Cool pics

[Jimbuna]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRDeHY8UwAEdTVC.jpg:large

http://i.imgur.com/GXb8pnv.jpg

[Oberon]

A cool pic tinged with sadness:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSadcxlXAAADxEk.jpg:large

XH558 undergoing a fire engine shower after her final landing.

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/g6ySBzR.jpg

[pedalboat]

Well, that reminds of Ferrol and its sorroundings in Galicia -Spain with perhaps the best shipyards (ASTANO, now a branch of NAVANTIA) in the world back in the 70's and 80's.
Check out more here:

https://www.google.es/search?q=astano&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=820&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDEQsARqFQoTCI2C3vyH6MgCFUO-FAod_mIDLg

[BrucePartington]

Very nice :up:

Just like Kiel modeled in SH3 GWX, the sky included.

[Commander Wallace]

Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting them Blitz.

[Aktungbby]

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/52d654d2e4b0a3af71bf6bcc/t/52e7cdb3e4b0c5a06f83cda9/1390923190505/kjarvalsstadir_texti2.jpg?format=1500w

[Aktungbby]

http://neekly.t2b.click/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/desktop-1435004902.jpgA cabinet meeting in the Mal...dives?

[Aktungbby]

William Overstreet Jr who famously flew through the Eiffel Tower to 'bag' an ME109http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Berlin-Express-Z1-300x222.jpg (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Berlin-Express-Z1.jpg) http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Overstreet-Berlin-Express-300x229.jpg (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Overstreet-Berlin-Express.jpg)has won top honors at the Reno Airshow! His rebuilt aircrafthttp://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/10592013_10203575564769995_1751851355_n-e1417053284560.jpg http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/d5/4b/d54b6c0d-9eaa-4c9b-ab9d-2949593509ae/24d_dj2016_slocumlead_live.jpg__1072x0_q85_upscale .jpg (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/10818708_10203575563929974_1651489078_n-e1417052577569.jpg)Mr Overstreet who passed away did not see the final finished project but generously lent his time and signature to the four year project!..." left Reno with not one trophy but three—the first time in the history of the event that a single airplane has won a category trophy as well as the Grand Champion title and the People’s Choice award,


http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/10670140_925296264152296_8864046822307026292_n.jpg (http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/10670140_925296264152296_8864046822307026292_n.jpg ):salute:

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/NVyayQa.jpg
OOPS!!

[Schroeder]

OOPS!!
I guess that can't be fixed with duct tape.:88)
Did they overshoot the runway or how did that happen?

[Jimbuna]

I guess that can't be fixed with duct tape.:88)
Did they overshoot the runway or how did that happen?

On October 18, 1990, ZA466 was part of a formation which took off from Tabuk on a low-level training mission. But a technical fault with the aircraft’s electronic sensor suite caused the two-man crew to return to base. The accident report states that flying conditions were good when the pilot lined the Tornado up for landing, and the approach was made using a combination of navigational aids and visual cues.

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2013/10/the-end-gulf-war-veteran-tornado-za466-crash-tabuk/

[Sailor Steve]

A picture of Salt Lake City, from USA Today.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Salt%20Lake%20Winter_zpshtbrvltu.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Salt%20Lake%20Winter_zpshtbrvltu.jpg.html)

[GT182]

Gee Steve, we can't see ya waving to us in all that snow. ;)

[Catfish]

And i thought it was salt, all over :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

A screenshot from Google Earth showing the close proximity of seven bridges crossing the River Tyne.

http://i.imgur.com/uUZkxuA.jpg

[Oberon]

Tonka convertible:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaPWMRcWAAAXhdv.jpg:large

[Schroeder]

I guess the WSO wanted some fresh air and pulled the loud handle?:hmm2:

[fumo30]

I like tke the looks of this guy, I think hes cool. But hes actually pretty hot, he's got a flame thrower. The name is Torch.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/9f4ceb9f0fdb0712758589dadf341464/tumblr_nmiwdfCfAQ1qhba92o1_400.gif

[Oberon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbfZyotUAAAI_pB.jpg
Tyffies intercepting a Blackjack yesterday

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbfZysvUcAAlSje.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Intercepting it,.... where? :o

[Oberon]

Intercepting it,.... where? :o

Around about here, apparently there was two of them and they took a brief jaunt up the channel before heading back to Russia:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbdPXl2XEAAQJj-.jpg

http://milradar.livejournal.com/716.html?nojs=1

[Aktungbby]

Kool!https://mediacenter.smugmug.com/photos/i-6Xt4ZTZ/0/XL/i-6Xt4ZTZ-XL.jpg

[HunterICX]

not a Pic but a cool video with M1A1 Tanks drifting in the snow in Norway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTVbsfixfM

U.S. Marines M1A1 tank crews work with the Norwegian Telemark Battalion on techniques of driving tracked vehicles in winter conditions on an snow/ice track.

A Norwegian Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank leads U.S. Marine M1 Abrams, from the Combined Arms Company, to various cold-weather training sites for tracked vehicles in Rena, Norway.

The training exercise is designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps capability to operate in cold-weather environments.

[Schroeder]

not a Pic but a cool video with M1A1 Tanks drifting in the snow in Norway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTVbsfixfM
Not enough Leopard II.:hmph:

[Jimbuna]

Tyffies intercepting a Blackjack yesterday



From generation to generation...

http://i.imgur.com/zf1OhGC.jpg

[Oberon]

Fine, just for Schroeder, here's some Leo-pard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j45lrsHFLTE


I'm interested to see how the Leopard 3 will turn out, personally I think that the UK should join with France and Germany and get a bit of that action. The Challie II is a good tank, but getting long in the tooth and upgrades can only go so far. :yep:

[Oberon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdGUvU_WIAEO37e.jpg:large

Meanwhile on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire #England (https://twitter.com/hashtag/England?src=hash) In #UK (https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash) they call it spring :D

https://twitter.com/Tom_Antonov/status/707510158251978752

[Jimbuna]

Tank Porn: Challenger 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbX5iQPBGZ0

http://i.imgur.com/LTiVHMl.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3QBq-owwZ8

[Oberon]

Busy month for military exercises.

Exercise 'Tractable' (http://defence-blog.com/army/over-800-vehicles-take-part-in-uk-exercise-exercise-tractable.html) on Salisbury Plain:

http://i.imgur.com/wclK4Po.jpg

Exercise North Thunder (https://twitter.com/diraalwatan) in Saudi Arabia with the Saudis, Egyptians and UAE:

http://i.imgur.com/IMxByiT.jpg

Exercise TurAZ Sahini (http://oxu.az/war/121526)in Turkey with Turkey and Azerbaijan:

http://i.imgur.com/PwxVrL5.jpg

Exercise Beverly Midnight 16-1 (https://fightersweep.com/4513/36th-amu-prepares-beverly-midnight/) in Osan, ROK with the ROKAF and USAF

http://i.imgur.com/KWFTfG1.jpg

Exercise Skysoldier 16 (http://www.army.mil/article/163132/Exercise_Sky_Soldier_16_kicks_off_in_Spain/) in Spain with the USMC:

http://i.imgur.com/V0a22kP.jpg

Exercise Serpentex 16 (https://fightersweep.com/4564/serpentex-b-52s-participate-in-cas/)with multiple countries in a French lead exercise:

http://i.imgur.com/t0cms5X.jpg

And of course, Key Resolve 16 and Foal Eagle 16 (http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/03/05/us-holds-military-exercise-south-korea-north-threatens-war/81320402/) which has got the DPRK hot under the collar.

[Jimbuna]

And of course, Key Resolve 16 and Foal Eagle 16 (http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/03/05/us-holds-military-exercise-south-korea-north-threatens-war/81320402/) which has got the DPRK hot under the collar.

http://i.imgur.com/OTc3zIt.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/964dbAkQpBAgokFnQPtZUw--/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3E9NzU7dz02NDA7c209MTtpbD1wbGFuZQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/21bc888bebf0cbdb7322737afe5cd42018968563.jpg

Naval base Key West

50-foot-long (15-meter) semi-submersible boat built by drug smugglers in the mangroves of Colombia to sneak tons of cocaine toward the United States.

[AVGWarhawk]

http://i.imgur.com/OTc3zIt.jpg

:rotfl2:

[Jimbuna]

HNLMS Johan de Witt berthed in the River Tyne today.

http://i.imgur.com/dgOLXM8.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7pdHXn3.jpg

[mako88sb]

HNLMS Johan de Witt berthed in the River Tyne today.


That's quite the slab sided design. Must make ship handling a bit challenging in any kind of wind. Interesting to see that along with 6 NH-90's, she also has 4 Chinook helicopters.

