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Stumbled over this whilst perusing vids, nice to see two together
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I found this film in poundland. I thought I had seen every WW2 air combat film but missed this one.
It's an all female bomber crew in a B29 vs Pteradons. What's not to like? Er quite a lot....watch only if you are very bored! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTTYsDI7Vc Edit: video removed due to copyright. Everyone just dodged a bullet! |
Real life Mario Kart...genius!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT1pW...e_gdata_player |
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27 Sqn Blenheims at Singapore
a link to a forum with great pics B&W and Color from Life magazine. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/i...howtopic=62197 |
B 24s in hungary. shows aftermath footage and a 24 going down and the wreckage afterwards...
http://filmhiradok.nava.hu/watch.php?id=5837 |
B29 frozen in time.
an interesting story about a b29 that crashlanded in greenland and the group of guys who fixed her up and flew her out 50 years later. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFdFo...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOf2L...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg4cz...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jan6-...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d6yE...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tJb-...eature=related |
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DAMN! I slept in and missed the sale..... Russian jets for $5.00 ( after mail in rebate).
Russian fighter jets sold for $5 in fraud scheme A Russian court has jailed a former official for 11 years over the sale of four fighter jets for just $5 each. The military corruption scandal, that cost the government about $55 million, underscored endemic fraud in Russia's armed forces. Andrei Silyakov, a former employee of the state Federal Reserve Agency, illegally included the warplanes on a list of state assets to be sold, the Nizhny Novgorod regional court said in a statement on its website. The four MIG-31 supersonic long-range fighter jets, known as Foxhounds, were sold for 153 roubles ($5) each from state-owned Sokol aviation plant in Nizhny Novgorod, 400 kilometres east of Moscow. Although the jets were sold stripped of engines and weapons, each was in fact worth about $4 million. The planes were appraised as scrap metal and sold to a shell company that had no authority to trade weapons or military hardware, the statement said. Silyakov was also accused of embezzling 30,000 tons of oil and handed an 11-year jail sentence for fraud, costing the Russian state a total of almost $69 million, the court said. A combination of lack of funding, negligence and corruption have damaged attempts to supplement and maintain the huge arms stockpiles Russia inherited at the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Corruption in the armed forces cost Russia 6.5 billion roubles ($222.8 million) worth of state funds in 2010, Russia's chief military prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky said. Sokol is part of the state-owned United Aircraft Corporation. - Reuters |
They Call Them Spitfires...
some very low straffing footage and great gun camera views.. ( although there are a few shots of a hurri in there...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv8rFPLN_Fg |
Ponys of the pacific....Iwo Jima.
GREAT site has a ton of pics ( some are doubled but keep browsing ) http://picasaweb.google.com/7thfight...81221006743410 |
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G`day, i was gonna add myself to the new thread about idiocy, for my failure to get a VHS put onto dvd, but its non BoP so ill add it here. it`ll be a week and a half before i get it on dvd then i have to learn to edit it and post it etc. in 2004 there was an airshow at the local aero club. i have to say it was the best $25 ive ever spent. im having de ja vu but ill continue. i have some good footage of aerobatics, formation flying with some aerobatics, f-111 dump and burn, mig-15 <harder to film than the sasquatch, so fast> Hercules short take off and landings, lear jet fly by and numerous other planes taking off. the highlight i think is being right next to the runway and the close up view of that big blue US navy plane, no idea what it is. the quality isnt so good as we all had a go with the camera for our 1st times. a bit shaky and annoying but some very good footage where it counts most.
heres two youtube photo thingo's with some music, added by another guy who was there.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rtp3aX2fNk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdP5KfoO6uU PS. what yak is that? the fighter, and note the fake zero. Thanks :) |
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thanks olife..
