Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained) (3 Viewers)

[33k in the air]

Last time I tried to make ice, I ended up burning it I wonder if I turned the dial the wrong way?

Check the ingredients.

If you added two oxygens to one carbon and then chilled, you'll get something else entirely!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

It's been quiet so I called in for some food.

 

[BiffF15]

It's been quiet so I called in for some food.

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Yo quero Taco Bell…

 

[GregP]

As FlyboyJ said, it's been quiet. So, I thought I'd give you something to talk about.

Not saying you SHOULD talk about it, but I found it and thought it might revive this short, currently-slow thread.

Somebody hit me.

Wonder if it would have enough range to get around the traffic pattern and still land safely?

Service ceiling was only 1,500 feet due to fuel limitations?

 

[GrauGeist]

Then there was the Belyayev OI-2...

 

[SaparotRob]

I sit in the presence of greatness.

 

[fubar57]

So anyway.....how about that P-39, eh?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

So anyway.....how about that P-39, eh?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's been quiet so I called in for some food.

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I'd hit it. It can't be worse than airport food,

 

[nuuumannn]

Ugly, stupid babies can be helped by sympathetic relocation of the compass.

Nothing is truly useless, it can always be used as a bad example...

I think the only real goof-up was the non-laminar-flow wing on the model.

I reckon your recognition is out; it looks more like a Gulfstream...

Remember Northwest Airlines? I took a flight with them ONCE and found out why it was called "Northworst".

I remember taking a Northwest DC-10 from the UK to the US a while back now, it was one of the last DC-10 flights Northwest operated before it retired the type.

OK. Since you want controversy, which is better looking, a P-39 or this:

Looks like a Boeing 247 designed by a committee...

 

[nuuumannn]

Dunno, but here's another pic in case it's of use:

Gives the pilot something to lean on...

 

[nuuumannn]

That's me all caught up. Keep it coming, guys...

Here's a picture of an Allison in a conserved P-40.

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[Thumpalumpacus]

It's been quiet so I called in for some food.

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I'm on that like white on rice. Tacos and airplanes? Why isn't this line longer?

 

[Andrew Arthy]

Found this in the memoirs of an 81st FG pilot who flew the P-39 in North-West Africa, and remembered this thread:

"Airacobra Chant

Oh, place me not in a P-39
Where the flak is thick and the M.E.'s whine
Where all you've got is a prop and a prayer,
To carry you all through flak filled air.
For the M.E.'s wait for a man in a Bell
To drive him straight to hell.
I've been across and I don't want to go back
For the Jerry has too damn much flak.
Whether your bar be silver or gold
Five sorties and you're damn sure old
For the purple heart or the silver star
I'll gladly take the U.S. Bar.
Just send me across the deep blue sea
And place me in the big B.T.
Where the blonde headed girls can swarm around me.
Or place me behind a hardwood desk
With a good sharp pen and an elbow rest
In closing words of this fruitful song
Your life in a Bell can't be too long.

Author Unknown"

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com

 

[GrauGeist]

That's me all caught up. Keep it coming, guys...

Here's a picture of an Allison in a conserved P-40.

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Shouldn't that have nose armor?

Asking for a friend, of course.

 

[nuuumannn]

Shouldn't that have nose armor?

Asking for a friend, of course.

Shucks... You guys... ;D

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[WARSPITER]

Sorry about this but what exactly is a P-39 ? - I've forgotten

 

[Peter Gunn]

Sorry about this but what exactly is a P-39 ? - I've forgotten

Beats me.

 

[nuuumannn]

Sorry about this but what exactly is a P-39 ?

you're not gonna believe this, given the forum we're on...

Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 39 - New International Version

Psalm 39 - For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.” So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased; my heart...

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