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Hi mate, sorry some of the photo's are a bit dark but you know how dark it is in those secret bunkers. The guards were walking a tight schedule so i couldn't afford to turn any lights on just in case.
Couldn't find any documentation on how much luck the grey bastards had gotten in reverse engineering our technological marvels, but at least 2 of craft were undergoing flight trials.
Tell JL that the dude from Venus sends his regards.
:lol:
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MrPenny
05-18-2010, 12:15 AM
Some of the classiest airframes ever.......I absolutely love the fighter aircraft of WWII.
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Some of the classiest airframes ever.......I absolutely love the fighter aircraft of WWII.
yeah they are.
took the kids through the australian war museum last weekend.
pity my phone camera is so shit.
Foxtrot Oscar
05-18-2010, 02:52 AM
Was that so you didn't have to watch the cricket?
*ducks*
Nice pics mate :D
Fox
FancyFree
05-18-2010, 03:07 AM
wb mojo, i've missed u.
anarch
05-18-2010, 03:19 AM
Hmmm I wonder if my grandfather shot down any of them planes.
He was a flying tiger in WW2 and the reason why I own that apollo 11 moonshot mission schedule thingee.
captainkiwi
05-18-2010, 03:46 AM
cool pic's Mojo .....beautiful birds
Hi mate, sorry some of the photo's are a bit dark but you know how dark it is in those secret bunkers. The guards were walking a tight schedule so i couldn't afford to turn any lights on just in case.
Couldn't find any documentation on how much luck the grey bastards had gotten in reverse engineering our technological marvels, but at least 2 of craft were undergoing flight trials.
Tell JL that the dude from Venus sends his regards.
.... as long as ya made it out safe man ... thats the main thing , awesome , did you manage to sweep that Hawker Tempest in shot 3 for residuals? ..... isnt that the same one buzzed with radar confirmation from RAAf Nowra by the two "unknowns" ? ... Ive probably said to much already ... as regards the mission I have been instructed to pass on to you that .... " the badger crows at mid-night" I repeat ... "the badger barks at dawn" ----over
Hmmm I wonder if my grandfather shot down any of them planes.
jebus Anarch ..... sort it out and post it .... when Im not irritating the good folk of Amkon I live and breathe , (but mostly read) this stuff .... short of hurling one round the sky , the next best thing is hearing the stories .... so for everyones sake get ya "A" into "G" or I'll have to start telling some of mine .. (and we'd rather not go there now would we;))
anarch
05-18-2010, 04:56 AM
Well He was briefly mentioned in the book KORA. .. He got shot down once to and so he got the special treatment from the Japanese for a little while (EDIT: IT may of been Korea or Vietnam. Keep in mind I only get these stories third hand.) which is what Kora is all about... He flew most every plane made from 49 through the 80s... did some test piloting and helped with the testing of the Apollo stuff in the 60s (Capsule recovery I think) mostly though he was a bomber.
Sadly I do not know many of his stories... By the time I came on the scene in his life vodka was his breakfast brunch mid day meal and night time snack.
Chorlton
05-18-2010, 05:14 AM
What sickened me was seeing all the Japs walking round the War exhibition in Kahchanaburi in Thailand.
Well He was briefly mentioned in the book KORA. .. He got shot down once to and so he got the special treatment from the Japanese for a little while which is what Kora is all about... He flew most every plane made from 49 through the 80s... did some test piloting and helped with the testing of the Apollo stuff in the 60s )Capsule recovery I think) mostly though he was a bomber.
Sadly I do not know many of his stories... By the time I came on the scene in his life vodka was his breakfast brunch mid day meal and night time snack.
you dont have any pics , his log book or anything like that? ... a name?
What sickened me was seeing all the Japs walking round the War exhibition in Kahchanaburi in Thailand.
a lot of Japanese do that out of respect and recognition to the victims ... they have a similar pilgrimage to Nan King in China ..... I guess ya dont eat Sushi either man ? ;)
I meant "Sea-fury" , its not a "tempest" ...doh!
there were a lot of japanese tourists when i was there. they were all very respectful from what i could tell.
there were a lot of japanese tourists when i was there. they were all very respectful from what i could tell.
its the ones that arrive by mini-sub through Sydney harbour you gotta watch :salut:
they have another sub there now as well. plus the wheelhouse from that ship that got blown through its own ass.
they have really spent a lot of money upgrading the place. heaps of great interactive stuff.
they have another sub there now as well. plus the wheelhouse from that ship that got blown through its own ass.
they have really spent a lot of money upgrading the place. heaps of great interactive stuff.
our satelite TV is all run through Aus... we get what you get.... a lot of the "fill" between programmes is the War Museum history , interesting stuff ... I must be one of the few people to have had a "play" with a real "Owen's" machine gun ..... what a weapon, and a classic story of "can-do" colonial style :)
anarch
05-18-2010, 06:34 PM
you dont have any pics , his log book or anything like that? ... a name?
actually yes I do have all of that. Some of it is in my sisters possession , some my mom keeps , and some are mine...
