Aircraft

[Forty Rod]

C-46 was a Curtiss-Wright two engine plane a bit larger than the Goony Bird.  This rig is much bigger.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

That looks like the civilian version of the C 46.  The CAF had a C 46 at one time named "China Doll". It has since been sold. I think the military called the C46  "Commando"

TL - it's a Boeing B 307 "Stratoliner" with 4 engines.  Sort of like a DC 3 on steroids - but made by Boeing, not Douglas.

C-46 was a Curtiss-Wright two engine plane a bit larger than the Goony Bird.  This rig is much bigger.

Right you are 4T!

[Leo Tanner]

My nephew in AZ isn't quite 5 yet and can identify several WWII planes.  I send all the videos on here to my Dad and all the little guy wants to do is watch them over and over.  He can also break down, properly clean and reassemble a '72 Colt replica.  My Dad keeps the ammo locked away and teaches him safety.  To the kid it's the mechanics of the thing that interest him.  I can't think of a more fun day for a grandfather and grandson than to look at war birds and learn bout old guns.  Maybe someday he will be teachin me.   

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Cool!

[Delmonico]

OK, just for fun I thought of this tonight, yep it was on You-Tube, anyone remember this from 2003, one of the coolest TV ads I've ever seen:

[Steel Horse Bailey]

That'e got me wanting more stuff from Generous Electric!  I have never seen this, Del - thanks for posting it!

[Delmonico]

That'e got me wanting more stuff from Generous Electric!  I have never seen this, Del - thanks for posting it!

Never saw it on main stream TV, takes some brains to understand.  Saw it on places like the History Channel and such, loved it when I first saw it.

[Leo Tanner]

I remember that one.  If ya need more brains ta get a kick out of it you is in a serious deficit situation.  Thanks for posting that.

[Texas Lawdog]

"At General Electric, Progress Is Our Most Important Product."

[Texas Lawdog]

Hey SHB, I got a new set of DVD's called "Hunters of the Sky", it' about WW2 fighter pilots. They have interviews with the actual pilots, US, Brit, German, Japanese, and Russian. It's really a neat set of videos with a lot of actual combat footage.

[Delmonico]

I remember that one.  If ya need more brains ta get a kick out of it you is in a serious deficit situation.  Thanks for posting that.

You mean like folks "Reality TV?

[Texas Lawdog]

I finished watching the DVD's on the WW2 fighters. There was a piece about WW1 fighters and there was a little video of the place in upstate NY, near where the Major lives. It was shot during one of their air shows.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

I finished watching the DVD's on the WW2 fighters. There was a piece about WW1 fighters and there was a little video of the place in upstate NY, near where the Major lives. It was shot during one of their air shows.

That would have probably been Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, founded by the late, great Cole Palen.  Been there , seen both types of their shows, and had the honor of meeting Mr. Palen.  An AWESOME place for any aircraft lover, but primarily pre-WWII flying.  And a lot of pre-WWONE aircraft as well.

http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/

[Silver Creek Slim]

I hadn't seen that GE ad before, either.

Slim

[Delmonico]

OK an interesting story behind this next picture, it of a little girl waving at the Southern Cross in Brisbane Australia in 1928:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_(aircraft)

A Fokker F.VII is what the plane is.

The little girl is a friend from one of my Lab boards, the girl is his late Mum.  Anyway you've heard about the flooding in Brisbane, well Garth lost the original and the copies on his computer.  I thought I had it, but didn't, but several of us searched and a friend in Sydney had it and E-Mailed this small copy and will send him the large one and most of his other old pictures on a memory stick, so here it is:



And one of the plane in Brisbane from Wiki:



And as it appears today:



I'm glad he got it back.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

They sure look different when seen in color, Del Much nicer, makes them seem more real. Guess we're just spoiled by color pics................Buck

[Texas Lawdog]

I got an e-mail today, making it offical that the CAF A26 will be hangared in the Hangar at Meacham field In Fort Worth. They flew it to Breckenridge, Tx for some restoration work. It should be at Fort Worth in May.

[litl rooster]

I hadn't seen that GE ad before, either.

Slim

I had a broke down GE television in 2003 missed alot of commericals back then

[Texas Lawdog]

I like the new ad with the workers doing line dancing on the engine assembly line.

[litl rooster]

I like the new ad with the workers doing line dancing on the engine assembly line.

makes me wonder who is working on the engines