[Oberon]

That's quite the slab sided design. Must make ship handling a bit challenging in any kind of wind. Interesting to see that along with 6 NH-90's, she also has 4 Chinook helicopters.

I was thinking that and the RCS must be like a small moon. :doh:

[Torplexed]

The veteran British battleship HMS Warspite undergoing refit and repair at the Bremerton Navy Yard in Washington State, December 1941. A couple of dowdy looking Puget Sound ex-ferryboats are along side acting as floating machine shops. Warspite had received bomb damage during the Battle of Crete and after being patched up at Alexandria, steamed to the US West Coast for a full refit.

I remember visiting the yard when Missouri and New Jersey were still mothballed there. Would have loved to have seen this legend.

http://pyxis.homestead.com/warspite-1941.jpg

During the refit 5 of her 8 x 15in gun barrels were replaced with barrels that were shipped out from the UK.

According to her newly appointed radar officer Lt. Paddon, later Rear Admiral Paddon, the British radar sets that were to have been fitted were lost when the ship carrying them was torpedoed in the Atlantic. What she was fitted with were American improvised sets that he described 'as a real bag of tricks'.

[Oberon]

Warspite! :rock:

Was a crime that she was scrapped, but at least she didn't go quietly.

[Jimbuna]

That's quite the slab sided design. Must make ship handling a bit challenging in any kind of wind. Interesting to see that along with 6 NH-90's, she also has 4 Chinook helicopters.

I was thinking that and the RCS must be like a small moon. :doh:

I was thinking she could do with patching up 'paintwise' in a few places.

Warspite! :rock:

Was a crime that she was scrapped, but at least she didn't go quietly.

Aye, fought right to the very end:

On 19 April 1947, Warspite departed Portsmouth for scrapping at Faslane, on the River Clyde. On the way, she encountered a severe storm and the hawser of the tug Bustler parted, whilst the other tug Melinda III slipped her tow. In storm force conditions Warspite dropped one of her anchors in Mount's Bay, which did not hold, and the storm drove her onto Mount Mopus Ledge near Cudden Point. Later refloating herself she went hard aground a few yards away in Prussia Cove.[106] Her skeleton crew of seven was saved by the Penlee Lifeboat W. & S. There were several attempts to refloat her but the hull was badly damaged.

In 1950 an attempt to refloat her, buoyed by 24 compressors pumping air into her tanks, and watched by a large crowd, the press and the BBC, failed. There was insufficient depth of water to float her clear of the reef in a rising south westerly gale. The salvage boat Barnet, standing guard overnight under the Warspite’s bows was holed in the engine room, towed off and eventually drifted ashore at Long Rock, a few miles to the west. However, by August the battleship was finally beached off St Michael’s Mount and after further salvage another attempt was made to refloat her in November. The Falmouth tug Masterman spent the night on the Hogus Rocks after failing to tow Warspite; and her sister tug Tradesman had 60 feet (18 m) of wire wrapped around her propeller when trying to haul Masterman off the rocks. Aided by her compressor and two jet engines from an experimental aircraft the hulk was finally moved 130 feet (40 m) closer to shore and by the summer of 1955 she disappeared from view.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03)

[Torplexed]

Was a crime that she was scrapped, but at least she didn't go quietly.

I feel the same way about the WW2 Enterprise. In every carrier engagement but the Coral Sea, and then a decade later ignominiously towed off to New Jersey to be turned into razor blades and beer cans.

http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/enterprise-on-way-to-breakers.jpg

[Commander Wallace]

I feel the same way about the WW2 Enterprise. In every carrier engagement but the Coral Sea, and then a decade later ignominiously towed off to New Jersey to be turned into razor blades and beer cans.

http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/enterprise-on-way-to-breakers.jpg

The " Big E " was the most decorated ship of WW2. Wasn't there a grass roots efforts to save the Enterprise as a museum ship ? It's sad it's not around any more. It's a shame HMS Warspite wasn't also saved.

[Torplexed]

The " Big E " was the most decorated ship of WW2. Wasn't there a grass roots efforts to save the Enterprise as a museum ship ? It's sad it's not around any more. It's a shame HMS Warspite wasn't also saved.

In the 1950s there was a final effort (supported by retired Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey) to preserve the "Big E" as a museum ship at Washington, D.C. It failed due to lack of funds and lack of time to raise them.

Last voyage 1958. At least there was time for some pictures.

http://http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/0206ar.jpghttp://pyxis.homestead.com/0206ar.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/0206ar.jpg

[fireftr18]

HNLMS Johan de Witt berthed in the River Tyne today.


What kind of ship is she?

[Oberon]

What kind of ship is she?

Rotterdam class Amphibious Landing Dock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Rotterdam_%28L800%29

[Aktungbby]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdGUvU_WIAEO37e.jpg:large



NUTHIN GOOD GOES OUTTA STYLE ON SALIBURY PLAINS BBY: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Churchill_tanks_of_9th_Royal_Tank_Regiment_during_ an_exercise_at_Tilshead_on_Salisbury_Plain%2C_31_J anuary_1942._H16962.jpg1942

[Jimbuna]

What kind of ship is she?

Rotterdam class Amphibious Landing Dock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Rotterdam_%28L800%29

Rgr that but at 4000 tonnes larger displacenent she is an 'improved' version with greater capacity to Rotterdam being able to carry an extra 90 APC's and one extra MBT as well as the option to carry Chinooks.

[fireftr18]

I'm glad to see someone is finally polishing the props.

http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r496/fireftr18/Navy%20SEALs_zpsb9q12okq.jpg (http://s1168.photobucket.com/user/fireftr18/media/Navy%20SEALs_zpsb9q12okq.jpg.html)

I don't know the context. Someone shared this on the Subsim Facebook page. I thought I would share it here.

[Oberon]

Meanwhile in Iraq, the Ostwind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwind) makes a comeback after 70 years:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd-5ndUWoAEYj3x.jpg

[Torplexed]

Careful. He who shows the Ostwind, reaps the Wirbelwind. :D

[Aktungbby]

Meanwhile in Iraq, the Ostwind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwind) makes a comeback after 70 years:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd-5ndUWoAEYj3x.jpg

Careful. He who shows the Ostwind, reaps the Wirbelwind. :D

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Wirbelwind_CFB_Borden_2.jpg/300px-Wirbelwind_CFB_Borden_2.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wirbelwind_CFB_Borden_2.jpg)Wirbelwind. Between 87 and 105 Wirbelwinds were produced during the war, but due to discrepancies between the recorded production numbers at the Ostbau Works and Wehrmacht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht) service records, the exact number will probably never be known. Although an order for 100 OSTWIND vehicles https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Munster_Flakpanzer_Ostwind_Modell_%28dark1%29.jpg/300px-Munster_Flakpanzer_Ostwind_Modell_%28dark1%29.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Munster_Flakpanzer_Ostwind_Modell_(dark1).jpg )was placed in August 1944, only 44 vehicles were completed (37 converted from existing Panzer IVs and 7 new production vehicles) from December 1944 to March 1945, all work being carried out by Ostbau Werke (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ostbau_Werke&action=edit&redlink=1) in Sagan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBaga%C5%84), Silesia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia). Both units were produced on Panzer IV chassis. BETTER they had built those 159+ desperately needed Panzer IV's...:hmmm:

[Delanski]

Nevada Testing Site
http://40.media.tumblr.com/09cb1bfa53b8fc3a1d517158d835a2ca/tumblr_nm6v6xXkiF1r2e19uo1_1280.jpg

http://49.media.tumblr.com/fed9c107a55c99d8584b066be771a546/tumblr_noomniCapb1sqvybwo1_500.gifhttp://49.media.tumblr.com/875a17f211e7f258b7c50fdf1c4682b7/tumblr_noomniCapb1sqvybwo2_500.gif

U-427
http://41.media.tumblr.com/f165781d58cd034e2d92f3090464d1de/tumblr_mrfuz4eiz01reh0fqo1_1280.jpg

Apollo 16
http://41.media.tumblr.com/6ebb94e2e6e91cb535a0ab765dcf8e82/tumblr_mhq7gpSMza1qzy0ygo1_1280.jpg


http://41.media.tumblr.com/04ce509f8efae9767a04f9d783b31fa0/tumblr_n70336zAlo1te8puvo1_1280.jpg

[Oberon]

Very nice pics there. :up: Love the Apollo one. :yep:

[Rockstar]

What I think is cool about this picture is. I took the photo, it was 2 o'clock in the morning and the sun was still up, I just left the Top of the World Club and I was drunker than a skunk. How I managed to stand up and make it back to the ship is still to this day a great mystery. :()1:

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/be5357112c91d7f11c623597e44785ea.jpg

[Oberon]

:haha: Nice, I guess that's one way to protect against the cold! :haha:

[u crank]

...and I was drunker than a skunk.

