| Homer |
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G'Day Fella's,
FYI, there are a series of these video's, one after the other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z1Z-WEZZGM&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Doh!
Homer
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| 25/11/17 05:21 PM |
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Very cool!!
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 25/11/17 08:47 PM |
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Absolutely wonderful!
I once (2012) had the opportunity to ride in a 1941 Stearman biplane from Dillingham Field, Oahu, along one of the paths taken by the first wave of Imperial Japanese 'visitors' over Wheeler Field, and on to Pearl Harbor. The view on approach to Pearl was much as would have been seen by the first wave of low level dive bombers on 07 December, 1941, but for only one WW2 era battleship - the U.S.S. Arizona at its final resting place.
On return to Oahu's North Shore and Opana Point (where the invaders were first spotted on that newfangled R.A.D.A.R. thingamajig) we did aerobatics (loops, rolls, stall, invert flight) over the famed 'Pipeline'. There's nothing quite like watching surfers shoot the curls by looking up while you're flying invert over them.
It was a wonderful, beautiful, delightfully rude machine. Oil and avgas spit mixed with the cool Hawaiian air and mist that blasted one's cap and goggles, rather like a wild Willys Jeep ride in 3-D (I drive a '46 Willys with hot rodded 225 Buick V6).
I'd recommend it to anyone!
Oh, and by the way...
That's the shuttle, Endeavour, being towed to its final destination in Los Angeles, passing by Randy's Donuts (a former Big Donut store).
| DarylS |
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| 26/11/17 04:01 AM |
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Love those Steeman's. Was going to be my next RC plane, likely 1/4 scale for my 30cc OPS engine, but then fell off that wagon.
LOL - losing my sense of proportions - might have been an overpowered plan for a 1/5th scale something in an 80" to 85" wing span. 1/5th would be about 77".
| Waidmannsheil |
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| 26/11/17 09:36 AM |
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Daryl, just wondering, do you sleep at all or are you awake 24 hours ?
Waidmannsheil.
| DarylS |
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| 26/11/17 11:55 AM |
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LOL - time posting is interesting - much depends on where in the world you live, but to answer your question, no, I don't sleep. Figure for many years now, I'm on borrowed time. At least that is what my wife tells me - what does she mean?
Anyway, I guess I'll catch up after I'm dead.
I'll add, that if I want to remain in bed for 8 hours, I have to take 2 sleeping pills, over-the-counter actually works - for now. I take them 2 hours before I plan on hitting the sack. Has to do with the 34 years in government service - all but 4 as a peace officer, 4 years as a tree cop with compliance and enforcement in the logging, revenue branch - LOL.
| Waidmannsheil |
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| 26/11/17 01:45 PM |
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Thanks Daryl, I only sleep five hours a day, I can't manage much more but I do have a fifteen minute power-nap at lunch time. Keeps me going for the rest of the day.
What I actually meant was that you seem to be heavily interested and involved in a huge number of different fields which if I added all the time you spend on each activity together makes you about 600 years old. I thought I was bad eneough being interested in everything but you take the cake. Good to see though, that's what life is all about.
Waidmannsheil.
| Homer |
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| 26/11/17 07:05 PM |
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Quote:
Thanks Daryl,
What I actually meant was that you seem to be heavily interested and involved in a huge number of different fields which if I added all the time you spend on each activity together makes you about 600 years old. I thought I was bad enough being interested in everything but you take the cake. Good to see though, that's what life is all about.
Waidmannsheil.
Totally agree Waidmannsheil and Thank You Daryl!
Aren't we lucky to have forums like this, that people like Daryl and others, can share their knowledge and experience!
Glad you blokes liked the P51 video's.
I have a bad case of the "I Need's" a model P51-D!
The walls of my Funshop, are covered in A3 size images of P51's, Spitfires (mainly) and Air Cobra's, Thunder Bolts (P-47), Hurricane's, etc. These have been sourced from the annual www.ghosts.com and other Calender's.
A now departed Powder Burner from our pistol club (Tony B), had one hanging from the ceiling of his garage. I probably need to contact his wife, and see if it is excess to her needs (for an appropriate sum of money). It has a wing span of about 6 feet/1.8 meters, and I reckon it would look even better, hanging from the ceiling of my Funshop.
