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• Jan 21, 2024

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Viking1066

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Could be both.

 

• Jan 21, 2024

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Vic Balshaw said:

Middle pic and guy sitting second from left looks like he means business or he hates having a photo taken.

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Lt. Toshihiko Odawara(1899-1945)?
One of pilots of the era when flyers were thought eccentric

 

• Jan 21, 2024

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Vic Balshaw

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Thanks Shinpachi and I recon 'eccentric' was a common word use internationally when the uninitiated talked about flying in the 1920/30s.

 

• Jan 21, 2024

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How many Elefant is a horse power?

Signal Corps Press Photo US Military WWII 8x10 Indian Elephant Pushing Train Car | eBay

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• Jan 21, 2024

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• Jan 21, 2024

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Snautzer01 said:

How many Elefant is a horse power?

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That is a trunk line.

 

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• Jan 21, 2024

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• Jan 21, 2024

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Snautzer01 said:

How many Elefant is a horse power?

Signal Corps Press Photo US Military WWII 8x10 Indian Elephant Pushing Train Car | eBay

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There are 592 hp in an Elefant :

 

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• Jan 21, 2024

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Frog said:

The are 592 hp in an Elefant :

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Not all that much into armor but what was the point of that thing? Too big to transport anywhere. Could bridges support its weight or width? How fast could crawl into battle? How much fuel did that thing use just warming up?

 

• Jan 21, 2024

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SaparotRob said:

Not all that much into armor but what was the point of that thing? Too big to transport anywhere. Could bridges support its weight or width? How fast could crawl into battle? How much fuel did that thing use just warming up?

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It serves to make great kits and dioramas.

 

• Jan 21, 2024

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Good stuff shinpachi!

 

• Jan 22, 2024

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Good Day! Some more early IJN aircraft. From the SUSA site.

 

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• Jan 22, 2024

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Painter Ryuichi Yokoyama draws Fuku-chan on a B-17 in Java.


Source: Japan Press Research Institute (July 1942)

 

• Jan 22, 2024

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• Jan 22, 2024

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Ryuichi Yokoyama (1909-2001) was one of the most popular manga (comic) creaters in Japan.

Comic book Fuku-chan in 1942

Source: フクチャンブタイ 第１巻(横山隆一) / 古本、中古本、古書籍の通販は「日本の古本屋」


Ryuichi Yokoyama Memorial Museum

Source:横山隆一記念まんが館｜漫画読み放題の無料ライブラリー！魚々タワーや街並み再現が楽しめます | ココハレ - 高知の子育て応援ウェブメディア

 

• Jan 22, 2024

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NACA Langley Structures Research Laboratory.

 

• Jan 22, 2024

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Aw flaming stralia

That one is good enough for the girls and aircraft thread

 

• Jan 22, 2024

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Shinpachi those are great pictures!

 

• Jan 23, 2024

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Viking1066 said:

Shinpachi those are great pictures!

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Thanks
He testifies in his book that he drew a dozen of shiny silver Fuku-chan in Bandung, Java.


Source: Memoir in Jakarta (1945)

 

• Jan 23, 2024

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Today we go a little more modern. All from SEAORG site.

 

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