'Bring On The Night'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Also the supply flights over The Hump in China.
Oh yeah, I've been meaning to read more about that. The altitudes were so high that I think only supercharged or turbocharged aircraft could carry cargo over that route. Which is why the C-46 was used so much, as most transport aircraft couldn't fly that high.
Too bad no one has an interest in WWII aircraft. I suddenly find myself much closer to them than before.
Prevention was Fokker and syncronization was the Allied way, IIRC.
Prevention was Fokker and syncronization was the Allied way, IIRC.
Oooh, sexy.
Too bad no one has an interest in WWII aircraft.
DXM's provenance, I'm afraid.
Too bad no one has an interest in WWII aircraft.
Gud and I do, to name a few.
I suddenly find myself much closer to them than before.
How so?
When I was a kid, two B-25s flew in formation over our farm while I was cutting or raking hay. I was so amazed....
Speaking of geeky - I recently read a whole magazine article about turbocharging and supercharging of US combat aircraft engines during WWII, covering all such aircraft except the B-29, which probably warrants its own article on the subject.
There's more than one kind of geek.
So true, and one of the reasons I love DragonCon.
DXM's provenance, I'm afraid.
Oh yeah. I think I remember him posting about the different cowling shapes of different versions of the P-40.
tommy, DH has been involved with a few WWII aircraft museums and airshows for a while now. A P-51D ("Glamorous Gal") is part of Team Vandy-1, which is affiliated with the Wounded Warrior Project and what DH is currently working on/for.
I was supposed to go up in the Mustang a few weeks ago, but weather didn't cooperate. DH is at Jones Beach for the Memorial Day airshow. He was up in the Mustang today, and he's part of the crew on the C-47 and B-25 tomorrow and Sunday. He's been in the back of one of the only 2-seat Corsairs, but his ultimate goal is to fly one.
DXM's provenance, I'm afraid.
Oh yeah. I think I remember him posting about the different cowling shapes of different versions of the P-40.
If DXM lurks, he should go to the show in RI at the end of June. They'll be up there with the L-39 and the Mustang.
MFNlaw, that is so cool. Just hearing those old engines fire up sends a chill down my spine - I'd love to fly in one of those planes. I talked to a guy who paid for a ride on a B-17 - maybe I'll do that when they come around here again.
If DXM lurks, he should go to the show in RI at the end of June.
I'm sure it's on his schedule. He usually attends such shows in his neighborhood.