Random picture thread. (Real photos rather than AI please)

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

#1 and 2 are turned around... right?

Yep...

 

[wulf]

Yeah I saw a series called War Factories which mentioned the Ford involvement...

US production capacity outside of Axis bombing range was one of the big factors that allowed the Allies to win the war.

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

Okay it's now past midnight. So I can show what those car manufacturers did during the WW2.
@Heinuedo got it right despite getting #1 & #2 the wrong way round....( Thanks @wulf )

 

[kendelo]

Okay it's now past midnight. So I can show what those car manufacturers did during the WW2.
@Heinuedo got it right despite getting #1 & #2 the wrong way round....( Thanks @wulf )
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Here's what the auto plant my spouse worked at put out. I was out there a few times through the years. It was a 1/2 mile walk from one end to the other.

 

[wulf]

Okay it's now past midnight. So I can show what those car manufacturers did during the WW2.
@Heinuedo got it right despite getting #1 & #2 the wrong way round....( Thanks @wulf )
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Also of note were the manufacturers of nearly all of the engines used in Luftwaffe aircraft.

Daimler Benz; produced liquid cooled engines for all the Bf109 fighters, as well as many other types. Know today as Mercedes Benz.

BMW; produced radial engines for the FW190 A fighters and other aircraft types. Still known today as BMW

Junkers; produced liquid cooled engines For the FW190D fighter aircraft and other types as well. Junkers merged with Heinkel & Messerschmitt after the war.

 

[Hugin&Munin]

#1 and 2 are turned around... right?

Oh yes, accidentally swapped

 

[Hugin&Munin]

Okay it's now past midnight. So I can show what those car manufacturers did during the WW2.
@Heinuedo got it right despite getting #1 & #2 the wrong way round....( Thanks @wulf )
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#1 The Fiat CR 42 fighter plane was still used in World War II and was even used in the Battle of Britain. While not as good as the Me 109 or the Focke Wulf FW190 with her BMW engine, they had a longer range.
#2 The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a carrier-based aircraft that was used, among other things, in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

#1 The Fiat CR 42 fighter plane was still used in World War II and was even used in the Battle of Britain. While not as good as the Me 109 or the Focke Wulf FW190 with her BMW engine, they had a longer range.
#2 The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a carrier-based aircraft that was used, among other things, in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Absolutely......

 

[Hugin&Munin]

And now a completely different topic

 

[Barbaria1]

Three girls in a tub … rub a dub dub

 

[montycrusto]

Three girls in a tub … rub a dub dub

One says “Where’s the soap?”
And another says “Yes, it does, but it feels so good.”

 

[kendelo]

#1 The Fiat CR 42 fighter plane was still used in World War II and was even used in the Battle of Britain. While not as good as the Me 109 or the Focke Wulf FW190 with her BMW engine, they had a longer range.
#2 The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a carrier-based aircraft that was used, among other things, in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

For my wedding gift, my spouse booked us a flight on a B-17 bomber. At the YAF museum there you can take a flight on the B-17 or a B-25 bomber. Sitting in the bombardier seat was quite a thrill.

 

[wulf]

One says “Where’s the soap?”
And another says “Yes, it does, but it feels so good.”

And they say we males have one track mind. This statement clearly prov ..... ........

Hmm........ nevermind.

 

[wulf]

For my wedding gift, my spouse booked us a flight on a B-17 bomber. At the YAF museum there you can take a flight on the B-17 or a B-25 bomber. Sitting in the bombardier seat was quite a thrill.

The ball turret would have given you a thrill too, if it had been allowed.

 

[wulf]

#1 is the DeBruce elevator explosion in Wichita Kansas, June 1998. I was at work in Wichita that day. My shop was several miles away from it, but I still heard and felt the rumble of it. The structure was heavily damaged throughout its over half mile length. 7 people died that day.
Lesson: wheat dust is explosive.

 

[kendelo]

The ball turret would have given you a thrill too, if it had been allowed.
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I have a lot of respect for the guys who manned those.

 

[wulf]

I have a lot of respect for the guys who manned those.

They were quite small actually and many guys were literally too big for it. The shorter and thinner guys were mostly picked for the job.

 

[planckepoch15]

Here's something different. I'm not even an amateur photographer but I do love taking nice shots. Some of my favorites!

 

[Darkprincess69]

#1 is the DeBruce elevator explosion in Wichita Kansas, June 1998. I was at work in Wichita that day. My shop was several miles away from it, but I still heard and felt the rumble of it. The structure was heavily damaged throughout its over half mile length. 7 people died that day.
Lesson: wheat dust is explosive.

There's a very good documentary about that incident on the Plainly Difficult Youtube channel;

 

[thehangingtree]

For my wedding gift, my spouse booked us a flight on a B-17 bomber. At the YAF museum there you can take a flight on the B-17 or a B-25 bomber. Sitting in the bombardier seat was quite a thrill.

The ball turret would have given you a thrill too, if it had been allowed.
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My dad was a navigator on a B-29. In his later years he got to take a flight on a B-17. He could not believe how cold and crude the B-17 was compared to his plane...