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#21
Current Events / Re: Tragic Loss of Pilot and W...
Last post by Redwolf - May 28, 2024, 04:38:04 PMSaw this on facebook. RIP.
As far as flying vintage aircraft, let's wait for the investigation. If it was engine failure on takeoff - well that happens to single engine GA planes quite often. It just doesn't get reported as widely as a D-Day Spitfire crash.
As far as flying vintage aircraft, let's wait for the investigation. If it was engine failure on takeoff - well that happens to single engine GA planes quite often. It just doesn't get reported as widely as a D-Day Spitfire crash.
#22
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by Tripoli - May 28, 2024, 03:53:51 PMYeah, the Ike Skeleton collection has been a big help for the BoC project. My current project is to try to get a CMBN AAR of the first scenario of the "Blue and Grey" campaign done by 5 June. The scenario portrays the attack of the video of the 1/116 on DOG GREEN. The game scenario is basically unwinnable, as it was in real life. To make it both interesting and as a memorial on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, I've decided to present the actual information the troops had going ashore, and to make my moves based on that. Hence my recent foray to the Ike Skeleton library.
#23
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by ArizonaTank - May 28, 2024, 02:25:07 PMQuote from: Tripoli on May 27, 2024, 11:15:02 AMSource: "Report on Beach Intelligence, Operation OVERLORD, June 1944", pg. 91, https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/4395/rec/19
I love the CGSC Ike Skelton online library. Full of great gems. Great find Tripoli!
#24
Current Events / Tragic Loss of Pilot and WW2 E...
Last post by ArizonaTank - May 28, 2024, 02:14:01 PMA WW2 era Spitfire and the pilot were lost on Sunday.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28153105/raf-pilot-spitfire-crash-planes/
Of course, the loss of the pilot is a tragedy. And in this case, he seems to have been a good conscientious pilot. May he rest in peace and his family find solace.
I know this makes me a stick in the mud...but I really wish they would not fly these original aircraft. There are plenty of workshops capable of producing excellent reproductions to feed the public's desire to see them in action. IMHO, we don't need to keep endangering these historical treasures.
I don't think they are necessarily more dangerous than other aircraft, but every time one goes up, there is a very small chance it will be lost.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28153105/raf-pilot-spitfire-crash-planes/
Of course, the loss of the pilot is a tragedy. And in this case, he seems to have been a good conscientious pilot. May he rest in peace and his family find solace.
I know this makes me a stick in the mud...but I really wish they would not fly these original aircraft. There are plenty of workshops capable of producing excellent reproductions to feed the public's desire to see them in action. IMHO, we don't need to keep endangering these historical treasures.
I don't think they are necessarily more dangerous than other aircraft, but every time one goes up, there is a very small chance it will be lost.
#25
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by bobarossa - May 28, 2024, 11:44:06 AMAnd he was having a Thrill!
Wonder what the shutter time was to get clear images at that speed?
Wonder what the shutter time was to get clear images at that speed?
#26
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by Tripoli - May 28, 2024, 08:32:54 AMJust think: the guy flying that aircraft was probably doing around 400 mph. My guess is he was probably around 24 years old (although the average age was 21-22).
#27
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by Gusington - May 28, 2024, 08:00:13 AMHoly crap it's like 15 feet in the air 
#28
Music, TV, Movies / Re: Civil War
Last post by Sir Slash - May 27, 2024, 10:05:11 PMI thought it was pretty much a waste of time too.
#29
Military (and other) History / Re: Just another day at the of...
Last post by Sir Slash - May 27, 2024, 10:00:44 PMLow and hauling ass I bet. Great pics Trip.
#30
General Discussion / Re: So I bought an ebike...
Last post by Jarhead0331 - May 27, 2024, 07:59:27 PMI bought an ebike today. I couldn't resist. They were having great Memorial Day sales. It's a cargo bike and the thing that sold me was a promotional video with a dad riding with his two daughters sitting on the back. Thing can haul 450 lbs of cargo alone and has a range of 150 to 75 miles on a dual battery charge, depending on weight and how heavy the rider is on the throttle.
It is a class 2 bike that can be switched into class 3 mode. Really looking forward to it!
It is a class 2 bike that can be switched into class 3 mode. Really looking forward to it!