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, September 12, 2021

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

Gluster Gladiator, one of the last biplane fighters:

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3 comments:

Tod Germanica said...

What a throwback, 1918 haunts the 2nd world war. After the brit Norway clusterfuck the whole Gladiator squadron was destroyed, along with pilots, when German surface units sank their carrier. Most famous outfit was the last remaining UK air unit defending Malta, Faith, Hope and Charity, three Gladiators. Who hung on until a convoy could sneak in with monoplane Hurricane fighters. Or at least that's the story.

9/12/2021 12:26 PM
Old NFO said...

Interesting bird, especially the fixed pitch prop! That was an oddity, in that the controllable pitch prop was already in use by most manufacturers at that time. The 'only' thing I can think of is that the 'thought' was it would be one less thing for the fighter pilot to worry about in a furball.

9/12/2021 2:50 PM
seafury said...

I believe there was a version with a controllable pitch prop, this example must be one of the early models. I was pretty impressed by the speed. The old gal seems to gallop quite well.

9/12/2021 8:38 PM

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