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interesting this one has the dorsal gun turret while the other photo shows them without.


diopter said:
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looking closer its the same aircraft RX 159 in both photos


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From our pilgrimage May 2-20 this year. Most will recognise Beaumont Hamel and Vimy.
The other is the Thiepval British Memorial to the Missing- 72,000 names of British soldiers on it.
 
Thiepval is probably the ugliest monument on the old Western Front. Vimy is the most elegant and Beaumont-Hamel is the most compelling. The Brooding Soldier at St Julien is in a class of its own as is the French monument at Verdun.
 
Donny Fenn1 said:
I think it's a screen capture from a video game?
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You might be right. The markings look good, but it's most unlikely to see guns on these post war Lancs. Plus the guns look the wrong size for .303 Brownings and the turret isn't quite right. That, plus the pics of he same Lanc on the ground (which is for sure real) has no mid upper turret.
 
purple said:
Thiepval is probably the ugliest monument on the old Western Front. Vimy is the most elegant and Beaumont-Hamel is the most compelling. The Brooding Soldier at St Julien is in a class of its own as is the French monument at Verdun.
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I agree with your assessment of Thiepval.
I found Vimy to be both spectacular and beautiful. It conveyed a sense of mourning, loss and sadness for our fallen Canadian sons in a most striking way.
Also visited St. Julien and the Brooding soldier monument as well as many other sites. My wife's grandfather was wounded at 2nd battle of Ypres, April 23, 1915 in the gas attack as was my grandfather's cousin. Both men survived the war. according to their medical records, one had diphtheria and the other had recurring influenza. He was spitting up a yellowish brown fluid for the rest of his life.
 
AP said:
Apparently (and I am no expert!) the rocket that provides ejection assumes a certain centre of gravity (or can adjust accordingly for the weight of the 'passenger' in the seat) ..... if you fall outside the weight parameters there is a possibility of the centre of gravity not being accomodated properly and the whole works can spin as it ejects .... (some one said "like a catharine wheel") which impedes the parachute lines....probably makes one a little dizzy in addition to the significant compression that all those 'g's will apply (particularly to a 'large' guy - or gal!).

(speaking of Spanish gold -- betcha all that high speed spinning will empty your pockets of any change you might have - ;)
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In the mid-90s the Air Force issued a weight restriction on the ejection seat in the CT114 Tutor. Seat, human, chute, boots, lid, mask, winter clothing, gummy bears, etc add up. The issue was exactly as you described. Too much weight and the ride away from the plane could get a little awkward. I watched some of the instructor pilots put themselves on weight loss diets. Seat checked passengers like me were scrutinized before getting in the airplane.

Tutor 114048 sucked in a hawk in Sept 97 when I was staff at The Big Two in Moose Jaw.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/CAF_Tutor_detailed_list1.htm
The instructor pilot ordered himself and the student to abandon the aircraft. The instructor had a pleasant and uneventful canopy ride. The student tumbled, fouling the lines. He recognized the malfunction from his days as a grunt in 2 Commando, and did the world's most perfect gymnastics Iron Cross press to get some air in the canopy. He landed on his seat pack, having not been able to release it. He suffered a compression fracture on the spine. The Commandant himself took the student back up for a short flight within days as a sign of respect and a confidence builder. He recovered, got his wings, and flew rotary wing for several years.

The Adjutant felt the student had used his prior training effectively and should be recognized for it. So he and I wrote the man up for one day of Casual Paratroop Allowance. We argued - he was a qualified parachutist, he had been ordered to exit the airplane by the pilot in command, and he made a successful parachute landing. Some staff weinie in Trenton refused the man his $17.50 allowance on the grounds he was not occupying a position eligible for jump pay at the time.
 
And now for something completely different...

German Fokker D.VII Pilot Oxygen System.I think it's one of the few tested.Afaik both sides tested some oxy systems and flew planes testing them up to previously unheard of altitudes.

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