What Cockpit? MK VI
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Simon, regarding the Goodyear U.S. Navy J-4 airship cockpit. As the U.S. Navy was a "dry" navy, I'll guess the bottles contained oil for the engines located immediately behind the pilots.
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I somehow doubt that; radials use gallons, not the odd pint of oil. I looked good and hard at those "bottles" and felt they were probably controls of some sort, the kind of beefy things you'd need to move flapper valves to direct air to one ballonet or the other perhaps?
We need an airship expert's help, I'm intrigued.
"Carry on, Number One!" (And with sincere sympathy to our deprived Colonial cousins, me, I'm off to the Wardroom for a quick sharperner.)
We need an airship expert's help, I'm intrigued.
"Carry on, Number One!" (And with sincere sympathy to our deprived Colonial cousins, me, I'm off to the Wardroom for a quick sharperner.)
Since no airship expert has shown up, I would like to remind everyone that BSD declared Open House.
T-2 Buckeye ?
Sorry guys,late night watching the `Bathurst` V8s...Open house...Syc
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Nearly as much fun as a Bathurst V8, this one, and another I can't believe hasn't been done before.
Name ain't enough though, I need the rest as well...
My favourite way of going shopping for Champagne!
Name ain't enough though, I need the rest as well...
My favourite way of going shopping for Champagne!
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The Ferrari of Flight,or French Chicken leg,aka Gazelle....;and yes it will beat a V8 down Conrod Straight....been to 330kph in testing..
Open House...
A-B,I notice a certain amount of 3R vibration,which would be unusual in a Gaz at that power,so I presume it is your camera hand after a `tasting` of the vintage champers,or in anticipation of...?
A-B,I notice a certain amount of 3R vibration,which would be unusual in a Gaz at that power,so I presume it is your camera hand after a `tasting` of the vintage champers,or in anticipation of...?
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Probably the result of 16 bottles of bubbly cooling in the bath and 6doz oysters on ice in the bidet, and that was before supper and a night on the town - 9 of us! I'd love to have seen the room cleaner's face the next morning.
If there was a 3R I cetainly didn't notice it.
If there was a 3R I cetainly didn't notice it.
A-B,I hope 9 of you were not in or on that poor Gaz !