tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8295290186195966373..comments2024-03-28T15:54:43.848-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Thought I'd Share Some Cat PicturesOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14183864244056778622018-06-30T19:41:41.084-07:002018-06-30T19:41:41.084-07:00Yup, pair of 38s.Yup, pair of 38s.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79841376092944474542018-06-30T18:18:26.229-07:002018-06-30T18:18:26.229-07:00Yeah but you got 2 of Lockheed's finest waitin...Yeah but you got 2 of Lockheed's finest waiting to turn onto active in the background of the Wildcats on Guadalcanal. 8*)c-90https://www.blogger.com/profile/07248346499641654640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66924309127873843912018-06-30T06:45:59.811-07:002018-06-30T06:45:59.811-07:00Masshole transplant tax refugees
I feel your pain...<i>Masshole transplant tax refugees</i><br /><br />I feel your pain.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7130218888270048702018-06-30T06:45:00.386-07:002018-06-30T06:45:00.386-07:00The Germans had some nice reconnaissance vehicles,...The Germans had some nice reconnaissance vehicles, but yeah, the Puma was the coolest of the lot.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49033522314563285682018-06-30T06:06:06.583-07:002018-06-30T06:06:06.583-07:00True dat.True dat.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78561250881953069212018-06-30T06:05:29.638-07:002018-06-30T06:05:29.638-07:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66911888352029697552018-06-30T01:22:33.243-07:002018-06-30T01:22:33.243-07:00As the saying goes, if you walk out to your aircra...As the saying goes, if you walk out to your aircraft and the radial has been leaking a lot of oil, you've got a problem. If it's not leaked any oil, you've got a huge problem (it's all gone). :)Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28367402921947220402018-06-30T01:19:45.305-07:002018-06-30T01:19:45.305-07:00There are days I'd like it for the DFW commute...There <b>are</b> days I'd like it for the DFW commute, but I'd need a crew to do it with. It'd need upgrading with a turbo-diesel and modern transmission to hit 85 mph forwards or backwards, but with modern tech (high-res video) might be able to make do with 1 driver for both forwards and backwards, and a mini-gun armament could make short work of tail-gaters and other a**holes, while the drive/suspension should easily allow jumping the curb and driving on the median or margin to get around traffic jams. Nice daydreams while stuck in traffic, or being cut off by Masshole transplant tax refugees.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74415323922978816982018-06-30T01:06:42.035-07:002018-06-30T01:06:42.035-07:00Tough Kitty, Cold Kitty, Big Machine Machine of Do...<a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/2EDbC" rel="nofollow">Tough Kitty, Cold Kitty, Big Machine Machine of Doom, Deadly Kitty, Panzer Kitty, Boom! Boom! Boom!</a>Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20201393975005907192018-06-30T00:58:40.434-07:002018-06-30T00:58:40.434-07:00The SdKfz 234/2 Puma is one of my favorite armored...The SdKfz 234/2 Puma is one of my favorite armored cars. V-12 diesel engine, 8-wheel drive, 8-wheel steering, with 7 forward gears and 7 reverse gears. The radio operator, facing backwards in the hull, had a duplicate set of driving controls and could see out over the rear deck. That meant that the Puma could get out of trouble as fast as it got into it without having to turn around and expose its very weak rear armor to the enemy. Up to 55 mph forwards or backwards, and the 50mm L60 could take care of light armor (the Soviets still used lots of light T-60 and T-70 tanks in the recon role until late in the war).Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4989959777818537642018-06-29T20:26:16.090-07:002018-06-29T20:26:16.090-07:00Won't argue with that.Won't argue with that.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46805481192414568002018-06-29T19:32:57.667-07:002018-06-29T19:32:57.667-07:00I like the sounds of all plane engines. But those...I like the sounds of all plane engines. But those old time big assed radials are just... wonderful.Beansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63064153503277270162018-06-29T17:41:49.730-07:002018-06-29T17:41:49.730-07:00Cats are really good ambush predators. So yeah, na...Cats are really good ambush predators. So yeah, naming stuff after cats makes purrfect sense.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-17911437965543405482018-06-29T16:43:49.572-07:002018-06-29T16:43:49.572-07:00My cat (who is 16 years old) might sleep 18 hours ...My cat (who is 16 years old) might sleep 18 hours a day, but the other 6 hours he is pretty rammy around here...zooming up and down the stairs like he was shot out of a cannon, stalking or lying in wait for the mouse/chipmunk to come waltzing by to be pounced upon...so maybe the folks who named the tanks/planes/choppers had cats also?Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60970947429495148592018-06-29T16:35:33.420-07:002018-06-29T16:35:33.420-07:00Glad you liked 'em Paul.Glad you liked 'em Paul.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22416209418663146812018-06-29T16:27:46.489-07:002018-06-29T16:27:46.489-07:00Thanks OAFS, your photos had me purring.
