Posted on 10/20/2005 7:49:25 PM PDT by alfa6
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We used to rely on Phil to find the pictures we couldn't. LOL. It's nice to know we can do it for you. :-)
I gived muhself a guud educashun donchaknow.
Yep, I know. Wanna play Trivial Pursuit?
As I was telling one of my co-workers the other night, part of the "fun" of Google and Dogpile is trying to figure out exactly what word or phrase to use. When I was doing the research for the German Halftracks a couple weeks ago I could fiind very little under "German Halftracks". Type in "Sdkfz 251 halftrack" however and bingo, all sorts of info
And as I metioned on this weeks Treadhead thread, you can onnly post so many pics :-)
Well off to work I go, gotta work 6 out of the next 7 nights:-(
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Sure. As long as you don't pic the Science and Nature category.
According to Hartney Luke tried to go up on an unauthorized third patrol at dusk in another pilot's plane and was massively chewed out by Captain Grant. Major Hartney persuaded him to fill out his combat reports and accept Grant's orders. Joe Wehner did fly that evening; and while a French flier beat him to the balloon, he shot down two Fokker D-VII's (although not confirmed).
Fokker D.VII
Germany
http://www.aviation-history.com/fokker/d7.html
The Fokker D.VII was unquestionably the best all-round German fighter of the First World War.
In January 1918 a competition open to single-seater fighters powered by the 160 hp Mercedes engine was held at Johannisthal, near Berlin. It was won outright by an angular little biplane with thick cantilever wings, the Fokker D.VII, designed by Reinhold Platz. Unquestionably the best all-round German fighter of the First World War, it was a development of Platz's experimental V.II, built late in 1917.
Its engine was either the 160/180 hp Mercedes or the 185 hp BMW, neatly cowled and fitted with a frontal radiator. BMW D.VIIs had the better performance and were much sought after. The 200 hp Benz was experimentally fitted without great success. The exhaust system was either the usual external horizontal pipe on the starboard side, or separate internal pipes connected to a large main pipe which protruded through the starboard cowling.
D.VII wings had two spars with plywood ribs; the leading-edges were of ply, the rest of the structure fabric covered. Unequal chord ailerons framed in steel tubing, were fitted to the upper wing only, which had a slight curved cutout in its trailing-edge. The lower wing was housed in a recess in the fuselage bottom; both planes had wire trailing-edges, giving *em a 'scalloped' appearance. Interplane and center section struts were of streamlined steel tubing.
The fuselage was constructed of wire-braced welded steel tubing with a three-ply top decking behind the cockpit; the whole being fabric-covered, except for the engine cowlings. Fin, balanced rudder, tailplane and balanced elevators were also of fabric-covered steel tube. Two struts braced the tailplane from below. The undercarriage was of streamlined steel tube and its axle was enclosed in a large fairing which gave some extra lift.
Twin Spandau guns were synchronized to fire through the revolving propeller.
Following its success at Johannisthal, the type was ordered in large quantities; not only was it built by the Fokker concern (Fok. D.VII F), but also by its rivals, the Albatros Werke (Fok. D.VII (Alb.)) and the Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke (Fok. D.VII (OAW)). Mercedes and BMW engines appear to have been distributed impartially to all three companies.
While not especially fast, the D.VII's strong point was its great maneuverability at high altitudes. It was extremely easy to fly and had no terrors for the beginner. Jagdgeschwader Nr. 1, the Richthofen 'Circus', received the first D.VIIs in time for the Second Battle of the Aisne in May 1918, and soon found that the new type gave them a good margin of advantage over their opponents. By the autumn the majority of the Jastas had been reequipped with D.VIIs. So highly did the Allies esteem the machine that their Armistice terms specifically ordered the surrender of all Fokker D.VIIs.
As a safeguard against a possible shortage of steel tubing and competent welders, the Albatros company built a D.VII with a plywood fuselage, but it was not found necessary to produce this variant. When the war ended, production of the type for Austro-Hungary had begun at the Hungarian Engineering Factory, Budapest (MAG).
If memory serves the Germans were ordered to turn ove ALL D-VII's at the end of the war.
I feel bad about Frank Luke getting killed. He was determined to do his duty as he saw it. Luke knew that this meant death, and soon. Chose his duty over survival. That is what Honor is all about.
Good luck with the girls. :-)
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 22:
1689 Johan V king of Portugal
1810 Henry Bohlen Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1811 Franz Liszt Raiding, Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist
1845 Sarah Bernhardt France, silent film actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth)
1880 Joe Carr Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)
1887 John Reed journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions
1896 Charles Glenn King biochemist (discovered vitamin C)
1903 Jerome "Curly" Howard, comedian-Three Stooges
1905 Karl Jansky discovered cosmic radio emissions in 1932
1917 Joan Fontaine Tokyo Japan, actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca)
1919 Doris Lessing novelist (Golden Notebook)
1920 Mitzi Green NYC, actress (Little Orphan Annie, So This is Hollywood)
1920 Timothy Leary Harvard prof, LSD taker
1933 Donald H Peterson Winona Mississippi, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 6)
1934 Donald McIntyre Auckland NZ, Bass-Baritone (Wotan-Das Rheingold)
1935 Judy Devlin Hashman 10 time badminton champ (1957-67)
1938 Christopher Lloyd Stamford Ct, actor (Taxi, Back to the Future)
1938 Derek Jacobi London England, actor ("I, Claudius")
1942 Annette Funicello Utica NY, actress (Mickey Mouse Club)
1943 Catherine Deneuve [Dorleac], Paris, actress (Repulsion, Hunger)
1945 Leslie West [Weinstein] rocker (Mountain-Mississippi Queen)
1947 Lee Meredith [Judith Lee Sauls], River Edge NJ, actress (Producers)
1948 John Peterson US, Middleweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 Jeff Goldblum Pitts Pa, actor (The Fly, Thank God it's Friday)
1952 Patti Davis aka Patricia Ann Reagan, 1st daughter (House of Secrets)
1961 Barbara Potter Ct, tennis player (changed shirt on Wimbledon Court)
1961 Leonard Marshall NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Cards, letters and homemade projects from people worldwide line the hallways of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group's contingency aeromedical staging facility here. The facility provides extended care and prepares patients for transportation to a hospital in Germany where they receive long-term treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)
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tHNAKS
Hi miss Feather
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Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Dang, thought I had a couple of the Prototype, gusess this will have to do.
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alfa6 ;>}
I wish they had not repainted it, I liked the Dragom :-)Off for my nap, have to work tonight.
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alfa6 ;>}
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