Picture of the day.

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Hans the manual says
1...load
2...light the blue touch paper
and 3...RUN!!!

Pete

 

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Now THAT is a toyshop!!!

Pete

 

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Someone is about to have a bad day...
Pete

 

[Otyanomizu]

The TB-7 (Pe-8) prototype under construction.
aircraft under construction has a mysterious charm.

 

[syscom3]

It was Japanese. Now its Allied. A Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Allied code name Frank), now in US colors aboard USS Long Island (CVE-1), 1945.

 

[Wurger]

 

[at6]

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Later we can exchange Nose Goblins. Mine were specially hand picked.

 

[syscom3]

Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black, Commanding Officer of squadron VGS-1, makes the ship's 2000th landing, 20 April 1942. He is flying a Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull scout-observation aircraft. Note lowered flaps and deployed leading edge slats on the upper wing.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[GrauGeist]

Always thought the Seagull looked out of place with landing gear!

 

[buffnut453]

Always thought the Seagull looked out of place with landing gear!

Is that the aircraft equivalent of saying a girl has a "nice personality"? The SOC-3A is seriously in that bucket, I'm afraid.

 

[Snautzer01]

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[Wurger]

 

[Otyanomizu]

C-3605 in line

EKW C-36 Eine Schweizer Flugzeug-Eigenentwicklung
by Hans Prisi

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

But please source your pic.

O Otyanomizu OK. THX. However you didn't have to post another post with the image source. It was enough edit your post above and add the info below the pic and then save the edited post.

 

[BlackSheep]

Four SBD-5 Dauntless bombers fly over the northern part of Eniwetok Atoll, February 18th 1944. Large island below is Engebi, captured on 17–18 February. Photographed from a USS Chenango (CVE-28) plane.

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Can't help but notice that all the gunners, except our guy in C29 are guns up scanning the sky..

 

[digger200012]

Can't help but notice that all the gunners, except our guy in C29 are guns up scanning the sky..

Looks like he is having a kip...

Pete

 

[Snautzer01]

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41-24358 LULU BELLE 43rd BG SWP
Baugher delivered to Cheyenne June 28, 1942; assigned to the 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Hickham, Hawaii July 31, 1942; became a hack at Nadzab, New Guinea, when war weary. Salvaged September 13, 1945.

 

[Wurger]