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 Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:14 am Post subject: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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I was out and about last weekend and happened to see the prettiest pair of jugs I have ever seen in my life! Luckily I had my camera with me and was able to get a few pictures. I thought some of you might like to see them...
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These are P-47 Thunderbolts, nicknamed "Jugs" (either because they are shaped like milk jugs or because they were "juggernauts"), from WW2. This pair is owed by a museum in TN and had flown in for a local airshow. Aren't they gorgeous!
Why? What were you thinking??
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Thanx Mike, they are nice. I'd like to jump into one and go flying.
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Gil Martin
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Very nice photo of classic aircraft. Thanks for sharing. All the best...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Gorgeous!!
I was thinking that you would show us these instead..
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Instead of diasapointment, I was pleasantly suprised.
Yeh, I was expecting someting else too...  |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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 C’mom you guys.........Pumpkin’s to conservative for it to be the obvious!!!
I didn’t know what to expect but I knew what it wasn’t gonna be!!!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Yep, Plug and play..
or to make the software works better, maybe it should be Play and Plug ..
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| Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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Used to attend air shows with my old man. It gave me an appriceation of The Greatest Generation and the ingenuity they had to have and the straight up guts.
I've always been partial to piston powered flight. There's some 'right' about it. It's more mechanical and more of a connection to/with the plane in my feelings. It also harkens from a better time with good people and alll that stuff....
I've always been facniated with radial engines too. I have very limited knowladge of them but they are simply facinating in theory and opperation. I've done work on some air cooled stuff at a machine shop I worked at, even made deliveries to the Chino Air Museum and there I ran amok and actually got a tour from a gent who showed me some very interesting behind the scenes items.
The sights, smells, sounds and people of piston powered flght is something I cannot get enough of.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Prettiest pair of jugs! |
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I've mentioned before that Dad flew B-26 Marauders in the ETO. That is what sparked my interest in planes, history, etc.
Here are a few more pics from the air show.
T-6 Texan in D-Day markings
C-47 Dakota in D-Day markings
C-123 in Viet Nam era markings
B-25 Mitchell
A-26 Invader in night intruder markings
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-47 Thunderbolt
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