Next Friday would be the Friday after this Friday.
Groundhog Thread Part Deux - P-39 Fantasy and Fetish - The Never Ending Story (Mods take no responsibility for head against wall injuries sustained)
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Shortround6
Major General
Is that the European 0.3" or the African 0.3"?
laden or unladen?
laden or unladen?
It depends where you are (like all these things) In UK the coming Friday is "This Friday" and the following one is "next Friday". They all make perfect sense until you meet people with a different convention, as with units of various measures they all made sense until people started trading across the world and science started linking them all together. To understand it you need to understand cricket. The imperial system was killed in UK by adding machines and calculators which couldn't cope with or present financial transactions, my brother used to sell them in the sixties.
EXACTLY what popped to mind when I read that!
Start at 2:50...
Funny scene.
Cheers,
Biff
Hate to tell you this, but you shoulda looked at the pavement markings when you parked the other night. You were in a "RESERVED" spot the Admiral uses when he hangs out incognito at the Parrot, and your "vehicle" (heap? wreck? jalopy?) now resides in the base impoundment compound. It can be redeemed for the price of a $500 fine and tow charge, an updated registration, and an inspection sticker. And you were so absorbed with the pulchritude you didn't even notice it was gone.
Cheers,
Wes
Did someone take their toys and go home?
KiwiBiggles
Senior Airman
That's a bit harsh on the P-39. I'd never call it a grown-up fighter, but it wasn't altogether useless.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I will but it's quite extensive, there were many, shall we say, "House Specialties" charged up, I'm not sure said parties are well heeled enough to have the coin available to cover it.
As long as you kept the little umbrellas you're covered!
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
...and the tassels.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I just realized, I believe this plane must have been out performed by the P-39...
Was there last Saturday for Sun 'n Fun, this was awesome, I did not film this but it's still cool*
Was there last Saturday for Sun 'n Fun, this was awesome, I did not film this but it's still cool*
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P-39 Expert
Non-Expert
Only when two fuel tanks and the armour were removed.Maybe, but certainly outperformed by the Twin Airacobra.
P-39 Expert
Non-Expert
No fuel tanks removed, only nose armor plate removed. Do I have to go over all this again?
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
*No Fuel tanks or armor were harmed in the making of this video...
drgondog
Major
AND the Merlins were replaced by Allisons.
I didn't know the twin airacobra had Merlins.
CORSNING
Tech Sergeant
I thoroughly despise what Mr. Bell did to the United Kingdom in 1939/40/41.
That was then. During 1943 the Russians, our allies needed something much
greater than the P-400/P-39D-1 they were given as hand-me-downs earlier
in the war. They received such in the P-39N and later P-39Qs. Most of the
discussion so far has been of the earlier Airacobras.
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Good night all, Jeff
That was then. During 1943 the Russians, our allies needed something much
greater than the P-400/P-39D-1 they were given as hand-me-downs earlier
in the war. They received such in the P-39N and later P-39Qs. Most of the
discussion so far has been of the earlier Airacobras.
.Good night all, Jeff
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fubar57
General
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