Enforcer57

Nice shots. Little digitals make good photos, they just dont usually have very powerful zoom lenses. If i may recomend, your pix would be easier to view if you could resize them in a photo program, down to around 100kb or less. Most any such programs have that capability, usually listed under the image collum. Took me yrs to discover that.... :? I bet the noise was totally cool.

well, 40 min afterwards anyway. I posted this on the Ubi zoo (and it IS a F-ing zoo these days) and thought youse guys would find this interesting. The pilot must've learned how to fly in sims, because I dont think they have density altitude effects modeled (or do any?). It was 103 F, and this guys just falls outta the air. The dieties who watch over morons must've been alert this day. They still havent found the engagement ring. Ive no doubt they will all be on Oprah, or some documentary about how dangerous general aviation is. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums?a=tpc& ... 1131006564

Yeah, I flew with this wackjob back in the D-day tournament....he's merrily shooting up the allied field, yelling for help etc, and i make the bizarre mistake of joining him. He kinda forgot to tell me about the hideous flak trap, and I got there about the time all the allied pilots that he'd pissed were gettting airborne-so naturally they jump MY ass. He makes it but i keep getting blown outta the air by pissed off allied flyers. Man this guy has some luck. :shock:

well i tried it out for free, and apparently i dont have as many problems as i thought (i had norton firewall in addition to Kiero and didnt even know it was activated apparently). however, i still need some spyware protection. Is this program worth it? or should i get somethning else? :?:

Beebops reaction was almost as good as the jokes. The second one is most appropriate...heh heh. But i can relate to the blonde one a bit more.

unfortunately Im doomed to having the image of that......thing...doing his thing, in my mind from now on. Especially at "critical" times when im trying to impress someone. Oh, i forgot....im old now. damn. I favor the previous miss universe, but i would like to give them all a test (or have them give the test to me).......actually id settle for them letting me show up wiht my camera. dont forget that im old as Ike's presidency. My camera is probably about all that still is reliable....well that and my trigger finger.

i bet that broke the bloody motony almost as much as a torp in rudder would. They could blame it on a rogue north korean sub. sounds like it might have been kinda cool if you found somethign to hang onto. that thing mustve been hauling ass.

Heh heh heh......Dubbo the task master has spoken. Robert mitchum was always pissed.

One of these bloody days im gonna get to where I can start doing stuff again. Thats a great 1st shot.

When youre on your moped in traffic and some moron tailgates your sputtering 35mph ass.......and you wanna extend flaps, cut throttle, and let him fly right on by...... for a good shot.

yeah, its a champ. While he had that, my mother had a Cub. they both had these things before they were married. They sold them both shortly after I was born in 57 -I was a bit of an accident I think. They didnt get another plane till a friend of his (who flew 51s in the 8th AF-3.5 victories) restored an aeronica Chief, which had the side by side seating. They sold that just a few yrs ago as it wasnt getting flown any. I got some hrs on that one. The guy my mother sold her cub to got killed in it a few mos afterwards......aerobatics too low. Yrs later in 78, I was a dispatcher at the local PD, and on the wall of the station they had pix from the dept's adventures. Low and behold, there was a shot of a crashed cub with a broken back-her plane with a detective I knew standing in front of it when he was a rookie cop. I wish I had been able to get a copy of that, but back then it just wasnt that easy-and i wasnt into cameras yet.

yeah, i do the same thing when riding my blasted moped in traffic and all these vehs are passing me on the left. So to get the same effect i just look in the mirror. Not as dramatic though. :shock: At least on the ped it's kinda like flying in wonder woman mode.