:haha: We can tell by the camera angle. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Sverd i fjell Giant Sword Monument in Norway

http://i.imgur.com/3AjTToD.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

I feel the same way about the WW2 Enterprise. In every carrier engagement but the Coral Sea, and then a decade later ignominiously towed off to New Jersey to be turned into razor blades and beer cans.

http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/enterprise-on-way-to-breakers.jpg

Yes sir, right here in Baltimore. I watched her get dismantled day after day.

This is how I remember seeing her:

http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/ex4368.jpg

[Oberon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeQqe2AWEAA37zM.jpg

The Americans are coming!

The USS Virginia arrives at Faslane earlier today.

[Oberon]

Something a little more sombre, from 2012 in Sarajevo, an empty chair for each of the 11,541 who died during the siege (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CeS-dePWEAEDgWQ.jpg:large

[Jimbuna]

Sitting in a 3.8 metre sea kayak and watching a four-metre great white approach you must be a fairly tense experience.

http://i.imgur.com/Ju7UcTJ.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

That is one cool pic Jim (watching a great white approach you) ...
we should have a yearly award for the best cool pic, uh?

This one would win for sure :up:

[Catfish]

^ this time i agree with you :)

[Jimbuna]

That is one cool pic Jim (watching a great white approach you) ...
we should have a yearly award for the best cool pic, uh?

This one would win for sure :up:

Perhaps a picture of what the guy probably left on the seat in the kayak....no, better not :)

[Jimbuna]

I visited the Batu Caves Temple in the late 70's whilst on shore leave. I can't find my old snaps but I have one somewhere that is very similar to this one I found on Google.
http://i.imgur.com/fwKBrQG.jpg

[Kapitan]

I visited the Batu Caves Temple in the late 70's whilst on shore leave. I can't find my old snaps but I have one somewhere that is very similar to this one I found on Google.
http://i.imgur.com/fwKBrQG.jpg



is there a lift? those stairs look a bit too much

[Jimbuna]

Not when I was there but that was about thirty eight years ago.

[Mr Quatro]

Is that statue or image of a god made out of gold :o

[Jimbuna]

Is that statue or image of a god made out of gold :o

If it was I'd be a very wealthy man :)

Standing at 42.7 m (140 ft) high, the world's tallest statue of Murugan, a Hindu deity, is located outside Batu Caves. The statue, which cost approximately 24 million rupees, is made of 1550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300 litres of gold paint brought in from neighbouring Thailand.

[Schroeder]

Is that statue or image of a god made out of gold :o
That doesn't really look like gold to me....:hmm2:

[Oberon]

The Battle of Zama in Playmobile form:

http://i.imgur.com/Ea5fApS.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QYMJ3K4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FXqvYNb.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrtd3iFsH1E

[fireftr18]

A little info on the battle
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/zama.html

[Oberon]

:up:

And now for a literally cool pic, dispersal exercises in Sweden at Vidsel:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CezjxTQWsAAxJLi.jpg

Makes me think of the old dispersal exercises in West Germany with the Harriers.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh240/andyrix/British/RAF/file_zps928fe7c0.jpg

[Aktungbby]

A little info on the battle
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/zama.html

A little more info on the battle::shucks: The greatest concern for Scipio was the elephants. He came up with an ingenious plan to deal with them.
[/QUOTE]Scipio knew that elephants could be ordered to charge forward, but they could only continue their charge in a straight line. Scipio predicted that if he opened gaps in his troops, the elephants would simply pass between them, without harming any of his soldiers. Scipio created the lanes between the army regiments across the depth of his troops and hid them with maniples (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniple_(military_unit)) of skirmishers. The plan was that when the elephants charged, these lanes would open, allowing them to pass through the legionaries' ranks and be dealt with at the rear of the army.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Mohammad_adil_rais-battle_of_zama-1.PNG/512px-Mohammad_adil_rais-battle_of_zama-1.PNG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohammad_adil_rais-battle_of_zama-1.PNG)Never mind the Hastati, Principes, and the Triarii it's those damned Velites!:arrgh!: Reasonably resting on the assumption that a war elephant charge was the big weapon,... the damn Romans 'left it to the kids': Velites were the youngest and usually the poorest soldiers in the legion, and could rarely afford much equipment. They were armed with hastae velitares, light javelins with tips designed to bend on impact to prevent it being thrown back., similar to the heavier pila (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilum) of other legionaries. As backup weapons, they also carried gladii (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius), relatively short thrusting swords (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword) 74 centimetres (29 inches) in length that were the main weapons of the hastati and principes. They fought in a very loose, staggered formation like most irregular troops (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregular_military) and carried small round shields, 90 cm (3 feet) in diameter.In the legion, the velites were attached to each maniple of hastati, principes and triarii. They usually formed up at the front of the legion before battle to harass the enemy with javelin throws and to prevent the enemy doing the same before retiring behind the lines to allow the heavier infantry to attack. In a pitched battle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitched_battle) the velites would form up at the front of the legion and cover the advance of the hastati, who were armed with swords, and were the first line of attack. If the hastati failed to break the enemy, they would fall back and let the principes, similarly equipped though more experienced infantry, take over. If the principes failed, they would retire behind the triarii, heavily armoured, spear armed legionaries and let them carry on.Scipio opened his veteran three line ranks giving the elephants a corridor to the rear where the Velites, their front skirmishing over with could deal with the problem...effectively truncating poor Hannible's shock and awe pachydermic threat...:woot: But among the ancients, the velites usually engaged them. They were young soldiers, lightly armed, active and very expert in throwing their missile weapons on horseback. These troops kept hovering round the elephants continually and killed them with large lances and javelins. Afterwards, the soldiers, as their apprehensions decreased, attacked them in a body and, throwing their javelins together, destroyed them by the multitude of wounds. Slingers with round stones from the fustibalus and sling killed both the men who guided the elephants and the soldiers who fought in the towers on their backs. This was found by experience to be the best and safest expedient. At other times on the approach of these beasts, the soldiers opened their ranks and let them pass through. When they got into the midst of the troops, who surrounded them on all sides, they were captured with their guards unhurt.
Large balistae, drawn on carriages by two horses or mules, should be placed in the rear of the line, so that when the elephants come within reach they may be transfixed with the darts. The balistae should be larger and the heads of the darts stronger and broader than usual, so that the darts may be thrown farther, with greater force and the wounds be proportioned to the bodies of the beasts. It was proper to describe these several methods and contrivances employed against elephants, so that it may be known on occasion in what manner to oppose those prodigious animals." Sounds like tank warfare without infantry support c. 202 BC! :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Two regular visitors come for the bird seed feeders.

http://i.imgur.com/WjrTkGL.jpg

[Delanski]

http://49.media.tumblr.com/9933c436cfaed1a4e2a3a649f3284697/tumblr_o45mhgUZiv1qzbj7zo1_500.gif

http://41.media.tumblr.com/e70cea6d36f49781478eb955db5f56be/tumblr_nd8yenEXNE1s80p8mo1_1280.jpg


Operation Redwing - Seminole at Enewetak Atoll 1956
http://41.media.tumblr.com/a6c2dea659067d7fdd7ed40b4b80d28d/tumblr_ml74hyUWK21s9xe8no1_540.jpghttp://40.media.tumblr.com/d7c695880c9bffe2d82ee04436124e48/tumblr_ml74hyUWK21s9xe8no2_540.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/z8uki0n.jpg

[fireftr18]

That's the first Spitfire I saw with a bubble canopy. When did the Spitfire get the bubble? I tried looking, but didn't find anything.

[Oberon]

The later marks, I believe that one is a Mk XVI, but basically it was a bit hit and miss which ones had a bubble canopy and which didn't. The Spiteful which was essentially a converted Mk XIV Spitfire had a bubble canopy, likewise the naval version the Seafang.
The Spiteful would have had more of a show but by the time it came into service the jet era was on us and prop aircraft were coming to an end. The Seafang, though, did act as a development aircraft for the Supermarine Attacker, the Fleet Air Arms first jet aircraft, and probably the jet aircraft with the briefest time in service, quickly being superseded by the superior Sea Hawk and Sea Venom.

[Jimbuna]

Can't better that response Jamie :salute:

[fumo30]

http://41.media.tumblr.com/e70cea6d36f49781478eb955db5f56be/tumblr_nd8yenEXNE1s80p8mo1_1280.jpg




Looks one of those "Merlin-Messerschmitts" Where is this picture taken?

