QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Okay.....Mr smart guy.... Slow underhand pitch across plate......Wooden wonder (WWII) and some more just for fun......non WWII Scooter Harley *** Devil's Cross Hmm... Scooter...what my nephew rides Harley...what my bro-in-law has parked in his garage ( he just likes to look at it) ***..some TV show on Cable, *** guy for the striaght eye? Devil's Cross...Thats a cool Heavy Metal band that plays at the Green Door... I Give, you got me on these...
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Okay.....Mr smart guy.... Slow underhand pitch across plate......Wooden wonder (WWII) and some more just for fun......non WWII Scooter Harley *** Devil's Cross
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes Here is one with a railroad angle. The Flying Boxcar, ok go for it, any guesses? Dan you cannot guess. Too much aircraft knowledge for our lowly minds.
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith "The Flying Bedstead" This is one NO ONE will get... the bead in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" or the first VTOL aircraft experiment OK I'll give you this one, The VTOL is right and once again i keep forgetting that the same nickname can apply to more than one aircraft. That VTOL the one that the astronuats trained on and almost killed Niel Armstrong? the "Flying Bedstead" I was refering to was the Fairley Swordfish. Britains most common carrier based plane throughout the war. A bi-wing open cockpit wire braced throwback to WWI. It looked like a flying bedstead, so the pilots called it. The Brits never developed a replacement for it prior to the outbreak of war but they soon discovered it had some unique advantages that allowed it to remain usefull right up to VE day. Seems that when the Germans rearmed and rebuilt their navy, they designed evrything around the latest technology. High flying high speed aircraft needed high altitude high speed AA guns to match, just like the Americans were developing. When the war broke out the germans had the most advaced navy in the world. Best example is the breakout and sinking of the Bismark. When the Royal Navy carreir Ark Royal finally caught up with the Bismark, she sent her air wing of old bi-planes to attack. the pilots soon knew they had an advantage. First the Torpedo planes could fly lower, just above the wavetops, than the german guns could angle down to shot at. Dive bombing is where this plane shined. The pilots would throw the plane into a steep dive, 70 degrees or more knowing full well that all the posts, braces, wires, and all would create so much drag that the plane speed would reach a maximum and could easily be controled. the german guns were designed for American fighters, there fire control was too advanced and could not cope with the slow planes, They actually shot past them and hit everything above them but the Swordfishes. The pilot could then almost expertly pick his target drop, then scramble away just over the wavetops. There was another incident between the Swordfish verses the Luftwaft worth mentioning. during the search in Norway for another German b-ship, the Tirpitz, While searching the inlets for the ship, the British Swordfishes spotted a squadron of Folk Wolfe's , the british fled into the narrow fjords on the deck with the Wolfe's behind them. All of the Swordfishes made it back thru narrow inlet, none of the Wolfe's did...
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith "The Flying Bedstead" This is one NO ONE will get... the bead in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" or the first VTOL aircraft experiment
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith "The Flying Bedstead" This is one NO ONE will get...
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Wooden wonder... DeHavelind Mosquito...
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith F-104 Starfighter It had a bad habit of killing fighter jocks who let there attention stray for more than 30 seconds...was much hated by most who flew it... And your right about the Harrier, it has been called that recently..
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Well, YES, the B26 was called the widow maker, but I said NON-WWII, so theres another plane that earned that reputation... I thought it was that B-26 crews were trained too hastetly on it and it wasnt a good high altitude bomber. Once pilots got the hang of the B26 and it found its roll it was a very effective ground attack plane, also lasting into Korea and was used by firefighting air crews into the 1960's if I remember correct.
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith another challenge, not WWII, this ones easy... The Widow Maker...
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith You are... WRONG! F4U corsair was called the "Bent Wing ***" by the pilots who flew it. It was a bear to fly because of the 18 cylinder radial engine produced sooo much torque that when they took off from a carrier at full throttle they had to jam the stick all the way to the left or the plane would try to roll over to the right from the torque. It was almost as fast as a Mustang, could match the Mustang in a dogfight, far better armored than the P-51 and was severly hated by the Japanese...
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith well you better pick one the girl at the curtian is waiting to show you the prize.
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith QUOTE: [i] I'll cast my vote for the "forked tail devil!" Who knows what aircraft I refer to? Great prizes await the 93 caller to answer correctly!! OK my turn... What plane was called "the Bent-Wing ***".
QUOTE: [i] I'll cast my vote for the "forked tail devil!" Who knows what aircraft I refer to? Great prizes await the 93 caller to answer correctly!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by jchnhtfd QUOTE: Originally posted by emory A little story about when the USN took over control of Carswell AFB--us "yuck monkeys" in the USAFRes had to brush up on our recognition of Naval insignia. I was working with a Tech Sgt. with a reputation as a smart a** when a Navy Captain approached. The TSgt. smartly saluted saluted and greeted the Captain with "mornin' Admiral!" The Captain, without missing a beat replied, "good morning, Airman!" As far as WWII aircraft go, I'll cast my vote for the "forked tail devil!" Who knows what aircraft I refer to? Great prizes await the 93 caller to answer correctly!! You refer to the Lockheed P-38[:D]. Nice 'plane... but I'll vote (in that era) for either the Spitfire (preferably early; the later ones with clipped or extended wings were not as clean) (one of the best airplanes, aerodynamically, ever built), the FW-190, a vastly underrated bird (the winners write the history...), the Japanese Emily flying boat (amazing critter, that one), or... aw heck. There were a bunch of great planes! Forget the vote; just enjoy! Most under-rated combat aircraft of WWII ...the world famous Brewster Buffalo.......lost some of the most obscure air battles in history.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jchnhtfd QUOTE: Originally posted by emory A little story about when the USN took over control of Carswell AFB--us "yuck monkeys" in the USAFRes had to brush up on our recognition of Naval insignia. I was working with a Tech Sgt. with a reputation as a smart a** when a Navy Captain approached. The TSgt. smartly saluted saluted and greeted the Captain with "mornin' Admiral!" The Captain, without missing a beat replied, "good morning, Airman!" As far as WWII aircraft go, I'll cast my vote for the "forked tail devil!" Who knows what aircraft I refer to? Great prizes await the 93 caller to answer correctly!! You refer to the Lockheed P-38[:D]. Nice 'plane... but I'll vote (in that era) for either the Spitfire (preferably early; the later ones with clipped or extended wings were not as clean) (one of the best airplanes, aerodynamically, ever built), the FW-190, a vastly underrated bird (the winners write the history...), the Japanese Emily flying boat (amazing critter, that one), or... aw heck. There were a bunch of great planes! Forget the vote; just enjoy!
QUOTE: Originally posted by emory A little story about when the USN took over control of Carswell AFB--us "yuck monkeys" in the USAFRes had to brush up on our recognition of Naval insignia. I was working with a Tech Sgt. with a reputation as a smart a** when a Navy Captain approached. The TSgt. smartly saluted saluted and greeted the Captain with "mornin' Admiral!" The Captain, without missing a beat replied, "good morning, Airman!" As far as WWII aircraft go, I'll cast my vote for the "forked tail devil!" Who knows what aircraft I refer to? Great prizes await the 93 caller to answer correctly!!
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