Im using photobucket...this is where they are all coming from. I thought it would be aproblem from there to. Im not too well versed on such, I just know that it wouldnt post anymore at this point. I really dont know how the bandwidth thing works. There are a few more I think you might like, but i dunno if i can actually get them posted. Ill give it a try again. Well it works again for some reason. Ok, I guess Ill try a few more if you wanna see em. this is at the same Kurdish village in northern Iran. Everybody thought this flight of cobras landing there was the most exciting thing to happen "since the baloney slicer broke down" (his words). A shot of an Iranian student in the gunners posit, where the instuctor usually flew from. Note the movable gunsight, which you could position all over the cockpit, with the 3 barrel 20mm following it...quickly. it was very effective. The ol man in the usual position he flew in, the gunners seat. It had full controls as well as the gunsight. once the gunsight came loose when an Iranian student landed hard (instead of hovering like he was supposed to be doing). The sight came loose and knocked him in the head. That's why you wear helmets in these things. he still saw stars though, then he looked out and saw all the unexploded ordinance laying around (at the range). TOW missles, 2.75" rockets, 20mm (it spits out a few live rds to clear itself when fired). This is somewhere in those endless mtns. Another Cobra shot, this one taken by the Iranian student. They could carry bigger rocket pods on the inboard pylon. These are 7 rd pods, but they could carry 19 rd pods as well. The magazine in the nose held over 1000 rds of 20mm if I remember correctly. Note the pilots sight for firing rockets, and he could lock the 20mm forward. This is an earlier shot in 76 when he was teaching basic in Hueys. He liked flying those things. The instructors sat in the left seat in copters, oppostite planes. THis apparatus hanging beneath the Bell 206 in 1979 is called a helitorch. It starts backfires, and basically drops napalm. Im trying to find the shot of flame actually coming out of it. This is firefighting in Ca. He had several shots taken of him by news reporters. This was about a week before that kid hit him in the drivers side. It's his Grumman Yankee, the great grandson of hte Hellcat. He would commute from Ft Rucker to Ga on weekends. I only got one ride in it, but that thing is a littel fighter. I got some stick time in it, and man it was like flying a Spit in the sim. Ok, Ill sum it up wiht this one. This is the last kind of flying he could do, as his center vision was going out and he had to stop flying the ultra light in the late 90s. This is the late 90s in Cave Sprg Ga, where he would fly wiht the RC club. He was the guru on the mtn to that outfit. He always had that expression regardless of what he was flying. When I was about 16, i was with him in a Cessna 140 (neat plane) landing at Calhoun airport in lousy weather that had come in suddenly. just as we crossed the threshold, we got hit by a tremendous cross wind-a microburst I believe its called now. I never saw so much rapid or extreme movement of all controls before or since (except when im about to slam into the stern of a carrier). Yoke, throttle, rudder, all were being manipulated in the extreme....but we stayed level, though bounced about a bit, and landed with no problem. Anyone else and I would have been scared into "staining my fruit of the looms" (his expression). As we taxied back, he said "well, That was interesting." But the expression on his face never changed from what you see here. He would try and watch me fly the sim some, but his vision limited what he could see. He kept making observations about manuvers etc, and critiqued my landings as I was doing them in the simulator. He was impressed with out little virtual world of ww2 air combat, and would loved to have flown this thing. His limitations when I set this up at their house just wouldnt allow it though. I would read to him the posts on the forums sometimes, and he thought that was a real hoot to. Especially the one several mos ago when i posted on Ubi the photo of him flying the J-3 while Henry dangled on the ladder. I shoulda posted this stuff before now so guys could ask him questions, but I just didnt think of that. Enjoy.

Ok, my fellow combat aviator wannabe dudes (Im gonna start a support group for that, kinda like AA for virtual pilots), here's some more stuff I think you may find entertaining. My ol man was definitely an entertainer, as listeners to the Ludlow radio show for 8 yrs can attest. He'd get a real hoot outta you guys. I found these recenltly, and my mother told me this was one of Ike's many visits to Spence AFB (south Ga) in Columbine, the same AF-1 you guys saw in the AF museum. He liked to play golf near there. Note the cars that would be priceless today, and the T-28s on the ramp. Im bound to run outta bandwidth at some point, but ill try and get these up for you...i reduced a hell of alot to try and avoid that and make them fit. this is the worse (only actually) damage he ever had inflicted to an AC he was flying, and his only actual mishap (but there were many inflight emergencies he managed to get out of). He was on a take-off run at the small grass strip at Moultrie Ga (spence AFB) and he hit, of all things, a hole in the runway that somehow had avioded being hit since it was a stage field in WW2. This was 1955, so it's kinda amazing that the blasted hole was hidden in the grass all that time. Note the busted wood prop and the metal backing. His bird was flying a couple of weeks later. This was a little later, with his Champ and all his camera gear. Man, i cant believe the size of those camera cases. Note the huge cam on the rt, designed for aerial photography. That was a loaner, the rest were his. He's got even more than I do, but only a few still are around. I guess this proves I'm not a product of a liason with the milkman or something. (can this be considered DNA evidence?) This is one of his classes of students after graduating basic in T-37s. This one was titled "skunk flight". note the patches. T-37s were (are) so dinky. They're finally being replaced by turboprop T-6 Texan IIs, after a half century of use. These were the cat's ass back in the late 50s. I gotta find the 8mm film of aerobatics he made in them. Well, like the Skywalker family, there's a bit of the dark side present. In a blatant example of child abuse, he would dress up his 9 yr old kid in odd paraphanalia, and then embarrass him by posting 8x10s at the base, usually with a caption titling them as one of his friends doing something deviant. God the horror! He was doing this crap to me into high school-using me to entertain his goofy friends at work. Of course, he would usually bribe me with a model kit or a glider he made or such. Here he's stuck a ww2 pilots helmet on me, stuck his USAF issue sunglasses on me, and given me his pipe (but wouldnt let me smoke it). This was in the 60s at Ft Rucker. Of course, his friends would all crack up when I walked into the room-they were always coming over there assing off with me. They would all fit in here really well. Most were combat vets, and I got some great war stories. His friends included an Army col. named "Buck" weaver. This guy built a Pitts Special (and I dont mean a kit) and got his jollies by watching my ol man fly the damn thing. He was a judge in aerobatic contests, and sometimes he would get Dad to fly in the assorted air show in South Ala. Here he has just finished an aerobatic routine at an airshow somewhere in Ala. This is in Iran in about 1976. If you look closely, you can see the Huey is balancing on an aquaduct on the front of the skid. He taught them this for use in combat when there was no level ground availible. He would use this technique alot in the future firefighting. This will be the last One ill post, since bandwitdth is becoming an issue i think. Here he's led a flight of about 12 Cobras on a cross country into northern Iran, to a Kurdish village in the mountains. (if it posts).

