Viking1066
Major
I have those as well. Great photos.
A new book in my library. (3 Viewers)
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A4K
Brigadier General
This is a pocket guide in it's true sense! Actually fits in my pocket. Neil Barber also wrote the (in my opinion) best and most accurate book on Pegasus Bridge (that definitely doesn't fit in your pocket!
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice one Evan, and I totally agree about his Pegasus Bridge book !
A4K
Brigadier General
Cheers Terry. I will probably still get Carl Shiletto's 'Merville Battery and the Dives Bridges' book at some stage, to have a complete set of information on them.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yep, it's worth having. It's two of his previous, separate books, combined into one volume.
A4K
Brigadier General
I have his 'Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge' book.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Great book, well worth getting just for the artwork in it!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Dammit....I need more Phantoms! 
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
One can NEVER have to many
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Here ya go Jan.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Oh I didn't show you my 1/32 scales. Three F-4G (Revell) 3 F-4E (Revell) 2 RF-4C(revell and a F-4C/D (Tamiya). Oh and I have in a plastic tub 3 MonoVell F-4J in 1/48. I'm sorry I forgot.. Didn't want to let you down....I need a few to catch up!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Donivanp
Lieutenant Colonel
Well yea, but that's just the daily driver.
MiTasol
Captain
Two today. The first is for COMPRESSED Gas starters for aircraft engines.
A little history. In WWI when engines became too hard to hand prop B.C. Huck, a test pilot for the Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (AIRCO) of Great Britain invented the Huck starter. Naturally some people wanted starters that were completely self contained on aircraft and the batteries of the day were very heavy low output lead acid units where the voltage dropped rapidly as the air temperature dropped. As well as this, and the electric starters of the day being heavy, these were not suitable for use in all weathers because the acid would freeze and expand splitting the battery case and as soon as the battery got warm acid would leak all over whatever was nearby. More modern lead acid aircraft batteries had improved technology and more concentrated acid which resulted in smaller lighter batteries that could withstand somewhat lower temperatures but still needed heaters or continuous charging or removing from the aircraft in sub zero C temperatures.
To remedy this the Brits then came up with pneumatic starters and these could be self contained if the engine had a compressor and/or the air receiver could be charged from an external source. This whole installation weighed not much more than an electric starter and was barely affected by cold weather. Other countries also adopted pneumatic start systems and the Russians still use them today because even modern batteries have problems with low temperatures. Modern gas systems still only weigh about the same as the electric starter used on modern US engine so the system is lighter overall.
The second is an aircraft that used this starting system.
A little history. In WWI when engines became too hard to hand prop B.C. Huck, a test pilot for the Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (AIRCO) of Great Britain invented the Huck starter. Naturally some people wanted starters that were completely self contained on aircraft and the batteries of the day were very heavy low output lead acid units where the voltage dropped rapidly as the air temperature dropped. As well as this, and the electric starters of the day being heavy, these were not suitable for use in all weathers because the acid would freeze and expand splitting the battery case and as soon as the battery got warm acid would leak all over whatever was nearby. More modern lead acid aircraft batteries had improved technology and more concentrated acid which resulted in smaller lighter batteries that could withstand somewhat lower temperatures but still needed heaters or continuous charging or removing from the aircraft in sub zero C temperatures.
To remedy this the Brits then came up with pneumatic starters and these could be self contained if the engine had a compressor and/or the air receiver could be charged from an external source. This whole installation weighed not much more than an electric starter and was barely affected by cold weather. Other countries also adopted pneumatic start systems and the Russians still use them today because even modern batteries have problems with low temperatures. Modern gas systems still only weigh about the same as the electric starter used on modern US engine so the system is lighter overall.
The second is an aircraft that used this starting system.
Viking1066
Major
Took the kids to Milwaukee yesterday. After we left Kopps (they indulged on ice cream), we went to Half Price Books. They all got something they liked and I picked up some little something's for me. Nothing major.
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A4K
Brigadier General
Nice ones Jesse. And that's hilarious - I have that 'Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WW II' book, but the British version: Front cover has a Lancaster and a Spitfire on it instead!
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Viking1066
Major
Thanks. It was nice to actually get something bound and not digital.Nice ones Jesse. And that's hilarious - I have that 'Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WW II' book, but the Brirish version: Front cover has a Lancaster and a Spitfire on it instead!
A4K
Brigadier General
I love 'real' books
MiTasol
Captain
I love real books too but as my eyesight is now very variable (one minute I can read three point text, an hour later I might need 14pt or somewhere in the middle) I am using my kindle for reading almost all fiction and reading manuals on my large desktop screen. Fortunately I started scanning my manuals and posting them on line so for many I can "instantly" access them on the computer. The rest I am working through as time permits.
