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[Ganderite]

These pictures airborne refuelling remind me of Gander. I seem to recall that BOAC was experimenting with airborne refuelling before the war, as a way to fly from gander to England. I have not read any actual accounts of it or seen any pictures.

Edit: Checked Google and found an excellent book in pdf;

http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100929-015.pdf

 

[Sqr]

Now this is one going full throttle and the other near stall.

 

[AP]

When I was stationed at CFB Churchill, there was a SAC Air Base there whose function was refueling B-52's. I believe that they were KC-135's.

They had a SAC Air Police Jeep driving around the parked aircraft 24/7. Inside their HQ, you were issued a colour coded pass to wear around your neck, and youi followed the appropriate colour stripe on the floor to get from 'A' to 'B'. If you were noticed in an off limits zone, you were stooped. If you did not, that was grounds to shoot you - and they meant it!
This was all made clear to you as you signed in and were issued a pass.

When I was there in the early '50's as a kid the USAF also sprayed the base with DDT with what looked like a big refueler ...I 'believe' they were using C123's..... I recall very distinctly the big boom extending from the rear of the aircraft as they made low level passes over the PMQ area...we kids ran for cover and hid under the boardwalk...I guess we didn't know how dangerous that crap was. they did a lot of interesting stuff... including parking a VTOL ('pogo') of some sort by one of the hangars for numerous months. The 'whole' world seemed to be there at that time...Americans, Brits and Canadians. Our next door neighbour's wife (he had been some sort of USAF air ace in Korea) ... had previously been married to Richard Widmark (or maybe he was godfather to two of the kids -- I was pretty young to sort all this out!)...Widmark sent 16mm reels of his latest films to the family so the kids could see him. Was a highlight...given the limited abbot an costello movies we got to watch at the cinema!

we saw a lot of these:

and we used to take a "jigger" along the rail line to fish from a trestle across "Goose Creek" .. caught pike. They were tough buggers and could last out of water for several hours until they were dumped in a utility room sink filled with cold water -- then they would spring back to life!

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[EugeneLED]

Bunch of Nazi soldiers on Jane and Steeles in Toronto ))))

 

[RRCo.]

Someone let all the air out of the Kwantung Army! Wheeeeee! Next stop Kolyma!

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Speaking of Kwantung Army, here's the high speed assault scooter in action:

Gotta think there's about sixty ways that's unsafe, starting with all those exposed bayonets on a moving scooter. Somebody's gonna lose an eye, and the sarge will be pissed...

 

[dryfire]

Interesting the different spoke design and the profile of the rims on those wheels. It must be the ultra high speed version

 

[donor]

What's intriguing for me is the crane in background.I never read of Jap made armored recovery vehicle and this crane looks just portable enough to be one.I wonder if that's it.

On other hand Japanese tankers must have been in a shock when they saw bunch of Soviet T-34s,IS-2 and other armour rolling against their tiny tanks.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

Interesting the different spoke design and the profile of the rims on those wheels. It must be the ultra high speed version

look like drawn stampings..probably good enough for the light load. I'm pretty sure i'd not want to ride on it with 8 other guys.

Has anyone said how awesome this thread is lately? No matter how crappy my day, something here makes me smile! thanks everyone

 

[Cocked&Locked]

What's intriguing for me is the crane in background.I never read of Jap made armored recovery vehicle and this crane looks just portable enough to be one.I wonder if that's it.

On other hand Japanese tankers must have been in a shock when they saw bunch of Soviet T-34s,IS-2 and other armour rolling against their tiny tanks.

pretty sure those are eastern european. that's a mosin, and the other guy has a ppsh 41 or sunomi doesn't he?

 

[Gibbs505]

On 8 January 2005, USS San Francisco collided with an uncharted undersea mountain while operating at maximum speed, leaving one dead, Machinist’s Mate Second Class Joseph Allen Ashley, and 99 injured.

The US Navy found Commander Kevin Mooney, the ship’s captain, responsible for the accident, relieving him of his command but without charging him with any crime nor court-martialing him, another six crew members were also reprimanded.

The accident completely destroyed her forward bow section, including the sonar, which had to be replaced by another section from the recently decommissioned USS Honolulu, costing 79 million dollars; however, her pressure hull nor nuclear reactor were compromised.

 

[MarkCNP]

 

[RRCo.]

If you've had a close look at "speeder" wheels they're pretty skookum and probably high grade steel too. The ones I remember were at least 1/4" thick material and probably hardened where they rode on the rails. Of course what they really needed was a tire, like a bandsaw wheel you might say. I imagine the Japanese wheels were at least as good as ours by that time, possibly much better!

As for the Jolly Roger crowd; would that be Gen. Dr. Ishi's biological warfare boys?

look like drawn stampings..probably good enough for the light load. I'm pretty sure i'd not want to ride on it with 8 other guys.

Has anyone said how awesome this thread is lately? No matter how crappy my day, something here makes me smile! thanks everyone

 

[MarkCNP]

Lieutenant Ikagami and the Skull Squadron. They got wiped out fighting the Chinese.

 

[AP]

Speaking of Kwantung Army, here's the high speed assault scooter in action:

Gotta think there's about sixty ways that's unsafe, starting with all those exposed bayonets on a moving scooter. Somebody's gonna lose an eye, and the sarge will be pissed...

speeder wheels or not...I don't see a motor so that's not going anywhere till someone starts pumping that jigger....and decides to throw a few guys off!

 

[Mister Donut]

On 8 January 2005, USS San Francisco collided with an uncharted undersea mountain while operating at maximum speed, leaving one dead, Machinist’s Mate Second Class Joseph Allen Ashley, and 99 injured.

The US Navy found Commander Kevin Mooney, the ship’s captain, responsible for the accident, relieving him of his command but without charging him with any crime nor court-martialing him, another six crew members were also reprimanded.

The accident completely destroyed her forward bow section, including the sonar, which had to be replaced by another section from the recently decommissioned USS Honolulu, costing 79 million dollars; however, her pressure hull nor nuclear reactor were compromised.

The driver must have been from Richmond

 

[Rod B]

The driver must have been from Richmond

Or Markham & possibly Richmond Hill.

 

[Mister Donut]

Any context of these photos?

 

[Mister Donut]