Picture of the day

[Still alive]

From my recent trip to the Palm Springs Air Museum

 

[Gibbs505]

c/n CBAF.2403. Operated by The Fighter Collection and based at Duxford. Seen taxiing to act as the ‘Joker’ during the 2016 Flying Legends Airshow. Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK. 10th July 2016. The following info is from the Flying Legends website:- “Our Mk.V Spitfire is one of the most credited historic aircraft left anywhere in the world with an impressive SEVEN confirmed kills. EP120 was built at the Castle Bromwich factory where she was probably test flown by the legend that was Alex Henshaw. She was taken on charge by the RAF in May 1942 with 45 MU at Kinloss in Scotland. She was assigned to 501 Sqn the following month and scored six of her confirmed kills with Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Northcott at the helm. A ground collision saw her returned to Castle Bromwich for repair following which she was allocated to 19 Sqn in Cornwall. In April 1944 she was taken on charge with 402 Sqn ‘City of Winnipeg’ RCAF, coded AE-A, which are the colours she wears today.”

 

[grelmar]

The Stoner Machinegun: A Navy Seal Remembers

"In a 14 man SEAL platoon, we'd have 6 Stoners and 4 M60's... It got you home."

That... Is a lot of firepower in skilled hands. Lots of footage in this video of Stoners in various configurations.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

I can't hear "Seals" and not be reminded of the 1st SSF.

 

[Mr Wolverine]

I can't hear "Seals" and not be reminded of the 1st SSF.

Not often you see a Johnson LMG, I have three mags for one if anyone is looking?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

First class display of WW ll aircraft in Hamilton. The lanc they flew to Britain to take part in the Battle of Britain celebration.

Grizz

 

[Sqr]

First class display of WW ll aircraft in Hamilton. The lanc they flew to Britain to take part in the Battle of Britain celebration.

Grizz

I am a member of the CWHM, great place.

 

[rockport guy]

First class display of WW ll aircraft in Hamilton. The lanc they flew to Britain to take part in the Battle of Britain celebration.

Grizz

Love to go there... My Dad flew in one of those!

 

[bdft]

 

[diopter]

A famous photograph showing test pilot George Aird ejecting from a pre-production example of the English Electric Lightning fighter in September 1962. Fortunately the pilot survived after coming down in a greenhouse full of tomatoes. He suffered multiple breaks of his limbs and cuts from the shower of glass that rained down on him after going through the roof of the greenhouse.

 

[x westie]

A famous photograph showing test pilot George Aird ejecting from a pre-production example of the English Electric Lightning fighter in September 1962. Fortunately the pilot survived after coming down in a greenhouse full of tomatoes. He suffered multiple breaks of his limbs and cuts from the shower of glass that rained down on him after going through the roof of the greenhouse.

the tractor in the photo is a Fordson Farm Major, a well built tractor in production from 1959-62, i drove the next model after, a Fordson Power Major, in the fall of 1975,at Chilliwack, BC working for a farmer cutting corn silage, a wet fall, with rain, mud and corn blown over by the wind , i pulled wagons through the mud from the forage harvester, up to the silo's where we blew the chopped corn up a 40 foot silo, i was impressed with the tough old Major, it really got down and pulled those wagons, through that slippery mud.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Mama and chicks.

 

[Ganderite]

Mama and chicks.

"Chicks"? Some kind of trainer I never saw before?

 

[kayceel]

Culver Cadets ???? and the airfield in the background ?? is that the old USAAF Kauai installation?

 

[Mr Wolverine]

Mama and chicks.

A B24 with no guns! Training somewhere I guess, I don,t recognize the single engine planes, a trainer I think and I have seen a photo of them recently, but can,t remember where. They have a very distinctive tail plane.

 

[kayceel]

My bad. Not a Cadet but the Culver PQ 14 drone that was also pilot flyable.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Indeed - the Culver PQ-14 Cadet.

The Yanks ability to come up with interesting new stuff and throw money at it during the war never ceases to amaze me. They made over 2000 of these things, all of them designed specifically for air gunners to practice on.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

And just for giggles, here's a bunch of P-63 Kingcobras in French postwar service.

 

[CV32]

P-51D Mustang “Sierra Sue II” to Lead Super Bowl LII Flyover

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

The Panzerspähwagen DAF 201 (h):

Dutch built. Several captured and put to use as Beutepanzer.

Guns poking out everywhere.

https://1.bp.########.com/-hQYKHKi7qi0/WMPmM5-FvMI/AAAAAAAAK6E/gl1KgHGKYycpAD5BpfDj0982h4Z8FXO5wCLcB/s1600/PanzerspahwagenDAF%2B201%2528h%2529-6.jpg

All lost during the war.