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08-02-2016, 11:03 AM | #21 |
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Re: Collision between a GAZ-A and a R-5 airplane
The car has an AA radiator.
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08-02-2016, 11:28 AM | #22 |
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My guess- plane broke loose from tie-downs during a storm.
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"Maybe" we've been watchin' too many OLD MOVIES?
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But you left out the part where the tarp on the plane was used to keep the water out of the engine...from the bullet holes...from the shoot-out that ensued. Stuff like that happens all the time.
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Have you ever read my book, The Secret War of Bullshit and Brilliance, a biography about yours truly and my exploits ???? My second book "I Slept with Mata-Hari" was a best seller!!! I use to feed her lines of bullshit intelligence which eventually lead to her being executed for spying.
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I was one of the stunt pilots and doubled for Gary Cooper in "Wings"
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When the Lord said, "let there be light", I was the one who screwed in the light bulb, I was the side sink man at the Last Supper...I go waaay back!!!
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"Wait, huh? I didn't think we were using bi-wings as bombers in WWII? Trainers, yes. Bombers, I didn't think so." ____________________ Ah, yes, that is true Tim. BUT, as the caption said (or implied/deduced) the photos of the Bi-planes on the Aircraft Carrier was taken BEFORE WW11 ! Or at least before Peal Harbor, which, for the U.S., WAS before WW11. And even though the U.S. and Germany did not use bi-planes for bombing during WW11, all other countries did in fact use bombers of various sorts and configurations to bomb enemy targets. The main reason that Japan was inspired to bomb Pearl Harbor, was the use twelve months earlier, of bi-plane bombers of Britain's Royal Air Force, launched from an Aircraft Carrier, to bomb and destroy the main Italian battle fleet at Taranto, Italy - November 1940. So yes, Tim, bi-wing bombers were used in WW11. If these Bi-Wing torpedo bombers, launched from an aircraft carrier, to sink the Italian Battle Ships had not occurred, then most likely Japan would not have seen the possibility of repeating the feat on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, '1941. While obsolete by 1941 standards, the two-wing Bi-Plane, both fighters and bombers, saw plenty of action during WW11. The greatest battle ship of WW11 was the German ship BISMARK. It was sunk by Bi-Wing dive bombers launched from a British Aircraft Carrier. |
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Actually, torpedo bombers in the case of the Bismarck, a torpedo from a Fairey Swordfish from the second attack that jammed the rudder of the Bismarck.
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Quite true 31 Model A.
As a side note, in reference to your noting that it was a "Fairey Swordfish" Bi-Plane that put the Bismark's rudder out of effective commission - it was a fleet of Fairely Swordfish Bi-planes that sunk the majority of the Italian Navy at Toranto in 1940. One hellava plane that bi-wing ! - Doug, Fore-topman, main mast, HMS Royal (re-tired) |
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thx for the history lesson! had no idea biplanes were used that late. so much BS on this thread, I dont know what to believe............................ time to get out my Matchbox cars and go play! |
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Matchbox made bi-planes also.
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It's all true...scout's honor!!!!! No fingers crossed behind my back!!!!
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Though off the Model-A subject, it should be noted that North Korea still maintains a fleet of combat-ready Antunov An-2 bi-planes: https://www.nknews.org/2014/09/the-a...able-aircraft/ The Antunov An-2 last saw wartime service in the Vietnam War where it was used by North Vietnam to haul freight and paratroopers. They weren't used for very long as they drank fuel like crazy and fuel was in short supply.
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