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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:18 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:18 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
OK. This ship is a museum now. Name her and what makes her unique (she wasn't a USCG ship then).
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:27 pm to Spaceman Spiff
That's the Taney. She served from Pearl Harbor to Vietnam. But I thought she was always a Coast Guard boat?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:30 pm to Darth_Vader
You may be correct, sir. Let me recheck my sources...
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:33 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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It threw me for a loop, thats for sure. I was wondering about that damn thing! Keep it up - am a huge military aviation fan.
Ok, you asked.
Designation and what makes that model very unique amongst aircraft please.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:35 pm to JustGetItRight
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Designation and what makes that model very unique amongst aircraft please.
Don't know designation but are those jet engines under the props?
Only turbine powered tail dragger?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:51 pm to JustGetItRight
You got me on that one. Is it one of the prototype Junkers bombers?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:54 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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You got me on that one. Is it one of the prototype Junkers bombers?
That's a Junkers JU-86P high altitude recon aircraft. I started to order a model of one of these for my son not long ago.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:55 pm to Darth_Vader
Damn, shoulda known! 
What is this?
What is this?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:00 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Damn, shoulda known!
What is this?
Hard to tell from that picture. I think it's a prototype destroyer or perhaps ground attack aircraft. It's engines remind me of the ones from a Donier DO-17 but I know that's not it. Past that I can't really tell.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:05 pm to Darth_Vader
Off on that one. Let me see if I can get a better pic.
Here is a pic of a model of the same type of plane.
Here is a pic of a model of the same type of plane.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:13 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Here is a pic of a model of the same type of plane.
I'm 99% sure I built that model as a kid.
ETA: Either that one or an He 219 - but that was almost 40 years ago.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:15 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Here is a pic of a model of the same type of plane.
Ah, it looks a lot like the Henschel HS129 but the high wings says that's not it. I've seen this thing before. Focke Wulf made it but it never went into production if I remember right.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:17 pm to Darth_Vader
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Ah, it looks a lot like the Henschel HS129 but the high wings says that not. I've seen this thing before. Focke Wulf made it but it never went into production if I remember right.
I think it was a low production model - Ta 152 or Ta 154 - the Mosquito, I think they called it.
ETA: Ta 152 was a single engine, Ta 154 is the night fighter pictured above.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:18 pm to Ace Midnight
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I think it was a low production model - Ta 152 or Ta 154 - the Mosquito, I think they called it.
I think you're right.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:21 pm to Darth_Vader
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I think you're right.
I always loved the German night fighters, for whatever reason. The JU 88 and BF 110 did most of the work, but I liked the lighter production ones as well.
Hitler would do ANYTHING to avoid building a strategic bomber -
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:24 pm to Ace Midnight
Here's something a bit different....
Why is this aircraft painted in this manner?
Why is this aircraft painted in this manner?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:25 pm to Darth_Vader
I have no idea
I can tell you that's a B-17. Maybe some type of special missions aircraft. Flew for NASA or NOAA or something like that?
I can tell you that's a B-17. Maybe some type of special missions aircraft. Flew for NASA or NOAA or something like that?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:26 pm to Ace Midnight
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I always loved the German night fighters, for whatever reason. The JU 88 and BF 110 did most of the work, but I liked the lighter production ones as well.
I built this kit back before my son was born...
... he broke it when he was a toddler. I'd like to find another one to replace it with.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:26 pm to Darth_Vader
That B-17 is painted as such because it was a formation aircraft. They would use brightly colored war weary planes to form on, and it would return to base after the formation was ready.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:27 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I can tell you that's a B-17.
Yep
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Maybe some type of special missions aircraft. Flew for NASA or NOAA or something like that?
Nope... But not a bad guess.
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