote from: _AH_z5o on June 17, 2018, 09:13:10 PM
My latest little project. Its the Discovery 1 from 2001 Space Odyssey. It'll be 48" when completed. So far Ive got around 60 hours printing it. It should take me around 90 to 100 hours to print all the parts.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/4l4la9u97/20180617_170148.jpg)
Very Kool "Z" !!! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like when your done. :)
Half way there. I finely got a steel bar to support the spine. It was a MUST have for this project.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/dazdmbbx7/20180619_140759.jpg)
Heres the plans I found to guide me along the way. Plus it shows what exactly each section was suppose to be in the movie.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/swgp6dqh7/28503523985_7d389158ab_b.jpg)
Im going to hold off painting t til I get some filler to fill in the gaps on the spine and a airbrush so I can do the paint job right... I hope. Now, if I was rich I would have someone thats really good a painting models to paint it up for me. But, we do what we can when we can
Looks AWESOME so far "Z" !!!!
Looking forward to the finished model. :)
Cool Z,
Is that thing solid?
Iwata is a good airbrush. Or ebay and you can find a low end one for cheap.
Quote from: _AH_Hollywood on June 20, 2018, 03:03:08 PM
Cool Z,
Is that thing solid?
Iwata is a good airbrush. Or ebay and you can find a low end one for cheap.
No, it has 2mm thick walls with a 20% infill. It kinda looks like honey comb structure on the inside. I can very that from 0% infill to 100% which is solid along with the thickness of the shell or walls.
Progress is slow. Ive ran out of filament so everything's on hold, but, heres where Im at with this as of now.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/jeep4veuj/20180621_105145.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.cc/3u7be6rtn/20180621_105154.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.cc/j2x8sf3mz/20180621_105218.jpg)
Nice "Z" ... very kool !!!
What did I put these 1:72 scale decals on?
Winning guess gets a 6 day pass and R&R
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AuVcw5ENdDgDD4gm6
no image Hogan...
Try using https://postimages.org/
I see it on the website?
I can also see it from the work computer....
Anyone else see it?
~S
I saw it yesteday, but I don't see it now.
DW
I can't see it at all.
Nope, can't see it.
Tried opening it in a new tab and when I put my cursor on the tab, the link address looked impossible.
Here's the link it points to:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bTTBX8CxwRWqeL_rAWU_fMXAjJO-jbSQTk3r7i8FWDN-pihY7V8pwOYO_vNa5B_7AjTi2-2fQ2GpkO4uqjId07FznC9LiE7SrTfRetJQy08MPmN9bLcnuNe_WXVnL5heaKsYOCgxjrZdK5ZaAUQPzaJIObyYHvctb0IWrnDUH3dUyYlQ-YFETwIOShY1n6-q9Y4IfK4gq5Zqv5Zo-iaQqC8Yeve0JHfJ-VXcTwB_EzafR4yX3o7kxsAwJ9BXNrL1jqxA6R75tMYLTjnenroz1hLztplt9U7cPnXFyJvDumd4BYMz731HoCRarPtk6e8W_SxE_4Z0f_9uAtU8JfzPtzgb2WtqicLF3Wwxx5wZNhxxZX9psNw2gaOfHVFArzZLJ4__SzyqsLPEX2-qY_oMCk__J_ewZUyj2VNbiZPUixWz0COz-H3WMij8lEaflTEoKO9YJOqIy7jo3kOQfHGxYlfGN2VD4Jik18CVDdUQOU6k5GpXEOi4gBB3tMc5a76hkNSdofRTlk79eaksbtdVFC4AVypmWU9m1oBJuCJ9i1iIprLOHeY8FjpNpl8rdszRtA9duSOIB154Zuqfv5157LAzktqg0SPadIh2CBs=w1423-h1067-no
That google sign in crap never works for me
How bout the direct link?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AuVcw5ENdDgDD4gm6
I see both :surprised-041:
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on June 29, 2018, 11:40:58 PM
How bout the direct link?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AuVcw5ENdDgDD4gm6
I see that
Yep. See it with the direct link.
Have no idea what you might decide to put it on though.
QuoteWhat did I put these 1:72 scale decals on?
Winning guess gets a 6 day pass and R&R
I would say 56th FG, 63rd FS, P-47
(https://s25.postimg.cc/98qnhadjz/un-k.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Correct markings for the original application.
Cash prize is a .......?
What is the "New" application?
Ok, got all the parts printed and assembled in 3 sections,Head, Spine and Tail, to make post processing, filling in the gaps and cracks, and painting easier. Had to hang it to get it out of the way for now. My air compressor went DOA. So airbrushing its on hold.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/to5b2zxt7/20180706_000605.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.cc/jqua9xxx7/20180706_000618.jpg)
(https://s15.postimg.cc/q4jdd7i8r/20180706_000750.jpg)
Looking awesome "Z" !!! ... btw, is that a submarine on the self?
Yes, its one of my earlier prints.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8FUf0jNoCKodQYQBG0OKdoVUKMjEQ-qxv6iz9aKkIHj40ggHxhR_-36WIM1FPmAN3dcW86v_Uzy8B-V3pjUH27fR5Ie3ds8kzyIFzDkcZlDI159t3Bx9PEVXbgxfRUeHxZNCiPuSgLjWVLfMYAFbbDYQ2tC-bHGGeR0o3DCEAytaiEysuSfQUaCWrb65UGFiVYlKLIniQOBYY_IhsVv2qIdHWXmsQPfEau8KpDLcC98gDQrcsAUH6xHlrpg95W8jMdI-kO2MRZ-pEE3xt9r9KvVDQASyQ1SHVfJyqs-4hc8saERyadg3TyLJnwefGYU_ugODmfm4SZ7pWCPzPsHA-azpyltwKaw7-qs8zABdTcCfFAavREzN8JucaWPzcYy3TH6doEWd6ucc0dtUQmNqfM3lVQUgLaW_QF68jRxeeRIk5-viEj8iYafcv9zrJcvB8NdgAhQeBGq4WKqCgNJUFZOQM2cSkrxW8eQnFoZFaprABCMFEvvECcMezAoX6e7CwmrtYOzsYlE4L4kw0J7cgm7nk_YuQPLwvNauV2Ksk8z2zWoFc3GCBfdgn11Jggeb0u9ppq43HnBOBji9TO1nOAkUP5xPOfKrxeV4Eao=w1358-h1018-no)
hmmm.. i see nothing in Hogans post
I see a minus sign.....it is a very negative post.
Quote from: _AH_Bear on July 14, 2018, 11:53:27 PM
hmmm.. i see nothing in Hogans post
My first try at weathering
(https://s8.postimg.cc/m01oqv71t/20180717_202054.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/8vw4e97b5/20180717_202109.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/v7tx7ne4x/20180717_202131.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/hqwyosqyp/20180717_202150.jpg)
hey 50..... when you put the batteries in it does it vibrate??? :lol
actually... some very nice modeling there.... the sub included :happy-112:
My next project Battlestar Galactica TOS.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/e288fz9f9/f1d18a9d1e00e0341d527c89a3178399.jpg)
Not trim wheels?
