Seen on the street in Kyiv.

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

"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, A/K/A Dolt-45,
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

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Your Sunday Morning Propeller Noise

A real airplane (C-47):

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8 comments:

JustMusing said...

Made a good gunship too! Did electrical maintenance on the C and AC version (which, in turn, saved my bacon more than once).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMrjNlg2wg4

1/03/2021 2:53 PM
Tod Germanica said...

Some variety of sideways shooting transport orbited my cannon FSB near Song Meo for some time after a VC attack, flailing glowing tracer necklaces on to the hills around the perimeter with the sound of heavy canvas ripping. Unforgettable.

1/03/2021 4:33 PM
Old NFO said...

Sigh... You NEVER push the prop through, you're always supposed to PULL it through in case it 'kicks'... And #1 needs a new set of rings on all those jugs! Thanks for the vid though, that airplane, IF I remember what I was told, was the supply/test airplane for NARL Pt Barrow, AK back in the 60s.

1/03/2021 5:46 PM
Ten Bears said...

Rings? I thought it was over fueling, blue smoke, should lean it out a bit.

[what!? it's not a motorcycle? or a chainsaw]

1/04/2021 7:15 AM
Mark Rossmore said...

Very cool. Fun fact: I did an aerobatic flight in a Citabria out of Richard's Field years ago. It was a whole pile of firsts: first grass strip, first taildragger, first tandem seating, and first aerobatics (we did a couple of spins and a couple of loops.) It's a tiny little airport, and I'm surprised that DC-3 made out.

The cover of my first album is actually a photo of an abandoned ERCO Ercoupe at Richard's Field, wingless, overgrown with grass and what-not. I think it was trashed by a hurricane. Escape the Clouds: Bring the Rain

1/04/2021 1:06 PM
JustMusing said...

Ten Bears, A good one! But not a motorcycle or a chainsaw; A True WorkHorse! I saw a couple of these with so many bullet holes it defied logic that they were still flying and landing without falling apart. They just shrugged off the damage and finished their runs. Tough old birds.

I agree that overfueling is more likely than not for the blue smoke.

1/04/2021 1:07 PM
J4rh34d said...

Jack Northrop had a lot of design input on the DC-2 and DC-3 wings with his multicellular concept of stressed skin construction. He over designed it and it ended up somewhat under-stressed, leading to longer life.

1/04/2021 4:00 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

It was safer to overdesign stuff back in the days of slide rules.

1/04/2021 4:22 PM

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