Recent content by wlewisiii

I must admit that I believe that to be the prettiest portrait of an Aero L-29 Delfín I've seen... :cool:

Nah, Clancy was always too full of fantasies where every Western gadget always worked perfectly the first time. You can always tell he never actually served just from that - none of his characters ever had maint failures to deal with or computer crashes that caused the engines to shut down or...

He won't change any minds in the US because there's too much "STUFF" here in the US. It's just the way our game is played. One party supports him so the other will oppose him no matter good or evil. They literally do not care. Politcal power is all that matters in our system Where that...

Ego boo for helping is one thing but in the end... https://youtu.be/pp4suZ4jNXg?si=_NiAb2sVCTR4p66L

But of course it's ok for the rich to destroy the last few airworthy examples of an airframe so long as they kill themselves in the process? Because it's their "property"? < spit > < spit again > sorry. I'd rather see these birds in a museum than in the hands of some egotistical bastard who...

Anyone else here have a kid into LEGO Bionicles? https://youtu.be/RBJ2l4vospQ

I am glad to see this flying again, you can never have too many classic airliners in the air. But though it's heresy to many, I aways found Douglas' combination of utility, efficiency, reliability and clean lines to be far more beautiful. I'd argue it's a part of why there are still some in...

Wish the checks I bounced looked like that!

No but American repair teams hosed out and repainted the white internal paint on a lot of battle damaged Shermans in WWII Europe (Despite the reputation, relatively few actually burned). Occasionally there were complaints that they missed something as the refurbished vehicle would have a bad...

Ah, but the P-61 had a pair... I'll get my coat too.

I'd like a P-61 but that's just me ;) Love the expressions on the kids behind her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VP1NwbbjeU

All tanks are maintenance intensive. That's a given. The only real advantage that, say, US tanks had was we only needed the three most important tools: A tanker's bar A sledge hammer A roll of 100 MPH Tape. That'll get you back to the motor pool ;)

Lieutenant Kijé was driving to the village of Potemkin in Crimea when he crashed… ;) https://twitter.com/FluteMagician/status/1661162964261404673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Without organization, without high explosives and without resupply by an outside power, armed civilians vs military = dead civilians. An insurrection without at least all three of those and more can not succeed and historically never has.