i found this on the ubi forum, and commented on there appropriately. Check out htis hilarious hack job in a good article on the zeke that suddenly acts like its on meth. Pretty obvious what the problem is. The very idea that china produced more zekes than japan and used them in korea is beyond funny. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A6M_Zero im kinda surprised at the response on the GD page of the ubi forum.

Ok, last one for now ....ill add some more later if you guys wanna see em. (like I dont know the answer to that one). This is a compilation of some really tiny prints (postage stamp size) I found, and they are all taken from a train he rode regularly that passed thru Nagasaki. Each one says "atom bomb damage" on the back. Compared to Hiroshima, the place got off alot easier, but its still trashed really bad. Theres another one somewhere that shows a bent smoke stack...just gotta find it.

I know most of you saw my post on the ubi forum aobout my late dad's long career flying about everything that ever had wings, so here are some more additions to that which i think are along our interests here. I really appreciate the posts you guys made, and i was really floored by the one comrade Beepop made with that great shot; My ol man would have been really impressed, as he would have fit in here really well. the first selection is from occupied Japan, where he spent most of his time manning a radar early warning post on a cliff, but he also spent time processing photos from the recon P-51 unit (F-6s?-cant remember) stationed there as well. those guys spent alot of time trying to photograph each other with those oblique mounted cams in the fuselage. you will also note that he carried a camera with him most of the time, but usually photographed odd stuff, as you will see. The recon 51 outfit (based there along with standard Ds and P-61s) also spent alot of time flying recce over soviet positions in North Korea, as early as 46, and even made some trips near vladivostok-I bet that took soem long range tanks. The military knew that eventually we'd have a fight there. The Ruskies also flew recce low level in modified "Yaks" (who knows what they really were) and some of the early jets. Anyway, he helped himself to a few prints from the lab as he developed them. I just wish the photos of the RAAF late mod Spits from the base next door had survived, as well as some of the P-61 squadron there. He was in when the AAF became the USAF in 47, and they changed the P designation to F. Used to drive me nuts when i was a kid- he always refered to them as F-51s. Here's the 19 yr old AAF private hanging out on the tarmac, basically accepting the absurd fact that he should be flying those things and would be if not for the war ending. Heres a shot of some 51s near Mt Fuji I think, taken from a recce bird. I just wish more of these had survived the decades. No idea where the rest wound up. Another shot of one named Linda something. The clouds are kinda neat. Notice that some of these planes have invasion stripes. I wonder if that was from the landing on Okinawa, or in preperation for operation Coronet in 46-the invasion of japan itself. Dad wasnt sure. Here you can easily see the camera port in the aft fuselage. these pix are kinda outta center because these guys are manuvering to get shots of each other...usually. Would be easier just to buy a good camera in one of the many japanese shops. These are called F-6s arent they? Im too lazy to look it up. this shot also was cropped from a much larger view of the terrain. An A-26C getting maintenance at a nearby base. I lightened it a bit in photoshop to show a bit more detail. This bird no doubt wound up flying combat in Korea eventually, as they and the 51s based in Japan (as well as F-82s which showed up after my dad left) were in huge demand in the early days of korea. As I said, he photographed unusual stuff. the caption on the back of this small print said "typical Jap truck". This thing looks like something outta a stephen king novel-check that oddball engine. I think it was powered by Hammy's oriental cousin. I wonder if Oleg could model this in the next series of sims. Those guys sure have come a long way in the truck dept. This was a hangar on the Japanese airbase they were based at. They had several huge, hardened hangars that survived, and put most of the 51s in one especially big one that had survived several hits. This one wasnt so llucky...the caption on back said "note firecracker in can effect". Ok, now for something completely different (in John Cleese's voice). Here it appears that the ol man (left brandishing .45) has caught Rhett Butler cheating at cards while Abe Lincoln Freaks. I asked him decades ago what the devil was the deal here, and he just told me to look at the bottles on the table......."do you really think I remember what the hell was going on?" He said he did remember that alot of guys on the base had been totally entertained by whatever they were doing. Ok, all I can say here is...?? He was pretty sure it was him, and that it was associated with the previous photo. In one shot I have, he's the one in the Abe outfit. GIs without a war get really bored I guess. Ok, I told you guys he photographed "odd" stuff he saw. Take a look at the Japanese version of the Incredible Hulk. Check out the lady to the rt, then check the dude on the left.....he has elevated shoes on.......I guess he didnt wanna lose too much face to his pal. I gotta wonder what this guy did in the war.

