Jim-Pops wrote:
Nice photo. Sharp image with a beautiful bokeh background. For what it's worth, I'm not a true believer in the rule of thirds.
Me too... Most of the time.
Doesn't that cockpit look comfy?
Really great photos, Tom, as always. The P-51 has long been my favorite aircraft of WW II. Last time I mentioned them here, I learned something I did not know. I have read thet the P-40 was inferior to the Zero in many ways, but the skill of the AVG pilots made the difference. A great read about the 'Flying Tigers' is "God is My Copilot" By Col. Robert L. Scott.
Great, and fortuitous juxtaposition.
Ellen101 wrote:
I take my Nikon camera and cell phone everywhere. I often run into what I think might be a good shot. I always ask permision to take someone's picture.
Here is what I am now dealing with: Recenty two older women ( ages 81 ans 92) asked me to take their photos for a project they were doing. I replied "Sure", They came to my home where i have some plain background set ups.
The shoot went well. They wanted themselves in a very close up pose cheek to cheek.
One of them came with me to get it printed. She was very happy with way it prints came out. She framed it herself and put it on display at our City Hall Art Gallery. The other lady is now very angry with me for making her look old.
She is 92 and does have some lines on her face. Now she is ending our friendship,
I did tell these women that I do not do much photo shop stuff except cropping. The 81 year old is OK with the photo.
What can I do ?
we know most people are NOT satisfied with the way they look in photos.
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When I had my studio, I made it a point to never photograph weddings, etc. for friends or family. Clients might sue you. I had insurance for that. Not prepared for loss of a friend. Being a curmudgeon, I don't have that many friends to spare. Especially not wanting to cast a pall over family gatherings if something should happen to a family member's special day.
dennis2146 wrote:
BULLS**T!!!!! The facts then are the Biden family DID receive a combined MILLIONS of dollars from C*******t China. You do know and accept that FACT don't you? If so then you tell me/us exactly why China paid that money to the Biden family. Surely the Biden family or at least H****r and his daddy Biden did something to earn that money, RIGHT?
Why do you think Burisma hired H****r B***n to be on their board of directors? Any idea at all? Why did a company in China hire H****r B***n to be on their board of directors? Any idea? H****r B***n was an i***t living off daddy's name. He was/IS a drug addict with no known useful employment and yet travels the globe spending millions of dollars that people just give him. Why would they do that? Any idea.
Looks to me lil denny you should wake the hell up and take a good look around at the s**t you openly support. Telling us you don't know what is going on isn't a good look for you.
Dennis
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Perhaps he has a lot of charisma.
DennyT wrote:
And that hasn’t happened that I have seen , has it ?
Not likely to with Biden and his puppeteers in control of the federal government
It is when daddy gets a cut of the proceeds for allowing it. I think it's called criminal conspiracy.
Racmanaz wrote:
So you can’t answer the questions?
Obviously not. Unless... He doesn't want to answer because it will damaging to the Moron-in-Chief.
Curmudgeon wrote:
From the The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
The Mustang was the only fighter with the range to effectively escort Superfortress bombers on their raids over Japan. However, the combat record of the Mustang in this theater was not nearly as outstanding as in the European theater. In return for destroying 221 Japanese aircraft, the Mustangs suffered 114 combat losses, 43 operational losses, and 107 lost pilots. Given the toughness of the Superfortresses and the weakness of Japanese air defenses at this stage of the war, this exchange rate is difficult to justify. The long flights were so stressful on pilots that they were rotated home after as few as 15 missions, and it became customary to change all the spark plugs out of the engines after every escort mission due to fouling during the long, low-RPM cruises.
28% of Mustang squadrons were deployed to the Pacific.
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I didn't know that P-51s operated in the Pacific theater. I do know of the long range capability of the Mustangs as escorts and why they were deployed in Europe. Thanks for the update.
Curmudgeon wrote:
Beautiful set Tom. Half the world think the P 51 was the best aircraft in WW II. The other half, including some Japanese fighter pilots think it was the F4U Corsair
Presumably, that's because the Japanese never came up against the P-51. The Corsair was used in the Pacific and the Mustang in Europe.
All interesting craft, Tom. I agree with you about the P-51, later designated F-51. The best looking of all the prop driven fighters. I've never had the privilege of flying in one and envy you the experience.
The XF-V1 was nicknamed "Pogo" because it took off and landed vertically (note small caster wheels on wing tips) like a pogo stick. I've read that landing with the pilot virtually lying on his back while using mirrors and hand signals from a ground controller was a bitch. As you said, it was way too costly and difficult to maintain with its counter-rotating props, very difficult to operate and not really possessing the necessary attributes of a fighter
Really good photos of a couple of white elephants, some audacious designs, and one of the most successful and long-lived fighter designs ever.
The best of all the T-bird designs. Nice photos.