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Dark Alley Dan said:
For sale - second owner, low miles, needs some work...

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Meanwhile, in Seattle...

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How can there be only 3 surviving Stukas left in the world from 6,500 manufactured?! I fell in love with this aircraft after reading Stuka Pilot as a kid; it wasn't the fastest or best looking aircraft, but it was a horse that was still working until the end.
 
Canuckster said:
How can there be only 3 surviving Stukas left in the world from 6,500 manufactured?! I fell in love with this aircraft after reading Stuka Pilot as a kid; it wasn't the fastest or best looking aircraft, but it was a horse that was still working until the end.
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One in recognizable condition was found in the sea off the coast of Greece in recent years. It's likely that more will turn up in Russian lakes and bogs eventually. A P39 Air Cobra in excellent condition was pulled out of a Russian lake just a couple of years ago. The painted markings were intact and the glass canopy survived too.
 
Canuckster said:
How can there be only 3 surviving Stukas left in the world from 6,500 manufactured?! I fell in love with this aircraft after reading Stuka Pilot as a kid; it wasn't the fastest or best looking aircraft, but it was a horse that was still working until the end.
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Well, there were a lot of people trying to destroy them at every turn. 36,000ish Bf-109s and there aren't many of them left either.
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
They all lived a hard life, and the festival of scrapping after the war was pretty thorough.

The ultimate fishing boat?

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Interesting retrofit as the Spitfire evolved from the Supermarine floatplane racers. The Japanese did the same with the Mitsubishi "0" without losing much of the performance.
 
Has Trump extended an invite for a sail past up the Potomac for the Russian sub or will it just be stationed near Mar-a-lago ?
 
Keeping in mind that Poseidon (Kanyon) probably won't be operational for at least another 8 years, if it ever does enter service. The submarine Belgorod, meanwhile, was first laid down about 27 years ago and is probably a year or more from being commissioned. It will be some time before they become 'military surplus' (milsurp.)
 
This week on PBY Garage...

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...the team is up against a hard deadline to totally refurbish seven vintage aircraft. Will they make it?

(Cut to tattooed idiot with biker 'stache and skull-pattern headscarf screaming at the boss and throwing tools...)
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
This week on PBY Garage...

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...the team is up against a hard deadline to totally refurbish seven vintage aircraft. Will they make it?

(Cut to tattooed idiot with biker 'stache and skull-pattern headscarf screaming at the boss and throwing tools...)
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As a mechanic I have wondered about trades and conscription or voluntary service for that matter.
If an aircraft tech joined the armed forces, would they assign him randomly or take his trade into account and put his skills to use after basic training?
It would take an army of mechanics to keep all that machinery running.
 
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I really admire the work the author has but into his sites, in this case and in regards to his work on Artillery (did a great job on that). As my pops was an MSE op I really found some of these pics enjoyable to see.
Try his stite : http ://silverhawkauthor.com/mobile-support-equipment-rcaf_481.html
 
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