Non BOP MISC.VIDEOS and Links..

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

cool vids SA. ya know, the thing that impresses me the most about this stuff is...we view it and class it in "our" frame of mind...according to 'OUR" age. but the "MEN" flying these planes and doing all of this...weren't even 30...hell most werent even 20 freaking 5! I am talking both axis and allies...god bless them all.

USSR had it so anyone who was 16+ could become a pilot. But most were 20 or so, and not many young people joined the Red Air Force, but joined the Red Army on the ground.

Originally Posted by Gilly

Just one Ive just found on my phone taken at a recent classic show in Carlisle. Points for correct identities!!!

I'm guessing the very far engine is a Pratt & Whitney R2800 or a Wright Cyclone? But it looks like a R2800 more I think. The middle engine looks to be a Rolls Royce Merlin or maybe a Griffon. But it doesn't look right to me? The second I'm guessing is a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp? It's not very big, and looks fairly similar?