[fumo30]

Saab J35 Draken

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/2/1/0267123.jpg

[fireftr18]

The later marks, I believe that one is a Mk XVI, but basically it was a bit hit and miss which ones had a bubble canopy and which didn't. The Spiteful which was essentially a converted Mk XIV Spitfire had a bubble canopy, likewise the naval version the Seafang.
The Spiteful would have had more of a show but by the time it came into service the jet era was on us and prop aircraft were coming to an end. The Seafang, though, did act as a development aircraft for the Supermarine Attacker, the Fleet Air Arms first jet aircraft, and probably the jet aircraft with the briefest time in service, quickly being superseded by the superior Sea Hawk and Sea Venom.

:Kaleun_Salute:

[tomfon]

http://i.imgur.com/X7ObkN7.jpg?1

[Jimbuna]

INDEED

http://i.imgur.com/eTX2ChZ.jpg

[Aktungbby]

^ When U want it done right!: eliminate the middleman (the aircraft):yeah: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Slim-pickens_riding-the-bomb_enh-lores.jpg

[eddie]

Sections of a Saturn V rocket leaving the plant to begin the journey to the Cape. As big as these sections are in this pic, it doesn't include the first stage,lol Puts it in perspective of just how big that rocket was!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/12805828_808300982613216_2569454978468382809_n_zps iv6tx5ly.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/12805828_808300982613216_2569454978468382809_n_zps iv6tx5ly.jpg.html)

[Oberon]

This is a cool pic, and you're probably going to see variations of it over the next 24 hours, well done Space-X!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfjGUQZUIAAgNJY.jpg:large

[Jimbuna]

Putting the meat on the table.
http://i.imgur.com/xz7s3o2.jpg

[fireftr18]

BU-U-U-U-URP

[Betonov]

http://i.imgur.com/NFA9hmv.jpg

[AndyJWest]

Interesting pics, Betonov - I seem to remember seeing something similar somewhere, in an article noting how the weight of footsoldiers kit has stayed more or less constant over the years.

One error though, the 1485 photo is wrongly labelled - it is most likely kit from the battle of Bosworth, during the Wars of the Roses. The English Civil Wars took place in 1642–1651 (on and off - historians often consider it three separate conflicts), and the battle of Naseby was one of the most significant.

[Oberon]

I dunno, I think the War of the Roses could definitely be considered a civil war, but it's not the most common name by which it is known so it would make more sense to have labelled it differently.

Ah, and Naseby, up there with Marston Moor as key moments in the war.

I need to track down Cromwell and watch it again sometime. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

"The Wooden Wonder"
http://i.imgur.com/6IukLyF.jpg

[Oberon]

Tank nightmare:

http://www.balakchiev.com/files/media/files/2cc9b44121f29a0c96b66f3c953916d6/IMG_1433-2.jpg

[Oberon]

Meanwhile in the Baltic Sea:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf8edRvXEAAjpNF.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf8edL1UkAAH8CW.jpg

The USS Donald Cook gets a close visit from a pair of Su-24s.


EDIT: Some video to go with the pictures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-pLgvJULOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deRj1umjM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkkCZwiENh8

EDIT EDIT: Also, apparently a Ka-27 came over to play as well just before the Su-24s showed up.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf81DwLUEAICVXq.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Almost as bad as her (USS Donald Cook) supposed/alleged experience in April 2014 whilst sailing in the Black Sea.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article185860.html

Just a coincidence it is the same ship? :hmm2:

[AVGWarhawk]

I think there is a lot of toying with each that goes on all the time.

[Jimbuna]

I think there is a lot of toying with each that goes on all the time.

Oh I agree but if the article I posted a link to above is accurate and true, the ship being rendered defenceless with all her systems going offline, that would be of great concern to the US military I should imagine.

[AndyJWest]

Oh I agree but if the article I posted a link to above is accurate and true, the ship being rendered defenceless with all her systems going offline, that would be of great concern to the US military I should imagine.

That's a rather big if. The source (Voltaire Network) was founded by Thierry Meyssan, best known for publishing all sorts of drivel about 9/11, along with other tinfoil-hattery.

[Jimbuna]

'If' being the word :yep:

[Mr Quatro]

Almost as bad as her (USS Donald Cook) supposed/alleged experience in April 2014 whilst sailing in the Black Sea.

http://www.voltairenet.org/article185860.html

Just a coincidence it is the same ship? :hmm2:

Oh I agree but if the article I posted a link to above is accurate and true, the ship being rendered defenceless with all her systems going offline, that would be of great concern to the US military I should imagine.

That's a rather big if. The source (Voltaire Network) was founded by Thierry Meyssan, best known for publishing all sorts of drivel about 9/11, along with other tinfoil-hattery.


'If' being the word :yep:

Thank you Jim for a good find on this real world problem, but the truth in the article is a bit of made up truth to sell papers or such. Also odd that it is the same ship and almost exactly two years apart too.

From what little I know knocking all systems off line is not practical in today's US Navy and if it was true it would have been fixed in the last two years. If they have such a system to knock out a Aegis Combat System it would have harmed all of the other sensors that control the functions of a ship.

So I doubt the article is any where near the truth, plus the garbage about the crew being traumized by this event is just too much:

According to some specialized media, 27 sailors from the USS Donald Cook requested to be relieved from active service.

[Jimbuna]

Thank you Jim for a good find on this real world problem, but the truth in the article is a bit of made up truth to sell papers or such. Also odd that it is the same ship and almost exactly two years apart too.

From what little I know knocking all systems off line is not practical in today's US Navy and if it was true it would have been fixed in the last two years. If they have such a system to knock out a Aegis Combat System it would have harmed all of the other sensors that control the functions of a ship.

So I doubt the article is any where near the truth, plus the garbage about the crew being traumized by this event is just too much:

Rgr that....just as I suspected/hoped :yep:

[Rockstar]

Whats so cool about this pic? I paddled today and I'm the kewlest.

http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa408/jky242/7b9b66fdacf5ef3f6036344024635fd6.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Sani Pass, South Africa
http://i.imgur.com/hLfqEHH.jpg

[Delanski]

These guys keeping it real. Barbie on HMAS Onslow
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca_-p3bWcAAjaZg.jpg

[Oberon]

Ha! Using the fore dive plane to shield the barbie, love it! :up:

[Aktungbby]

Whats so cool about this pic? I paddled today and I'm the kewlest.


U WERE THE KEWLEST!:D
http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/image%2021%201_zpswogxblwu.jpeg

[Jimbuna]

Ha! Using the fore dive plane to shield the barbie, love it! :up:

Only the Aussies would think of having a barbie whilst surfaced :)

[Oberon]

Only the Aussies would think of having a barbie whilst surfaced :)

Aye, though probably better than trying it while dived... :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Aye, though probably better than trying it while dived... :hmmm:

I doubt the shrimps would have objected :)

[Mr Quatro]

Always remember to wear protective apron when cooking sausages on surfaced submarine in your swim wear :o:hmmm::D

[Delanski]

I doubt the shrimps would have objected :) Prawns matey.

Always remember to wear protective apron when cooking sausages on surfaced submarine in your swim wear :o:hmmm::D Ehh we don't really use aprons anymore. Or protective clothing at all. Seen some people on motorbikes only wearing shorts, a singlet, thongs (flip flops for you Mericans) and a motorbike helmet. That's it.

http://i.imgur.com/XWlkyk1.gif
http://i.imgur.com/VetXx15.gif
http://i.imgur.com/oGKVk3y.gif

[Catfish]

London places now and during the 'Blitz', blended (13 pictures):

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotoprojekt-aus-london-bomben-truemmer-auf-den-strassen-fotostrecke-137094.html

[Mr Quatro]

My favorite plane after the P-38 and the A-4 and the F-18 and the new F-35 and any Martin seaplane lol

I can't figure out the tail art however due to this is a US Navy plane :hmmm:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a6/d1/ac/a6d1ac49153161f1fc74ea7f0c57154f.jpg

US Navy | Northrop F-5N Tiger II | VFC-13 "Saints"

[Aktungbby]

I can't figure out the tail art however due to this is a US Navy plane VFC-13, in particular, at Fallon Nevada provides adversary training for Navy, Marine Corps Active and Reserve fleet and replacement squadrons, carrier air wings and Marine aircraft groups. Several U.S. units use rising sun logos in their insignia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Flact_sasebo_insig.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/VFA-192insignia.PNG/120px-VFA-192insignia.PNG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Emblem_of_US_Army_Aviation_Battalion_Japan.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/14th_Fighter_Squadron.jpg/165px-14th_Fighter_Squadron.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:14th_Fighter_Squadron.jpg)<14th's helmet covers: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Joint_Helmet_Mounted_Cueing_System_with_Samurai_Wo od_Merchants_patch.JPG/1024px-Joint_Helmet_Mounted_Cueing_System_with_Samurai_Wo od_Merchants_patch.JPGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxrCFihqYs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxrCFihqYs)