Quote from: _AH_z5o on July 18, 2018, 07:44:52 PM
My next project Battlestar Galactica TOS.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/e288fz9f9/f1d18a9d1e00e0341d527c89a3178399.jpg)
Waiting on the correct color. I have a "To Print" list. Its in the cue.
Tell me what you need I will ship it.
24 hours later...
(https://s8.postimg.cc/koroheyhx/20180719_201945.jpg)
Sweet "Z" ... way kool !!!
QuoteNot trim wheels?
Jack has trim wheels,.... don't ya Jack...
Quote from: _AH_Hollywood on July 20, 2018, 04:26:45 PM
QuoteNot trim wheels?
Jack has trim wheels,.... don't ya Jack...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=188tAHJqxNMUS9Y0gtM5l3-otjmk09OoQ (https://drive.google.com/open?id=188tAHJqxNMUS9Y0gtM5l3-otjmk09OoQ)
Funny,
Was that you Twenty?
S~
didn't see the link before
:lol-053: Baa -haa-ha-haa
That's too good.
I was poking around Discord and happened across this:
(https://s19.postimg.cc/vg8rl2pc3/Screenshot_350_LI.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
How did it know?
(https://s8.postimg.cc/cqvgxzhfp/qb_1.jpg)
Ok, just take my money... NO, just take it already.
Quote from: _AH_z5o on July 26, 2018, 10:12:03 PM
(https://s8.postimg.cc/cqvgxzhfp/qb_1.jpg)
Ok, just take my money... NO, just take it already.
Do you have the 3D file for that?
I wish.
Who makes that BEAST?
It looks like its an ad on for a Saitek flight throttle, but, Im not sure.
Hollywood, I think Saitek makes that. When I do a search for their Throttles it shows up as a Saitek.
Went up to Gatineau today, the B-29 Fifi was there.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/hixpk34lt/FIFI1.png)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/hixpk6rrz/FIFI2.png)
(https://s22.postimg.cc/jaqof6ivl/FIFI3.png)
And a mustang picture cause Hollywood always demands a mustang picture.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/wsxkr4fht/MIV.png)
DW
Good Man !
Excellent DW ... very kool pics !!!
Here are a couple of pics from the Hawaii County R/C Club on the Big Island near my home town of Keaau. :)
The Red Tail P-51 (FMS V-8) is what I flew today. :)
Our field is roughly 600-700 ft long and 20 yards wide. It's located on an old airport radar site used in the 1950's.
(https://image.ibb.co/kWCnZT/20180729_121354.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/mdgguT/20180729_121336.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/kDXbTo/20180729_105857_Burst01.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/nhBaM8/20180729_103520.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/dDuZET/20180729_103507.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/eMM38o/20180729_103455.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/hnQPET/20180729_103538.jpg)
:)
But did you get any kills Dave?
Are collisions common flying those R/C kites? Does someone act as an ATC while people are flying?
DW
Quote from: _AH_Shrtaprch on July 30, 2018, 12:49:12 PM
But did you get any kills Dave?
Sorry Shrt, had no enemy fighters to fly against. :)
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on July 30, 2018, 08:39:37 PM
Are collisions common flying those R/C kites? Does someone act as an ATC while people are flying?
DW
We normally have only one or two planes in the air at a given time, so no collisions that I've witnessed.
No ATC, however normally the other pilots are watching who's flying and we always get comments on our landings.
:)
Well, its supose to be a 688, but, its missing a few things. Most likely due to the fact their Classified.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/9y1uhyzqt/20180730_144235.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/bd3f6r5zp/20180730_162741.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/7thhh08fp/20180730_175612.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/7gq3aul11/20180730_175626.jpg)
(https://s8.postimg.cc/wo0zal0ud/20180730_175634.jpg)
Nice "Z" ... very nice. :) Are you gonna try and make one of the 3d guns that's been in the news lately?
I guess I could, but, na.
Nice shorts DW.
Why I missed the brief last night -
(https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2018/04/26/105162576-2017-tacoma-2.1910x1000.JPG?v=1524763701)
S!
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on July 31, 2018, 12:59:17 AM
Nice shorts DW.
Why I missed the brief last night -
(https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2018/04/26/105162576-2017-tacoma-2.1910x1000.JPG?v=1524763701)
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Nice ride cheif..
new truck? or were you burying dead bodies across the border?
I ain't see no pick or shovel or dirt on it...
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on July 31, 2018, 12:59:17 AM
Nice shorts DW.
I'm not in any of those pictures, I was taking them. Though that is my brother in that one.
DW
Z the black goes further down like almost too half way and all of the sonar dome on some boats are all black that is if your going to make it authentic
http://navsource.org/archives/08/658/0865909.jpg
Well, your kinda right. When I got the honor of painting the Rickover (giggle). The red came up a lot further. Well over the Sonar Dome. The only time you could see it was in drydock. Otherwise it was green with,,, whatever that nasty stuff it that grows on it was. But, I DO need to repaint the black. Im NOT going to sand it any though. I want the paint to stack up making it appear there is a topcoat of non-skid on the black paint. Im thinking about a flat to charcoal black over coat on the topside. I just got to get the paint first and recut the masking for the stern as well as the bow. Which is a pain. Also, even though it suppose to be a 688. Its not even close. Theres a lot of stuff missing from the outer hull that only a 688 had. But, it was free minus the cost of filament to print it and paint to paint it. Maybe when I get better with my CAD software Ill reimage the stl file to more the likeness of the real boat.
Better? Better.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/hkladjmh1/20180801_160535.jpg)
I like it.
(https://s8.postimg.cc/hbnpnruat/20180801_162009.jpg)
Good Stuff Z!
Nice truck Bear..... that is a Tacoma???? I drive one myself cept its a bit older....like me :lol
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on July 31, 2018, 12:59:17 AM
Nice shorts DW.
Why I missed the brief last night -
(https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2018/04/26/105162576-2017-tacoma-2.1910x1000.JPG?v=1524763701)
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outstanding choice of truck hogan, personally i prefer white though. :drinking-43: :drinking-42:
(https://i.imgur.com/OQhTHcb.jpg)
~S~ auto
Wait...hold on .... DW has a brother? Must be an older one. Can't see his parents making that mistake again..... :happy-112:
7 years older actually....
PS - Shut up!
DW
I needed tan Auto, now the birds wont see me coming....
S!
Magneto Mickey.
(https://pre00.deviantart.net/38d1/th/pre/i/2014/318/7/d/magneto_mouse_by_solo78-d86f7xz.jpg)
DW
Ah ... Cr@p!