Rothhammer1, Thank You for sharing your Fly Over, and the images with us.
That fly over (in that aircraft), would have been a absolute Blast!
Doh!
Homer
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 27/11/17 12:02 PM |
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For the aesthetic, I've always been partial to these:
| Homer |
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| 27/11/17 02:30 PM |
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G'Day Fella's,
Yes Rothhammer.
Q- Whats better than 1 x Merlin/Alison V12 engine?
A- Two!
LOL!
P-38's are another impressive flying machine.
Doh!
Homer
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 27/11/17 02:40 PM |
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Then there's this...
The North American F82
| Homer |
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| 27/11/17 06:27 PM |
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm more Donuts!
Wow and Thank You for sharing Rothhammer1.
Regards
Homer
| 93x64mm |
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| 27/11/17 06:34 PM |
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I'll add, that if I want to remain in bed for 8 hours, I have to take 2 sleeping pills, over-the-counter actually works - for now. I take them 2 hours before I plan on hitting the sack. Has to do with the 34 years in government service - all but 4 as a peace officer, 4 years as a tree cop with compliance and enforcement in the logging, revenue branch - LOL.
Hey Daryl what ever you do don't take laxatives in the same sitting...won't end good!!!
| Rothhammer1 |
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| Homer |
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Wow Rothhammer1, I can only assume, that ended up being "A solution searching for a problem"?
But thank you for sharing.
Regards
Homer
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| 30/11/17 10:41 PM |
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Wow Rothhammer1, I can only assume, that ended up being "A solution searching for a problem"?
But thank you for sharing.
Regards
Homer
Problem;
How does one transport and deliver Jeeps to distant battlefields loaded, crewed, and ready for action?
Solution;
While the Hafner Rotabuggy was being developed and tested in the UK, The British Horsa and American Waco CG-4 gliders made their appearance rendering the 'convert - a - Jeep - to - an - autogyro' idea obsolete.
Loading Jeep (G503) into Waco Glider
Unloading
The future?
| Rothhammer1 |
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| Homer |
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G'Day Fella's,
Rothhammer1, you have been busy!
Men are such an innovative bunch.
Thank you also, for sharing the Aussie link, to the Willy's Jeep.
Avagreatweekendeh!
Homer
| Rothhammer1 |
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G'Day Fella's,
Avagreatweekendeh!
We in North America are a day behind you, but I could start early!
| Homer |
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| 02/12/17 09:22 AM |
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Yes Rothhammer1, start early..... and enjoy every moment of it.
Regards
Homer
| Homer |
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G'Day Tella's,
FYI, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T8ZfpfTWGg&feature=em-subs_digest
Merry Christmas to You and Yours.
Homer
| 93x64mm |
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| 17/12/17 07:57 AM |
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Hard to beat a P51, would have been a tight tussle with a Spit as to which was better - but don't those Merlins sound awesome!
Loved the Mosquito & the Lancaster, I reckon they sound better........just more of a good thing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceuU1UQuwVU
| DarylS |
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| 17/12/17 10:49 AM |
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My cousin, "Eddie", Art Edwards flew a Bristol Beaufighter out of Northern England during the second war. The 'flight' was called the "Strike Wings" & hit the Northern German shipping, sinking 300,000,000 metric tons of it.
Eddie thought the Beaufighter was the best fighter in the air, with it's 4 nose mounted 20mm and the 4 (or was it 6?) .50's in the wings. This may have been only the Strike Wing's planes, out of Scotland, I don't know.
Seems to me, with only 2 .50's mounted, they could also carry 8, 60 pound rockets. He spoke of tests against ships using the noses of the rockets being solid concrete & these penetrated better than the AP or EX. heads, shooting right through some of the smaller ships.
| Homer |
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93x64 and Daryl, thank you for your input here.
But wait, there's more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fo7SmNuUU4
Doh!
Homer
| DarylS |
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| 18/12/17 11:29 AM |
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Excellent video!
| Rothhammer1 |
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| Homer |
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But wait, there's more!
No, not bloody Steak Knives............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRVWyZf5MQk
Also, the next/following Jay Leno video, is also worth a watch.
Best Wishes for a Great 2018!
Homer
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 02/01/18 03:17 PM |
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Very, very cool. Great documentary, great subject. Thanks for sharing!
