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I'm with Stupid and Stupid is looking for the Piss Off Biggles barn...
CONSO has no need to apologize.
He took a photo that is in the public domain....very often with no background information whatsoever.
He did not denigrate, diminish or in anyway speak ill of the lost man, the crew, the unit, the War, or anything like that.
I posted a reply...after studying the photo and thinking to myself what a miracle the aircraft survived such damage.
Also....I knew in my heart there had been casualties and as it turned out fewer than I had thought likely.
That did not prevent me from making post here in CapCom and I surely have a reputation for standing up for Veterans, Casualties, and those who serve of any nation.
If I posted the photo of my last Chinook in Vietnam on my second tour....I would enjoy any humorous post made about it despite my having been wounded during the event that caused the damage to it.
If I knew how to post it....I would offer it up should I ever win the Trophy again and let ya'll have fun with it.
Lord knows....I have made some myself in the past.
He took a photo that is in the public domain....very often with no background information whatsoever.
He did not denigrate, diminish or in anyway speak ill of the lost man, the crew, the unit, the War, or anything like that.
I posted a reply...after studying the photo and thinking to myself what a miracle the aircraft survived such damage.
Also....I knew in my heart there had been casualties and as it turned out fewer than I had thought likely.
That did not prevent me from making post here in CapCom and I surely have a reputation for standing up for Veterans, Casualties, and those who serve of any nation.
If I posted the photo of my last Chinook in Vietnam on my second tour....I would enjoy any humorous post made about it despite my having been wounded during the event that caused the damage to it.
If I knew how to post it....I would offer it up should I ever win the Trophy again and let ya'll have fun with it.
Lord knows....I have made some myself in the past.
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NOT A CAPTION
SASless - A) Thank you and others for your comments -
B)
Suggestion - scan it as a jpg or tiff file in color or B&W- depending on scanner may have to play with resolution re scanner
Leave or transfer it to your desktop
GO TO QUICK REPLY
look in upper bar under quick reply next to smiley face
Square frame with dot and ' mountain ' landscape
click on that and follow instructions
after you try that a few times simply go back and erase it unless you want to post it in this thread and label it test or similar
I'm sure the gang would allow it
CONSO ( CONsidered SOurce )
SASless - A) Thank you and others for your comments -
B)
If I knew how to post it....I would offer it up should I ever win the Trophy again and let ya'll have fun with it.
Leave or transfer it to your desktop
GO TO QUICK REPLY
look in upper bar under quick reply next to smiley face
Square frame with dot and ' mountain ' landscape
click on that and follow instructions
after you try that a few times simply go back and erase it unless you want to post it in this thread and label it test or similar
I'm sure the gang would allow it
CONSO ( CONsidered SOurce )
Finally and thanks for the overflight of Cranfield today,
At the subsequent hats on with tbe CO the Nav fed up with picking up the Pilots bar tab descides one last insult was justified
At the subsequent hats on with tbe CO the Nav fed up with picking up the Pilots bar tab descides one last insult was justified
The photo taken of the CO's Nav resulted in an interesting Annual Evaluation for both Nav's.
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TA DAAAAAHH!In third place with the misfired cartridge trophy is
is Kiltrash with
On the final approach to Marham the Pilot fed up with the Navs whinging gave in to his primal thoughts and gave the back seater a Martin Baker tie pin.
On the final approach to Marham the Pilot fed up with the Navs whinging gave in to his primal thoughts and gave the back seater a Martin Baker tie pin.
NutLoose with
Flt Lt Stuart Pid never forgave his parents for naming him thus....
Flt Lt Stuart Pid never forgave his parents for naming him thus....
SASless with
Who is stupid....Stupid or the guy riding with Stupid?
Who is stupid....Stupid or the guy riding with Stupid?
Delivery date a bit uncertain as the spring loaded Airspeed indicator on the inboard strut needs recalibration . .
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Air_2000
The Travel Air 2000/3000/4000 (originally, the Model A, Model B and Model BH[1] and later marketed as a Curtiss-Wright product under the names CW-14, Speedwing, Sportsman and Osprey), were open-cockpit biplane aircraft produced in the United States in the late 1920s by the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. During the period from 1924–1929, Travel Air produced more aircraft than any other American manufacturer, including over 1,000 biplanes (some estimates range from 1,200 to nearly 2,000)Steam-powered
In 1933 a Travel Air 2000 was modified by George and William Besler where the usual inline or radial gasoline piston engine was replaced by an oil-fired, reversible 90° angle V-twin angle-compound engine of their own design, which became the first fixed-wing airplane to successful fly using a steam engine of any type
Last edited by CONSO; 23rd Feb 2019 at 03:56.
Pres Trump in an untypical act of humility considers what he might learn from great historical leaders. After many minutes of painful thought, he turns his attention to Churchill and decides to take up smoking cigars.
What a pleasant surprise! Conso's Air Freight Shipment arrived by a very slow flight. Not a Caption......"My Claim to Flame!".
Sorry for the size....perhaps someone can shrink it a bit.