Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, September 28, 2012

Mossie!!

One of them is flying again!

5 comments:

Allan S said...: That is absolutely my favorite WWII aircraft; 9/28/2012 9:10 AM
w3ski said...: Is that one of the "plywood' aircraft? My god the canvas ones I could almost see being so light, but a wooden aircraft seems so insane to me, a ground pounder as such.
I have been in a number of aircraft in my younger days including a reworked Sikorski helocopter, left over from the Korean War. All commercial, I am not a pilot.
Flying in a wooden aircraft just seems so 19th century.
And yet I am happy that people take the time, love, and money to remind the rest of us where flight came from.
Had a friend once with an Aero Commander, I never flew with him but as a mechanic I had to check it out and I am so impressed with what they built. Twin Turbo 6's. Gawd I'd so love to feel that power. Sigh.
w3ski; 9/28/2012 12:09 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: Aluminum was a strategic and scare material during the war. For the Brits, it had to come in by ship, but they had timber and lots of craftsmen who could make wooden parts: Furniture factories, piano factories, and so on. They made parts and subassemblies, which were then shipped to DeHavilland.

Aluminum was so scarce for the Germans that they were salvaging Allied drop tanks. Which is why the Allies began making them of composites (plastic-impregnated paper) that would shatter on impact.

The DeHavilland Vampire was also partially made of wood. Until the Me-262, the Mossie was the fastest aircraft flying over German skies.

Canvas is too heavy. Grade A cotton or Irish linen was used, until the development of polyester aircraft fabrics.; 9/28/2012 12:30 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: The Twin Commander is a hefty airplane, indeed. They reportedly didn't have to do a hell of a lot to the airframe to develop the Jet Commander.; 9/28/2012 12:32 PM
Cujo359 said...: The Mosquito was a beautiful aircraft. It's great that someone's gotten one to fly again.; 9/28/2012 4:20 PM