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2008-12-02 
Good morning
Posted by Fred 2008-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Pulling props makes for muscles and ready for bed.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 00:29||   2008-12-02 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Lovely,lovely--and the airplane is attractive, too. Curtiss Hawk series?
Posted by Mike 2008-12-02 06:30||   2008-12-02 06:30|| Front Page Top

#3 
Posted by Larkenvesee 2008-12-02 07:46||   2008-12-02 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Clean up! Vowel dumpage on aisle #3!
Posted by GORT 2008-12-02 07:52||   2008-12-02 07:52|| Front Page Top

#5 nice - a morning vowel movement eliminated
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-12-02 08:04||   2008-12-02 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Anyone up for a week of Dorothies? Or six degrees of Dorothy Sebastian?
Posted by Fred 2008-12-02 09:11||   2008-12-02 09:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm a up for a week of old airplanes... with wimmin by them.
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 09:54||   2008-12-02 09:54|| Front Page Top

#8 3dc, hows this for your old plane fetish?

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 10:04||   2008-12-02 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Golfbravo, that is one lovely video.
Posted by Mike 2008-12-02 10:08||   2008-12-02 10:08|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't care what their names are, I like Lovely Ladies. And Airplanes.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2008-12-02 10:28||   2008-12-02 10:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Deacon, your wish is my command.


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 10:40||   2008-12-02 10:40|| Front Page Top

#12 3dc & Deacon here's a little eye candy icing for your love of aircraft.


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 11:40||   2008-12-02 11:40|| Front Page Top

#13 After further review it looks like the last aircraft is a little tail heavy. But, what the heck, a good pilot can handle a tailspin and once you get her trimmed you can sit back and enjoy the ride.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 11:52||   2008-12-02 11:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Golf...
Wonderful planes!
The tourism site you got that stew shoot from is interesting too.
http://www.jaunted.com/

Do you have anything to do with it?

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 12:02||   2008-12-02 12:02|| Front Page Top

#15 3dc, No I just love aircraft and their accessories. I flew back seat in the Marine Corps and one of my good friends restores WWII fighters. He did a couple of P-40s and a Mustang. Flew one of the P-40s in the Movie 1941 and raced a Yak-11 at Reno. He also did some P-40 flight scenes in the Pearl Harbor movie a few years ago. Here is his latest project, F4F Wildcat:



When his planes were on static display he would put a sign on the control panel that read: Rides - Gas, A$$ or Grass
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 12:39||   2008-12-02 12:39|| Front Page Top

#16 (wipes drool from chin)
I Love Airplane Noise
Between the raspy growl of an old radial or the whiff of burnt JP in the morning, i don't even have time to think about anything else (well except for scantily-clad wimmins posing by 'em)
Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-12-02 14:04||   2008-12-02 14:04|| Front Page Top

#17 
Nose Art is kind of nice too.

Thanks for the info GolfBravoUSMC.
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 14:28||   2008-12-02 14:28|| Front Page Top

#18 
Not sure what this was about...
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 14:39||   2008-12-02 14:39|| Front Page Top

#19 
Back to Golf's style...
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 14:45||   2008-12-02 14:45|| Front Page Top

#20 RE, number 18 post:

Q: What is the name of that aircraft?

A: Chi-nookie!!
Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-12-02 16:31||   2008-12-02 16:31|| Front Page Top

#21 3dc You're absolutely on target. There is nothing like a good set of Radial Engines. Doesn't that Twin Beach prop pitch motor cover (spinner) look a little long and hard. I wonder why?



Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 16:48||   2008-12-02 16:48|| Front Page Top

#22 Yikes! I'm seeing double.


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 16:54||   2008-12-02 16:54|| Front Page Top

#23 Now that's funny.


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 17:00||   2008-12-02 17:00|| Front Page Top

#24 My dad was a ground crewman for B-24's in WWII. One of his best friends was very artistic, and did the nose art for several planes in the unit. Of course, today, those pictures would be banned for being at least R-rated.
Do they even do nose art on planes anymore?
Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia  2008-12-02 17:31||   2008-12-02 17:31|| Front Page Top

#25 Rambler:

I'm afriad I'll be referring you to the Rantburg IG's office for the mention of this sexist practice. I would recommend you block your schedule for the inevitable sensitivity training sessions.
Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-02 17:40||   2008-12-02 17:40|| Front Page Top

#26 I wonder why the penguin is wandering in front of the Chinook's wheel?
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-12-02 18:12||   2008-12-02 18:12|| Front Page Top

#27 
Kind of small at 500pixles wide per photo but look at photos in background in this ww-ii photo.
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 18:23||   2008-12-02 18:23|| Front Page Top

#28 
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 18:31||   2008-12-02 18:31|| Front Page Top

#29 

The last B-24
Posted by 3dc 2008-12-02 18:34||   2008-12-02 18:34|| Front Page Top

#30 Norma Jean (A.K.A Marilyn Monroe) assembling target drones June 1945.


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-12-02 18:59||   2008-12-02 18:59|| Front Page Top

#31 it appears the drone likes her
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-12-02 19:30||   2008-12-02 19:30|| Front Page Top

#32 My Old Man used to fly Beavers when he was in the Army.

Seriously. Beavers. You could look it up.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:De_Havilland_Beaver_DA-SC-99-04701.jpg
Posted by Parabellum 2008-12-02 19:35||   2008-12-02 19:35|| Front Page Top

#33 I'll have to give my vote to GulfBravo and "Bluebirds." Very well done Devil Dog.
Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-02 19:49||   2008-12-02 19:49|| Front Page Top

#34 "#26 I wonder why the penguin is wandering in front of the Chinook's wheel?"

Please don't hit me, TW, but I think it is because he can't fly.....
/runs/ducks/cowers/////
Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-12-02 21:49||   2008-12-02 21:49|| Front Page Top

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