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17-04-2008, 10:07 AM
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| Ostfront is where its at!   Join Date: Apr 2004
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 | Junkers G38 This was the largest land-based plane in the world in the 1930's and here is footage of it via Youtube: YouTube - Junkers G38 Airliner Another interesting aircraft design of the 30's. I am starting to have my aircraft interest rekindled by designs such as this! Here's another site with piccies: Junkers G 38
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) Last edited by Gotthard Heinrici; 17-04-2008 at 11:38 AM. Reason: Dont want to post links in individual threads |
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17-04-2008, 10:25 AM
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| I Like Tanks.   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion.
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| That made me look at large planes in general, I had no idea the Spruce Goose was still with us (Not that I know much about the aviation world!). Never heard of this big beast either: YouTube - Mars Flying Boats Though I have seen that massive Antonov take off, and frankly it just shouldn't be able to  :YouTube - THE WORLDS BIGGEST PLANES!!
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17-04-2008, 11:32 AM
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| Here's another page showing some more pictures of the G38 and some technical info too. Great picture of it near a Zeppelin! EADS N.V. - Junkers G 38
__________________ "The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse." - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino) |
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16-05-2008, 11:43 PM
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| So you hear voices too?   Join Date: Feb 2006
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| Adam, do you mean these? Still flying  Flying Tankers inc. - the largest flying boats ever flown operationally
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17-05-2008, 07:47 AM
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| Angels one-five  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time
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| Check this beauty out. YouTube - Me-323 Gigant
__________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. We had a squadron commander who believed in the head-on attack. 'The next raid we go up to intercept, we will do a head-on attack,' he said. So he attacked an Me 110 head-on and I'm afraid Jerry got the better of him and all we found of him was his shirt! Flying Officer Harold Bird-Wilson, 17 Squadron.  |
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