Nose art?
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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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John Regular
dumb ape with a hammer
John Regular
dumb ape with a hammer
This one is worth watching. Incredible WWII story.
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Having a hard time putting this down.
Jimmy Doolittle Autobiography: I could never be so lucky again
The raid was just a snippet in the life of an amazing man.
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This guy is good...
Not quite sure if this is the right place? Like most of us here, grew up with WW2 as very recent history and me Mum told me a lot about the war. A time of great social change. Everybody was mobilised, women became a crucial part of the workforce - industry, agriculture, civil defence, forces. Including of course aircraft - Mosquitos, Lancasters, Tempests, etc were all built by a largely female workforce. This little song by Gracie Fields, huge in British popular culture in them days, just seems to catch something of the mood or wartime Britain.
Putting it here because surely the song refers to building aero engines?
I can't pretend to be a great celebrity
But still, I'm quite important in me way
The job I have to do may not sound much to you
But all the same, I'm very proud to say:
I'm the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole, that holds the ring
That drives the rod, that turns the knob
That works the thingummy-bob
I'm the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil, that oils the ring
That takes the shank, that moves the plank
That works the thingummy-bob
It's a ticklish sort of job
Making a thing for a thingummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole, that holds the ring
That makes the thingummy-bob that makes the engines roar
And it's the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil, that oils the ring
That makes the thingummy-bob that's going to win the war
To hear Gracie herself:
Putting it here because surely the song refers to building aero engines?
I can't pretend to be a great celebrity
But still, I'm quite important in me way
The job I have to do may not sound much to you
But all the same, I'm very proud to say:
I'm the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole, that holds the ring
That drives the rod, that turns the knob
That works the thingummy-bob
I'm the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil, that oils the ring
That takes the shank, that moves the plank
That works the thingummy-bob
It's a ticklish sort of job
Making a thing for a thingummy-bob
Especially when you don't know what it's for
But it's the girl that makes the thing
That drills the hole, that holds the ring
That makes the thingummy-bob that makes the engines roar
And it's the girl that makes the thing
That holds the oil, that oils the ring
That makes the thingummy-bob that's going to win the war
To hear Gracie herself:
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Thank you for that...
I'm not getting the stereo effect.
A Martin Mars on a test flight.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmm....
"Empty Weight 313 pounds"
"8 x 112 lb. electric motors" with 2 batteries each.
What am I missing here? I mean, besides a zero...
"Empty Weight 313 pounds"
"8 x 112 lb. electric motors" with 2 batteries each.
What am I missing here? I mean, besides a zero...
Each motor weighs 4 lb (2 kg) and produces 130 lb (59 kg) of thrust.
This from Wikipedia and, as we all know, Wikipedia is never wrong.
CGI
