Picture of the day

[dryfire]

Mistel Messerschmitt Me262

In spite of the few shortcomings and minimal supply of the 262, it's surprising how the German RLM could take a front line aircraft and hamstring it further. Maybe a symptom of desparation or of a dogma similar to the early attitude that all bombers must dive after the early success of the Ju87.

 

[RRCo.]

You don't really realize just how large the waves are until your living in it, all alone in the middle of the Atlantic, really puts in perspective how small your ship is.

Here's the photo; that's a triple 11 inch gun turret on the right.

 

[AP]

As a kid I made several winter crossings in the Atlantic via Cunard liners (including the Queen Mary) ... Bad weather is NO F'Ing joke! When you climb stairs and the ship drops into a trough .. It's a very weird sensation being momentarily weightless then as it comes up you gain a couple of g's in a hurry. Many times the dinner tables had the table edges locked up and the chairs chained to the floor! The stabilizers in the Queen Mary made quite a difference stopping the roll but you could still get soaking wet standing near the bow

 

[diopter]

Here's the photo; that's a triple 11 inch gun turret on the right.

Reminds me of the Waves at Nazaré, Portugal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DnnotFdVNg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM2u3NknU4Q

 

[MarkCNP]

Typhoon Cobra; December 1944, 790 US fatalities, 146 lost planes, 3 destroyers sunk. Halsey was deemed to have contributed through an error in judgement.

 

[Gibbs505]

Cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress (Date and location unknown)
They base the cockpit of the Falcon on the B29

 

[RRCo.]

You can see they've lowered the elevator to get the weight closer to the keel and try to reduce the roll. Somebody blundered when those ships were designed to roll like that in those seas.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress (Date and location unknown)
They base the cockpit of the Falcon on the B29

I had no idea the British operated the B29 post-war, but here we are: The Washington Bomber Mk. 1:

 

[kawicrash]

 

[Ganderite]

Cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress (Date and location unknown)
They base the cockpit of the Falcon on the B29

Excellent picture. I don't see the gyro compass and altimeter in a prominent position.

 

[diopter]

Some changes for FAA Certification.

http://www.airliners.net/search/pho...rl=www.airliners.net/&ref=&ss=5712j3216172j13

 

[6MT]

Those pics are sweet!!

 

[Sharps '63]

Tempest? Beautiful aircraft! More, more .....

 

[catapult]

 

[kawicrash]

Maybe they are on the HUD..

Excellent picture. I don't see the gyro compass and altimeter in a prominent position.

 

[Cdn303]

Do you think if the bomber had a voice it would say this. "I flew 1200 miles, at night, through a rainstorm, across the ocean to bomb Japan and made it back to base in one piece with the equipment that was in there. Now these bureaucrats make me have all this crap to fly 10 miles, during a clear day in perfect weather conditions."

 

[diopter]

Ever see the "Mayday" Series? Skies are much more crowded these days.
http://www.networkworld.com/article...r-massive-washington-dc-warbirds-flyover.html

 

[catapult]

Some changes for FAA Certification.

http://www.airliners.net/search/pho...rl=www.airliners.net/&ref=&ss=5712j3216172j13

Thats the Millenium Falcon

 

[Ganderite]

I had no idea the British operated the B29 post-war, but here we are: The Washington Bomber Mk. 1:

I doubt the Brits used the B-29 as their front line bomber. If they had, I am sure we would have been aware of it.

But, the B-29 (the Russian clone of it) was the threat they faced. So it would make sense for them to get a few from the Americans (probably free for the asking). The Brits would want to know what tactics to employ when attacking the Russian B-29.

The Brit fighters were early model jets. The engagement speeds and shoot time would be quite different than their WW2 experience. And attacking a B-29 would be quite different than attacking a JU88, too, from the defensive fie.

I am guessing the Brits had a few B-29s as targets for their fighters to practice on, and for developing tactics.

 

[diopter]

In case anyone is interested in a B29 vs B36 comparison.

B36 ###xpit, 6 Throttles in middle of picture 4 more overhead for jet engines.

Overall size: Early model without the additional 4 jet engines on outboard wings.

Bombay:

Lower deck, Navigators station: