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All three ships were sunk by the U.S. Navy; Musashi while participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, as part of Admiral Takeo Kurita's Center Force, lost to American carrier aircraft; the still incomplete Shinano was torpedoed ten days after her commissioning in November 1944 by the submarine USS Archerfish; and Yamato, also ravaged by carrier planes, in April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go
Grizz
That eagle is called "Piast Eagle" that was the symbol of Polish Army that fought along the Soviets on the eastern Front. Photo was taken most likely in April 1945 during Battle of Bautzen. It looks like German troops inspect captured equipment from Second Polish Army that fought there during their offensive on Dresden. I had 2 family member fighting in that battle one was with Second Polish Army and second was in German Panzer Division
That's a great shot of Fox.
Those CASA C-295 do get around a lot.Is it great plane for the money or just a matter of better ownership incentives?
Mandatory pictures.IS-2 is cool,much more interesting to me is Bren Carrier with strange pattern white eagle on it.Pattern eagle on IS-2 is standard,this one is very odd.
This is Piast Eagle you are referring to.In white paint this is regulation marking used on armored vehicles of Polish Army in the East.That's not what's on Bren carrier.
National Eagles, an identification art of it's own.
Grizz
It was hand painted, probably authors own imagination. It looks very close to wz.1919V1 pattern eagle but without the crown. Whoever painted that went to school in the 20s so his imagination was probably set for older patter but was told when painting the bren carrier no crown now.
http://http://wio.ru/tank/sov-pol-ll.htm
http://http://wio.ru/tank/sov-pol-ll.htm
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26-inch thick armor from Japanese Yamato class battleship, pierced by a US Navy 16-inch gun. The armor is on display at the US Navy Museum.
this is the frontal armor from the turret of the Shinano that was never mounted because of its change to a carrier the test was done after the war
Everything you ever wanted to know.
Ballistic Tests on the IJN Shinano's Turret Face Armor
http://navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-040.php
".....these plates are the only warship armor plates that could not be completely penetrated by any gun ever put on a warship when installed leaning back at 45°, as they were in the actual turrets!!! Even to completely hole the plate all the way through at that inclination requires a brand new 16"/50 Mark 7 or German 38cm SK C/34 gun at point-blank range firing the latest versions of their respective AP projectiles; it might be cracked at a lower striking velocity, but no hole put entirely through it!"
Ballistic Tests on the IJN Shinano's Turret Face Armor
http://navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-040.php
".....these plates are the only warship armor plates that could not be completely penetrated by any gun ever put on a warship when installed leaning back at 45°, as they were in the actual turrets!!! Even to completely hole the plate all the way through at that inclination requires a brand new 16"/50 Mark 7 or German 38cm SK C/34 gun at point-blank range firing the latest versions of their respective AP projectiles; it might be cracked at a lower striking velocity, but no hole put entirely through it!"
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ALL 2nd Lt.'s take note:
With a 2,000-foot (610 m) radius, 4,000 feet (0.76 mi; 1.22 km) in diameter. The Edwards AFB compass rose's magnetic declination to true north is measured by Google Earth's distance/direction measurement tool as inclined to magnetic north with a 15.3 degrees east variance of true north, as opposed to the current variance of 12.4 degrees east (2014.) This is consistent with a calculated magnetic variance at this location in the early 1960s.
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The end result of a bomb being dropped through a Halifax. A tenth of a second faster and the mid-upper gunner would have caught it.
Hopefully the gunner had time to shower and change his underwear.
Not to mention the REST of the crew.......
The De Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide is a British twin-engined aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear, wings on canvas and plywood fuselage, carries six passengers.
In 1937 it equipped numerous commercial aviation companies, among them Varig, Brazil and CTA (Aéreos Transportation Company) in Portugal in 1945. The Royal Air Force ordered this aircraft in military version and later a significant amount of two versions, Dominie MkI and Dominie MKII, respectively for instruction and general transportation.
In 1950 a plane was acquired for the Portuguese Air Force (one of the 3 that belonged to the CTA) and placed on Air Base No. 1 in Sintra with the aim of transporting personalities, it was also used on photography missions aerial having been shot down in 1968.
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The Rhine Army Parachute Association of the BAOR had a "Dragon Rapide" hangered at Detmold in Nord-Rhein Westphalen. The other was based at Netheravon in the UK. They were donated by Rothman's tobacco company and painted in their blue and white livery. It was maintained by the Army Air Corps who had civilian techs, many of whom had tickets for working on her engines.
She was a pampered pet and got nothing but the best un every way. We hand poured her fuel from 5 gallon cans through a large funnel with a fine screen to keep out any foreign articles. No one was allowed to smoke anywhere near her during this operation!
Most of my 319 free-falls were made from "Rheingold", nicknamed "Ringo" by the Brits. She was/is(?) a great jump aircraft. It was my pleasure to help push her out of the hanger every morning when I was instructing there. There is a huge statue of Herman the Cherusker erected by the Kaiser on a mountain between Detmold and the Sennelager DZ. We used to buzz it along with any other target of opportunity on the way and enjoy some negative "G"'s as well, floating around in the fuselage.
This statue is HUGE and he is holding his sword (5m long!) aloft making it even higher. There is a viewing platform at the base which offers a commanding view of the valley. We flew so low that we were waving UP at the people on the viewing base!
One of my students was a tall bugger and when I gave the signal to get off the floor on jump run, he managed to put his helmeted head through through the fabric covering the hole where there used to be a perspex observation bubble for navigation. Having a PMV (private motor vehicle) I was dispatched to RAF Gutersloh to get fabric and dope for the repair. They still had it on inventory to cover the gun ports of the English Electric P1 and Hawker Hunter aircraft as well as other hatches.
So I can say that I acted as a fitter on a classic aircraft that gave us so much faithful service. I hope she is still flying .....
She was a pampered pet and got nothing but the best un every way. We hand poured her fuel from 5 gallon cans through a large funnel with a fine screen to keep out any foreign articles. No one was allowed to smoke anywhere near her during this operation!
Most of my 319 free-falls were made from "Rheingold", nicknamed "Ringo" by the Brits. She was/is(?) a great jump aircraft. It was my pleasure to help push her out of the hanger every morning when I was instructing there. There is a huge statue of Herman the Cherusker erected by the Kaiser on a mountain between Detmold and the Sennelager DZ. We used to buzz it along with any other target of opportunity on the way and enjoy some negative "G"'s as well, floating around in the fuselage.
This statue is HUGE and he is holding his sword (5m long!) aloft making it even higher. There is a viewing platform at the base which offers a commanding view of the valley. We flew so low that we were waving UP at the people on the viewing base!
One of my students was a tall bugger and when I gave the signal to get off the floor on jump run, he managed to put his helmeted head through through the fabric covering the hole where there used to be a perspex observation bubble for navigation. Having a PMV (private motor vehicle) I was dispatched to RAF Gutersloh to get fabric and dope for the repair. They still had it on inventory to cover the gun ports of the English Electric P1 and Hawker Hunter aircraft as well as other hatches.
So I can say that I acted as a fitter on a classic aircraft that gave us so much faithful service. I hope she is still flying .....
Naked Port F-86
Pedro Santos
The North American F-86 Sabre was a subsonic, diurnal jet combat fighter developed by North American from the end of 1944 and became one of the most produced fighters in the Western world, in the time of the Cold War The best of the best of the He became famous for his involvement in the Korean War where he successfully faced his main opponent of the MiG-15.
The F-86 in the Portuguese Air Force
In 1955 during negotiations for renewal of Air Base N. ° 4 on the Slabs to the United States, more F-84 G aircraft were requested to complement the 50 units operating on N Air Force Base. ° 2 on Ota, the answer was affirmative and further proposed supply of the F-86 E to constitute two precincts, on condition that one of the precincts stays at the Slabs Air Force Base in the Azores.
FAP F-86 F preserved in BA 5 Mount Real
With the signing of the agreement in November 1957, precinct 50 was created in February 1958 under the command of Major Moura Pinto, interim operating at Air Base n. o 2 in Ota until the inauguration of future Air Base n. the 5 in Monte Real The first F-86's started arriving from August 1958, coming from USAF stocks. However, the 65 planes provided were in the entirety of the ′′ F ′′ block 35 model and not of the ′′ E ′′ model as originally agreed, they were elevated to the F-86 F block 40 standard, with transportation capacity and shooting AIM-9 B Sidewinder missile, which were acquired in 1962.
