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/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:53:42 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification What's the most interesting thing about this picture to you?... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:45:11 -0600 Hey- I didn't say it was historically incorrect... just that it's WRONG, WRONG, WRONG to have a "hit me here" target painted on. Wacko Euro's.... :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49754 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49754 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:34:56 -0600 there's some kind of dangly thingie looking like a frayed wire appearing just fwd of the right side wing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49751 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49751 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:25:32 -0600 It's got a flippin' "target" sign on it. Who in their right mind would fly a plane with a 'HIT ME HERE' sign on the a$$ end. Hee! That's *most* of Europe. And the US during WWI. You airplane geeks are no fun. Yep, it's a large-scale R/C. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49747 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49747 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:23:55 -0600 It's a model. There's no sign of the geodetic structure under the fabric which the full-size one had. The thing is entirely too smooth. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49745 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49745 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:51:52 -0600 The only pics I've seen of CC aircraft were Short Sunderlands, but they had white underbodies. I'd assume any other aircraft would use a similar paint scheme. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49743 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49743 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:34:49 -0600 I don't see a second engine on the other wing. How's this thing flying? LOL (okay, I realize that is probably a trick of the photo, but it is interesting) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49742 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49742 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:03:53 -0600 It's got a flippin' "target" sign on it. Who in their right mind would fly a plane with a 'HIT ME HERE' sign on the a$$ end. feh http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49741 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49741 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:51:39 -0600 Hmmm. An aircraft with a night-bomber paint job flying during the day? :) Or is that a Costal Command paint job? I never read up on the CC paint jobs, although I know the Empire had an extensive anti-submarine aviation patrol running during the war. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49736 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49736 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:18:45 -0600 The window is to... look out. The guys in front and back are to shoot at bad guys attacking from the front or back, and the pilots, well, I'm not sure about the Wimpy, but they might have had a door they could get to, or, like a lot of the rest of the crew, they would get out through the bomb bay (this is assuming you're talking about needing to escape a shot-up aircraft). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49735 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49735 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:39:23 -0600 Not much. I am wondering how the pilot gets out and what the window is for. The wing has the flat bit at the front rather than the back. Then there the guy right at the back. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49733 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49733 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:36:30 -0600 If it's John Greenfield's "Ghost Squadron" very large RC aircraft, the markings have been changed. I don't think there's a real one flying...wicked complex fuselage construction method. There is a nicely restored one, but not flyable, I don't believe. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49732 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49732 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:26:34 -0600 think you can tell some subtle and interesting things from the exact design of the rondel, but I'm not sure of that. My first thought: If that's a vintage photograph, it's pretty high quality for 194x. If it's a recent photo of a vintage warbird, then I'm surprised to find there's still a Wellington flying. Really startling is that it has the same letters (Q-VR) as the one illustrated in Fighters and Bombers of World War II, so it's either the same airplane or it's been painted to match. Incidentally, said airplane is identified in the book text as belonging to an RCAF squadron. Why no high-quality version of the image? Did you not get one, or would it be a giveaway? ;-) Overall it looks just a little too clean and smooth for a warbird, so I'm going to guess it's an RC model. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49731 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49731 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:32:32 -0600 Pink panther in the rear turret, is this a model? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49726 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49726 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:50:29 -0600 What's interesting, particularly if it's flying over England, is that there's not a cloud in the sky. Normally, there would be clouds, rain, fog, snow, mist or various combinations of such. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49724 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49724 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:42:06 -0600 odd color and with my color vision. Only real flyable Wellington? Is it 1:1 or RC? ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49723 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/08/lazy_sunday_fun.html#comment-49723 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:13:53 -0600