Picture of the day

[tiho74]

What do you want for it? - dan

Me 2 please, maybe we can share... LOL Kind of like I take it on the weekends and you can take it to school etc during the week..... LOL

 

[woodchopper]

just bring a big tow truck and a low boy on the weekend and load it up, if anyone ask you are taking it for cleaning and a new paint job.

there are a few other monuments kicking around here.

 

[ArmedGinger]

"Which nationality of equipment do you want to field?"

"Yes..."

 

[*lawrence]

Rhodesian "Fire Force".

 

[*lawrence]

 

[bdft]

"Triangulation station at Mount Blanchet"; George Vancouver Copley at the Mount Blanchet signal. More Lee Enfields in BC government service. Part of Swannell's expedition to survey the Omenica plateau in central BC. 1912-1914.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

USS Pittsburg had a manufacturing flaw exposed during a typhoon.

Before:

After:

"Personnel are cautioned against opening the forward bulkhead hatch while ship is underway..."

Crap welds gave out in high wind/wave conditions. She was repaired and returned to service for another decade before being scrapped.

 

[collector67]

USS Pittsburg had a manufacturing flaw exposed during a typhoon.

Before:

After:

"Personnel are cautioned against opening the forward bulkhead hatch while ship is underway..."

Crap welds gave out in high wind/wave conditions. She was repaired and returned to service for another decade before being scrapped.

 

[fat tony]

MG34, MG42, ZB26, and BREN in Norway, post WWII through the Cold War. They would have been better off with the 1919A4 instead of the MG34 and MG42.

https://smallarmsreview.com/mg34-and-mg42-in-norway-post-ww2/

 

[HuskyDude]

Vatican. Kingdom of Italy, 1937

 

[woodchopper]

 

[HuskyDude]

"Beauty is in the eye of...
Always amazed me how two similar things can be so alike, yet so different.
One was ugly.


While the other was elegant.




Vid on the Westland Welkin
ht tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq0kJORKsRA&t

 

[Lee Enfield]

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if only that thing had Merlins instead of Kestrals...

 

[HuskyDude]

if only that thing had Merlins instead of Kestrals...

That's why I posted the vid (12 mins) on the Welkin...
Basically a Whirlwind with Merlins.

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[*lawrence]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

"Beauty is in the eye of...
Always amazed me how two similar things can be so alike, yet so different.
One was ugly.

You take that back!

I always thought the Whirlwind looked good. Sure, not the bombshell the Mosquito was, but a good looking bird. I particularly like the engineering around the engine nacelles. So damn sleek.

 

[woodchopper]

"Beauty is in the eye of...
Always amazed me how two similar things can be so alike, yet so different.
One was ugly.

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While the other was elegant.

I don't know about that, kinds ###y with those curves and big ample nacelles

 

[HuskyDude]

Hey, are you guys ganging up on me!!!
Although I'm in favour of all kinds of " ig ample nacelles"... Gotta stand my ground.
Between Arthur Davenport (no pic) and
William (Teddy) Petter

They couldn't design an elegant plane between them.

 

[corneluncc]

Vatican. Kingdom of Italy, 1937

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Part of 70 Virgins in heaven waiting for Muslim warrior.......see attachement

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Hey, are you guys ganging up on me!!!
Although I'm in favour of all kinds of " View attachment 1140343ig ample nacelles"... Gotta stand my ground.
Between Arthur Davenport (no pic) and
William (Teddy) Petter
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They couldn't design an elegant plane between them.

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I'm seeing your point. But the Whirlwind is still a looker in my books.

I've mentioned my disdain for the design team at Blackburn before. It was like they were allergic to ###y curves and good proportions. Witness these monstrosities:

Ghastly, every one. Hard to believe the same nation could build DeHavilland and Blackburn products.