[Jimbuna]

Ohio's Longaberger basket building.
http://i.imgur.com/jXTMyDe.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/AXURYCq.jpg

[Oberon]

VFC-13, in particular, at Fallon Nevada provides adversary training for Navy, Marine Corps Active and Reserve fleet and replacement squadrons, carrier air wings and Marine aircraft groups. Several U.S. units use rising sun logos in their insignia: <14th's helmet covers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxrCFihqYs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxrCFihqYs)

Technically it's VF/VFC-111 who has the 'Sundowners' insignia, but the title of VFC-111 has been passed around a fair bit, as you've said, at the moment it belongs to a subsection of VFC-13 based out of Key West. :03:

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/ew0jOMW.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Camera%20Wall_zps7p9eauly.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Camera%20Wall_zps7p9eauly.jpg.html)

[fireftr18]

http://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-crazy-looking-scooter-can-actually-blow-up-a-tank

[Jimbuna]

Some of those photos of amputees are truly amazing :cool:

[Oberon]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmJM-m4WEAAkfTf.jpg
The first delivery of a British F35 is welcomed to the UK

[eddie]

I've seen this pic several times over the years but haven't found any story behind it. Just a P 47 attacking a flak tower in Europe somewhere. As close as he is, I don't think he could have pulled up in time to miss it. Anyone know what happened to this aircraft?


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Untitled-design-4-11_zpsbygpmnaw.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/Untitled-design-4-11_zpsbygpmnaw.jpg.html)

[Oberon]

I think he'd probably have broken right looking at his attitude and approach there. It's most likely perspective tricking there.

Very cool pic though. :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

Actually the view is cropped: the picture perspective is thus thrown off. note the flacktower shadow from a steep 'noonish' sun angle without a corresponding one from the supposedly close strafing fighter. He's not that close; moreover his nose line from the eppenage (tail) to prop hub is decidedly up 10-15 degrees and he can roll right to boot. A footnote also considers: "The original caption identifies this tower as a "flak tower". However, it resembles more a normal French water tower. Also no guns are visible, leading to the conclusion that the original caption was a misprint." https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Republic_P-47_attacks_tower.jpg

[Oberon]

One for Jim

http://i.imgur.com/Q9a6jK5.jpg

[Jimbuna]

One for Jim



:yeah:

[Mr Quatro]

Cool sounds for plane lovers: https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=7bdoWZbvXps

[Fr8monkey]

https://images.washingtonpost.com/?url=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/files/2015/08/dscovrepicmoontransitfull-cropped2.gif&op=noop
Technically, that is the far side of the moon... if it was the dark side, it would be in shadow and you couldn't see it.

[Aktungbby]

Technically, that is the far side of the moon... if it was the dark side, it would be in shadow and you couldn't see it. MY bad but Technically people don't care:D as one of the top 25 alltime selling albums (and still making money in the latest reissue proves) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png1973's The Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd:arrgh!: With very kool album photo!

[u crank]

Computer Room.

http://i.imgur.com/guCwLij.jpg?1

[Torplexed]

And I thought thunderheads looked scary from the ground. :o

http://pyxis.homestead.com/storm-1.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Not sure which is more worrying when swimming offshore, this pussycat or a shark.

http://i.imgur.com/hyW5Ocz.jpg

[Fr8monkey]

IS that the rare Bengal Tigershark?

[Lionclaw]

Two regular visitors come for the bird seed feeders.

Nice photo! :up:

Eurasian collared dove.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_collared_dove

They're called "Turkduva" here. Last time I saw one was a couple of years ago. :)

[Oberon]

It's been a while, but the Ostwind has returned!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cprh4ecWAAEUFJC.jpg:large

Compared to:

http://i.imgur.com/k1N5HYt.jpg

[Jimbuna]

You know, I've been to Bovington on three separate occasions (the last time over 30 years ago) and I don't recall seeing an Ostwind there :hmm2:

Your photo Jamie, reminded me of the fact.

[Oberon]

You know, I've been to Bovington on three separate occasions (the last time over 30 years ago) and I don't recall seeing an Ostwind there :hmm2:

Your photo Jamie, reminded me of the fact.

Sadly AFAIK there are none preserved, there's only one Wirbelwind and that's at CFB Borden in Ontario, Canada, and only a turret exists of a Kugelblitz. I guess SPAAGs were not a high priority for preservation at wars end. :nope:

[Jimbuna]

Bit of a shame (regarding preservation) but you're probably correct :yep:

[Aktungbby]

Sadly AFAIK there are none preserved, there's only one Wirbelwind and that's at CFB Borden in Ontario, Canada, and only a turret exists of a Kugelblitz. I guess SPAAGs were not a high priority for preservation at wars end. :nope: nonsense!:O: http://wiki.warthunder.com/images/thumb/c/ce/Kugelblitz.jpg/800px-Kugelblitz.jpg (http://wiki.warthunder.com/images/c/ce/Kugelblitz.jpg)https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Kugelblitz.jpg/1024px-Kugelblitz.jpgturret photo: http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzer_IV_variants.pdf (http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzer_IV_variants.pdf) 37th photo down = Kugelblitz turret. just for fun: http://www.massimocorner.com/afv/Surviving_ZSU-57-2.pdf

[Jimbuna]

One of my favourites from Bovington with another in the background.

http://i.imgur.com/MiqrUU5.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

It's not just a cool picture, but a cool video: https://vimeo.com/5645171

August 14th, 1945

[Jimbuna]

This has to be Photoshopped surely?

http://i.imgur.com/srjQs1s.jpg

[Catfish]

^ If it would be an Astute class sub before the Isle of Skye.. :hmmm:
but since it's a Virginia class one it has to be photoshopped :O:

Surely photoshopped.

[Oberon]

Well, most waves break quite close to shore, hence surfers, and if a submarine was that close to shore then it would be in deep trouble, and if that wave had broken like that it would have washed the entire boat onto the beach...and I think that would have made global media...so, in conclusion...

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x145/starrarte/macros/this-looks-shopped-i-can-tell-from-.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Thanks chaps, I suspected as much but sometimes one cannot tell with a high degree of certainty.

[Mr Quatro]

Reminder of seasonal changes :yep:

http://www.christianforums.com/media/72.54119/full?d=1471250460

[Aktungbby]

In looking up 'bombs bursting in air (in honor of the day FT McHenry/Baltimore-wise:Kaleun_Salute:)...this gem:http://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/slow-motion-lightning.gifATTN :subsim:Golfers: do not B in the middle of a back swing. You'll surely take a 'Mulligan'! http://golf.swingbyswing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Lightening_Caddyshack2.gif (http://golf.swingbyswing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Lightening_Caddyshack2.gif) As a service to our 'duffers', check this prior to T-off time: http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php (http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php) anywhere-any time: Network for Lightning and Thunderstorms in Real Time

[Mr Quatro]

This is for a tank interior, but I think it would make a great mini-sub too :up:


https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18j24c4mcu05wjpg.jpg


Concept art for the inside of a tank found in a level of Modern Warfare

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/YmAGkhm.jpg

[eddie]

Interesting pic comparing the size of the Earth to the Sun.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Earth%20and%20sun_zpsj5kqzup4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/Earth%20and%20sun_zpsj5kqzup4.jpg.html)

[Mr Quatro]

Interesting pic comparing the size of the Earth to the Sun.

That's what the burning lake of fire looks like ... St Peter said, "When that day comes, the skies will be destroyed with fire, and everything in them will melt with heat".

[Aktungbby]

Just so U R clear on the the concept when the sun becomes a red giant, expands, and the soothing water in your pool evaporates: http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/heic1603a-640x435-640x432.jpghttp://futurism.com/heres-what-it-will-look-like-when-the-sun-becomes-a-red-giant-earth-burns-video/ (http://futurism.com/heres-what-it-will-look-like-when-the-sun-becomes-a-red-giant-earth-burns-video/) :O: not sure if this qualifies under 'cool' pics!:oops:

[Oberon]

This is for a tank interior, but I think it would make a great mini-sub too :up:


https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/18j24c4mcu05wjpg.jpg


Concept art for the inside of a tank found in a level of Modern Warfare

Looks like the interior of an Abrams, gunner on the right, loader on the left, and Commander behind the gunner. Usually accompanyed with the loud whine of the hydraulic systems and slightly quieter whine of the turbine.