On 4 October 1959 Air Base n. The 5 in Monte Real became operational and until December all logistics and all F-86 s finished the move, where they stayed operating in precinct 51, ′′ Falcões ′′ and the newly created Squadron 52 ′′ Roosters ", both integrated into the 501. Operational Group. Due to the need to ensure commitments to the security of the Territories in Africa, the 52 ′′ Galos ′′ Squadron was deactivated on June 12, 1961, its pilots assigned to other tasks and their planes integrated into precinct 51.
Engagement in Africa
On July 9, 1961 eight F-86 F, with the n. tail, 5314, 5322, 5326, 5354, 5356,,,, began a journey of 3 3 km the equivalent of six hours and ten minutes of flight, a record for the Portuguese Air Force at the time, which took them to Bissalanca, at the time an airfield near Bissau in Portuguese Guinea, present-day Guinea-Bissau, constituting the detachment 52. The mission that became known by code name Atlas, was commanded by Major Ramiro de Almeida Santos and were supposed to stay on the ground only 8 days, giving a demonstration of strength, in order to avoid events similar to those seen months earlier in the province of Angola and in which several hundred colonists and natives have been slaughtered.
However, with the aggravating situation in Angola and with the beginning of the movement of the PAIGC guerrillas, the F-86 s stayed, but only entered combat operations in the summer of 1963, when the southern part of the colony had to be evacuated, due to intense guerrilla activity. Between August 1963 and October 1964, the F-86 s flew 577 missions most of them from nearby ground attack or air support. Of the eight aircraft assigned, seven were hit by enemy fire, but they always made it back. Two were destroyed, the 5314th-17th August 1962 in an emergency landing, still with the bombs on the external fixation supports and the 5322th-31th May 1963 shot down by fire enemy anti-aircraft. In both cases the pilots were immediately recovered alive.
Strong political pressures exerted by the North American Administration, made the continuation of the operation impossible and dictated the return of Sabres to Portugal, as they were provided within NATO and were intended to protect their southern flank. The last operational mission, took place on 20 October 1964 and was starring Major Barbeitos de Sousa, after which the 52 detachment was dissolved, passing his missions to be carried out by the Fiat G. 91 / R4 and North American T-6 Havard.
F-86 F (5319) outside the air museum in Sintra.
Final stage round
Following the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, the Portuguese Air Force experienced difficult times, with the sabotage and destruction of several aircraft, the abandonment of most planes in the former overseas provinces, the lack of parts and absence of maintenance, indiscipline, defective chain of command or absence thereof, combined with instability associated with Revolutionary Process in Course. Despite being totally outdated, near the end of the decade only six F-86 s were in flight condition, finally July 31, 1980 are removed from active after the last flight, the farewell flight lasting 1 h25m, in which a pair of F-86, n. Tail 5347 and 5360 s flew all FAP units, piloted respectively by Lieutenant Colonel Victor Silva and Captain Wheel.
Pedro Santos
The North American F-86 Sabre was a subsonic, diurnal jet combat fighter developed by North American from the end of 1944 and became one of the most produced fighters in the Western world, in the time of the Cold War The best of the best of the He became famous for his involvement in the Korean War where he successfully faced his main opponent of the MiG-15.
The F-86 in the Portuguese Air Force
In 1955 during negotiations for renewal of Air Base N. ° 4 on the Slabs to the United States, more F-84 G aircraft were requested to complement the 50 units operating on N Air Force Base. ° 2 on Ota, the answer was affirmative and further proposed supply of the F-86 E to constitute two precincts, on condition that one of the precincts stays at the Slabs Air Force Base in the Azores.
FAP F-86 F preserved in BA 5 Mount Real
With the signing of the agreement in November 1957, precinct 50 was created in February 1958 under the command of Major Moura Pinto, interim operating at Air Base n. o 2 in Ota until the inauguration of future Air Base n. the 5 in Monte Real The first F-86's started arriving from August 1958, coming from USAF stocks. However, the 65 planes provided were in the entirety of the ′′ F ′′ block 35 model and not of the ′′ E ′′ model as originally agreed, they were elevated to the F-86 F block 40 standard, with transportation capacity and shooting AIM-9 B Sidewinder missile, which were acquired in 1962.
