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Dark Alley Dan
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VX-4 (The Evaluators") transitioned from the F4 Phantom to the F14 Tomcat. They kept the paint scheme.
History has not recorded if Mr. Hefner approved.
History has not recorded if Mr. Hefner approved.
Well, to some extent it has. After Hefner purchased the DC-9 seen in your post, the VX-4 F-4J began to gain notoriety. Playboy apparently warned that as long as the official stencil was used, it would not take legal action to protect its trademark.
The Soviets weren't as kind .
https://www.military.com/video/oper...nti-tank-dog-mine-eastern-front/1290084667001
Grizz
Finnish boy and his dog fighting Soviets.
VX-4 (The Evaluators") transitioned from the F4 Phantom to the F14 Tomcat. They kept the paint scheme.
I miss the USN paint schemes from the 70's.......
That was when Art led Function.....
There were some great paint schemes then, and some still today. VX-9 (the survivor squadron to VX-4 above) has some good schemes on its Hornets.
Here is the current 'Vandy 1' with the bunny (an L-39):
More here
Possibly the photo was taken an instant after he fired? Could be posed too, we'd have to have been around to ask.
With a Lee Enfield it's traditional drill to keep thumb and forefinger on the bolt and fire with the second especially during rapid volley fire, though that bolt looks a bit further from reach for that. And nowadays people are saying to hold a cordless drill that way for better stability, so no telling how many times and places people have tried second-finger-on-trigger.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...day?p=15462331&highlight=finnish#post15462331
"I grew up with a Dutch man who had lived under German occupation and then joined the Dutch military right after the liberation. He was trained on Lee-Enfields by Allied Army instructors (and later, in Canada he always kept a sporterized Lee-Enfield close at hand). He told me that he was taught to pull the trigger with his middle finger and to place the index finger along the side of the stock as a pointer."
Keeping the thumb of the trigger hand along the side of the stock, i.e. not crossing over the top of the stock, and roughly pointing in the general direction on you target, prevents the tendency to (((JERK)))) the trigger. and decreases the possibility of upsetting aim due to excessive pressure and movement of the hand and fingers.
Dame Vera Lynn passed away.Her voice along with many others filled radio waves and soothed sore and lonely hearts on likely both sides of the front.
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, British actor also died. Known for Shakespearean roles but will likely be Bilbo Baggins forever.He served in British Army in his time and attained the rank of Lance Corporal (see wiki).his role of Unteroffizier Himmelstoss on picture from "All Quiet on Western Front".
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert, British actor also died. Known for Shakespearean roles but will likely be Bilbo Baggins forever.He served in British Army in his time and attained the rank of Lance Corporal (see wiki).his role of Unteroffizier Himmelstoss on picture from "All Quiet on Western Front".
