#4278060 - 07/11/16 09:31 AM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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Really beautiful shots Eric.Mind you,really beautiful aircraft too.
EV's are the Devils matchbox.
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#4278070 - 07/11/16 10:28 AM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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I concur with Chucky Flats, superb shots with human interest oft missing from many professional photos. One small thing; the wind indicators dropped are called 'windies' not woodies. or they were in my day.
Tape intact over the Hurri's gun ports. 'No luck today then sir?'
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#4278146 - 07/11/16 03:16 PM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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I believe it was to stop debris getting in,maybe someone can confirm that.
EV's are the Devils matchbox.
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#4278239 - 07/11/16 07:26 PM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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FlatEric has it. The primary purpose was to keep moisture from getting in and the freezing at altitude. Several secondary gains were, slightly better aerodynamics, let ground crews know which guns had been charged and fired, allowed ground crews to quickly identify if any of the guns had not fired, keeps out other debris, etc.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#4279265 - 07/15/16 04:03 PM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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For my money the Hurricane is the loveliest aircraft of WWII, and one of the best of all times.
It just looks like an aircraft should.
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#4280641 - 07/21/16 02:56 PM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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Mr Eric sir,you are spoiling us.
EV's are the Devils matchbox.
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#4282299 - 07/27/16 06:15 AM
Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire
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Okay, this is officially the Aircraft Pr0n thread.
The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.comFrom Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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