[Jimbuna]

The old girl still looks menacing in her old age.

http://i.imgur.com/gPjszXc.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Still the classic-over NAM: https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/B-52D.jpgand 55 years later: over England at Exercise NOBLE JUSTIFICATION... deployed to RAF Fairford, U.K. (https://theaviationist.com/2014/06/08/b-2-have-deployed-uk/) :yeah:https://theaviationist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/RNlAF-F-16-intercept-B-52-2.jpgShoulda' been named Operation NUTTIN' GOOD' GOES OUTTA STYLE!:salute:

[Karle94]

Interesting pic comparing the size of the Earth to the Sun.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Thony/Earth%20and%20sun_zpsj5kqzup4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Thony/media/Earth%20and%20sun_zpsj5kqzup4.jpg.html)

That is nothing. Compare the sun to VY Canis Majoris:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg/2000px-Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg.png

And this one might surprise you:

https://educationandisasters.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/ae9hbu1.jpg

[Oberon]

Shoulda' been named Operation NUTTIN' GOOD' GOES OUTTA STYLE!:salute:

Indeed so.

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Martin-B-57F-First-Flight-2013.jpg

[Catfish]

Spot the Vulcan..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Avro%20Vulcan%20B2%20XM571%20No%2035%20Squadron_zp suui94dbs.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Avro%20Vulcan%20B2%20XM571%20No%2035%20Squadron_zp suui94dbs.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

Spot the Vulcan..


http://images.radiotimes.com/namedimage/William_Shatner_used_all_those_Spock_selfies_to_cr eate_an_incredible_Leonard_Nimoy_tribute.jpg?quali ty=85&mode=crop&width=620&height=374&404=tv&url=/uploads/images/original/82724.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Spot the Vulcan..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Avro%20Vulcan%20B2%20XM571%20No%2035%20Squadron_zp suui94dbs.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Avro%20Vulcan%20B2%20XM571%20No%2035%20Squadron_zp suui94dbs.jpg.html)

Most effective camouflage :yep:

[Jimbuna]

The Harrier, Jaguar and Tornado in the same winter livery from RAF Buna.

http://i.imgur.com/XRoY4or.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gi1xsCZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VMJEoW8.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Works on drones too ...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/57/5c/77/575c774be62ea883f42aa9b663ad4496.jpg

Russian unmanned Aileron-3SV. Eerily similar to the Nazi Germany Horten 229 which was decades ahead of its time

[Jimbuna]

Sorry, forgot to include the egg whisk.

http://i.imgur.com/ENIqZwd.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3xeMoVH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2OIsexh.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

2017 HUMMER HX concept

http://carswallpaperhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2017-HUMMER-HX-concept-wallpaper-680x425.jpg

[Catfish]

^^ nice models, with the winter camouflage! :)

[Jimbuna]

^^ nice models, with the winter camouflage! :)

Cheers, I was reminded over on the aviation forum on FB about an hour ago that I had forgotten to include the 'brick' :doh:

http://i.imgur.com/34soCWP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/neQEofY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/t2BSf84.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/c0/4c/a5c04c3b69297d904cbd7595dd225ad8.jpg
86' foot Jim Smith boat (I think that means he is the mfg)

I would like one of these to go fishing on :up:

[Aktungbby]

Your old camera just became...redundant!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FoJx51keVE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FoJx51keVE)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9senPdCkY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ9senPdCkY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlBQcalIEaU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlBQcalIEaU)

[Jimbuna]

Something I've never seen before....an alligator eating one of its kind.

http://i.imgur.com/5auVL8j.png

[Aktungbby]

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/45/56/54/9890589/3/1024x1024.jpgSolar Impulser II flies over SF! http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Solar-plane-aims-for-Bay-Area-stop-on-trip-around-7305698.php#photo-9890589 (http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Solar-plane-aims-for-Bay-Area-stop-on-trip-around-7305698.php#photo-9890589) Even Cooler imho:http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/56/53/9890508/3/1024x1024.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Based on the iconic Mercedes-Benz Unimog, this go anywhere monster is packed with a 6-cylinder turbo diesel engine pumping out 260 horsepower along with 700 ft-lb of torque through the 8-speed transmission to tackle any terrain.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/38/18/35/381835574eec87f2fe5e78c5c9051099.jpg

[August]

Based on the iconic Mercedes-Benz Unimog, this go anywhere monster is packed with a 6-cylinder turbo diesel engine pumping out 260 horsepower along with 700 ft-lb of torque through the 8-speed transmission to tackle any terrain.

I'd bet I could get that behemoth stuck real good.

[Delanski]

http://68.media.tumblr.com/a0f604c7df1a19ac84902b56824dc814/tumblr_o6go0jiYbX1r94kvzo1_1280.jpg
Late Cold War, two American F-15 fighters (foreground) are scrambled to intercept a couple of soviet MiG-29 fighters, somewhere near Alaska.

[Tycho]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B67rYpfCQAA0pzX.jpg

[eddie]

A colorized photo of a Hellcat, after it had crashed through the barrier when landing.

http://s19.postimg.org/bjy6c7gw3/16300177_1116114851851639_3418988595639999975_o.jp g (http://postimg.org/image/7atga1dmn/full/)
uploading pictures (http://postimage.org/)

And a black and white photo showing the pilot escaping from it. Sadly a few weeks later, he would lose his life after being shot down by a Japanese fighter.

http://s19.postimg.org/57j12ddtv/16299638_1116116448518146_2756085133439324759_o.jp g (http://postimg.org/image/uqbdfdxdr/full/)
image free hosting (http://postimage.org/)

Looks more vivid in color!

[Oberon]

No option to dump fuel in Hellcats I take it? Come to think of it...I can't think of many aircraft in that era which had that option.

[eddie]

Don't know that much about a Hellcat to say they could Oberon.

[Aktungbby]

http://www.woahworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Water-24-1024x768.jpgThis 30,000-acre U.S. National Wildlife Refuge located on the southern end of San Francisco Bay features impressive salt evaporation ponds that can take on pretty much any color of the rainbow.

[Oberon]

Sure that's not Flints water supply network? :hmmm: :03:

[Aktungbby]

Very sure!:know: In the '70's I did a 'touch and go' in a Cessna 150(no usual 172 available that day) http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/SkySailing_CA_diagram.jpg adjacent to (& low and slow over) the salt evaporators just north of San José International Airport. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/SkySailing_CA_79-86_gliders.jpg . http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanJose_htm_m7bc4dcbd.jpghttp://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanJose.htm#fremont (http://www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanJose.htm#fremont) I was in my twenties: In my risky Chasseur des gonflé period till a near-collision at 100' at an uncontrolled airfield initiated by my instructor prudently ended my aerial adventures :dead: in favor of riskier 24/7 sleeper-team long-haul truckin':()1:....also outta San José! :yeah:

[Oberon]

A collection of very interesting and rather harrowing pictures taken by Soviet forces during the Battle for Berlin, I haven't seen many of these, needless to say there some NSFW in there, corpses and the like...it was a terrible battle and some of these pictures show that well:

http://imgur.com/a/uKkb9

[Jimbuna]

^ Some crackin stuff there Jamie....thanks for sharing :up:

[Schroeder]

Impressive. I wonder what the British WWI tank did there. My best guess is that it was taken from a museum as a last ditch effort to stop the Soviets but it's pretty strange nonetheless.:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Impressive. I wonder what the British WWI tank did there. My best guess is that it was taken from a museum as a last ditch effort to stop the Soviets but it's pretty strange nonetheless.:hmmm:

That was one of my initial thoughts also :)

[Oberon]

Impressive. I wonder what the British WWI tank did there. My best guess is that it was taken from a museum as a last ditch effort to stop the Soviets but it's pretty strange nonetheless.:hmmm:

That was one of my initial thoughts also :)

You're both in good company, when I sent this to Raptor he said the same thing and did a little research. Apparently it was taken from a Soviet monument at Smolensk during Barbarossa (It was captured by the Soviets during the civil war) then put on display at the Lustgarden along with other militaria. Whether it was actually used during the Battle for Berlin is not so sure, it could have been used as an MG nest (it's a Female Mark V) or an artillery tractor or both. Also unknown is its fate, whether it was cut up for scrap or disappeared off into the Soviet Union.

[Tango589]

Any idea what's being written on the shells in pics 3/4?

[Oberon]

Any idea what's being written on the shells in pics 3/4?