Now the 64 million dollar question... do I share a name on amkon.
Meh.
Maybe in PM if your that interested....
chuck it down the Roach room mate .... thats private enough? ..... no rush man, to do it proper and outa ya respect for your GD you wanna get it right first time .... this is exactly the sort of thing you should be posting .....
anarch
05-18-2010, 06:41 PM
If you search my recent thread history You'll find where I have tried to up my game...
And one thread on the moonshot thing.
Jedi can keep his star wars crap. I own shit thats been to the muthorfucking moon!
Jedi can keep his star wars crap. I own shit thats been to the muthorfucking moon!
The moon? .. well, at least lot 4 at MGM :) ..... to each their own man..... I have a few "bits", ..standby I pop em up
this is an original unused from Grumman .... I was in such a hurry to unwrap the bastard I cut the corner off it
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I hav 3 sets of original pilot wings ..... ( 2 are fighter pilots)
these belonged to a South African flying in the RAF during the Battle of Britain
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this set Im not sure of ... pretty sure they wre a from a maintenance squadron up in the Pacific
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Because of the humidity on the Pacific Islands the kiwis also wore these matal wings... apparently they were the only outfit to do so
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just holding these small things and pondering their provenance gives me a buzz.... Im told they should be in a "case" to protect them ( they are talking monetary value) ha ha ..fuck off :), the thrill is handling them , literally
oops! ... some-one please fix?
fixt™
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"wheels Tiger-Moth from Hanger......"
spare fuel -----check
map of Colorado ( the poor area) ------ check
Hand-loaded shit-bombs --------check
Thermos of Milo --------check
Goggles on ------ check
chocks away! ---- Im comin for ya bitch!
anarch
05-18-2010, 07:33 PM
OK ok one moment...
anarch
05-18-2010, 08:21 PM
So here are a few photos from the book Kora. It is a recounting of the experiences of airforce men and their time in along the Bataan Death March and their following 42 months as captives.
It will make you laugh, It will make you cry, and above all it will give you perspective of the men involved and my grand father...Who dropped the relief supplies to them after the surrender.
A member of the original Flying Tigers ...301st if memory serves me correctly... I can not find the year book currently. Bomber, navigator, tail gunner
As a tail gunner some shrapnel or a bullet went in through is jaw and out his mouth knocking out his front teeth. The only dentures he wore was where he had those front teeth shot out.
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After the war he went on to fly in Korea, Vietnam , and other reconnaissance and skirmishes. At some point in his Air Force career he switched over to test piloting and thats where he got involved with the nasa folks and why I have some apollo 11 items. We (my family) share the medals, the patches , and the photos. Their are some amazing photos of the capsule testing.
I must be one of the few people to have had a "play" with a real "Owen's" machine gun ..... what a weapon, and a classic story of "can-do" colonial style :)
dad used an owen when he was an MP. pretty good bit of kit, the bren however is another story all together.
"wheels Tiger-Moth from Hanger......"
spare fuel -----check
map of Colorado ( the poor area) ------ check
Hand-loaded shit-bombs --------check
Thermos of Milo --------check
Goggles on ------ check
chocks away! ---- Im comin for ya bitch!
one thing i did learn that i'd not known previously was that it was an aussie dude that shot down richthoffen.
sweeet.
dont fuck with the convicts.
one thing i did learn that i'd not known previously was that it was an aussie dude that shot down richthoffen.
sweeet.
machine gun nest wasnt it? ... what awwanker Red Baron... your tour of duty finished the day before ha ha
machine gun nest wasnt it? ...
yeah apparently. pity they didnt have ebay back then, lots of souvenirs were taken. like i said, we're all convicts. :D
So here are a few photos from the book Kora. It is a recounting of the experiences of airforce men
thats a great collection anarch, and cool memories of your gd .... it was a particularly cruel theatre the Pacific .... the story of Corregidor is a good read, doesnt get much light with the Bataan episode the better known of those days ..... cheers for posting it, see if ya can find some more
like i said, we're all convicts. :grin:
yeah ... welcome to prison earth
yeah ... welcome to prison earth
haha...for a minute there i thought you'd said "middle earth".
i think thats where jedi lives.