Let me be clear... nothing happen that fateful day.... I wasn't there and you didn't see me.
Hey gang. Thought Id show you what I was in to. I FINELY ordered that Saitek Throttle Quadrant Ive been going on and on about for YEARS now.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/jpzagzc7l/716_SX1_A1_Mu_L._SL1500.jpg)
I ALSO found these to print to go with it.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/lx3j4fzcx/812b864f3a190d3cc6d2c275f83763e7_preview_featured.jpg)
.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/lx3j4i4ip/7d7c857f02427f6d117451283de88d2f_preview_featured.jpg)
Yup, those are a copy of a BF-109 Throttle Assembly
Now the colors are going to be incorrect on mine. All I got is Red, Blue and Black right now and the red and the Blue dont want to print right for some strange reason. Most likely it due to the fact that their a cheepo brand and are full of inconsistencies in filament diameter and maybe a little contamination due to oil or Moisture. Who know . So, it might be a matter of getting my airbrush out and painting them.
Now then. When I get another Throttle Quadrant to go with it. Ill try to find a BF-110's
Ive already found a set to a 373 but...
That makes one.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/bqck2k60x/20180809_182950.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Hollywood on August 09, 2018, 01:42:33 PM
Ah ... Cr@p!
Let me be clear... nothing happen that fateful day.... I wasn't there and you didn't see me.
Haha.. is that you now too.. AH_Cr@p??? and .. i seen you ... lol
Jack.. you going to Nevada???
(https://s25.postimg.cc/y1qnnzrkv/jacks.jpg)
Maybe.
Oh like there needs to be a cemetary involved for Jack to be creepy...
DW
~S~ Gang.
Well it got here. Man Amazon is fast with thier shipping. Now to figure out how I want to configure it. Im wanting to get a second one sometime in the future.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/u1wd4xew1/20180811_171124.jpg)
I completed those new knobs. They tuned out really nice. I just dont like them due to the weight. That and they are just so tall for where I have to ount the thottle. So I decided NOT to use them.
Could you just modify the 3D model and cut em down to the size you want?
DW
Ya, but, its more about where I have to mount it vs. the size of the prints. Their a bit heavy and the throttles pigs are kinda flimsy. They would make it a lot easier to break one off with them installed and I tend to be kinda rough one my equipment when I get excited.
(https://s15.postimg.cc/mktutd4gr/IMG_0311.jpg)
(https://s33.postimg.cc/npu431k6l/Jack_Leading.jpg)
This screenshot is dated Nov. 1st, 2006.
Almost 12 years later and Jack is still flying the same skin.
DW
Very cool, DW. I'm glad to see it again. This was taken a moment before I bailed out, yes?
No Jack, we had yet to sight the enemy.
DW
~S~ Gang. Its not often one of my hair brain ideals work. But... This works. I took two Grandstream GPX-2000 IP VoIP business phones and got them working across my home LAN Network. One directly off the router and the other over at my moms house on a wifi extender WITHOUT using a SIP or IP PBX server. Which cost far more than this hick can afford. This way. If she need to get a hold of me. All she has to do is dial my extension "#5" or the IP address that is assigned to the headset shes wanting to call. This is far more reliable of a system than trying to call my cell phone which doesnt work 2/3 of the time. Later if I want. I can install a IP PBX server and be able to get a outside line by dialing *9 then what ever number Im wanting to call. Im only limited by LAN connection by the number of ports I have on my router and wifi extender. Which as of now is 8. Later I can add a PoE Switch and get as many as I want along with wifi camera's. Pretty nifty huh? The blue tape is hiding the IP address to that headset. I didnt think it was a good ideal to post that in a open forum.
(https://s22.postimg.cc/wkqp2kov5/20180913_183658.jpg)
Hehehhehe
(https://i.postimg.cc/kGKb0GzH/merican_beer.jpg)
Gators baby sippy cup...
(https://i.postimg.cc/Pqdb03QG/gators_cup.jpg)
Some LA cop stole my AC #
(https://i.postimg.cc/BbKgHdfQ/IMG_0423.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/HsNTxGLc/F6_F.png)
So, 13 is definitely not "Fuel Level". I closed my rad and hit WEP and it went up.
I did some poking around, that gauge used to be the fuel gauge but in one of the official patches they changed it to make it more accurate. So its now cylinder head temp as it should be. Apparently they failed to model the fuel gauge in the F6F, so they applied that functionality to the Fuel Pressure part of gauge 17. So Z was right, it is acting as your fuel gauge.
DW
S~ All,
I found these pic's today and framed them up ... damn, a "Blast from the Past"
Here's my Huey, Tail # 68-22685, UH-1D, pic taken in the fall of 1980 at Ft. Hood, TX, the unit was in the 124th Maintenance Co. , I was 18. :)
(https://image.ibb.co/hqW4RV/20181024-093035.jpg)
The second pic is of my UH-60 section in Korea, assigned to the 5/501st in 1989-90. I'm in the center just beneath the center windshield, UH-60A, during Team Spirit.
(https://image.ibb.co/kPF9tA/20181025-213145.jpg)
I didn't take very many photos when I was in the Army, so I'm glad I was able to find these.
S~
I finished the cabinet lighting and installed a cable rack to keep everything neat as possible. Still waiting on a Power Strip and a replacement Patch Panel to arrive plus 1000' of Cat 5e cable. But, the lighting worked out far better than I thought it would. Door closed, its red. Open its a funky white.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kg08kh69/20181026-154656.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wTBGv3WM/20181026-154721.jpg)
~S~
Update on my Network/Network Server build (Pix 1). Ive got all the Cat 5e ran and RG45 wall mount Boxes mounted.. Everything seems to work correctly so I guessing I got the wiring correct. My wireless access point (Pix 2) is working GREAT. FAR better than the wifi router that my ISP provides. My coverage has more than tripled. Ive connected 3 GrandStream VoIP network phones (Pix 3) to the network and their working perfectly now. Ive got plenty of PoE sockets to add more or even some network cams later. Im planning on at least two more phones later down the road. The next thing I want to get started on is a, Micro ATX or Mini ITX based server or two and MAYBE a Rack Mount Router. That will be a challenge to get working without a T1 connection. Im hoping I can find one that will allow me to keep using my current landline setup, DSL. Then a Firewall to hide the network from,,, prying eyes. Im wanting to set this thing up to where I dont have to use ANY of my ISP's equipment. Im also running two "Smart " TV's on the network and a 8 cam security system with DVR. (silver box on top of stack (Pix 1)).
(Pix 1)
(https://i.postimg.cc/N0dKcn3f/20181123-150612.jpg)
(Pix 2)
(https://i.postimg.cc/132WH9RD/20181123-152302.jpg)
(Pix 3)
(https://i.postimg.cc/CLmMd2h3/20180913-183658.jpg)
~S~ Thought I'd show off my cockpit.