"PS. what yak is that? the fighter, and note the fake zero. Thanks " its a yak 52 with a 3 blade prop mod..you can get one for 45K usd http://www.barnstormers.com/Aerobati...lassifieds.htm |
bobbysocks, i should have been more specific but i was running out of room. the yak fighter. not the yak-52. the one that is sitting there on its own, single seater. the grey one.. if its a 52, cool. it will be worth a look when i get it online. i have no vhs player so i cant watch it :/
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sorry bez, was just looking at the painted up 52 with the radial engine on the screen before i played it through. the one you are wondering about i believe is the yak 3 on this page from the 2004 ( or later ) airshow.
http://www.notebookpub.com/pages/cab2004jf1.html |
thanks for that bobbysocks, i think ive got it on camera taking off or idling past. i remember the sound though, very deep. I hope they have another airshow there but its been a few years.
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color and colorized video of B24s bombing of the ploesti oil fields. nice shots of 109s as well. several other videos on this page.
http://wn.com/ploiestithe_main_europ...n_wwii_romania |
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Sun-N-Fun not too much fun this year!
an annual airshow got a unwelcomed visitor this year... a tornado! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNt1BKqF3a0 |
next time you watch "tora, tora, tora" keep your eye out for the carboard B17s. this stunt was probably used in a lot of flicks from that day. CGI has replaced a lot of that now.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...cDdN8brOcDc8DU |
why you shouldnt text while you taxi.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2StZVDUck9M drug tests all around! even for the flight crew who were hit. i wouldnt want to be the guy writing that report. you have no idea how much paper is generated on even the most minor incident |
a pretty good video about b 24s. shows mission procedure from start to finish. although i will say there were a lot of B17 shots used for this. but still good to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDGKiHgnzp4 |
HD footage of a 17 and 25 over the arizona hills. kind of like the one of the lanc over canada. HD is so crisp it almost looks fake...
http://vimeo.com/18135369 |
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some nice close up shots of a P40C that is being rebuilt in NZ.... 2 different
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwdRD3GBRLw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJneTHjiHK4 |
Here is a small set of some photos I took at the Evergreen Aviation Museum about a year ago. They have an awesome display of planes, but it's tough to photograph them because they are packed in so tight you can't get a wide shot.
WWII Aircraft at Evergreen |
Never forgotten: World War II pilot buried with military honours... 68 years after he
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Bf-109 G-10 and Spit very low and very loud. Crank'er up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYLyrEsTZ60 |
a 3/4 scale mossie replica built in... france? thought he was going to eat it on its first landing though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2iZCNDHzBk more pics and videos of the plane during construction... http://bogaert.jimdo.com/ |
b29 crew rescued by a sub and was filmed by the crew...found 65 years later.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=672454611001 |
Calls for Coventry to mark Whittle's jet anniversary
The jet engine, invented by Coventry's Frank Whittle, was first successfully flown 70 years ago this month. There are no official plans to mark the anniversary in Coventry on 16 May, despite growing public support. Comments to BBC Coventry & Warwickshire included "it shouldn't be forgotten" and "it's one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century". The Midland Air Museum will hold an exhibition and has added to the calls for an event to mark the occasion. Chairman of the board of the museum, Barry James, said that with Coventry City Council's permission he would be happy to temporarily move some of their exhibits to the city centre. He suggested the Millennium Place area with Sir Frank's statue and the Whittle Arches would be an ideal location. However, he conceded a fly-past may not be practical, saying: "It would be something that would capture the imagination of the people but it's not cheap and it can potentially have its hazards." Coventry City Council confirmed it had no plans to mark the anniversary, but has made no further comment. Frank Whittle was born in Coventry on 1 June 1907. He joined the RAF on his third attempt - originally thwarted by his slight stature - and put his mathematical and engineering skills to use in developing the idea of a jet propelled engine, submitted for a patent in 1930. It took until 1935 to secure financial backing to build a test engine, which was further developed until the first flight was made from RAF Cranwell on 15 May 1941. In the United States the technology was enthusiastically embraced and less than 18 months later, with Whittle's assistance, the first American jet fighter aircraft took to the skies. Whittle retired from the RAF in 1948 with the rank of air commodore. He was knighted in the same year and became a research professor at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He died on 9 August 1996. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-13282341 |
Amen bobbysocks....thank you for bringing that to the table...I for one have always admired Sir Frank Whittle....a real Engineer ahead of his time...Christopher Columbus was a freek in his day coz he said the World was round....Sir Frank Whittle plonked his design on the desk and they all freeked out !!!!....No one beyond him recognised the FUTURE...He had the courage of his convictions like all great designers...Every time i get on a Jet Airliner to go on my holidays...THIS man made it happen !! . Change in time and changed a lifetime....Bless Sir Frank Whittle...
