angliagt Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 11/23/2018 at 6:26 AM, VFR800 said: Airplane wreckage after head-on collision with an automobile at Clover Field, Santa Monica, 1937. Is that Howard Hughes on the right? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, angliagt said: Is that Howard Hughes on the right? No, that is not Howard Hughes Edited November 25, 2018 by Jesse C. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Nakajima Ki-155 Sabre This was a one mission bird. Suicide special. A bomb was strapped to it, a young and barely trained pilot strapped in and aim at the nearest boat! But, they where a bitch to fly and only very experienced pilots could fly it. Thus it never made it to front line combat. This is the only survivor. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 5:10 PM, Jesse C. said: Nakajima Ki-155 Sabre This was a one mission bird. Suicide special. A bomb was strapped to it, a young and barely trained pilot strapped in and aim at the nearest boat! But, they where a bitch to fly and only very experienced pilots could fly it. Thus it never made it to front line combat. This is the only survivor. While in Japan I had a Kamikazi pilot working for me. He was the most pleasant man I havw ever met. I asked his Japanese foreman what the story was. He wa a Kanikaze pilot and was sitting on the flight line ready to take off when instructed to turn on his radio. It was the Emperor anouncing the end of the war. Suince then he ststed that he woke up each morning and faced a new life. 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted November 29, 2018 Report Share Posted November 29, 2018 1916 Russian Ilya Muromets II. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
BrandonS Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) These are neat looking too. DH-106 Comet with it's exploding square windows. Edited December 3, 2018 by BrandonS 2 Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted December 5, 2018 Report Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, VFR800 said: They did one of those fly-bys when we were on the Bush (CVN-77) aircraft carrier. I was expecting a sonic boom,but it didn't happen. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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