(https://i.postimg.cc/635qxCLC/20181123-222357.jpg)
Umm, you better blur out that nazi wallpaper before Hogan sees it.
DW
Too late.
Damn.
What are the chances?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AJRQlvY9sUhBf7YvTWteIh_ytFhC7H7pCqmF5mKj3kUhVfISfejeZe9Ag6cEahj7E1Q_qjPA1MlnV4SCqg5qX8tepyPmrO-K0gT8kzsWk6xvgfWjmqsyPCQHK1DW-PNgCqefm7VJTmjjlmdan0IyAIDgTnyFW0EiZCEGnpi6m9FOlF7gcmprfc8yLIq_RSTZufFrLYucR4WFfcXpYpD_dmR85w7JmyoFwIjgk8t05Rq-X9rbxN1o4kJg2vQ8BrwkUvpD6jBzwVOBITK8MHEiH9pubEhgw5u24I0RQPXr-wvd3AbE4a4vVHRHGGw-0xRZat4asnD9tsSD5vb2AManEYTRjoL2u3YVF5alC49wT_zG05s2SHx6bMlnCgMaVje27UPS-hINMNsD-j7qKfyfoI8FbK1ZE5lUDIzJoT6jMLAyRJhkzvwXy9U_q0iQ1CYKsniWtkBNGv78Qx8TV-NC4H9WbtlMOSzPG42ykQyJoOAxRLYWq2aPh4Rxeaer4bPTY_1yMF9bMl1UirOg4HPj3IB-GV4KdlSxBk3KRb7-DuHYQZ7RiDqCBG-N3U35iWPydn4mC69QdMOhZDSPn4pZzASVioM5gUbsL5G7A6okUfk5Fi1KHKiXm4Ogoifsu_FYT8aBgN09VzXtKmp7naSmxMc=w1346-h1009-no)
Unless it's your truck.....
~S~ 5 hours of driving and I had to basically disassemble it to get it in the house. And yes it was a beast to get in there. I only have 3 inches of clearance to stand it up
I was up til 3am getting it to where its at now. Those servers were VERY heavy. Id say somewhere around 40 pounds or more. They came out of a working system so they should be gold.
(https://i.postimg.cc/MGrH2rx6/20181207-111705.jpg)
~S~ So far Ive got the cabinet cleaned and assembled. 1 out of 4 servers up and running smoothly.
Sounds like a 727 at idle. Music to my ears.
Soon, Ill be ready to implement my plan to take over the world.
(https://i.postimg.cc/PrjXXZRY/20181207-230934.jpg)
hey Z
is that your computer tower
Ya and no. Its a server cabinet. It stands about 6.5 foot tall and was a bear, no offense intended Bear, to get in my tailor.
~S~
Z what all does that do that a desktop PC cannot do,just curious.
Well, alot of things. Your using something just like it right now chatting with me. When Im done, Im hoping to have a dedicated server for us to fly and chat on 24/7 without having to pay for it.
cool
That's really awesome Z !
Kopfdorfer
Got my new Enterprise server up and running and I was happy as a clam. I could do everything I wanted to do. Transfer file across the network. View movie, lessen to mp3s. Everything was great.... Until. MS decide to push a BIG Win10 update to my server thats running on Win10. IT completely shut down my network. Now I cant share shoot. I just dont understand what has change. My server see's my main PC, but, my main PC DOESN'T now see the server. Grrr This is why I never really cared to much for networking.
~S~ Z,
I don't know if the link below has anything with your issue, but here it is anyways.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091368/windows-10-homegroup-removed (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091368/windows-10-homegroup-removed)
Twenty
Thanks Twenty, sounds like MS made networking a bit more of a pain then it already was. S!
Just got another one of my servers up and running. Now Ive got one Hp DL380 G6 and one Dell PowerEdge 2950 up and running. That leaves me with another HP DL380 G6 and a Dell PowerEdge R310 to fix.
(https://i.postimg.cc/DZHM8bgP/20181220-140934.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Autorotate on October 04, 2016, 02:27:16 AM
good news!
http://xp-82twinmustangproject.blogspot.com
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ZS4l29IsEg/V--95yE8PCI/AAAAAAAAGL4/fWjz_hQRay4BuZfT1hDL9qAmuOgc8fiOACLcB/s1600/IMG_9084.jpg)
The airplane accidentally took to flight
https://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/4224-full.html?ET=avweb:e4224:297717a:&st=email#232071 (https://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/101/4224-full.html?ET=avweb:e4224:297717a:&st=email#232071)
Throwing down some new flooring in my lab.
(https://i.postimg.cc/7ZYv3y4r/20190109-170415.jpg)
Either that or jigsaw puzzles are really crappy in Kentucky...
DW
Fire extinguisher in the lab.
Hmmm.... What's he cooking in that lab?
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on January 09, 2019, 11:01:44 PM
Fire extinguisher in the lab.
Hmmm.... What's he cooking in that lab?
My plan to take over the world of course.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Ls7gXWdZ/sticker-375x360-u2.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/MTQLcHwN/20190119-170339.jpg)
New toy up and running. Now Ive got to go reset all my network port settings. This thing took over all the IP assignments so all my port forwarding is toast.
No biggy, its just time.
I always thought of z as more of a Pinky...
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on January 19, 2019, 10:38:13 PM
I always thought of z as more of a Pinky...
DW
Hey DW, (https://i.postimg.cc/J4nq5B89/Full-Moon-Luc-Viatour.jpg) .
One is a genius, the other is from Kentucky....
(https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--ltlxLpvo--/t_Preview/b_rgb:191919,c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630/v1488414436/production/designs/1281316_1.jpg)
DW
(https://i.postimg.cc/fWfmFVqs/Dexter-Laboratory-25.jpg)
DW
Is this at your house Archie??
(https://i.postimg.cc/Pq03CsXV/archies-toilet.jpg)
I just dont think I could use that. I really dont.
My YaYa's may be down there
You guys are scaring me :lol
Lol, saw this on a modeling website.
(https://www.largescaleplanes.com/kitdb/images/2456/2456-25.jpg)
DW
Looks like the artist is a fellow named Romain Hugault. He does all kinda of art like this.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDPSCLyXsAAOPs3.jpg:large)
DW
Yes please.
~S
Got a little flooding issue here in SE Kentucky. We got just under 4" of rain in one night.
(https://i.postimg.cc/sXY6KV4q/53160292-2360343160915797-4583496808033943552-n.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/5jdtJSC6/53150526-2360343220915791-8789079576836833280-n.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/63cStW4R/20190221-123149.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/L5ZzvvSX/20190221-123729.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/qMVmS65Y/20190221-123748.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZqRjp8W9/20190221-123929.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/8Pdb319m/52605478-10213917728962160-7159635337684189184-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nLrYCqz3/52694932-10213915718151891-7451976272416079872-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BZH5LSSf/52744586-10213917698641402-2240776230364250112-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/3xS25WBm/52759676-10213917710601701-8926583830991601664-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wb7M85q9/52816385-10213915708711655-5765417446492078080-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/W3JG7j0r/52857227-10213915732992262-7829881081762414592-o.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/hGY8xhQc/53110504-10213915731832233-2364694034082955264-o.jpg)
You high enough?