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Think this guy needs to turn his elevator sensitivity down....!!!
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'It's scintillatingly exciting': Britain's only female Spitfire pilot on her love affair with the classic plane and losing the man who introduced her to it
Carolyn Grace is leaning over me to give precise instructions where to put my feet, arms and head. ‘You don’t get into a Spitfire,’ she says. ‘You wear it.’ I can see what she means. I’m climbing into the cockpit of a 1944 aircraft, trying to squeeze myself into a very tight space. These things were not designed for comfort. But it’s worth the effort. Because this is no ordinary Spitfire and Carolyn is no ordinary aircraft owner. Around 22,000 Spitfires rolled off production lines in the Thirties and Forties, but it’s estimated that today there are fewer than 30 working models left. One sold for nearly £2 million not long ago But the one I’m sitting in is even more special. It was the first Allied plane to shoot down an enemy aircraft above the Normandy beaches on D-Day. And Carolyn, a 59-year-old former goat farmer, is not only its proud owner, but the only practising female Spitfire pilot in the world. It’s not a little awe-inspiring coming face to face with such a beautiful machine; humbling to be allowed even to touch it. I’d never realised before how sleek and slim a Spitfire’s wings are, how dainty and delicate the lines of its fuselage. Never has a killing machine looked more elegant. It’s magical sitting in it looking at the 15 dials in front of me. It’s also truly daunting imagining for a split second what it must have felt like to be in one not out of choice, but duty. Carolyn’s story of how she came to be its owner is, in its own way, every bit as moving. One day in 1979, her husband Nick, a design engineer and amateur pilot, saw a small ad in the newspaper. ‘I remember him saying to me: “Oh, there’s a Spitfire for sale,”’ Carolyn says, with a blithe wave of her hand. ‘I said: “OK, why don’t you go and have a look.”’ But Nick did more than take a look at the aircraft, which was being sold by a small museum in Scotland. A few days later, a pair of lorries pulled up outside the mobile home he and Carolyn shared in Cornwall on the plot of land the couple had bought to develop. Two Pickford lorries arrived, the doors opened and they were just full of Spitfires,’ Carolyn says. ‘Nick had bought two of them for £50,000. It was a buy-one, get-one-free thing.’ But both aircraft were in pieces. Nick immediately sold one, leaving just one lifesize Airfix kit outside Carolyn’s front door. It was to keep Nick busy in his workshop for the next six years. Most wives would be thoroughly depressed at the prospect of sharing their husband with a million and one bits of greasy metal and widgets. Not Carolyn. ‘Oh, it was scintillatingly exciting,’ she says. Nick put the plane together in a hangar near the house. Its first flight was on April 16, 1985, at St Merryn airfield, Cornwall. Then, in 1988, just three years after putting the plane back together piece by intricate piece and piloting it into the skies once more, tragedy struck. Nick was killed in a car accident while driving home from Chichester to see Carolyn and their two young children, Olivia, then five, and Richard, then four. Carolyn’s eyes fill with tears as she says: ‘Nick was an exceptional father. He’d been taken from us through no fault of his own. ‘I thought: “I’m damned if I’m going to have anyone stop me from keeping his spirit alive.” I knew there was only one way that I could do that.’ She explains it this way: ‘You’ve got a beautiful, precious glass that you’ve dropped. And it’s devastating. You start getting all the pieces back together again. ‘There’s one piece that you know you’ll never get, but if you can put all the others together and just keep that little hole, maybe then you can use that glass again . . .’ Her voice tails off. ‘And that’s exactly what I did with the Spitfire.’ It had always been Nick’s plan to pass the plane on to his children once his own flying days were over. Carolyn was also an amateur pilot, but had never received the specialist training needed to take such a powerful plane out on her own. But after Nick’s death, and with the children still so young, she knew that the only way to keep the plane in flying condition was to take the controls herself. So, to the horror of many (male) Spitfire buffs, she undertook the expert tuition required. The thrill when she first flew the Spitfire was immense — if a little daunting. ‘It was like going from an old family banger to a Formula 1 car,’ she says. I meet Carolyn in a lonely hangar in a disused U.S. airforce base a few miles north of Ipswich. This is where she now keeps the ‘Grace Spitfire’ — serial number ML407. Though her own plane is ‘only’ 67 years old, Carolyn has been busy celebrating the 75th anniversary of the first Spitfire’s maiden flight in 1936. A few days ago, in celebration of the Spitfire’s iconic place in Britain’s history, she re-enacted the plane’s pioneering first flight at Southampton airport. It was important to get every detail right, she says: ‘I set my watch to the speaking clock so that I could open my throttle at 3.29pm and 50 seconds, and know that I would be wheels off ten seconds later.’ That was the exact time the first Spitfire went airborne over British soil. With commanding cheekbones and fantastic skin, Carolyn must have been a beauty in her 20s — and she’s still a formidable presence today. Though initially a little cool with strangers, after a few minutes in her company she opens up, smiles, and recounts her astonishing story. She tells me that she became the first woman to train as a Spitfire pilot since the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) service in the war. For although women were not allowed to fly aircraft anywhere near the enemy during the war, they were regularly used to deliver planes from the factories. Indeed, Carolyn’s own plane was delivered in April 1944 to its first ‘customer’ — the 485 New Zealand Squadron, based at Selsey airfield, West Sussex — by a young ATA woman called Jackie Sorour. Carolyn, who has researched her plane’s history, tracked down Jackie. They became such good friends that Carolyn was asked to scatter Jackie’s ashes from the Spitfire when the former ATA woman died seven years ago aged 81. The plane that the two women came to love is, in some respects, a monster. The Spitfire was not built with energy efficiency in mind: it has three fuel tanks — one at the front, two in the wings — which between them hold 160 gallons, giving the aircraft a range of approximately 650 miles. At full pelt, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines gobble 120 gallons of fuel per hour. That’s around £1,000-worth, though at a cruising speed, the plane consumes around half that. Very few Spitfires have two seats. Carolyn’s plane was converted in 1951, long before she owned it, so it could be used as a training plane by the Irish Air Corps. Carolyn’s plane was assigned to six Allied squadrons during the war — everyone from the New Zealanders to the Belgians, the Norwegians and the Free French — but is now painted in the same markings it would have had when fighter pilot Johnnie Houlton took it out over the beaches of Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944 — D-Day. I tell Jackie that I can’t put into words what feels so special about sitting in the cockpit of this awesome piece of history. So she helps me out. ‘The Spitfire embodies Britain at its very best,’ she says. ‘When this country was on its knees, it came to the forefront. ‘The Spitfire saved not only Britain from being invaded, but the whole of Western civilisation from being changed permanently by a German invasion.’ Pilot Johnnie Houlton, of the 485 New Zealand Squadron, was the pilot of Carolyn’s Spitfire on D-Day. Some years afterwards, he recalled blowing the enemy plane, a Junkers Ju 88, out of the sky. ‘The engine disintegrated, fire broke out, two crew members baled out and the aircraft dived steeply to crash on a roadway, blowing apart on impact,’ he said. He also helped shoot down another Ju 88 that day. But its great historical importance is not the only reason this plane feels special. It’s a symbol not only of military might, but of enduring love. Carolyn has been a widow for more than 22 years. But she still sometimes speaks of Nick in the present tense, and, as much as she tries to keep an cool exterior — in her utilitarian khaki flight suit and neatly swept-back hair — she cannot contain her adoration of her late husband and for the children they had together. During our meeting, her son Richard, now 26, pokes his head round the door — and provides an excuse, once he’s left the room, for her to tell me how proud she is that he, too, now flies the Spitfire. His sister Olivia, 28, designed the family’s Spitfire website. The legacy Nick had dreamed of is now a reality: the Spitfire flies in air shows around Britain (it’ll even do a ten-minute display over your home if you’ve got a spare £3,000) and will stay in the family once Carolyn is gone, as her son will still be flying it. ‘It will still be in full working order in 50 years,’ she says. ‘I hope it will make 100.’ She can’t always have been so confident. When she was starting out, there were plenty of people who suggested that it wasn’t becoming — or sensible — for a single mother to be putting her life at risk by flying Spitfires. ‘I got a lot of hassle after Nick was killed,’ she says. ‘Not from my mother and father, who were very supportive, but from other people, who said: “You’re the only surviving parent, you shouldn’t be doing this.”’ One veteran called her up and said: ‘You know, my dear, we must warn you that we lost more people in flying accidents with the Spitfire than we did in combat.’ And even before Nick died, some people thought it selfish that she chose to accompany him on the first flight in his rebuilt plane. ‘The children’s godparents were not impressed. But Nick and I discussed it for weeks and I always said that there would never be another first flight and I wanted to be with him,’ she says. Still, she doesn’t want her derring dos — the rolls, the dives, the loop-the-loops — to be seen as anything macho. ‘I don’t want to come across as this butch Spitfire woman.’ In the war, all the ATA women were careful to retain their soft side while they were flying their Spitfires. That’s how she wants to be thought of, too. ‘When I met Dame Vera Lynn once, she told me I must always carry lipstick around with me because when she was in Burma that’s the only make-up she had.’ It’s advice she took seriously. Carolyn reaches down to a deep pocket just above her left ankle in her flying suit. She undoes the zip and grins. Out comes a lipstick and a make-up compact. Yes, she’s defied convention, brought up two children single-handedly and been a pioneer, but she’s no stiff-backed Biggles. Or as Carolyn herself puts it: ‘In my heart I’m just a pilot. But I never want people to forget I’m a woman, too. ’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...#ixzz1MRSIcA60 |
How much runway do you need for your aircraft?
this is pretty damn impressive. these are planes used for flying in the bush ( alaska) and modded. could use one of these for the berlin cta map :grin: http://www.wimp.com/runwayaircraft/ |
"Victory Through Air Power" a Walt Disney cartoon from WW2. the cartoon starts at the 5 minute mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paY6y87rrpE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ4VA...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxlO...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMsHk...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Jiz...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmQQa...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zxof...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlr_H...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfaFk...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuVkY...eature=related |
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Birds of steel
The Battle of Midway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKXVTZo6gIg The battle of the Coral sea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-bAJgwej4 |
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pics of some great buzz jobs... http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...&page_limit=15 |
exhibition of captured german equipment in 1943 russia.
maybe korsecov could translate this for us.... beautiful aircraft ...you can hardly tell there is a war on huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE94nxIWjws |
mood music was mentioned in another thread,thought id share a couple of tracks with you guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwA4iShNJqg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAfMT5FIZE |
I have not found the video in the search, so do not think this repeated.
