Steve C.

I posted this some time ago, but wanted to re-post since I think it deserves to be on this thread. Turn up the speakers and enjoy.

I'd forgotten about Zeno's. Lots of great original footage here. Thanks Mike.

That is interesting. Sometimes things are not what they seem.

I've often thought the same thing.

And another good P-40 video, along with a real genuine A6M Zero.

Cool P-40 pics. Back in my early days I went through reams of paper and lots of pencils drawing airplanes. Dad taught me how to draw a P-40. It was a pretty easy plane to draw. The nose of the plane couldn't have been better shaped to have a shark's mouth painted on.

Black Cats

It's what I do instead of watching the idiot box (as my dad used to call it).

Here's another one:

That was kind of what I had in mind. Figured it'd be fitting to start out with a B29.

I don't see many who are healing. I see people starting to go nuts.

True enough. It's hard to keep the water out. Association with excellent people helps to keep it out. That's what's so great about this forum.

Tail gunner: "what the h.ll's going on up there?"

Just looked it up - 3500 fps. And projectile weight for the armor piercing round is 6096 grains. https://www.military.com/equipment/gau-8-avenger

I don't know, but would guess 3 - 4000 fps.

Left to right: 45/70, 20mm Oerlikon, 30mm fired from an A10. 16 oz. water bottle for scale.

I mentioned to an AC130 crewman at an airshow once that it'd be pretty dangerous to shoot at that plane. He said "they better hit us the first time".

Chokes me up too.

This is a TBM instead of a Dauntless, but the same kind of ride. Looks like they took a cannon shell right under the turret. RIP Loyce Edward Deen. https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675070253_TBF-Avenger-aircraft_USS-Essex_sea-burial_dead-gunner

Gary Brooker always had it - a great, very distinctive voice, and a heck of a keyboard / piano player / front man. Here he is a long time ago:

Most of the gates I had to open had hinges made of #9 wire. No floating end.