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Leo Tanner

#860
December 07, 2009, 03:14:45 PM
And I thought a ride on a B-17 was expensive...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_tourism
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Texas Lawdog

#861
December 07, 2009, 07:06:55 PM
No Hill for a Stepper!  Leo!
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kflach

#862
December 07, 2009, 07:42:13 PM
That article says the spaceship has room for "six well-heeled passengers." Do you think that means I can take my C & B '58 Remmington NMA, or do I have to buy a cartridge revolver?

After I win the lottery, of course.

Texas Lawdog

#863
December 08, 2009, 07:18:43 AM
A new angle for "Space Cowboys"! Keep your firearms stowed in the overhead bins and make sure your serving trays are locked in the upright position.
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Sir Charles deMouton-Black

#864
January 04, 2010, 01:38:01 PM
http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=320

I usually consider 'planes just another vehicle, but here, look at these:
NCOWS #1154, SCORRS, STORM, BROW, 1860 Henry, Dirty Rat 502, CHINOOK COUNTRY
THE SUBLYME & HOLY ORDER OF THE SOOT (SHOTS)
Those who are no longer ignorant of History may relive it,
without the Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
With apologies to George Santayana & W. S. Churchill

"As Mark Twain once put it, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

Leo Tanner

#865
January 04, 2010, 01:58:22 PM
Nice collection there Sir Charles.

And they said nose art was gone...this fresh from the sandbox.

"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Arcey

#866
January 04, 2010, 03:03:05 PM
Chalk is kinda low rent........
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Leo Tanner

#867
January 04, 2010, 03:13:46 PM
Well they did their best within regs.  It aint no Vargas but at least someone took the time.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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kflach

#868
January 04, 2010, 03:15:00 PM
Sir Charles,

Thank you *very* much for that link. The museum's clearly expanded since I was there (a long time ago). There are some fascinating and beautiful planes in those pictures. (although I must point out that it's obvious that the F-14 Tomcat is the most beautiful) and it was a delight to scroll through them all.

Four-Eyed Buck

#869
January 04, 2010, 09:40:09 PM
Nice pics. I recognized a lot of them, some I didn't. Gets the memory cells sparkin'.............Buck 8) ::)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

litl rooster

#870
January 04, 2010, 11:02:36 PM
I want the one in Pic #100  They were made for use in the Korean War. Supposely a man could carry it on his back then set it up and fly it.


I didn't see a pic of Ike's Helicopter in that group, The first Marine 1.
Mathew 5.9

Forty Rod

#871
January 05, 2010, 10:18:31 AM
Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on January 04, 2010, 01:38:01 PM
http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=320

I usually consider 'planes just another vehicle, but here, look at these:

I had no idea there were so many flying wings still in existence.  There's a little one at Chino's Planes of Fame Museum that is supposedly the only one left that can be flown...supposedly! 

I worked with a man 24 years ago who was helping restore it and it was alway a "month or so" from being completed.  I think they announced it was done about five years ago, but I've never seen anything about it actually flying.
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Steel Horse Bailey

#872
January 05, 2010, 10:32:51 AM
They may not want to take a chance on wrecking it.

If it truly IS the "only" one in flyable condition, well ...



It takes a bit of special training to fly the Old wings.  They didn't have the benefit of a flight characteristics computer to help keep it stable.


Jack Northrop would be proud.
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Leo Tanner

#873
January 05, 2010, 02:07:17 PM
My Grandfather and other relatives worked for Northrop after the war.  Somewhere I have a pile of scetches stored away and the wing is in there.  He retired sometime in the 70's and when he died I got all sorts of things from the plant.  Gonna have to dig it all out and see what's in there.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Steel Horse Bailey

#874
January 05, 2010, 06:26:48 PM
Quote from: Leo Tanner on January 05, 2010, 02:07:17 PM
My Grandfather and other relatives worked for Northrop after the war.  Somewhere I have a pile of scetches stored away and the wing is in there.  He retired sometime in the 70's and when he died I got all sorts of things from the plant.  Gonna have to dig it all out and see what's in there.


By all means!
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Texas Lawdog

#875
January 05, 2010, 09:47:01 PM
As far as I can found out, it is the only flying wing that is flyable. The museum at Chino has had it along time before it was flyable. I saw parts of it at the museum when I visited there in 1985.
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Leo Tanner

#876
January 05, 2010, 10:56:41 PM
Quote from: Steel Horse Bailey on January 05, 2010, 06:26:48 PM

By all means!

The things I wish I had kept better track of.  So far I have come up with The patches the crews were given when asigned to a new project, some tie tacks and cuff links and some other miscellaneous stuff.  I know I kept it all but the questions is where.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Steel Horse Bailey

#877
January 06, 2010, 08:36:46 AM
Quote from: Leo Tanner on January 05, 2010, 10:56:41 PM
The things I wish I had kept better track of.  So far I have come up with The patches the crews were given when asigned to a new project, some tie tacks and cuff links and some other miscellaneous stuff.  I know I kept it all but the questions is where.


I unner'stan!  I have a LOT of "keepies," in my garage.  There should be a sign over the door saying: "I KNOW it's here, but where?"  Amazing how much can be kept in a 2.5 car gay-rage!  (And there actually IS a vehicle - a non-running GEO Tracker - in there!)
"May Your Powder always be Dry and Black; Your Smoke always White; and Your Flames Always Light the Way to Eternal Shooting Fulfillment !"

Steel Horse Bailey

#878
January 06, 2010, 08:46:54 AM
One thing I DO have (where I know it's located) is (are) 4 blown-up photos of my step-dad, Bud's B-24 and crew.  I got to meet the Pilot/Captain when he came to Bud's funeral.  Bud was a nose-turret gunner in a B-24G.  It had a Tucker - as in automobile - turret, if I remember correctly.  He was in during 1943-1945 time frame, and was on 4 raids to Ploesti (  :o ) and two to Regensburg.  His bomb group was in N. Africa, then moved to Italy.

When Mother and Bud married, (1960) he REFUSED to fly ('tho he would in an emergency) and still hated the Germans so much that he and Mother decided it would "be better" if they didn't visit me in Fulda (former West Germany) when I was stationed there from '83-'90.

DEEP feelings.
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Texas Lawdog

#879
January 06, 2010, 09:35:33 AM
I know what you mean. My Dad had a Deputy who was a Bataan Death March survivor. Japanese weren/t real high on his list.
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