The cows was my favorite.
~S
Hey, any landing you can walk away from....
(https://i.postimg.cc/Gmz1fBNX/52875338-2117287674986153-2397566180463214592-n-1.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on February 26, 2019, 05:29:15 PM
Never...
Oh, your talking about the water. Yes, one of the advantages of living on top a mountain.
The cows was my favorite.
~S
No such thing.
(https://i.postimg.cc/xTwkdZTw/9c816882a6cb2604a1f2cbcf83e1e6ce.jpg)
Archie, just for you buddy ..lol
(https://i.postimg.cc/FK4ZSCvt/archies-answer.jpg)
When they come out with the XL version I will buy it
You little fellas get all the breaks
(https://i.postimg.cc/Dy7hsqVb/tenora.gif)
Ok, so I did manage to get this game loaded and after the third try I was able to land this thing on a carrier.
But... what the heck do you do to turn around and get over to takeoff position?? Where are the left/right brakes?
(https://i.imgur.com/Xyh0oxI.png)
Apply brakes... full left rudder, and add power... she will turn around nicely...
1946 doesn't have differential braking.... but BOS does for US and German A/C.
Think of the possibilities!!!
What a day.
(https://i.postimg.cc/mDNdnSG6/20190416-180646.jpg)
You have a pink tree in your yard. Just saying.
DW
Eureka!!!
ALL errors resolved and the board is GREEN. Server deployed and operating at 100% efficiency.
My server is up and running...
Finely, success.
Next item on the list... World domination.
(https://i.postimg.cc/28FTJKkd/20190418-112548.jpg)
Here's some pics of the new build.
Specs:
Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming//
AMD Ryzen 5 2600x
Patriot Viper RAM 16 gig, XMP enabled
Corsair CX750 PS
MSI GTX1060 Gaming X 6 gig
Enermax Ostrog Adv case
Windows 10 Pro
Build is running great! Not too many problems getting set up. As I mentioned, the CPU temp fluctuates, which seems odd to me, but apparently that is common with this processor. Checked the clock speed, and it is running at 4.125 to 4.150 ghz, and according to Ryzen Master, it is already running in Precision Boost Mode...the thing is overclocked out of the bos. Case has good airflow, with 2 pre-installed fans in the front, one at the back for exhaust, and I added two Corsair SP-120 fans in the top. You can feel the air pulling into the case. The GPU temp on the old machine was hovering around 55-58 degrees. This one is running around 43...
So far, I like the Windows 19 Pro, much more than I thought I would. Especially like the Windows Hello, where you only need a pin to get in.
Still a lot of game settings to fix, and some other things to work on. Need to get a new TrackIr5, and it looks like I may need to get a new throttle. Kept wondering why the lights would go out on it. Moved the cable around tonight, and it went out...think the cable is going bad. Had this a long time, and it has worked great (Thanks Lippy for the throttle). Will get a CH Pro throttle when I can afford it. Got to take care of other things first.
Finally got the pictures to work from Dropbox:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcg5i1yyvbh97bd/20190417_070945.jpg?raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/9qxj6p6iogyiof1/20190415_065650.jpg?raw=1)
Case was a clearance item at Fry's...got it for $50. Couldn't pass it up. Great airflow and lots of room to work. It is the new version of the case I was using. Also has a side panel with an expanded side, so you can route the cables on the backside, clearing up the mainboard area for better airflow. Still need to do a little work on that...panel is a little tight. Think I can get the cables closer to the board, so the panel will go on easier.
Any recommendations on a better CPU cooler? Temps right now are in the 40's, but I think I can do better. Might find something a little quieter.
I see no pix..??
Read the whole message you ninny
There you go.
Got this little jim kicked down to me for fixing an older DOA Dell StudioXPS. Time to do a bit of upgrading to the ol network. The only down side is. Its not a Rack Mount Switch, but, it'll more than do for now.
(https://i.postimg.cc/VkxnztmB/20190420-143225.jpg)
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on April 19, 2019, 04:18:50 PM
Read the whole message you ninny
Hes such a bully... :sad-056:. my feeling is hurt.. :sad-056: whos the HR person... oh Jack... Jack..hahha
Olds it was my pleasure to help a friend out. That PC rocks bud, looks like your going to be shaming some of us real soon with that monster. I wish I could help more but it looks like your just about covered.
I have heard AMD's are a bit jittery. My second PC was a AMD processor and it ran till it was so outdated I had to replace it. When I built mine it seem the gaming rights to the king of the hill kept going back and forth between AMD and Intel, at the time INTEL was on top. I dont believe you should have much trouble at all. Rock on ~S~
gee Zulu what a nice picture of your place... Ive move into a senior park but our houses are much the same... im still down sizing from my old home... but geting there...little rusty on my typing having been offline for so long
Please put her on all my airplanes -
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bE9lAvmty_8/maxresdefault.jpg)
Got a new truck (new to me) Saturday. 2001 Ford F150 XLT Supercrew.
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/74nih4iomh40ebd/20190518_203520.jpg?raw=1)
Needs a little work, but it runs good, and the price was right. Got a lot of features, drives good, and it is comfortable.
Get it cleaned up really good, and it will look sharp.
Nice Olds, congrats.
Looks pretty clean for 18 years old.
DW
Thank you. Only rust I've found is on the rocker panels and the cab corners. Rest of the body is straight.
Some days the traffic in SoCal gets me... Hogan and SKAT and maybe BBQ's distant memories can all relate......
Then I see this.... Mt. Everest
(https://i.postimg.cc/d14NdGCP/climbers-mount-everest.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I and I don't think it's so BAD.....
But, I'm still stuck in traffic.... so... Hey let's make a Left turn and hit the beach....but
He's waiting for me...
(https://i.postimg.cc/JhCFWr8g/great-white-shark-smile.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NKbD6w57)
So... between.. traffic and risking life and limb with float"ies" around my arms... I figure.. I'll just PULL A BEAR... and go for the HERB....
(https://i.postimg.cc/tgdMqKCg/BBUanff.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
But then... I can't even get to my front door...
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y9pyhdhz/BBUaqdl.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5HRmrq5X)
HANDS AND KNEES, WEAPON FORWARD... MOVE!!!
Well, I hate to see my -P-38's go away.....
Auto, how 'bout something Koreanish for our website banner?
~S
After a long mission the little guy was just tuckered out.
(https://i.postimg.cc/DfgXkJFb/Jack-Sleepy.png)
DW
Here is my newest Project which is why I have been busy.
