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Type 99 1'Gou' model 1 "Kai"1 20mm cannon

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

Thanks for Sharing Nik


(what no shots of the GF mounted on the engine of one of the planes ?)

The mechanics and volunteer guides would have frowned rather severely on us had we done that. As it was, the GF glared at me for touching the propellor of the Dora 13. [:)]

nice pics SC!

beautiful specimen

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

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Place in history: Late in the war, several piloted V-1s were built. The plan was that a pilot would guide the missile into position close to its target and bail out at the last moment. It was essentially a suicide mission, as it would have been very difficult to open the canopy against the wind resistance and in the unlikely event that the pilot was able to climb out he would have undoubtedly have been sucked into the intake of the engine. This manned missile was tested several times, killing every pilot on landing. All of the Reichenbergs were air-launched from planes, unlike the unmanned V-1s that were mostly fired from ground-based catapult ramps. The war ended before Germany could use the Reichenberg in combat.


These missiles: The Soviet Army occupied the Nordhausen area and in 1948 they demolished the entrances to the underground missile factories. Almost half a century later, a new entrance was found into the caves and these missiles were discovered there.



talk about COLD [WAR] STORAGE. amazing.

My mother was a friend of Hanna Reitsch and has still some keepsakes from her. Really sad she hadn't met my dad that time, yet. Just imagening haveing the chance to interview her and Hans-Ullrich Rudel (also a friend of her and one of the still pro-nazi flyer-clique after the war)...

What? What?

time for tea!

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Place in history: Because of its simplicity and adaptability, the Hurricane would serve in every major theater of air warfare in WWII. Which British fighter won the battle of Britain? The Supermarine Spitfire is more famous, but the Hurricane destroyed more enemy aircraft. However, the Hurricanes were sent more against sluggish bombers, while the Spitfires often took on the more agile fighters. Historians still debate which aircraft was more important to victory.

This aircraft: Manufactured in Canada and delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force on January 22, 1942, this plane did not see combat. It was recovered from a farm in Ontario, Canada. The Hurricane is an "in-betweener:" a single-winged aircraft that used biplane technologies, including very tight engineering tolerances, relatively exotic materials and long-forgotten construction techniques. In order to restore this airplane, Hawker restorations had to manufacture specialized steels and tooling.

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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

Thanks for Sharing Nik


(what no shots of the GF mounted on the engine of one of the planes ?)

The mechanics and volunteer guides would have frowned rather severely on us had we done that. As it was, the GF glared at me for touching the propellor of the Dora 13. [:)]

lol, I hate to admit it, but them props drew my eye too