We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:15:13 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification JTG asked for more A12 pics (and I've included the inline engined A8 he remembers...) and Master Chief Airdale was whining about Buffaloes... First up, the A8/12 Shrikes. More here, here, and here. Now for them Buffalo... they were popular aircraft for a while. Here, a Brit, Dutch East Indies, a Finn, like both Bill and JTG mentioned, of course, we flew them, too. And *at least one* turned coat, however reluctantly. Of course, the 30's were a time of ferment in the aircraft world... what with Lex's predecessors deciding that landing on the pitching deck of an aircraft carrier... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:56:18 -0600 Thanks, JoA! That A-8 is nicely posed, ain't it? Would make a nice rubber scale subject; long nose for balance, lotsa detail points (love that silly little pant on the tailwheel), and no danger of it's flying away in a thermal with all of those wires and struts. And, hey, *I* read the whole post! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36622 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36622 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:09:02 -0600 that more than twice a day...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36607 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36607 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:05:38 -0600 Proof no one reads long posts... I snark Bill at the end of the post, and not.one.comment. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36603 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/12/answering_requests.html#comment-36603 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:55:26 -0600