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The RCAF flew a pair of Comets. My father commented several times about how smooth and quiet it was. Of course, he was used to flying the North Star.
The Jetliner and the Arrow upset me every time they get mentioned.
We should at least have a few left in the museum if flying condition.
The Jetliner and the Arrow upset me every time they get mentioned.
We should at least have a few left in the museum if flying condition.
DeadeyeDave
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Everyone knows the Arrow story but the cancellation of the Jetliner is the real great tragedy of Canadian aviation. Howard Hughes wanted it badly but politics, short sightedness, and bad management doomed the program. It was a world beater at the time.
Thank You Sharps..didn't know that...
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Wow... Just read this...Guess the Liberal's been Do'n us Dry for a long long time.
Gotta read it all here King: Before the Avro Arrow came the Canadian Jetliner — and Howard Hughes
After... you'll understand why I think SNC-Lavalin also repaired runways in Malton Ontario.....
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Wow... Just read this...Guess the Liberal's been Do'n us Dry for a long long time.
Gotta read it all here King: Before the Avro Arrow came the Canadian Jetliner — and Howard Hughes
After... you'll understand why I think SNC-Lavalin also repaired runways in Malton Ontario.....
It was Diefenbaker who cancelled the Arrow. Shortsightedness knows no party lines.
Grizz
Taste is indeed relative. Not everyone agrees that Sophia Loren is the ultimate beauty either. They're wrong, of course.
There isn't a straight line on the Connie. It's all swoops and curvature. It's a lovely thing, just like The Sophia, and I like her proportions. Not seeing the funny humps you mention - are you thinking of her shoulders behind the cockpit?
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Yup the one behind the cockpit and the one on the underside towards the rear. Depends on the angle you view from. The one above a good look straight from the side not do much. Now a MK9 Spitfire is just spot on no matter which way you look at it. Maybe I am more of a fighter guy. Not really a fan of a lot of the planes that show up on the "best looking" lists.
I would agree...Of coarse another younger beauty (by 8 days) would have to be Brigitte Bardot she is also showing fine lines.
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There isn't a straight line on this Comet either. It would still hold it's own with modern airliners with it's elegant lines. A lovely thing, just like Brigitte with or without funny humps.
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I agree about the Comet, pity about the square windows making them crash. And BB yes very nice.
Dark Alley Dan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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Well there's absolutely nothing wrong with a Spitfire from any angle. You and I are 100% in alignment on that one, mate.
Although the Mk. 9T is coming close to not being attractive...
And as we're on a cheesecake jag just now, I thing Claudia Cardinale should be on any reasonable list of Most Beautiful Women:
Anyhow, military pics. Here's Johnny Turk and friends, on maneuvers in 1940. Note the antiquated kit. One wonders how they would have done had they been dragged into the fray.
When I was a kid in Sea Cadets our CO was a WW1 Royal Navy vet who had served in the Dardanelles. He used to enjoy telling us how the Turkish POWs aboard ship each had a tin can and a length of string that they would use to get sea water to wash their a$$es. We were fascinated by the story, no matter how many times he told it.
Mitchell was asked how the elliptical wings of the Spitfire came to be. He said all he was concerned with was making the wings wide enough to cover the guns!
He was also not enamored of the name "Spitfire".
"Skeets" Ogilvie talks about this in his book "Spitfire Luck", a better read than the autobiography by Billy Bishop's son. Bishop's book has too much "me" for my liking whereas Ogilvie's has more "we", sharing the spotlight with his fellow pilots of all nationalities.
He was also not enamored of the name "Spitfire".
"Skeets" Ogilvie talks about this in his book "Spitfire Luck", a better read than the autobiography by Billy Bishop's son. Bishop's book has too much "me" for my liking whereas Ogilvie's has more "we", sharing the spotlight with his fellow pilots of all nationalities.
Anyhow, military pics. Here's Johnny Turk and friends, on maneuvers in 1940. Note the antiquated kit. One wonders how they would have done had they been dragged into the fray.
Hmmm....tough call. The Turks fought well enough in the Korean war IIRC.
My impression of them in the ww2 era would be that of brave men but with poor leadership
Well there's absolutely nothing wrong with a Spitfire from any angle. You and I are 100% in alignment on that one, mate.
And as we're on a cheesecake jag just now, I thing Claudia Cardinale should be on any reasonable list of Most Beautiful Women:
Anyhow, military pics. Here's Johnny Turk and friends, on maneuvers in 1940. Note the antiquated kit. One wonders how they would have done had they been dragged into the fray.
What is it about those Italian women? I latched onto my wife because he reminded me of Sophia. Said she had been handed that compliment several times, she was German though.
Not to sure about the antiquated kit thing. The British had Vickers MG's and the Americans used Browning M1919's and probably 1917's as well. The Germans were the only ones with what would be considered modern equipment using the MG34 and later the MG42.
And yes, the Turkish soldier could be every bit as tough and brave as any other out there - leadership - that's another matter.
And yes, the Turkish soldier could be every bit as tough and brave as any other out there - leadership - that's another matter.
Funny thing about the Brits; they often lost their battles, but seemed to win the wars.
WW2 was a pretty sorry catalog for them with big, spectacular defeats in France, Norway, N.Africa, Greece, Crete, Burma and Malaya, yet they managed to pull it out at the end, admittedly with considerable help from the US and Commonwealth troops and the Russians driving in from the other side.
The Brits were very good at strategy and the big picture, something the Germans sucked at. The Germans were quite successful at the tactical and operational levels, but weren't much good at strategy and understanding sea power. Industrial capacity, logistics and shortage of key raw products, esp oil, were big limitations on them as well.
WW2 was a pretty sorry catalog for them with big, spectacular defeats in France, Norway, N.Africa, Greece, Crete, Burma and Malaya, yet they managed to pull it out at the end, admittedly with considerable help from the US and Commonwealth troops and the Russians driving in from the other side.
The Brits were very good at strategy and the big picture, something the Germans sucked at. The Germans were quite successful at the tactical and operational levels, but weren't much good at strategy and understanding sea power. Industrial capacity, logistics and shortage of key raw products, esp oil, were big limitations on them as well.
Funny thing about the Brits; they often lost their battles, but seemed to win the wars.
WW2 was a pretty sorry catalog for them with big, spectacular defeats in France, Norway, N.Africa, Greece, Crete, Burma and Malaya, yet they managed to pull it out at the end, admittedly with considerable help from the US and Commonwealth troops and the Russians driving in from the other side.
The Brits were very good at strategy and the big picture, something the Germans sucked at. The Germans were quite successful at the tactical and operational levels, but weren't much good at strategy and understanding sea power. Industrial capacity, logistics and shortage of key raw products, esp oil, were big limitations on them as well.
There is an old saying. You only have to win the last battle.
