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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:18:15 AM

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F2H Banshee....GP

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:20:17 AM

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Your not confusing Cagney with William Holden by any chance? As in the Bridges at Toko Ri? In the book Brubaker (Holden's role) flew Banshees. In the movie , Panther Jets.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:20:27 AM

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Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP

[In James Cagney voice]: Oh, so we got a wise guy, see? You...you dirty rat...YOU'RE the guy who*...got the wrong plane.

*Ed. note: The author is well aware that James Cagney never uttered the lines most commonly associated with him that, "You dirty rat! You're the guy who killed my brother!"

I corrected myself in my last post Sir. Well sort of....GP

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:23:14 AM

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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/65/fb/65/65fb65b5570b58cff3cbe8843648a3fe.jpg
The movie Panther

http://www.jspreiss.com/vfa192/history_files/f9f_large%20copy.png

This is a Banshee.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:25:21 AM

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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Shooting star. I can't remember the name. I did build a model of it. CV aircraft from movie with James Cagney,I think, bridge something, something....GP

[In James Cagney voice]: Oh, so we got a wise guy, see? You...you dirty rat...YOU'RE the guy who*...got the wrong plane.

*Ed. note: The author is well aware that James Cagney never uttered the lines most commonly associated with him that, "You dirty rat! You're the guy who killed my brother!"

I corrected myself in my last post Sir. Well sort of....GP

Sort of....NOT!

Wrong actor , wrong plane.....would you like to try for the books author or the name of the CV that Brubaker flew off of? Or the actor who played the CPO that flew the "Dragonfly"?

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:29:52 AM

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GP...you know we're just having some fun, right?

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:34:17 AM

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If Dragonfly is the rescue helicopter, that was Mickey Rooney.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:48:00 AM

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Yeah. Hey, what do you want from a damaged memory.

. I knew what I was thinking, just couldn't get it out....GP

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 2:50:54 AM

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GP...I wouldn't get half of these myself if I didn't have the card caption on the photograph.

So you can feel a little better about yourself, I have another confession to make. I drank Busch beer. From a can. And liked it. Alarming personal disclosure #2: One of my favorite beers is Old Milwaukee. In a can.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 9:44:34 AM

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Yeah. Hey, what do you want from a damaged memory. . I knew what I was thinking, just couldn't get it out....GP

There's a lot of that gang aft aglee.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 12:07:55 PM

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GP...I wouldn't get half of these myself if I didn't have the card caption on the photograph.

So you can feel a little better about yourself, I have another confession to make. I drank Busch beer. From a can. And liked it. Alarming personal disclosure #2: One of my favorite beers is Old Milwaukee. In a can.

I use to drink miller from a can.

. Now I drink Kentucky Bourbon.

....GP

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 7:52:03 PM

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My SO's father grew up one of the haves in Mexico and the family fled during an uprising. He had refined tastes in alcohol and brew his own beer. She grew up being allowed small samples on special occasions and inherited his refined tastes.

Fast forward to college. Her first week as a freshman a frat boy asked her out on a date and even though she wasn't that into him, she figured "what the heck?" He took her to a frat party and tried to get her drunk on cheap beer. When he saw she was only politely sipping her beer and not really drinking he asked her why she wasn't drinking her beer, she went on to give a full review of the swill comparing it to much more expensive beers.

That date ended soon after. She did end up hanging out with a bunch of guys who were a lot more sophisticated later. A number of college buddies had been high school class mates with Bill Gates. They went to the same private academy in Seattle. (Bill Gates' grandfather was a founding partner of one of the biggest law firms in Washington State and his father was a partner in the firm.) One of her buddies started a bar in his dorm room as a freshman and since she had a fake ID, it was her job to get the booze. She bought all top shelf stuff and the bar was very popular.

Bill

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 9:20:23 PM

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Alright, here's today's plane du jour:

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 9:46:56 PM

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Chance Vought F-7U Cutlass.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 9:48:45 PM

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AKA "The Gutlass" as it was underpowered, AKA "The Ensign Killer" as an inexperienced pilot might make a hard landing...ONCE. The front oleo-strut would pop up and impale the pilot.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/9/2017 9:52:32 PM

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Chance Vought F-7U Cutlass.

Hai!

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/11/2017 11:35:27 PM

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One of my favorite beers is Old Milwaukee.

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In a can.

Double.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/12/2017 6:58:51 PM

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Falling behind...
Here's yesterday's belated contribution:

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/12/2017 7:03:15 PM

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And today's 'two-fer'. Both (correct specific models) required for full credit.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/12/2017 8:27:04 PM

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SBD-5?

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/12/2017 9:43:53 PM

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SBD-5?

BOTH correct models for full credit. Are you suggesting that both are SBD-5s for your guess, JeffK?

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/12/2017 11:43:18 PM

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SBD-5, SB2C.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 12:54:31 AM

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Falling behind...
Here's yesterday's belated contribution:

N1K1 REX

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 12:57:11 AM

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And today's 'two-fer'. Both (correct specific models) required for full credit.

SBD-5 Dauntlass

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 2:38:16 AM

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SBD-5, SB2C.

Yes. You were the first to identify both types of aircraft present.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 2:38:42 AM

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ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Falling behind...
Here's yesterday's belated contribution:

N1K1 REX

Hai!

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 2:39:27 AM

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SBD-5 Dauntlass

Please see previous incomplete ballots above.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 2:46:31 AM

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SBD-5, SB2C.

Yes. You were the first to identify both types of aircraft present.

Yea, whatta I win.

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 6:49:33 AM

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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SBD-5?

BOTH correct models for full credit. Are you suggesting that both are SBD-5s for your guess, JeffK?

They would have been better off with 2 SBD's.
The SB2C didnt show on my screen unless I scolled

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RE: OT: Name that plane / ship - 7/13/2017 12:05:19 PM

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They would have been better off with 2 SBD's.
The SB2C didnt show on my screen unless I scolled

In reviewing the history of the SB2C, I came across a small batch test run that the Brits did for their carrier DB airframe testing:

After unsatisfactory tests that pinpointed "appalling handling", none of the British Helldivers were used in action.[20]

Tell us what you *really* think about the aircraft.

Winchester, Jim. "Curtiss SB2C Helldiver." Aircraft of World War II: The Aviation Factfile. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.

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