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Agreed, but use of the Luneburg lenses dictated by necessity to be visible by civilian secondary radars and distorting actual aircraft's radar footprint. It can be removed in case of "real deal". External pylons are different story, just curious - what for?
 
Falcorn said:
Agreed, but use of the Luneburg lenses dictated by necessity to be visible by civilian secondary radars and distorting actual aircraft's radar footprint. It can be removed in case of "real deal". External pylons are different story, just curious - what for?
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The pylons can also be removed, of course. But if you want the additional payload, you need em.
 
Ganderite said:
A life insurance policy, once issued, cannot be cancelled by the insurer except within the first 2 years, if there was misrepresentation in the application. After 2 years, a Canadian policy can only be cancelled if there was fraud in the original application. In the USA, most states do not allow cancellation for any reason after 2 years (unless the premium was not paid).

This is set out in the Insurance Act of each province. Each province uses very similar wording:

Duty to disclose
183. (1) An applicant for insurance and a person whose life is to be insured shall each disclose to the insurer in the application, on a medical examination, if any, and in any written statements or answers furnished as evidence of insurability, every fact within the person’s knowledge that is material to the insurance and is not so disclosed by the other.
Failure to disclose
(2) Subject to section 184, a failure to disclose, or a misrepresentation of, such a fact renders the contract voidable by the insurer. R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8, s. 183.


Incontestability
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a contract has been in effect for two years during the lifetime of the person whose life is insured, a failure to disclose or a misrepresentation of a fact required to be disclosed by section 183 does not, in the absence of fraud, render the contract voidable.
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Bingo...someone with some sense!
 
CV32 said:
This thread is a terrible place to be offering legal advice about the niceties of insurance.
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Agreed! I only called out the nonsense because I didn't want people reading false info and thinking it to be true. A great example why one shouldn't take financial advice from who isn't a professional on the subject matter

Anyhow, this thread doesn't need to be derailed any further
 
CV32 said:
This thread is a terrible place to be offering legal advice about the niceties of insurance.
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+1

It's a photo thread guys, post pics or don't post!

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Agreed. Surely there's an "Insurance is Fascinating" thread on here someplace...:)

Taiwan took turrets off of M24 Chaffee tanks and plopped 'em on M113 APC chassis. Called it the Wan Cheng 2.

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Not a house-rockin' success. Taiwan has continued to poke about with the M113, though, and has developed the "CM-21 Armoured Vehicle", a modernized aluminum box where you and a number of buddies can die as a group.

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A British pilot lands an American made Kittyhawk fighter plane of the Sharknose Squadron in a Libyan Sandstorm, on April 2, 1942. A mechanic on the wing helps to guide the pilot as he taxis through the storm.

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Bfranklin said:
In 30 years of living in the heart of South AB I have not heard of one crop duster pilot crashing.
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I dusted for seven years and still follow the business. There is an average of one duster death a year in Canada . There were two in sask a few years back and none last year that I heard of. All of Canada would not have more than 250 duster pilots. One dead a year is pretty bad odds. BUT it is a great way to make money and pump adrenalin.
 
Overlander2018 said:
A British pilot lands an American made Kittyhawk fighter plane of the Sharknose Squadron in a Libyan Sandstorm, on April 2, 1942. A mechanic on the wing helps to guide the pilot as he taxis through the storm.
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Having a guy on the wingtip during taxiing was SOP in some locations, and had bupkis to do with sandstorms and more to do with lack of forward visibility with the nose in the way.

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NOTHING flew if the sandstorm was bad enough to make taxiing difficult. And if we can see the plane a few hundred yards off under the right wingtip, it weren't much of a storm...

Apparently, 112 Sqn. was the first anywhere to paint teeth and eyes on a P-40, predating even Chennault's guys in China. They were known informally as "the Shark Squadron".
 
Dark Alley Dan said:
Having a guy on the wingtip during taxiing was SOP in some locations, and had bupkis to do with sandstorms and more to do with lack of forward visibility with the nose

NOTHING flew if the sandstorm was bad enough to make taxiing difficult. And if we can see the plane a few hundred yards off under the right wingtip, it weren't much of a storm...

Apparently, 112 Sqn. was the first anywhere to paint teeth and eyes on a P-40, predating even Chennault's guys in China. They were known informally as "the Shark Squadron".
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My apologies.
A British pilot lands an American made Kittyhawk fighter plane of the Sharknose Squadron in light Libyan sandy weather, on April 2, 1942. A mechanic on the wing helps to guide the pilot as he taxis through the light sandy weather.
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The mechanic on the wing is due to reduced or non-existent forward visibility in tail draggers. Normally on lovely prepared aerodromes, like a glorious English grassed field, the pilots will zig-zag taxi to maintain clearance from obstacles and gain some visibility. On marginally prepared strips, or in conditions like the deserts of North Africa, you often do not have the luxury of a wide taxiing area or due to prop wash you end up with marginal visibility.
 
I see a plane taxiing with a spotter who can see ahead. Standard procedure on improvised airfields.

I see the prop blowing up some sand behind the plane. Would be shocked if it didn't.

The picture got me wondering about how good the engine air filter is.
 
Ganderite said:
The picture got me wondering about how good the engine air filter is.
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Good question.British planes used in Africa had sand filters installed (well,most of them) while I don't think I have ever seen US made aircraft fitted with one.

Here are Vokes filters fitted on Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVF somewhere in Africa.

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Overlander2018 said:
A British pilot lands an American made Kittyhawk fighter plane of the Sharknose Squadron in a Libyan Sandstorm, on April 2, 1942. A mechanic on the wing helps to guide the pilot as he taxis through the storm.

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The famous "Sharks mouth" was the PERFECT marriage of aircraft and artwork.
 
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Me 262B-1a/U1 night fighter, Wrknr. 110306, with FuG 218 Neptun antennae in the nose and second seat for a radar operator. This airframe was surrendered to the RAF at Schleswig in May 1945 and taken to the UK for testing.
 
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