Mirai's most advanced destroyer in Japan, faces the USS Wasp in 1942 after having traveled in the past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkUlAkCh2vY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_CWT...eature=related |
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Interesting Film bobbysocks............ Halfway through there is a shot of a Tiger Tank 1 with a "Mammoth" dipiction on the turret.....this is the insignia of the Schwere Herres Panzer Abteilung 502 1.kompanie (sPzAbt.502)...this particular Tiger is interesting as it would be one of the earliest examples in Russian hands.......the Grey Paint.....lack of removable side mudguards / welded lug's.....No rear turret stowage bin....the MP Klappe (Machine pistol port) on right turret side (instead of Escape hatch)....and lack of smoke dischargers on superstructure corners.....and Gelandeketten tracks (mirror image right/left side)......would with all probability mean this was issued between werk No# Fgst 250002-250010 produced between May-August 1942....this is when the Tiger was still undergoing Trial/ Evaluations. The lack of winter white wash would indicate this was lost before the onsett of winter and possible Sept/ November 1942. As only the 1.Kompanie operated Tiger1's in the Leningrad area until January 1943, when the 2.kompanie arrived with 9 new Tigers....this Example is very rare and represents the first occasion when the new Heavy tanks was ordered into action.............. Just Image Mr Adolf you know who, ordering his much prized Heavy Hitter off to Leningrad to flex some muscle...I would hate to have been the kompanie Commander who had to explain where his tank had gone !!!! N:B. Edit...found the info.....This Tiger, tactical number 100 was the actual first Tiger to be captured intact by the Russian's......And it was indeed lost by the units Kommander Hauptmann Wollschläger ........ Thanks bobbysocks:-) |
WB you sure as hell know your tank history. thanks for all the insight...very interesting. ii didnt know if it was captured in battle or taken after the russians took berlin and were able to sack the factories and stores. but you answered that for me.
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iranian ewac IL76 caught falling out of the sky.
http://www.gadling.com/2011/06/03/ir...1_lnk2%7C68248 |
if this is real .... and it looks like it. this is seriously one of the lowest passes i have ever seen!
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the same view from the cockpit!!! this gives you a good perspective..
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cc5_1307433924 |
LIFE magazine pics from WW2. has pics from the pacific and the eto. some good stuff.
http://www.life.com/gallery/61121/be...color#index/26 |
the battle of malta (which reportedly will be in the BoS game)...rare color film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeiVH...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbyW...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PArBx...eature=related |
north africa 1942 ( which wont be in BoS :( )...rare film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn3BHMjhx9U&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icU_i...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=furdt...eature=related |
There's a new Imperial War Museum Duxford Air show App out for both iPhone and android phones. If nothing else it has some nice pictures!!!
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24098 |
i ripped this off from another forum i visit....just incase you were wondering how ac got their designations...here ya go.
I am going to post this write up I just did in a separate thread, but here is some help with the designations: US Navy aircraft designations used between 1939 and 1945 are kind of cryptic and confusing, but every digit in the designation has meaning. Not all components of the designation are used for all aircraft, which adds to the confusion. Hopefully, this will help make it more clear. Basic components of the designation system 1. Special Class or Prefix This was used for aircraft that had special purposes. There were only three types in the special class. X Experimental classification L Gliders H Helicopters 2. Aircraft Type or Class This was the main identifier of the types of duties or missions that the aircraft would perform. There are several in this classification. A Ambulance B Bomber BT Bomber-Torpedo F Fighter G Single-engined Transport H Hospital J Utility JR Utility Transport N Trainer O Observation OS Observation-Scout P Patrol PB Patrol-Bomber R Transport S Scout SB Scout-Bomber SN Scout-Trainer SO Scout-Observation TB Torpedo-Bomber TD Target Drone TS Torpedo-Scout 3. Manufacturer's Type Sequence If this was the first of the type, no number was included. If there were multiple manufacturer types, a number great than 2 would be insterted between the Aircraft Type and the manufacturer code. 4. Manufacturer Codes This is where things can get a little fuzzy, as some manufacturers were glider manufacturers with designations used