i didnt even know they used tank transporters in ww1, but it makes sense. Can you imagine how short the track life and maintenance needs of one of those things? I hope they have a set of templates you can use for various locations. That would save alot of time.

We got an image to uphold yknow......so dont do TOO good a job, or well all look kinda lame.

Ok, if you insist. send small children from the room, make sure your old lady isnt around, and use your imagination....you bunch a pervs. (thats why I like you guys so much, youre so much like me). Well I gotta find the damn things, gettem uploaded etc......theyre actually kinda tame. I been kinda busy with some very unpleasant bsness that ill elaborate on a little later, so i kinda been distracted-and not in a good way.

I was wondering what happened to this idea. I saw this several yrs ago in the form of the several dozen barrels firing hordes of rds. I think it uses rail gun technology, which is way overdue for use, especially in veh mounted weapons. I think there may be some problems regarding logistics and carrying extra ammo though. Mounted on vehicles or ships, this technology has alot of potential. Im interested to see what becomes of the handgun.....That looked like something out of a twilight zone episode where a soldier from the future shows up with a devastating weapon that had only one moving part-the trigger.

Sorry i had to leave the online carnage a bit early saturday night comraeds, but I had to go add to my somewhat limited living. And i made a bit more than i expected. I was having a good time online though as usual. I was distracted on the phone (been a week of "serious" distractions for me) when those ki-84s blew me outta the air. It is a rare thing for me to be so interupted by a request for my photographic services....especially at those time coordinates. Im the photog on call for impromptu occaisns I guess, so I encourage such assignments as come up suddenly. I think what prompted my....summoning to that ..... function......had a little to do with the 3 nursing students in thier floss bikinis and consumption rate of beer. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "shoot damn it, shoot!" :shock: Freelance Photography is a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. At least i cleared a couple hundred from it (so far). Didnt know those chicks would go ape, but im not complianing....was very profitable. :wink: anyway, sorry i had to bail on you. Duty calls you know.

Well Hootie hooo! Thats amazing. I like the kraut version of the bofors, and the 38t. I swear the ferry looks amazingly like what our mates on here have come up wiht via a little rigging in the fmb. Im sure the panzers are included with misn blders in mind. THeres a bunch of stuff in our current sim that are seen nowhere but via the FMB I believe.

Nah, the only time these guys actually ATTACK you is if youre flying with em online. Watch out for one guy named rattler expecially......i got alot of......instruction....from him on my first night online. I was flying so eratically that he flew into the ground while chasing me on the deck. The it was on......I think he blew me outta the air about, oh, maybe 17 times. and theres this other guy named Dubbo who thinks he should fly bombers like they were freaking fighters.....damn him......and just refuses to admit that he's at a disadvantage. You really should do a search on the ubi gen discusn forum on this.....you will be amazed how many tangents can come outta one subject-shit went on for months. THEN you will understand grasshopper........(visualize blind, bald chinese guy).

about the best thing ive seen in at least a week. Some rather odd imagery......(ouch).