2019 Jayco Eagle HTX 26 footer Fifth wheel Pickup is a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Duromax 2500 it is in immaculate shape with only 151K miles.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212909&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212906&o=OneUp
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212911&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212906&o=OneUp
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212912&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212906&o=OneUp
Weekend trip to Helena Montana Karen's Grand Daughter had a Softball Tournament still going on They are playing for third and forth place in a few hours.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212910&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212906&o=OneUp
Nice rig!
~S
Nice Lippy...
comfy living
Its not bad I will say that it looks small on the outside but the inside is roomy
That is awesome!
Excellent Lippy ... very nice !!!
Building a Virtual Machine(VM) to host a AH Server. Thats step one. With this. Ill be able to run the server 24/7 locked out from everything else on my network for safety.
After this. To construct the actual server and get it up and running. With ALOT of help from Wilder thanks and S! Wilder.
(https://i.postimg.cc/g2dY037Q/20190702-000531.jpg)
~S!~ Z,
Is this for the AH_BoX server?
Cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0LpXo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0LpXo)
Vintage Wing's Corsair went off the runway in Gatineau today, ended up in a ditch. Bummer.
(https://i.cbc.ca/1.5198517.1562170295!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/gatineau-airport-incident.jpeg)
(https://postmediaottawacitizen2.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/72450406-plane_crash_0281-w.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=640)
DW
That looks repairable.
~S
Yeah hopefully. Been up there a few times for airshows and events, didn't realize the ditches were that deep along the runway.
Sounds like the pilot is alright. He is a really experienced fellow, wonder what happened.
DW
Actually maybe not totally alright, broken rib and broken nose. Ow.
DW
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/pilot-seriously-hurt-in-emergency-landing-of-vintage-plane-in-gatineau
They are saying it's not badly damaged.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-lPwHMWkAIU57x.jpg)
DW
(https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67613123_2900582723292234_1272519782406553600_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQkX3ykm6RpLyFhre-u-nDIl12gca4fYvDU0l04RbrUesU6g7Q5X3c_a_TxokACa5kE&_nc_ht=scontent-den4-1.xx&oh=fa82a11befec824e82c876e27020c534&oe=5DE7E3FE)
(https://i.postimg.cc/fzDMkscX/Red-Arrows.png)
Was up in Gatineau today, the RAF's Red Arrows were there doing a display.
The Vintage Wings hangar was open and their corsair from the above posts was there in a state of a disassembly. She's bent in all kinds of different directions. :sad-056:
DW
Just got back from Las Vegas and watched the first race of NASCAR Chase. Had the time of my life. Karen encouraged me to go and do the Richard Petty's NASCAR Experience, were you drive a 600 HP NASCAR race car. I bought 4 8 minute sessions on the track. you drive alone in the car with a spotter telling you what rpm to maintain, depending on how well you listen determines the how fast your permitted. I wanted to drive the number 78 Truex's old car but someone just wrecked into turn 2 wall. Oh well so I drove the number 4 car Harvick's for 4 sessions of 8 minutes each. Once you pull away from the pits the time starts, you have a spotter that talks you threw it all. * minutes got me 6 laps each time for the first two sessions and 7 for the last two sessions. After each lap you are told to increase the RPM. I started with 4200 and moved up to 4900 my first two 8 minute sessions the last two 8 minute sessions they bumped the rev limiter to 5400. The spotter and the crew chief were so impressed they left me alone to drive as fast and as close to the white line as I felt safe doing, I was alone on the track as well. I hit a top speed of 168.55 and an average speed of 155. Which was fastest on Sunday. The heat was so hot when I got out of the car the helper Dressed in the blue shirt he garbed my arm to stable me. I wasnt accustomed to the G's and the affects. Afterwards my shoulders neck and legs all hurt pretty good. My legs swelled. my shoulders and neck from holding my head still. They had removed the head rests so you can feel the full effect of the G's. on my last two sessions would allow the Hones device support my head. I was tired and very hot.
Me waiting for the 4 car to come back in with the other drivers https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212919&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
The crew chief is in red I am waiting for clearance to go https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212920&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
Me in the Car https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212917&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
on the track https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212918&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
#4 Car just rolled out of the pits right after I got out https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212916&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
The Cert https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=7CD999872472E6DC&id=7CD999872472E6DC%212915&parId=7CD999872472E6DC%212914&o=OneUp
Awesome Lippy. I dont care much for NASCAR
but I too would jump all over a chance like that..... (wavey)
One, thats pretty neat.
Two, how the hell did you fit in that thing? No wonder you were sore.
DW
Sweet!
~S
Awesome!
According to the crew chief they have 4 cars each with various seat settings. he told me he was not positive he could fit me in the car. But the 4 car was his biggest car, meaning the distance the seat sat from the steering wheel. I climbed in just fine with one exception the roll bar that sits right at the top of the door. My head hit it and I was just barely able to squeeze in. My knees where pretty close and I had to prove that I could turn the steering wheel without hindrance. In one of the first email I was giving it stated that the tallest you could be is 6 foot 7 inches, I am 6 foot 6 and 1/2 inches. But I made it and getting out was easier. I wont be forgetting the experience, I would love to drive somewhere around 6000 RPM's. But I am not sure how I would handle it at 59 years old. I was sore for about two days the worst was in my legs. Funny thing is I am wearing the number 78 hat Martin Truex Jr. and the race that night came down to the 4 car and Martin. Martin won.
Too bad they didn't still use those roof hatches like the older generation cars. You could have just hopped in through the top.
DW
Funny cars have roof flaps not stock cars. But what a idea but then again how many adrenaline junkies are 7 foot tall. :lol
Yeah they have roof flaps but at one time they added roof escape hatches back when the window openings were kinda small. You don't remember that? I guess it was like the early 2000s.
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DW
I am not sure what you found but the roof flaps NASCAR uses aren't for escape they are designed to keep the car grounded when turned backwards. Dont know what pics you have but I would have to see a race with those flaps, BTW they open the wrong direction any air get under them bye bye flaps. Maybe you need to watch this short video. https://www.nbcsports.com/video/inside-nascar-roof-flaps-play-critical-role
Yes, the little roof flaps keep the card on the ground, this is different from that.
That picture shows Michael Waltrip after he won, I think it was the fall 2003 race at Talladega. The windows were kinda small in the old cars and there was some concern about a driver's ability to get out if the car was stopped against a wall on the driver's side. So it became optional for teams to add that roof escape hatch. A couple years later when they came out with the first new gen cars, part of the redesign included a higher roof and larger windows which negated the need for the roof hatch.
When Waltrip won that Talladega race they were a new thing so he celebrated by popping out of the hatch.
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Maybe you weren't into NASCAR back then.
