Aviation Geeks unite?! Anybody else care about planes here?
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On that note, there's also the Gloster Gladiator, though I tended to remember the Swordfish more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator
I remember that movie. Also, one of my school libraries had a copy of CS Forrester's Sink the Bismark! and I read that as well.
Johnny Horton said:
In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood
And every British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people "put every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea"
We'll find that German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said "turn those bows around
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down"
The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast
The first shell hit the Bismarck, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
"Sink the Bismarck" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck and prepared to cut her down
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down
The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood
And every British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The Hood found the Bismarck on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismarck" was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Hood went down
For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail
Churchill told the people "put every ship a-sail
'Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea"
We'll find that German battleship that's makin' such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the seventh day and they saw the mornin' sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismarck made its run
The admiral of the British fleet said "turn those bows around
We found that German battleship and we're gonna cut her down"
The British guns were aimed and the shells were comin' fast
The first shell hit the Bismarck, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory
"Sink the Bismarck" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Bismarck and prepared to cut her down
We found that German battleship been makin' such a fuss
We had to sink the Bismarck 'cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Bismarck and then we cut her down
There were quite a few biplanes used in WW-2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_CR.32
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_CR.42
The Italians used them quite a lot
And the Russians too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_I-153
Even the Japanese had a few flying around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ki-10
And another British one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hart
^The Henschel Hs 123 was used extensively too; a very robust and well-liked a/c.
And of course the Curtiss SOC served much longer than expected due to shortcomings of its underpowered replacement, IIRC they were still on cruisers into 1945.
SOC returns to USS Philadelphia during TORCH, Nov 1942.
An SOC pilot goes to make his report as sailors repair bomb damage, cruiser USS Chester, 1 Feb 1942. Pilots still flying in neckties!
And of course the Curtiss SOC served much longer than expected due to shortcomings of its underpowered replacement, IIRC they were still on cruisers into 1945.
SOC returns to USS Philadelphia during TORCH, Nov 1942.
An SOC pilot goes to make his report as sailors repair bomb damage, cruiser USS Chester, 1 Feb 1942. Pilots still flying in neckties!
^^ The Duck is also a nice aircraft.
Something Dutch:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XXIII
Interesting design, pity it never was finished.
Something Dutch:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_D.XXIII
Interesting design, pity it never was finished.
Good call! I need to see that movie.
Speaking of movies, the 1967 classic Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? opens with some beauty shots of a UAL DC-8.
On the ground it's a newer jet, JT4A's have become JT3D's (reversers deployed).
^^ Cool. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviodrome
Aviodrome is a aerospace museum in the Netherlands, I've visited it once, must have been at least 10 years ago already, I saw quite a few of the aircraft listed on the wikipage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviodrome
Aviodrome is a aerospace museum in the Netherlands, I've visited it once, must have been at least 10 years ago already, I saw quite a few of the aircraft listed on the wikipage.
Hi All
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Hi All
Thanks for the headsup Harry M
I live within an hour's drive of the Cavanaugh Flight Museum and have been there many times.^^ Cool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviodrome
Aviodrome is a aerospace museum in the Netherlands, I've visited it once, must have been at least 10 years ago already, I saw quite a few of the aircraft listed on the wikipage.
Their B-29 "Fifi" was in my neck of the woods last year. I have some pictures from when I went aboard. I wish the windows of my apartment were clean on the outside so I could have gotten a picture as she came in low n slow for landing.
I also have a good air museum about 40 minutes drive away. No navy stuff there, but nothing's perfect. I visit and attend lectures there 3-4 times a year; if I retire in five years I plan to volunteer there.
One plane I like a lot that I don't think has been mentioned: The Curtiss C-46 Commando. Quite big for a two-engine transport, it was rushed into service before all the bugs had been worked out but it did a lot of hard work flying the Hump. Sometimes overlooked because it didn't really get into the European theater in WW2. A clever double-bubble design with a cool "cigar" profile, no step or notch at the cockpit windshields.
One plane I like a lot that I don't think has been mentioned: The Curtiss C-46 Commando. Quite big for a two-engine transport, it was rushed into service before all the bugs had been worked out but it did a lot of hard work flying the Hump. Sometimes overlooked because it didn't really get into the European theater in WW2. A clever double-bubble design with a cool "cigar" profile, no step or notch at the cockpit windshields.