On 4 October 1959 Air Base n. The 5 in Monte Real became operational and until December all logistics and all F-86 s finished the move, where they stayed operating in precinct 51, ′′ Falcões ′′ and the newly created Squadron 52 ′′ Roosters ", both integrated into the 501. Operational Group. Due to the need to ensure commitments to the security of the Territories in Africa, the 52 ′′ Galos ′′ Squadron was deactivated on June 12, 1961, its pilots assigned to other tasks and their planes integrated into precinct 51.
Engagement in Africa
On July 9, 1961 eight F-86 F, with the n. tail, 5314, 5322, 5326, 5354, 5356,,,, began a journey of 3 3 km the equivalent of six hours and ten minutes of flight, a record for the Portuguese Air Force at the time, which took them to Bissalanca, at the time an airfield near Bissau in Portuguese Guinea, present-day Guinea-Bissau, constituting the detachment 52. The mission that became known by code name Atlas, was commanded by Major Ramiro de Almeida Santos and were supposed to stay on the ground only 8 days, giving a demonstration of strength, in order to avoid events similar to those seen months earlier in the province of Angola and in which several hundred colonists and natives have been slaughtered.
However, with the aggravating situation in Angola and with the beginning of the movement of the PAIGC guerrillas, the F-86 s stayed, but only entered combat operations in the summer of 1963, when the southern part of the colony had to be evacuated, due to intense guerrilla activity. Between August 1963 and October 1964, the F-86 s flew 577 missions most of them from nearby ground attack or air support. Of the eight aircraft assigned, seven were hit by enemy fire, but they always made it back. Two were destroyed, the 5314th-17th August 1962 in an emergency landing, still with the bombs on the external fixation supports and the 5322th-31th May 1963 shot down by fire enemy anti-aircraft. In both cases the pilots were immediately recovered alive.
Strong political pressures exerted by the North American Administration, made the continuation of the operation impossible and dictated the return of Sabres to Portugal, as they were provided within NATO and were intended to protect their southern flank. The last operational mission, took place on 20 October 1964 and was starring Major Barbeitos de Sousa, after which the 52 detachment was dissolved, passing his missions to be carried out by the Fiat G. 91 / R4 and North American T-6 Havard.
F-86 F (5319) outside the air museum in Sintra.
Final stage round
Following the Carnation Revolution on April 25, 1974, the Portuguese Air Force experienced difficult times, with the sabotage and destruction of several aircraft, the abandonment of most planes in the former overseas provinces, the lack of parts and absence of maintenance, indiscipline, defective chain of command or absence thereof, combined with instability associated with Revolutionary Process in Course. Despite being totally outdated, near the end of the decade only six F-86 s were in flight condition, finally July 31, 1980 are removed from active after the last flight, the farewell flight lasting 1 h25m, in which a pair of F-86, n. Tail 5347 and 5360 s flew all FAP units, piloted respectively by Lieutenant Colonel Victor Silva and Captain Wheel.
Dark Alley Dan
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The Dragon Rapide remains one of the loveliest things built by humans, alongside the Spitfire and the Lockheed Constellation.
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Variants.
Variants 2
DH-89: Twin-engined light transport biplane. First production version.
DH-89A: Improved version, fitted with a landing light in the nose, modified wing tips and cabin heating.
DH-89A Series 4: DH-89A aircraft converted to two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 2 piston engines, fitted with constant speed propellers.
DH-89A Mk.5: One DH-89A aircraft, powered by two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 3 piston engines, fitted with variable-pitch propellers.
DH-89A Mk.6: One DH-89A aircraft fitted with Fairey X5 fixed-pitch propellers.
DH-89M: Military transport version. Exported to Lithuania and Spain.
DH-89B Dominie Mk.I: Radio and navigation training version.
DH-89B Dominie Mk.II: Communications and transport version.
Variants 2
DH-89: Twin-engined light transport biplane. First production version.
DH-89A: Improved version, fitted with a landing light in the nose, modified wing tips and cabin heating.
DH-89A Series 4: DH-89A aircraft converted to two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 2 piston engines, fitted with constant speed propellers.
DH-89A Mk.5: One DH-89A aircraft, powered by two de Havilland Gipsy Queen 3 piston engines, fitted with variable-pitch propellers.
DH-89A Mk.6: One DH-89A aircraft fitted with Fairey X5 fixed-pitch propellers.
DH-89M: Military transport version. Exported to Lithuania and Spain.
DH-89B Dominie Mk.I: Radio and navigation training version.
DH-89B Dominie Mk.II: Communications and transport version.
