w3stie Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Training kicks in ... [ATTACH=full]53257[/ATTACH] Well I'll be jiggered. I actually thought that was photoshopped! 1
Garfly Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Well I'll be jiggered. I actually thought that was photoshopped! I did too. If it ain't it probably doesn't belong here. More in a 'Believe it or Not' thread. ;-)
w3stie Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 I did too. If it ain't it probably doesn't belong here. More in a 'Believe it or Not' thread. ;-) Apparently it's Gisbourne Airport in NZ.
spacesailor Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Is that (Gisbourne NZ) where the road turns onto the rail line to go over the rail bridge?. To cross a river (guessing) spacesailor
red750 Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 This one is not silly either. In fact I think it looks so 'sexy' I use it as the desktop background on my PC. Here's what it looks like:
Birdseye Posted January 15, 2018 Posted January 15, 2018 Beware low flying cars Extraction with or without injection?
old man emu Posted January 15, 2018 Posted January 15, 2018 Tell me the tooth. Was he driving some molar to a cheap motel, or is he bicuspid? 1
rep003 Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Crash landing of F6F on flight deck of USS ENTERPRISE while enroute to attack Makin Island. Lt. Walter Chewning, catapult officer, clambering up the side of the plane to assist pilot, Ens. Byron Johnson, from the flaming cockpit. November 1943. (Navy) Exa Not exactly a "Funny Pic" but ... Buy that Catapult Officer a Beer! 1
w3stie Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 [ATTACH=full]53588[/ATTACH]Crash landing of F6F on flight deck of USS ENTERPRISE while enroute to attack Makin Island. Lt. Walter Chewning, catapult officer, clambering up the side of the plane to assist pilot, Ens. Byron Johnson, from the flaming cockpit. November 1943. (Navy) Exa Not exactly a "Funny Pic" but ... Buy that Catapult Officer a Beer! Here's some background to that picture; Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Walter Lewis Chewning of Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, (February 19, 1914 - February 4, 1990) steps on the burning fuel tank of an F6F-3 Hellcat flown by Ensign (later Lieutenant) Byron Milton Johnson of Potter, Nebraska (May 19, 1920 - February 20, 2005) to effect a successful rescue of the pilot on November 10, 1943. Johnson, attached to Fighter Squadron VF-2 (The "Rippers") had flown out to USS Enterprise (CV-6) from Barbers Point, Hawaii with thirty-seven other Hellcats of VF-2. Enterprise, part of Task Group 50.2, Carrier Division 11 (with USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Monterey (CVL-25), USS Indiana (BB-58) and USS North Carolina (BB-55) and three destroyers) under Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford, was enroute to Makin Atoll in the Gilberts to support the United States Army invasion, which occurred on November 20, 1943. The afternoon of November 10, Johnson took off in F6F Hellcat Number 30 for a routine training exercise. He immediately developed engine trouble and requested an emergency landing. He was waved off three times as he struggled to maintain control, but his tail hook caught the third arresting gear wire, and Johnson's Hellcat was slammed into the deck, coming to rest in the port catwalk near 20mm (.78 caliber) Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. The plane came to rest on its external belly fuel tank, which started to leak. As the engine vibrated horribly as the propeller bent itself on the deck, sparks ignited the fuel. The hard landing had jammed Johnson's canopy closed, shearing the retaining pin; he could not exit the plane. Chewning, who had joined the ship October 2, 1943 as Enterprise new catapult officer, scrambled out of the catwalk and came through the smoke. Stepping on the burning belly tank, he forced open the canopy and pulled Johnson to safety. While Johnson escaped unscathed, Ensign S. S. Osbourne had to ditch while waiting for Hellcat Number 30 to clear the flight deck. USS Brown (DD-546) picked Osbourne up. Both Hellcats (Bureau Numbers 25974 and 25985) were a total loss. Chewning was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions. The commander of VF-2's Air Group, famed fighter pilot Edward "Butch" O'Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) recommended that night that all pilots drop their external tank before landing to prevent such an accident repeating. Johnson, a graduate of Wesleyan (Class of 1937), joined the Navy three months after Pearl Harbor. After flight training in Kansas City, Kansas and Corpus Christi, Texas, Johnson received his Pilot's Wings in April 1943 in Pensacola, Florida. Remaining with VF-2, Johnson shot down eight Japanese planes over Iwo Jima in 1945. Johnson won the Distinguished Flying Cross twice, eight air medals and numerous other awards. His cousin, Robert Arthur Johnson, died in the German Ardennes Offensive in 1944. After the war, Johnson became a lawyer, serving as County Attorney and Public Defender of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. Chewning played soccer and Lacrosse at Cornell while studying Mechanical Engineering, breaking his rib and left ankle in one game. He graduated in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining the Navy in January 1941. He was the assistant to the Chief Engineer at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before joining USS Enterprise. He served as Enterprise's catapult officer until December 1944, when he transferred to Dutch Harbor Naval Air Station in Alaska as ordinance officer. Chewning served in the Navy until December 1949; he also was awarded the Bronze Star. After the war he assisted research and development for various aeronautical companies, the United States Air Force, and the fledgling National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Motion picture film of the crash, taken from Enterprise's bridge, was shown as part of the television program "Victory at Sea" on January 25, 1953. Chewning and Johnson gave interviews to several newspapers about the accident after the program aired. 4
Marty_d Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 [ATTACH=full]54761[/ATTACH] He can see the runway, he doesn't need the software...
David2ayo Posted April 19, 2018 Posted April 19, 2018 Peter, you should have read the fine print BEFORE you bought it! David
planedriver Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 My mother-in-law must know something you guy's don't.
spacesailor Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 Honey the thrust is reversed for a JET Broom Stick, "Samantha Just clean the floor". spacesailor
old man emu Posted April 20, 2018 Posted April 20, 2018 She's so stunned by the male chauvinism displayed by the thought behind the gift that she can't think of a thing to say.
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