DW
I have been into Nascar since the late 70's I will concede. But I did take a bit of a break from watching racing after my first divorce in 88-89. I do remember something along those line I just figured they never made it to the track. But I was wrong. :drinking-29:
Just barely made the line in tonight's second mission with a failing engine. Twas damn close.
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DW
I love how the rocket is lighting up the pilot and the face of the bombs.
Also, you can jettison the rocket tubes, full or empty!
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I thought of 6x500 bombs in the 38 is too much... the 38 is awesome....
Have you noticed the gun tube whistle in the P-51?
QuoteHave you noticed the gun tube whistle in the P-51?
Oh sweet sounds....
On the 38, one important point. When you taxi, the top of the canopy will close. However, that does not mean that the canopy is fully closed. I couldn't figure out why I was getting so much buffeting, till I realized the window was down.. :idiot-0011: Hit RAlt C to roll up the windows and fully close the canopy, problem solved...DOH! Thanks Wood!
Love that 38!
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I saw that on the sturmovik forums. Interesting.
DW
I was reading an article about racetracks and they mentioned the one in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. You guys who are into racing might remember it, it used to host Indycar, NASCAR Busch and Craftsman Truck series races amongst others. It got bought and its races moved elsewhere after 2004, guess the owners refused to allow it to be used for racing anymore since it competed with other nearby tracks they owned. Now its kind of an overgrown wreck, sad.
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DW
I have heard of it, there is another track in Pocono Pennsylvania called the tricky triangle. They are doing something very odd this year. They are running both the Pocono races simultaneously 2 weeks in a row. Just my two cents worth or is it down to one cent these days :lol
Yeah, the proximity to Pocono and Dover was related to why they shut it down. Its a pity, what they need is more unique racetracks and fewer copycat 1.5 milers.
DW
S~
The brother I was talking about last night lives so close to Pocono Raceway you can hear the races from his house. It's 2.5 mile tri oval with a pretty interesting layout. Each turn is a duplicate, as much as a turn can be duplicated ( banking and radius), of one of the turns on three other well known tracks.
Used to love running Pocono in the old Papyrus NASCAR Racing sims. Was fun when they used to shift there.
DW
They still shift there. Pocono is called the tricky triangle. BB is right each corner is a copy from another race track and all three are different. Makes for good racing. Longest straight away in NASCAR.
unfortunate for your brother they dont offer the experience at Pocono but Dover they do.
I had to share this with ya'll.
Yes, that car is illegally parked in the middle of the lane half in a crosswalk.
And yes, that is a Handicap placard hanging in the window.
And... yes, that is a Handicap parking spot sitting open 15 feet behind them.
This is the type of people I have to live with everyday and people wonder why I want to move.
Oh and that car set there for over 30 minutes.
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This is the definition of skinning hell.
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27 separate pieces (actually more but I combined some of them) that had to be aligned with eachother and in some cases skewed or curved to compensate for distortion in the texture mapping. All this to create six simple straight lines on the aircraft.
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Freaking brutal.
DW
Beautiful Christmas skin...
~S
Let's just get our hands on a good P-51 template.. Viola!
Quote from: _AH_Hollywood on November 18, 2019, 04:10:17 PM
Let's just get our hands on a good P-51 template.. Viola!
As far as I know the official ones are the only ones available. The ones for the three latest allied aircraft are a little disappointing compared to the Spit IX and P-47 ones. Alot of layers are not separate and are combined together, no full sets of invasion stripes, no theatre bands. The P-51 did come with one version of 352nd FG nose and the 78th FG's black and white checker nose but thats it so far. Wish they had included the 357th nose checkers. ICDP said he would inquire about some of this stuff, we'll see if anything comes of it.
DW
QuoteWish they had included the 357th nose checkers.
Yes please.
~S
This rebuttment ain't big enough fer the both of us.
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DW
YAY!
S!
:drinking-43:
Now if you guys would just simply fly that d@mn game
Woody is in that weird place between old and new....
Hang on to us brother, we'll get there.
We may have to kill BB though.
S!
The game is so detailed that the data markings beneath my kill flags actually match my tail numbers.
DW ol buddy ol pal... what ones mine??
:happy-112:
Hint hint.
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~S~ Gents. Let me explain a little why I havent been around. As Im sure you all know. Ive been taking care of my mom and my disable brother for the past 4 going on 5 years now. The stress of everything finely caught up to me and I had to take a break from everything. Well, last night around 2 am things got worse. I woke up and walked in to my lab which is located at the front of my mobile home. No sooner set down at my PC when CRASH!!! My house literally jumped and shuck like hell. It seems a large pine tree decided to fall right on it. As you can see below. Ive wanted get it, but, never could afford insurance on it. Now, I have no clue on what to do. Ive lost my house and I have no way to fix it or replace it. Fortunately, it seems someone was looking over me. Because, if I had waited to get up out of bed just 5 more minutes. I'd had that tree in my lap. So, thats something I guess. Anyways. thats that. Merry Christmas to me I guess. Ill try to get back flying as soon as I can, maybe tonight. Just depends on how today goes. See ya'll soon. S! Gents
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wow.. i hope things turn around for you soon Z..
Good Luck Z :drinking-43:
F*#@!
I know that pain.
Can you afford to water proof until repairs repairs are completed?
Ya, Hogan. One good thing about being a Hippie. You always have bunch of tarps.
Hey gang, heres a little update.
The damage is bad, but, it could had been alot worse. If the tree would had been just a little closer to the center line of my tailor it would had split my house in to. Theres a large hole in the roof about the size of a basket ball as well as a few torn and crushed side and roof panels. It looks like that corner has been bent/mashed down and some damage to the roof and wall structure. I spent the biggest part of the day placing tarps over the damage area as well as cleaning up all the debris in my bed room. Hopefully the tarps will hold til better weather this spring so I can try to do repairs. Thatll give me sometime to gather up so cash to try to fix it. But, for now I think itll keep the rain and snow out. On the up side. I dont have to worry about that damn tree anymore. And now I can honestly say I know what a depth charge attack feels like. When that tree hit, it looked and sounded like a scene out of a old B/W WWII sub movie where their under attack from depth charges. My trailer physically jumped up sending everything in it flying. Damn-est thing Ive ever seen. Everything that was hung on a wall came off. Including my Martin 6 string breaking two strings and my Fender Stratocaster breaking the tone knob off. My banjo stayed put, luckily with no damage. The trailer itself is no longer level and has a bit of a twist to it making the outer doors a bit difficult to open and close. That Ill address that when the weather warms up. It looks like the trailer has moved about an inch or two on its foundation, but, seems to be holding steady there.. Fortunately there no electrical wiring running through the damage walls so thats not going to be a problem. And seeing I DONT have running water. There shouldnt be any leaks from that. I was wanting to fly last night, but, I was running on just one hour of sleep and couldnt hold my eyes open when flying time rolled around. Maybe next week. Any ways, thats that.
