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Offline MajWoody

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Cool Pics
« on: December 06, 2008, 04:24:16 AM »
Found this the other day & thought it was pretty cool.
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2008, 06:02:36 AM »
great Pics
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2008, 07:12:36 AM »
ty for the pics   :salute
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2008, 08:36:46 AM »
Those were great pics. Looks like it was fun collecting them.
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2008, 09:06:55 AM »
Very nice collection of pics...thanks for sharing. I just noticed something I've never picked up on before. Take a  look and the gun muzzles on the F6F Hellcat...they're staggered in lenght from outboard to inboard. Anyone know the reason for that? Different convergences maybe?

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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2008, 09:32:57 AM »
Very nice collection of pics...thanks for sharing. I just noticed something I've never picked up on before. Take a  look and the gun muzzles on the F6F Hellcat...they're staggered in lenght from outboard to inboard. Anyone know the reason for that? Different convergences maybe?

It's for the gun belt feeds. There's a picture of a P-51D's gun package http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,216331.0.html page 3 about half way down. It's not exactly the same, but you get the idea.

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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2008, 09:37:40 AM »
Great Pics. Thank you for sharing!
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2008, 10:03:07 AM »
very very awesome :aok :aok

i will be taking alot of those for me :D

truly great pics!!!!!

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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2008, 10:22:53 AM »
One of the pics of the Earlier P-51 Mustang looks to be very familiar. I remember seeing a ww2 picture of one like that that had 4 hispanos


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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2008, 10:35:25 AM »
Awsome photos.  Wish I had been there.
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« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2008, 11:22:58 AM »
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2008, 11:46:27 AM »
very cool  :aok
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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 12:24:02 PM »
I see a Spit 14 in there with it's 5 bladed prop. The Corsairs were nice. Haven't seen one in several years.

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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 12:57:17 PM »
Take a  look and the gun muzzles on the F6F Hellcat...they're staggered in lenght from outboard to inboard. Anyone know the reason for that? Different convergences maybe?



GREAT PIC's.  I've seen them before somewhere though. They remind me of A8Hatricks but I can't be certain.


I don't think the guns are set that way for convergence purposes. You may be thinking that the longer the barrel the farther a bullet will shoot and that is true, but  I believe all the F6's guns were the same length just positioned differently to accommodate it's ammo for easier loading.

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Re: Cool Pics
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2008, 04:16:07 PM »
Reminds me of a Confederate Air Force airshow I went to as a kid, with my buddy and his dad. It was in Phoenix at Luke AFB, I think.

I don't remember much about the flyovers and beautiful warbirds on display. What I remember is the frigging heat!!!!

Standing out on the tarmac with no shade in sight, first aid stations and people on stretchers wearing oxygen masks.

My buddy's dad had some beer in an ice chest in the car. All the ice had melted and every can popped from the heat.

Later that night talking to my dad, my words were coming out tangled and slurred, I guess from mild heatstroke.

I always wondered about the "genius" responsible for scheduling such an event in Phoenix!!!? during the month of august!!!?

30 plus years later, I'd still like to beat the hell out of him.