SkyPup

It's near Jeremy Thorpe's home town of Dorking-on-Clyde...

You've upped the ante for man-caves!

Nicely done, Painless!

Paris layover yesterday, so I hopped the train to Le Bourget for the Paris air show. Only had a few hours to gawk, but it was nice aero-porn! Weather was marginal....cool and windy with low ceilings, which limited the acro routines. Still cool as hell, though. Got a short vid of the A400M transport showing off. I've never seen a large transport airplane in a vertical bank: Sepecat Jaguar Phallic symbols abounded... Yup, she's a DC-3 'Stang! An aging 747 It eats little kids for breakfast P-38 on a fly-by. A simpit of some kind Airbus A350 cockpit EADS had a stratospheric airship concept model close-up of the Airbus A400M transport Antonov AN-2

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Nice!

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NYC, 74 years ago. This is cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WgqRN40TXrE

What a great find!

Good find, Snacko.

Thanks Jabo. Interesting bit of history!

Nice find, Friar. The video showed the aircraft flipping over on ditching....I wonder if the crew made it out?

Groan!

Found this link with some eye-witness reports. http://theloadstar.co.uk/breaking-news-national-air-cargo-crash-at-bagram/ Conditions were gusty at the time of takeoff (20 knots gusting to 30), and there had been reports of low-level wind shear. The fact that the gear was never retracted hints that something drastic must have happened soon after lift-off. My heart goes out to the families of the crew.

Nice find!

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Chaperoned by Mrs Pup, I spent a few days checking out some London pubs and museums. Great stuff.... Thirst aid station..... What's a banger and what's it doing in my mash? Yes, it's a Merlin! View from the London Eye, some kind of clock tower thingie...

Looks like a terrific museum. Thanks for sharing. P

Enjoy..... P-51D Flight Manual.pdf P-51D Pilots Flight Operating Instructions.pdf Pilot Training Manual for the P-51 Mustang - 1944.pdf

Another WW 2 manual to peruse. It's a big download, so be patient.... Aircrewmans Gunnery Manual.pdf

Some good info in here! Fighter Gunnery.pdf

Some interesting info on der Gabelschwanz teufel: http://www.ausairpower.net/P-38-Analysis.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294284/WWII-color-Rare-photos-1942-Flying-Fortress-bombers-heroic-crews-The-Mighty-8th-Command.html