Picture of the day
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Much the same with veterans returning home from WW2, not much help available but still more than the WW1 veterans got.
In the end, soldiers are a disposable commodity in a society that looks down on defending itself.
Grizz
Dark Alley Dan
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Behold the magnificent Vultee XP-54:
Not sure how I feel about this. It's like the airplane equivalent of Jennifer Grey -
Kinda attractive, kinda not, there's that big nose, but is that part of what makes her attractive?...
Not sure how I feel about this. It's like the airplane equivalent of Jennifer Grey -
Kinda attractive, kinda not, there's that big nose, but is that part of what makes her attractive?...
Dark Alley Dan
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Meanwhile, in Germany, someone actually thought a glider fighter interceptor would be a workable plan. The BV 40, from Blohm und Voss:
"Hell, no, I ain't gettin' in that. Better find yourself another sucker, Leutnant."
Seven built, five flown. The plan was towing to an altitude well above the bombers, then release, one pass, then make for Mother Earth. Built out of non-strategic materials by semiskilled labour. Flown in the prone position.
"Hell, no, I ain't gettin' in that. Better find yourself another sucker, Leutnant."
Seven built, five flown. The plan was towing to an altitude well above the bombers, then release, one pass, then make for Mother Earth. Built out of non-strategic materials by semiskilled labour. Flown in the prone position.
Dark Alley Dan
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German Engineers. 
The whole defensive concept here was plenty of armour for the pilot and the smallest possible target. Making it ugly was a happy side effect.
The whole defensive concept here was plenty of armour for the pilot and the smallest possible target. Making it ugly was a happy side effect.
C 119 Flying Box car.
Grizz
I have a dim memory...just asked my oldest brother: we flew in a Flying Boxcar from Namao to Vancouver in about 1961. We sat on canvas strap seats and had oxygen masks.
Thanks for the memory.
Donny Fenn1
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Behold the magnificent Vultee XP-54:
Not sure how I feel about this. It's like the airplane equivalent of Jennifer Grey -
Kinda attractive, kinda not, there's that big nose, but is that part of what makes her attractive?...
Must be because her career pretty much tanked when she got a nose job.
Bubba Yugga
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I'm sure the pilot would have wanted the gun in a least objectionable location.
Ribs over breech beats anus ahead of muzzle any day!
Behold the magnificent Vultee XP-54:
Not sure how I feel about this. It's like the airplane equivalent of Jennifer Grey -
Kinda attractive, kinda not, there's that big nose, but is that part of what makes her attractive?...
Looks like a P-38 had a baby with a Corsair. Agreed, kinda nice, but a bit like a moped,lol
Dark Alley Dan
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Clever, clever Mr. Hill. Cool corporate signature logo, too.
Wonder what kind of plastic that mag was made from. That's a realm of materials engineering that's seen a LOT of progress since 1953. Most of the clear plastics then were fairly brittle, were they not?
Dark Alley Dan
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For the record, always found her hot as heck with the schnozz, and entirely average without. Damn shame she got it bobbed. It was a very nice nose.
Dark Alley Dan
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Spanish civil war, I think, based on the hodgepodge of firearms, kit, and big-ass flag:
Name that hardware!
Name that hardware!
Dark Alley Dan
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A very dedicated individual, that one.