for non-glider production. There are also times when designations were used for multiple manufacturers. I will denote which ones were for gliders. A Allied Aviation Corporation (gliders) A Brewster Aeronautical B Beech B Boeing B Budd Manufacturing C Culver Aircraft Corp. C Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. D Douglas Aircraft Corp., McDonnell Aircraft Corp. in 1942 D Radioplane Corp. (drones) E Edo Aircraft Corp. E Gould Aeronautical Corp. (gliders) E Piper Aircraft Corp. E Pratt-Read (gliders) F Fairchild Aircraft, Ltd. Canada F Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. G Goodyear Aircraft Corp. G A.G.A. Aviation Corp. (gliders) G Great Lakes Aircraft Corp. H Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corp. H Howard Aircraft Co. H Snead and Co. (gliders) J North American Aviation Corp. K Fairchild Aircraft Corp. K Kaiser Cargo, Inc. Fleetwings Div. K Nash-Kelvinator Corp. L Bell Aircraft Corp. L Columbia Aircraft Corp. L Langley Aviation Corp. M Glenn L. Martin Co. M General Motors Corp. Eastern Aircraft Division N Naval Aircraft Factory O Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Plant B P Piper Aircraft Corp. (gliders) P P-V Engineering Forum (later became Piasecki, Vertol) P Spartan Aircraft Co. Q Bristol Aeronautical Corp. (gliders) Q Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp. R Aeronca Aircraft Corp. (Army TG-5 gliders) R American Aviation Corp. (gliders) R Brunswick-Balke-Collender Corp. R Interstate Aircraft & Eng. (drones) R Ryan Aeronautical Co. S Schweizer Aircraft Corp. (gliders) S Sikorsky Aviation Corp. S Stearman Aircraft Co. (became Boeing-Wichita in 1939) S Supermarine T Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. (Army TG-6 gliders) T Northrop Aircraft, Inc. T Timm Aircraft Corp. U Chance Vought Corp. V Lockeed Aircraft Corp. Vega Plant A V Canadian Vickers, Ltd. V Vultee Aircraft, Inc. (became part of Consolidated as Convair, code Y, in 1942) W Waco Aircraft Corp. (gliders) W Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Ltd. Y Consolidated Aircraft Corp. (became Convair in 1942) 5. Sub-type or Configuration This would be a -number designation to denote changes in design, minor and major. These would not necessarily be sequential, as some design changes were not placed into production. 6. Special Use or Equipment Suffix This is like the "Catch-all" designation for any special equipment that is added to the aircraft. Again, some of the designations can be used for multiple special equipment. A Miscellaneous modification A Armament on normally unarmed aircraft A Arresting gear on normally non-carrier aircraft A Amphibian A Procured from Army B Miscellaneous modification B Special armament B British version C* Arrester gear added C Reinforced for catapulting C Cannon armament CP Trimetrogen camera D* Drop tanks D Special search or early radar E Electronic equipment F Flagship conversion G Coast Guard version G* Guns on normally unarmed aircraft H* Hospital conversion J* Special weather equipment K Drone conversion L Winterized L Searchlight carrier N Night fighter P Photographic R Support aircraft R Transport conversion S Anti-submarine U Utility W Special search or radar Z Administrative version So to put the above into perspective, lets look at an example. We will use the Wildcat. F4F-3 F=Fighter 4=Fourth fighter produced by this manufacturer F=Grumman -3= Revised version of the initial F4F. SNJ-6B SN=Scout-Trainer J=North American -6=Revision 6 of the original production model B=Miscellaneous equipment or Special Version or British Version Once you get the hang of it, you can decrypt the designations and figure out what it does, who made it, and other information. |
its about time for a random post...
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annual ninja parade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49fVYmO3yv0
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Ok nothing to do with il2 or even planes but had to share this
New Message Orville smith, a store manager for best buy in Augustua Ga., told police he observed a male customer later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket. When confronted the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door. Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the Toys for Tots program, Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of the Marines, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back; the injury did not appear to be severe. After police and an ambulance arrived at the scene Cpl. Duggan was transported for treatment. The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw...injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off the curb after stabbing the marine .. according to a police repo! rt |
She may be old, in need of a paintjob and having a smoking engine cowel but at least shes flying...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-14028231 PS: brilliant story Mav, nearly the worst case of suicide I've seen! |
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Random view...