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Sorry this happened bro. I do not miss the wind storms of western Washington 60+ mph gusts. They have wind storms here to but like 25-30 mph gusts. i can live with that.
It dosnt look to bad from what I can see, some structural damage. I can say I used to see a lot of blue tarps on a lot of single wides in Washington and they did a good job of keeping out the rain. They wont keep out the cold. I would on a dry day use some good duct tape on the end towards the center so moisture dosent seep in. Sorry bud life likes tyo throw us some wrenches occasional y.
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Started some repairs today. didnt get as much as I hoped done. Replaced one window, repaired most of one wall. Thats about it. Had to do it by myself so work went slowly. Heres what I was working on.
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Heres a shot of the roof damage from inside. You cant really see what is all messed up. But, if you look carefilly, you can see the broken beams.
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It seems my trailor was built with a 2x6 beam that caps the walls. Which help take the hit from the tree nicely. The roof beams were 2x4. It snapped them. One side of the window frame had been pushed down twisting the window from, That was coased by one of the 2x4s in the wall disintegrating due to the load and some water damage that I didnt know was there. But, all fixable. Im going to try to hit the roof tomarrow.
That does not look like drywall is it partical board Considering bro you did alot of work. Looks pretty darn good to me. ~S~
No Lippy, thats drywall. Very cheap and thin drywall but... Im having to replace a sheet or two due to some black mold I found when I opened it up. But, thats normal for a mobile home this age. BUT, Ive got all the structural repairs on the wall completed today. Now for the drywall and as soon as I can get another break in the weather. HOPEFULLY I can start in on the roof.
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BEFORE
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AFTER
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how is a poor hippie like you afford to buy Dewalt tools. LOL just kidding. Looks good Z. :lol
made me laff when i seen "repair kit" on the hammer
Quote from: _AH_Bear on February 06, 2020, 05:00:43 PM
made me laff when i seen "repair kit" on the hammer
Thats from my Tech Support days for Sprint/Nextel Black Berry/Trio. :happy-112:
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Hey Z In my bathroom in Washington state I remodeled due to moldy conditions. I noticed where ever I had mold on the drywall i saw ther insulation was dark colored. Now I am not certain if its moldy or not. But I would look into it before you cover it with new drywall.
Ya Lippy, I was thinking about replacing that as well.
No working on the roof today.
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looks like that here too
My brother came to the Big Island during December. He now is an RC flier and does very well. Here's a pic from his visit, he is holding the Zero and I have the Corsair. Both planes are mine. :)
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Nice Pics dave I see the resembles.
Same here we got 2 inches the other night and its snowing again tonight. We just had a record hot spell and fire dangers issued for the county I live in Gallitin County. :give-me-beer-0034:
Quote from: _AH_Col._Hogan on November 25, 2019, 12:38:34 AM
Woody is in that weird place between old and new....
Hang on to us brother, we'll get there.
We may have to kill BB though.
S!
Don't worry 'bout me. I figure I'll catch up when I can.
Problem with rats or crows s*&#@ing on you car?
Full auto fun - .177 steel bb
Sold in the US and Canada -
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Took this at lunch today.
The kids have a three ship escort -
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~S
and.. what is that?.. more gin needed ?
S!
Found this on eBay. I know its for farming sims, but, I wondered how it could be used for flying. I dont plan on getting it though, dern thing cost to much.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAITEK-FARMING-SIMULATOR-Wired-USB-Joystick-Controller-Only-43216-TESTED-WORKS/233531765099?hash=item365f93f16b%3Ag%3ADvAAAOSwDQdecii6&LH_ItemCondition=3000%7C2000
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Shut up, SKAT.
DW
I think this is Hogan heaven.
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DW
Ahhh... P-38 porn.
S!
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I wonder if Jack will be working the poles again on tuesday?
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DW
My eyes.....OMG.
That is so wrong
Talk about voter suppression eh?
Or perhaps voter nauseation...
DW
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on November 01, 2020, 11:00:40 PM
Talk about voter suppression eh?
Or perhaps voter nauseation...
DW
:lol-034:
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Norman Rockwell 1943
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I love that picture. Says so much. :)
My new wheels,,,, I hit old age like a bus slamming in to a brick wall.
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No Wheelie bar Z?
No, but, I was thinking of adding a lift kit and a LED light bar.
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A nice colorized photo, the aircraft is from the 402nd fighter squadron of the 370th fighter group. The fellow in the picture is the pilot and CO of the 402nd, unfortunately he was killed in this aircraft in august of 44.
DW
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Quote from: _AH_z5o on December 28, 2020, 11:29:43 PMZ I know how you feel
My new wheels,,,, I hit old age like a bus slamming in to a brick wall.
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S~
Good to hear from you, Turbo!
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Hippitus Hoppitus Reus Domine
Amen.
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Been playing this game alot lately. Its pretty complicated though, I can't make it past the first month cause my engine keeps seizing for some unknown reason. Must be a bug.
DW
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Did you give up on Snow Blower Simulator?
Quote from: _AH_DarkWolf on April 09, 2021, 10:42:13 PM
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Been playing this game alot lately. Its pretty complicated though, I can't make it past the first month cause my engine keeps seizing for some unknown reason. Must be a bug.
DW
DW's bird during the war.
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Yeah, 610 squadron. When I first started skinning I used DW for any aircraft that had a two character squadron code, before I made them all realistic like.
Great Battles has an official skin of the aircraft nearest the camera.
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DW
I saw that snappy skin in the new release.
Be even better to go out and buy Normandy.
Razorback Jug, Razorback Stang, Spit 14
What's not to love.
The NASCAR races were at Talladega, Alabama this weekend and one of the cars had a paint scheme commemorating the Tuskegee Airmen.
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DW
Hmmm, no swazi kill flags...
~S
the kill flag is under the number 43
Made it back home and the trip was very productive and fruitful. I also bought a sand rail. I hope the photos come in.
https://onedrive.live.com/?id=7CD999872472E6DC%213137&cid=7CD999872472E6DC
(https://i.postimg.cc/Wzd5KLR8/BKCAN.png)
Double Maple? Madness I say, madness!!
DW
(https://i.postimg.cc/fwJr5Gd8/SKAT.png)
I've been playing Battletech games for a long time and let me tell you :
Worst. Planet. Ever.
DW
It can not be as bad as planet WOLF 1061c (aka the darkwolf) with it being very dense and inflated ego mass 4.3 times that of the earth. (tongue)
Astronomers now believe Skat is on a collision course with Rezak's Hole!
(https://i.postimg.cc/3JJDZWVD/Rezaks-Hole.png)
Members of AH were not surprised by the news.
DW
This is just too funny!
Z's new truck
Sweet
Very nice, I was going to get a Toyota Tundra but instead decided on the XSE model Highlander 3 months ago.
Sure is shiny. Very nice looking truck.