World war two aviation

[I'm Still Bison]

Even though I'm a sworn greenie now, I'd love to tinker around on one of those

And Bob, if I'm ever over that way, you can take me for a guided tour

                 Count on it...and as a bonus I'll show you pub crawling American style

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah but your beer's too weak, even if it is colder

[ducktapehero]

Yeah but your beer's too weak, even if it is colder

Just the big name brands. We have smaller breweries that put out respectable stuff.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Yeah but your beer's too weak, even if it is colder

Just the big name brands. We have smaller breweries that put out respectable stuff.

Thats probably very true, but then I don't drink anyway

[I'm Still Bison]

 We keep the beer weak,but our true glory is moonshine..America's greatest legacy of of it's Scotch-Irish heritage
Jack Roush still comes back to Manchester,his boyhood home,just a few miles downriver from me.The IWM is high on my list of museums to see.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

We keep the beer weak,but our true glory is moonshine..America's greatest legacy of of it's Scotch-Irish heritage
Jack Roush still comes back to Manchester,his boyhood home,just a few miles downriver from me.The IWM is high on my list of museums to see.

It's a good museum, and well worth a visit, it's just a shame the London one's so small , the one at Duxford is bloody brilliant though

[I'm Still Bison]

 Also on my list is Bovington,and the FAA Museum at Yeovilton,and the 8th Air Force Museum,which I want to say is at Bassingbourne...I may be wrong.
       Micky when you do make it over ,do it in summer,and time your visit with the Dayton Air Show,the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds alternate appearances,Canada's Snowbirds come in frequently;not to mention all sorts of vintage warbirds.
        When my daughter lived in Vandalia,which is where Dayton's airport is located,she lived 4 blocks from the airport.I had a terrific view,the Thunderbirds were there that year.One plane that caught my attention was a DH Venom.

[Benner]

We keep the beer weak,but our true glory is moonshine..America's greatest legacy of of it's Scotch-Irish heritage
Jack Roush still comes back to Manchester,his boyhood home,just a few miles downriver from me.The IWM is high on my list of museums to see.

It's a good museum, and well worth a visit, it's just a shame the London one's so small , the one at Duxford is bloody brilliant though

I love the one in Duxford.  Fancy a trip one day. 

[J-sews]

Slightly of topic, but I nearly got kicked out of the Imperial war museum in london for touching the tail on there mustang...

http://www.pan3sixty.co.uk/tours/iwm/qt-small/iwm01.html

if you click to panoramic, you can see why they got angry with me

Is that a Focke-Wulf next to the V2 rocket?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Slightly of topic, but I nearly got kicked out of the Imperial war museum in london for touching the tail on there mustang...

http://www.pan3sixty.co.uk/tours/iwm/qt-small/iwm01.html

if you click to panoramic, you can see why they got angry with me

Is that a Focke-Wulf next to the V2 rocket?

Yep good old FW190

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Also on my list is Bovington,and the FAA Museum at Yeovilton,and the 8th Air Force Museum,which I want to say is at Bassingbourne...I may be wrong.

I've been to both the Bovington tank and the FAA museum, and there both excellent , I can still remember the little thrill of fear I got at about 15 years old, and stood in front of a king tiger

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

We keep the beer weak,but our true glory is moonshine..America's greatest legacy of of it's Scotch-Irish heritage
Jack Roush still comes back to Manchester,his boyhood home,just a few miles downriver from me.The IWM is high on my list of museums to see.

It's a good museum, and well worth a visit, it's just a shame the London one's so small , the one at Duxford is bloody brilliant though

I love the one in Duxford.  Fancy a trip one day. 

Maybe we could make it a group thing

[J-sews]

It was old and slow compared to western fighters, but my favorite plane from WWII was the Ju-87G-1 "Tank Buster" Stuka. Don't ask me why. 

Something evil about the look of the whole aircraft, don't you think?

By the way, here is some awesome gun camera footage of the 37mm cannons in action: 

[edap617]

RAF aircraft were capable of attacking the Stuka dive bomber at will unless they were supported by escort fighters.

[I'm Still Bison]

Just about any dive bomber was vulnerable,except possibly the Il-2 Stormovik and Junkers Ju-88(and it was used as a dive bomber occasionally).

[J-sews]

....and yet the Stukas ran rampant on the western front early in the war, and on the eastern front throughout the entire war.

[I'm Still Bison]

 And don't forget the Douglas Dauntless which saw frontline action right up to VJ-Day.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

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It was old and slow compared to western fighters, but my favorite plane from WWII was the Ju-87G-1 "Tank Buster" Stuka. Don't ask me why. 

Something evil about the look of the whole aircraft, don't you think?

By the way, here is some awesome gun camera footage of the 37mm cannons in action: 

Yep it was an evil looking aircraft, and the jerico horn was an inspired idea for devestating moral, did you ever see the version with the hospital pods , not that just looked plain odd, but not as odd as the BV 141!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

RAF aircraft were capable of attacking the Stuka dive bomber at will unless they were supported by escort fighters.

But they couldnt intercept it in a dive

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

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It was old and slow compared to western fighters, but my favorite plane from WWII was the Ju-87G-1 "Tank Buster" Stuka. Don't ask me why. 

Something evil about the look of the whole aircraft, don't you think?

By the way, here is some awesome gun camera footage of the 37mm cannons in action: 

Yep it was an evil looking aircraft, and the jerico horn was an inspired idea for devestating moral, did you ever see the version with the hospital pods , not that just looked plain odd, but not as odd as the BV 141!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_&_Voss_BV_141

[J-sews]

Yep it was an evil looking aircraft, and the jerico horn was an inspired idea for devestating moral, did you ever see the version with the hospital pods , not that just looked plain odd, but not as odd as the BV 141!

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What a goofy contraption! I love it! Makes me think the ale was flowing pretty freely at the Blohm & Voss factory the day they came up with that idea!

[I'm Still Bison]

I think the ale flowed like a river through the Blohm & Voss works full time.I can't say I recall any design that came from them that resembled anything near orthodox.

[I'm Still Bison]

 Since Luft '46 designs have already been brought up;why not talk about other designs and prototypes that never saw production.The McDonell XP-67 Moonbat is one of the sleekest might have beens ever.

[J-sews]

Nice! I've never heard of that one

[J-sews]

I think the ale flowed like a river through the Blohm & Voss works full time.I can't say I recall any design that came from them that resembled anything near orthodox.

Agreed! Here's another bit of design genius from Blohm & Voss, the BV 238. 




Now we know where GE got the looks and styling for their F7 and F9 series of train locomotives!

[I'm Still Bison]

 The GE"covered wagons" did have a longer and more successful career though. The McDonell Moonbat crashed during flight tests,it was constantly plagued by engine problems;another case where airframe design was far ahead of powerplant design.

[WhichDawg]

the last couple of nights, on the history international channel they've had a show called; "Battle Stations"
and they've had the history of the "Mosquito" of it's conception and design and history. it's been great,
all the great missions it took on.

[Spoonrobot]

I've always had a soft spot for Russian planes from WWII-Modern, they just seem so interesting with some of their non-western design cues.


Saw a Yak-9 at the little airshow today. It was one of the few non-civvie planes that flew, did several fast and low fly-bys and some sweet climbs.




Although the IL-2 Sturmovik is still my favorite.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

The Germans truley feared the Lavochkin family of aircraft, and were formaly told never to engage them at medium altitudes!

[Dunc]

I've always had a soft spot for Russian planes from WWII-Modern, they just seem so interesting with some of their non-western design cues.

Spoony this ones for you .....



Dunc