Here's one on wheels (click below):
Packard Bentley 'Mavis'
And,
doooooughnuuuuuuuuuuuuts!
Helms truck, Los Angeles area, 'back in the day'.
| DarylS |
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But wait, there's more!
No, not bloody Steak Knives............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRVWyZf5MQk
Also, the next/following Jay Leno video, is also worth a watch.
Best Wishes for a Great 2018!
Homer
Homer, that Jay Leno Merlin video was a treat! Thanks.
| DarylS |
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| 02/01/18 04:15 PM |
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Next time in Toronto/Hamilton area, I will most certainly go for a ride in the Lancaster.
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 02/01/18 05:15 PM |
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Hey, Homer...,
There's a song on this one for you (after it gets past the cheesy 'intro').
Donuts
The narrator of this one, Ralph Story, was an AAF flight instructor and P51 pilot before becoming a very well known Southern California broadcaster.
Things that aren't there anymore.
Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
| Homer |
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| 02/01/18 07:16 PM |
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G'Day Fella's,
No probs Rothhammer1 and Daryl, I'm pleased you blokes enjoyed it
Rothhammer1, despite my name here, I don't eat that many Donuts but when I get the urge "I go Nut's for Donuts"! LOL!
And at 3 1/2 Liters per cylinder, Mavis is an impressive vehicle, in more ways than one!
Thanks for sharing those links.
Yes Daryl, I think that Canadian Aircraft place, may have to go on the Bucket List.
Avagreat2018eh!
Homer
| Homer |
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| 02/01/18 07:29 PM |
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G'Day Again,
According to this (scroll down), you can book a flight in a P-51, here in Australia!
https://fighterpilot.com.au/p-51d-mustan...ASAAEgLD7fD_BwE
Another one for the Bucket List.
Doh!
Homer
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| 02/01/18 07:51 PM |
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Reckon I'll look then up next time in the big smoke!
Thanks for that Homer
Cheers
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 02/01/18 07:55 PM |
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Scenes from my adolescence;
Filmed on Van Nuys Boulevard, circa 1978.
These seem to be mostly from two movies that were shot in '78 or '79, Corvette Summer and Van Nuys Blvd. For a few decades, Van Nuys Boulevard was the notorious 'cruise strip' of the San Fernando Valley. When those films were being shot (as with another 'd' grade pic. a couple years before that called 'Aloha, Bobby and Rose'), they'd cruise the boulevard in their camera trucks on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights (the summer cruise nights, Wednesday being the biggest and year round) and try to get us to whoop it up a bit for the camera.
Us 'Valleys' were rather jaded to Hollywood stuff, going to school with actors and such, so what they really got was more in the way of candid 'home movies' of us just being us and of the typical rolling car show and babe emporium that was cruise night. I noticed they didn't use any footage of us 'toasting' them with various intoxicants, shooting the moon, girls dropping tops... we must have burned a lot of their film. A year or so ago, I bought a DVD of 'Van Nuys Blvd' and it was interesting to listen to the director's commentary and hear that from the other side.
I remember Mark Hamill (Corvette Summer) sitting on the hood of that gaudy, over customized (as was the style just then) Corvette acting like some sort of ho-dad (Star Wars was just taking off) and none of us could give a squat. We just wanted him to move so we could check out the car. I was born at Van Nuys and Sherman Way (Valley Hospital), this was 'home turf.
I'm still not entirely certain whether or not I'm in a couple of these scenes.
Cruisin'
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Rothhammer1, despite my name here, I don't eat that many Donuts but when I get the urge "I go Nut's for Donuts"! LOL!
I can dig it.
It's just that when you say Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Donuts! it reminds me of the ol' Helms truck and I wax nostalgic. Those things carried magic!
| Rothhammer1 |
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| 03/01/18 05:25 PM |
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North American F82
I may have found your next RC project, Homer!
Here's an RC North American F82.... Donuts!
RC F82
Another - I don't speak Japanese, but the images are cool;
Japanese RC F82
More:
web page
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Real ones:
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Donuts!
| Homer |
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| 05/01/18 09:37 AM |
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G'Day Fella's,
Rothhammer1, I'm pleased I have regularly been able to bring you, some good memories!
Stay tuned for more.
Also, thanks for sharing those links etc, some great reads and watches there.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Donuts!
LOL! Homer