Recent content by csteimel47591

Greetings, I've watched tons of ww2 documentaries. I love the parts where the veterans tell their stories. Unfortunately, they are always edited down to bits and pieces to fit in the documentary. I'd like to find where I can watch full clips of these vets telling their stories. I know...

Greetings, I'm looking for information regarding the production times of the C2 cargo ships build just prior to the introduction of the EC2 liberty ship. And how much longer the first liberty ship took to produce than the say the 100th liberty ship. I believe the first EC2 ship took longer...

Greetings, I've got a PPL and love aviation. About 80% of everything I read is aviation related, the majority of which concerns air combat. I've read/watched a lot of material from ace pilots and what they all have in common is the ability to judge the proper reaction to any enemy action...

Looking for any photos of battle damage as a result of air-to-air conflict. Anything to get an idea of what kind of damage A2A hits from various guns result in. Interested in any aircraft, on all sides. Its fairly hard to find. Anything you've got will be greatly appreciated! Thanks...

Does anyone have any suggestions? Where to start? Website or Phone#?

Greetings, My Grandpa died about 10 years ago. Recently I've acquired his service papers and would like to go back and find out where he fought. From what I've heard there's quite a story behind him. I paid for the ancestory.com thing to see if it could find him but I got nothing. I...

I've always wondered why piston-powered jet engines did not see extensive use during ww2? I know there was a little research and even a few aircraft built but nothing substantial. Most of the problems of creating a jet engine special materials revolved around the turbine section of the...

haha, this thing is visible from google earth.... Poor thing has been there so long.... If we work during the nights, we can tack my old Lycoming IO-360 on that baby and fly her outta there... who is in? She deserves a better home :(

Greetings, I've always wondered if there has been any research or conversions showing the amount of "thrust" some of these old warbirds could produce? After the engine dumped it's power in the prop and the prop transfered it to the air, how much was the reaction force (in lbs) which propelled...

Greetings, I'm a mechanical engineer who is heavily involved in the setup and management of manufacturing plants. Even with today's technology it can be a real job to get things hammered out on the production lines. I've always taken great interest in WW2 and the incredible feats of that time...