"For Hitler"
"For Berlin"
"For Reichstag"

[Aktungbby]

http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/MK_V/Mk_V.htm (http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/MK_V/Mk_V.htm) The last known use of the Mk V in battle was by units of the Red Army during the defence of Tallinn against German forces in August 1941. The four Mk Vs previously operated by Estonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_V_Composite_tank_in_Estonian_service) were used as dug-in fortifications. It is believed that they were subsequently scrapped.
In 1945, Allied troops came across two badly damaged Mk V tanks in Berlin. Photographic evidence indicates that these were survivors of the Russian Civil War and had previously been displayed as a monument in Smolensk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk), Russia, before being brought to Berlin after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Accounts of their active involvement in the Battle of Berlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin) have not been verified. (not quite so from another source.[QUOTE] Sometimes I wonder if it was a dream” he muses recalling that fateful flight. The last time he and Navigator George Compton saw each other prior to this meeting they were bailing out of a burning B-17 over Berlin. Compton was suffering extensive injuries that included the loss of an eye. Schrimsher came away almost unscratched. Bombardier James Conway also escaped unhurt. Shells were literally exploding within feet of him and bullets were whizzing every which way and yet he was not touched. He parachuted and was captured by what looked to him like a group of Hitler Youth. They stripped him of his outer flight suit but left him wearing his (no longer) electrically heated flight suit. He was then loaded on a turretless World War One tank for a trip thru Berlin's streets."
"There I am standing in this old tank in this bright blue suit going through the Berlin suburbs.” He had become a war trophy So one at least was utilized and mobile enough for POW transport!??
My gueß is they ( the 2 stolen In Barbarossa from Smolensk were in Berlin at war's end) were not repatriated back to Russia. Pic on one shows a lot of battle damage.http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/uk/MK_V/MK_V_03.jpg They stole everything from musums much less their own monuments; A female Mark V is on display at Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk since 1938:http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ww1-archangel-mkIV.jpg http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ww1-red-army-mark-V-female-tank.html (http://tank-photographs.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ww1-red-army-mark-V-female-tank.html) http://i.imgur.com/XLMyX7K.jpg

[Jimbuna]

This flak tower also caught my attention

https://warisboring.com/hitlers-flak-towers-were-anti-aircraft-castles-4da8c423b725#.9jztxzphr

http://i.imgur.com/OPZqndI.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16729274_10212268715417859_6248520047111357218_n.j pg?oh=6ac701bd270a3cc82aa1e763c80e127f&oe=59430690

[Oberon]

That must be one cold pilot to have the cockpit open at that altitude! :haha:

[Oberon]

A collection of pictures of Operation Citadel, some NSFW:

http://imgur.com/a/GZbvp#SI5H88u

[Jimbuna]

Thanks for sharing Jamie :up:

[Aktungbby]

http://i.imgur.com/vihz5A6.jpgThe guy on the left has 'second thoughts'...:03: http://i.imgur.com/Bu6T4rA.jpg
The Elefant (German (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language) for "elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_destroyer) used by German Wehrmacht (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht)Panzerjäger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerj%C3%A4ger) during World War II. It was built in small numbers in 1943 under the name Ferdinand after its designer Ferdinand Porsche (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Porsche), using tank hulls that had been produced for the Tiger I (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I) tank requirement which was rejected in favour of a Henschel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel_%26_Sohn) design.
In 1944, after modification of the existing vehicles, they were renamed Elefant. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger (P) and the ordnance inventory designation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sd.Kfz._designations) was Sd. Kfz. 184. First used (89)at Kursk in Citadel only two survived WWII-an easy target for swarming infantry and mines and too heavy for combat recovery vehicles to salvage : It was announced in 2016 that the Fort Lee Elefant would be loaned to the Bovington Tank Museum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovington_Tank_Museum) in Dorset, UK. The vehicle will be displayed as part of the museum's "Tiger Collection" display from April 2017. This display aims to bring all the members of the Tiger family together in one place for the first time. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg/300px-Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elefant_USAOM-01.jpg):yeah:

[Oberon]

The guy on the left has 'second thoughts'...

I believe that's General Hoth, and I would not be at all surprised if he did have second thoughts by the time of Kursk considering the kicking that the 3rd Panzer Group got in the retreat of '41.

[Schroeder]

@Aktungbby

It's Porsche not Porsch. The "e" at the name's end isn't silent.:03:

[Oberon]

One for Jim, what a Banana looks like from a sub periscope:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4tmesvW8AQTB0P.jpg

[Jimbuna]

One for Jim, what a Banana looks like from a sub periscope:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4tmesvW8AQTB0P.jpg

Never seen that one before so I'll post it over on the crazy gangs site, TA!! :up:

[Oberon]

Continuing on with the WWII pics, the Death of the 6th Army at Stalingrad part 1:

http://imgur.com/a/moUBT#LKwPQaM

And also the place where most of these have come from:

https://www.reddit.com/r/wwiipics/

[Jimbuna]

That first picture says so much :yep:

[Mr Quatro]

For Homeland Security men that have to wait for new ATM's to be installed or to make a run to the store in stormy weather :yep:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/9c/85/ec/9c85ec7a0189c85692771433889f1270.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Good thread, tag added: pics, pictures to make it easier to dig up.

Neal

Thanks for bumping this Neal, I'd seen some pics on twitter over the past few weeks that could do with being put in here. So I shall do so. :up: Also, thanks for the tags :salute:


You're welcome. I am trying to find our YouTube thread, with no success. I realized we need to use tags for threads like these to make them easier to find (by using the search tag function).

My favorite ... it's almost like being there

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8B8y1YIYAAsYIs.jpg:large

anyone else have favorites out of this thread?

[Jimbuna]

One for Jim, what a Banana looks like from a sub periscope:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4tmesvW8AQTB0P.jpg

Possibly my favourite.

[Mr Quatro]

Perfect for me:

http://techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/airstream-nest-has-a-kitchen-work-area-bed-and-is-literally-a-tiny-home-on-wheels


http://media.techeblog.com/images/airstream-nest-trailer-caravan.jpg

Airstream recently acquired Nest Caravans and their latest model is definitely no slouch. This tiny home on wheels features a two-tone paint job, all-LED exterior lighting, BAL stabilizing jacks, and frameless windows. Inside, there's a kitchenette set with stainless steel appliances, work area / dining space, queen-sized bed, dimmable switches and even an entertainment center. Despite measuring just 16-feet in length, it can hold up to 20 gallons of potable water.

[Mr Quatro]

You Won’t Believe How Accurate GE’s New CT Scanner Is

http://canyouactually.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/PPmINH1.jpg

[Méo]

You Won’t Believe How Accurate GE’s New CT Scanner Is

Yep, pretty cool! :up:

[Dowly]

Finnish Border Guards 5th Intervention Unit:
http://i.imgur.com/jRf7AJkl.jpg (https://imgur.com/jRf7AJk)

[Schroeder]

^Does Finland allow to wear Burkas in public?:O:

:D
Seriously, cool picture.

[Mr Quatro]

Shipping container recording studio

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fa/1c/dd/fa1cdd478431b0095c21ad6d63dd8dfb.jpg

[Dowly]

Lapland's Saana mountain lit up in blue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland's independence.
https://i.redd.it/7tpmfj7bhx101.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Finnish Border Guards 5th Intervention Unit:
http://i.imgur.com/jRf7AJkl.jpg (https://imgur.com/jRf7AJk)

You think we could borrow some of those guys to place on the Rio Grande? :hmmm: (Oops, no intention of politicizing this thread, just for a laugh)

Lapland's Saana mountain lit up in blue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Finland's independence.
https://i.redd.it/7tpmfj7bhx101.jpg

Awesome, they should keep it like that :up:

[Dowly]

You think we could borrow some of those guys to place on the Rio Grande? :hmmm: (Oops, no intention of politicizing this thread, just for a laugh)I think our laws on the use of our military in foreign countries might have something to say to that. :O:

Besides, the rumour is that they are still trying to find their way out of that yard. (Latest is that they are to be supplied with white canes)

[Dowly]

Flyover of 15 FAF F/A-18 Hornets in Kuopio this Wednesday.
https://i.imgur.com/vJtN53e.jpg

One Hornet was on display at the marketplace (among other military hardware):
http://i.imgur.com/E01EdgAm.jpg (https://imgur.com/E01EdgA)

[u crank]

Pulled into driveway yesterday evening and looked down before shutting off engine. :rock:

https://i.imgur.com/eSCxatQ.jpg?1

[Aktungbby]

^assuming an average speed of 60 mph....that's 2000 hours behind the wheel! or 83.3 days!!! :k_confused: Considering both my '05 Corolla and '86 Camry have 236,000 and 247,000 respectively, that's a lot of time on one's backside. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Schroeder]

^Those are kilometers not miles. There aren't many places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

[u crank]

^Those are kilometers not miles. There aren't many places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

Oh Canada! :har:

[Jimbuna]

^Those are kilometers not miles. There aren't many places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

The UK :smug:

[Aktungbby]

Pulled into driveway yesterday evening and looked down before shutting off engine. :rock:



^Those are kilometers not miles. There aren't many places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

Oh Canada! :har:
How it's supposed to look! Especially with the A & B trip mileage odometer which is how I get paid...by the mile! Driving at night, the red is especially soothing to 66 year old eyes. I wish the seat was as good to my 66 year old ass!!:doh: :O: https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/toyota/corolla/2005/evox/2005_toyota_corolla_sedan_xrs_ip_evox_1_600.jpg
Fortunately mine is a stick drive and driving for me is a pleasure; I understand the 2018 Corolla is still available with a manual transmission: the old sleeper-team trucker in me dies hard! Oh California!:yeah:

[Catfish]

Driving at night, the red is especially soothing to 66 year old eyes. I wish the seat was as good to my 66 year old ass!!:doh: :O

You should buy an older Citroen CX, XM or Xantia. Best suspension of all :up:
(Xantia is best regarding longevity and fuzz-free driving)

[Schroeder]

You should buy an older Citroen CX, XM or Xantia. Best suspension of all :up:
(Xantia is best regarding longevity and fuzz-free driving)
I don't think I've ever seen a Citroen in the US.:hmmm:

[u crank]

I don't think I've ever seen a Citroen in the US.:hmmm:

I have seen a few here in Canada but they are rare.