Yestarday I was caught totaly by surprise by this (if you look reeeaaaly close u'll see it) biplane. I was so stunned I just stood there with eyes wide open, forgetting my camera - and then it randomly looped - I grabbed my cam and got it as it kept on keeping on...
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mcq you pic. that i think is a Nieuport 24.
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lol yeap it tuf to see for sure. narro fuselage an short body but with uniqe "narro v shape" on back of wing . i am thinking it Nieuport 24 ok. Only other possible is Stampe SV4 but it look too narro and short for stampe. It not easi 'cause angle is difficul and distace long. i sure we get a clever man will come to say i rong Ja Ja Ja LOL ... let him prove
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better than looking at static displays
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Priceless..........:)
Mind you ..... judging by my gaming in Modern Warefare 2 & Black-op's..... thinks the little fella would be better than me !!!!! Thanks for sharing bobby :cool: |
the way it was, vodka pklease
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I raise my glass Dale. Good laugh.
Priceless :-) |
I cought this one playing around in the skies today. Any of you gents know what it is? It's obviouisly an american plane, but...
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thats a t6 texan trainer mate,we saw similar at duxford,a british harvard trainer
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Thanks mate. It was really playing around up there.
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after the drama of duxford,losing a bird,but thankfully with no casualties,some clips..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keCnK...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0eV95ipQk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzMv...eature=related |
pretty maids all in a row!
16 spitfires all flying together. you can watch it or DOWNLOAD it here.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=88e_1311160682 |
my recent posts have been a bit serious,so to address the ying yang.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40t6ys8pgNo
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i would like to see the movie!
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i thought i posted this site but searched and didnt find it. lots of good film and pics....search your favorite subject!
http://www.criticalpast.com/ |
we think its a B!t<# to land a spitfire....or when the engine goes out on your I-16 or 153. wait until you read this and watch the video a dead stick landing in an F-16???!!...hats off to you buddy!!
http://gunsnplanes.blogspot.com/2011...less-f-16.html |
What's missing here is the sequel which is FLiR footage of these lowlifes being hit by an Apache cannon. Makes me embarrassed to be British
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Good to know that landings in BoP reflect real life sometimes....
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Agh seeing Concorde makes me sad
I wish I could see the vid. Put I'm at work and "working" hard. I have to wait tell I get home and see it on my computer. See you aces later.
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Vulcan scramble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BgE7...e_gdata_player |
Playing on a sunday afternoon...
I heard the lovely sound of piston powered engines outside today, grabbed my camera, rushed to the balcony and got a few pics of a T6 Texan and this little bugger playing around in the air, doing loops and all kind of acrobatic stunts for about 5 mins. Absolutely amazing! Through google I dug up his registrations and this little vid...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75TZyJAse8 OOhh... Had I only been twenty years younger... Then I fired up my PS3... :grin: |
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Yeah, back then I couldn't even afford a PS3. Had they been around... LoL!
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Now for something completely different!
PARAPROSDOKIANS what is a "paraprosdokian". Here is the definition: "Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation." "Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a type of paraprosdokian. tell me if its not true..... 1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. 3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't. 9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. 10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station. 11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks. 12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.' 13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. 15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman. 16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory. 17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. 18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. 19. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. 20. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away. 21. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure. 22. You're never too old to learn something stupid. 23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. 24. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. 25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 26. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. 28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were. 29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila. 30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. Words of Wisdom "The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." ~ Jon Hammond |
Thank you for the Paraprosdokians. Seriously that was funny :mad:
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Very nice! Keep it up!
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that is a great site! some really good pics in there. good find!
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