Thanks f...Thanks OAFS, your photos had me purring.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40743522865955415532018-06-29T15:43:25.432-07:002018-06-29T15:43:25.432-07:00Nice!Nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13617233032679700192018-06-29T15:43:14.787-07:002018-06-29T15:43:14.787-07:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53425770365861351632018-06-29T15:42:44.860-07:002018-06-29T15:42:44.860-07:00Yup, really good size.Yup, really good size.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90956075610587333182018-06-29T15:41:43.224-07:002018-06-29T15:41:43.224-07:00Two cats for the price of one....
http://i1.wp.co...Two cats for the price of one....<br /><br />http://i1.wp.com/www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/A-German-Tiger-I-tank-on-its-side-in-a-ditch-north-of-Rome-and-an-American-lorry-in-the-background-driving-past..jpg?fit=770%2C507<br /><br />"Obergefreiter Toonces CAN drive, Herr Leutnant--just not very well...."Jenkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01773835983034159472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15748114968466211572018-06-29T15:12:11.760-07:002018-06-29T15:12:11.760-07:00If you like Grumman cats you'll like these vid...If you like Grumman cats you'll like these videos<br /><br />- Victor<br /><br />Flight of the Grumman Cats- F8F Bearcat, F7F Tigercat, F6F Hellcat, F4F Wildcat, F-14 Tomcat:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8N21othZTY<br /><br />Flight of the Twin Engine Cats-F7F Tigercat and the F-14 Tomcat:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK7xqWnDwyAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65182796587915596102018-06-29T14:45:50.474-07:002018-06-29T14:45:50.474-07:00Really good read, my wife and I were in DC some ye...Really good read, my wife and I were in DC some years ago and the Air & Space museum was highlighting a P-47.<br />I didn't realize just how big it was unto I got close. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51090348480034482152018-06-29T12:14:27.044-07:002018-06-29T12:14:27.044-07:00I did not know that, what an awesome bit of aviati...I did not know that, what an awesome bit of aviation trivia!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69865570828838992312018-06-29T12:05:19.665-07:002018-06-29T12:05:19.665-07:00"Real Airplanes Have Round Engines" as o..."Real Airplanes Have Round Engines" as one of my friends used to say.<br /><br />I never knew why they always walked the props through a couple of turns before they fired one up until I met somebody that rebuilds radial engines.<br /><br />They're set up pretty "loose", and oil will pool in the lower cylinders. If you don't <i>gently</i> turn them over a few times by hand, they might very well suffer hydraulic lock when you 'hit the key' to start one up...drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85811700986157988602018-06-29T11:16:13.487-07:002018-06-29T11:16:13.487-07:00Oh, I could have done a lot more, also of WWII Ger...Oh, I could have done a lot more, also of WWII German origin -<br /><br />PzKw II Ausf. L "Luchs"<br />SdKfz 234 "Puma"<br />... for starters.<br /><br />Didn't miss, just didn't post, there is a difference.<br /><br />;)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com