[Schroeder]

The UK :smug:
OK, let me rephrase that: There aren't many civilized places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

:D

[Jimbuna]

OK, let me rephrase that: There aren't many civilized places outside the US that still use the imperial system.:O:

:D

https://i.imgur.com/tHRqMm7.gif

[Mr Quatro]

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/bf/16/1a/bf161a2906c4a89ff9142200b2cac281.jpg

[u crank]

Spent last night in a motel in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec with wife and son. Coming home after a week in Ontario for Christmas. Got an early start this morning and took this.

https://i.imgur.com/lFGzk95.jpg?1

For you American chaps.. -22F. :D

Gives a new meaning to 'cool pics'.

[Catfish]

Gives a new meaning to 'cool pics'.

^ :haha: true

Steering wheel heating? How decadent :hmph:

[u crank]

Steering wheel heating? How decadent :hmph:

My sons' Dodge Journey. Kids these days. Wimps. :O:

[Catfish]

For Aktung's back.. Citroen Xantia 3 litre V6 vs. Porsche :03:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FzoeuCVb3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpK_gib5PoU


We won an oldtimer rallye with a Citroen SM in 2017, against Porsche and a Ferrari. No one expects a Citroen..

[Mr Quatro]

^ :haha: true

Steering wheel heating? How decadent :hmph:

He keeps his fanny warm too ... probably has a remote starter even I bet :D

[Catfish]

He keeps his fanny warm too ... probably has a remote starter even I bet :D

I don't. Mine went haywire yesterday :haha:

[Mr Quatro]

https://cdn1.blovcdn.com/bloglovin/aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnVuY3JhdGUuY29tJTJGYXNzZXRzX2MlMk YyMDE2JTJGMDIlMkZzaGVycC1hdHYtMS1jcm9wcGVkLXRodW1i LTc2OHg1MTItNjAzODAuanBn?checksum=8bb59862fba9a2f6 4083fea9f2e95d79f83c38b2&format=j


This Russian-made, adult-sized Tonka truck... is the Sherp ATV.

[Méo]

My dream boat, the Neel 65. :sunny:

https://www.multihullsolutions.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/NEEL65-sailing-13.jpg

http://www.ventecatamaranmediterranee.com/uploads/images/catalog_src/trimaran-neel-65_src_1.jpg

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/resize/1/84/46/5768446_20160407110841909_1_XLARGE.jpg?f=/1/84/46/5768446_20160407110841909_1_XLARGE.jpg&w=924&h=693&t=1460030922000

http://norpol-yachting.pl/upload/oferta/galeria/800_21072015001235Neel_65_float_cabin.jpg

[Jimbuna]

My dream boat, the Neel 65. :sunny:



A lot would depend on who you were sharing the bed with :03:

[Mr Quatro]

A lot would depend on who you were sharing the bed with :03:

Nice boat, but after a few years at dock side and week-ends at sea you will be sharing the berth with mildew.

Trimarans and catamarans have a huge problem Méo you have to stay on top of the situation at all times.
Someone on the helm that knows what they are doing and for heavens sake don't test the boats limits :o

but as long as it is a dream ... dream big for a Swan 115' top of the line sailboat with not only two helms, but two rudders also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOS6kP5P4m8

[Aktungbby]

A lot would depend on who you were sharing the bed with :03: In the British navy that concept is....suspect! :O:

A disgruntled Admiral indignantly told Churchill(First Lord of the Admiralty) he was scuttling the tradition of the Royal Navy. Gretton wrote that Churchill answered:
“Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, buggery and the lash.” Langworth says that Montague-Browne personally told him that he had asked Churchill about the quote.
According to Montague-Browne, Churchill responded: “I never said it. I wish I had.” :yeah:

[Méo]

A lot would depend on who you were sharing the bed with :03:
:Kaleun_Wink:

Trimarans and catamarans have a huge problem Méo you have to stay on top of the situation at all times.

It seem to have a radio connected with the inside cockpit. I admit that it can be tricky at times but on the other hand you got a way better view.

but as long as it is a dream ... dream big for a Swan 115' top of the line sailboat with not only two helms, but two rudders also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOS6kP5P4m8

This is for sure a magnificent ship!

But my father has a 45' schooner and I never really enjoyed any ride on it. The lean on monohulls can be so intense at times (as shown at 0:30 of your video link) that, on long rides, everything becomes so annoying... you can hardly sleep, barely eat, etc.

The best thing you can do is to sit on borders like at 1:29 of this video (but again imagine doing this for a long time...:zzz:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufM2BiiWCgU&list=PLylKZEWDXJfxdtxAHrZHDPGL654Xu3DHj

Neel trimarans are supposed to be very stable, plus trimarans are the fastest sailing ship class.

[Mr Quatro]

Apple’s New Campus sorry I don't know how to down size it: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/

https://i.imgur.com/loPnahO.jpg

[Mr Quatro]

Better picture of Apple's new offices ... looks like a space ship.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/29/03/3FB6425C00000578-0-image-a-67_1493434244732.jpg

[Jimbuna]

^
^
Downsized it for you :salute:

[Méo]

Better picture of Apple's new offices ... looks like a space ship.

Nice!

I'd be curious to see what the interior looks like :hmmm:

[GoldenRivet]

Spent last night in a motel in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec with wife and son. Coming home after a week in Ontario for Christmas. Got an early start this morning and took this.

https://i.imgur.com/lFGzk95.jpg?1

For you American chaps.. -22F. :D

Gives a new meaning to 'cool pics'.

looks like we have the same favorite stations :up:

[u crank]

looks like we have the same favorite stations :up:

That would be my son who I believe is the same age as you, 38. I trained him well.:D:rock:

[Mr Quatro]

Nice!

I'd be curious to see what the interior looks like :hmmm:

They say the building has a lot of glass walls and that the employees keep running into the walls :o

plus I just found out that the building cost $5 billion dollars, wow!

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/people-are-walking-into-glass-at-the-new-apple-headquarters-2018-02-15

Silicon Valley is known for moving fast and breaking things, but Apple Inc. may want its employees to slow down in order to not break themselves or the company’s new $5 billion headquarters.

According to documents and sources, Apple AAPL, -0.32% has run into a problem at Apple Park: Because so much of the interior is made from glass — the walls and doors, for example — people are walking into the panes, sometimes painfully.

[Dowly]

(Clicky for larger image)
http://i.imgur.com/oxQBYigl.jpg (https://imgur.com/oxQBYig)

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows Supernova 1987A within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy to our Milky Way.

Distant stars serve as a backdrop for Supernova 1987A, located in the center of the image. The bright ring around the central region of the exploded star is composed of material ejected by the star about 20,000 years before its demise. Gaseous clouds surround the supernova. The clouds' red color represents the glow of hydrogen gas, which is fueling a firestorm of star birth.

Supernova 1987A was discovered in 1987, and Hubble began observing the exploded star in the early 1990s. This latest view was taken by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in January 2017. The colors of the foreground and background stars were added from observations taken by Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.

Supernova 1987A resides 163,000 light-years away.

[Mr Quatro]

https://www.autonomous.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Hyundai-Kite-Concept-6-1038x576.jpg

Hyundai's electric Kite concept allegedly transforms from dune buggy to jet ski

https://www.autonomous.gr/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Hyundai-Kite-Concept-3.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Look out for it in the next Bond movie :O:

[Dowly]

Finnish military uniform WW2 vs. modern
https://i.imgur.com/kRve0tu.jpg
Taken in 2016 during the filming of the 2017 remake of 'The Unknown Soldier'. The guy on the left is actor Samuli Vauramo portraying Lieutenant Lammio. On the right is Finnish Navy vice admiral Kari Takanen.