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Now i get the picture. Good thinkin', soldier! You get a weekend pass for that one.

It appears your key is conveniently clipped/tied right there next to the cut-off. Doesn't the kind of defeat the whole "LOCK IT UP" premise of installing a security device? Just askin'. Carry on.

These pics show that AOA (Angle of Attack) a bit exaggerated due to the relatively low speed required for matching speeds with the tanker aircraft, but you get the idea. The axis of the cones is "tuned" to point "into the wind". .

I'm sure the ASPCA is going to want to talk to you about that.

SAFETY NOTE: It is extremely DANGEROUS to trust any hydraulic jack to hold up a vehicle without BLOCKING beneath the axle or structure to prevent THE LAW OF GRAVITY from crushing you.

This thread is dedicated to the ME-323. I had, until recently, never heard of this aircraft. Very interesting..... https://m.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/me-323-giant-biggest-transport-aircraft-of-wwii-in-pictures.html Here's what WIKI has to say about it...

w o w !!!

Dedicating this thread to the B-17 FLYING FORTRESS. Share stories and experiences related to these warbirds here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress . I'll start with the story of B-17 "666" that no one wanted to fly featured in this article...

Surely a RARE FIND ! Thanks for posting it up and.... WELCOME ABOARD ! ! !

You are definitely a SURVIVOR ! What make and model vehicle was that before the new aerodynamic redesign???

WHOA ! ! ! :derailed: Somewhere around Post #10 this thread got off the OP's topic and then has gone on and on about DASH CAMS. PLEASE RETURN to the original topic before MODERATION kicks in. Thank you.

That, Sir, is the sort of profound fantasy upon which classic Hollywood scripts are written. Thank you for expressing it with literary license seldom composed in today's world.

Quite simply: My posting had absolutely NOTHING to do with "post count". Instead, and quite benignly, this is a bit of MILITARY VEHICLE HISTORY that the larger percentage of our SS Membership most probably has never heard. Since most of the members are TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS, their exposure to any...

An interesting article about a B-29 that crash landed in 1947 and was resurrected from it's frozen grave crossed my desk this week. Once made flyable once more, she was lost to a fire before ever becoming airborne again. This is that story...

SWEET ! But I'm not seeing any 'stripes'. LOL

Turn up your volume.... Here's the world's highest flying airplane doing a pretty low pass with afterburners lighted as he pulls up and soars away... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ar-ubA3eRw They called this a "Skeleton Rattling" pass.

Here's just one of many lessons that just might save your life.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWd8ml9mFMo

Here's a thread dedicated to the B-25 Mitchell Bomber. It was this aircraft type that Jimmy Doolittle and his Raiders flew to Japan and bombed Tokyo in America's first air strike upon the Japanese mainland during WWII. WIKI Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell...

Apparently, we don't yet have a thread dedicated to this awesome bird.... Here's what happens when a whole corral full of Mustangs gets to galloping at the same time... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiyD44jM9w And here's what WIKI says about the P-51...

The grandson of the Enola Gay pilot will be in Wichita on Friday to take the controls of the B-29 Bomber, “Doc.” McConnell Air Force Base said in a news release Tuesday Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV will fly Doc from the right seat when the Wichita-built and restored Boeing Superfortress travels to...