wow, I am soooo jealouse now
Art, are you sure you have the right country? There are no rice paddies in out outback, we mainly have Sheep and Cattle out there and the areas that have plant life have orchads for some of the best wine in the world (which remeinds me, you still owe me a bottle for the mystery legs incident).
It’s so infectious, you can’t help but laugh about it
Kox: Indeed the Jap destroyers were very much unapreciated, especially around the lower isalnds of the Pacific where they did most of their patrol work. I know these days no one wants to know anyone that worked on them, but if it was a sub or a carrier everyone wants to know them. Out of the Jap WWII destroyer classes, the Fubuki’s were my soft spots, well armed for general combat, with a top speed of 37Kts and a maximum range of 17000 Nm at 18Kts

IJN Fubuki Class: Murakumo
Glenn: here you go mate, a very dramatic shot of the Bismark for you
Sev: mate you touch my heart! The story of the Spee is one of the most heroic stories ever to come out of Nazi Germany. Langsdorf was a true hero and it’s a shame he was pressured into his end! Personally I’d be partitioning the German government to bring him home and bury him with full national military honours. He was an honerable man in a world gone mad.

Mog: mate if we’re going to talk WWII, then for me it would havce to be the monster Yamato class BB’s, as for Carriers I love the Odd Akagi moviong down the scale the Ise class hold a special interest for me, as for Subs, it’s a toss up between the japanese I-400 class and the French Sarcouf class.
But I love the British Small boats (ASR boats, MTB’s and MGB’s).
should anyone have any pics of these, please post them!
Thanks for all this info guys, though the last bit styarted mudding the water, I get the idea (G-222 and An-12 were not really nessecary, but thanks anyway).
I just find it interesting that given Frances global position (with reguards to it’s over seas interests and colinies), that they should choose a plane that has such limited range. As for the manouverability, I’ve seen the RAAF throw their ships around, if these are more so, then that would mean that they could (theoretically) do flips and such, or would you be talking roll rates being higher? If the later what is the roll rate comparrison?
Gui thanks for that mate, I know that, I’m actually interested in this comparrison and the reasons behind why France and Germany opted for these machines rather than buying Herks at the time.
The G-222 and C-27 will be focused later on mate!
Last I heard the AMX deal was still on and it was actually with Brazil, they’d already paid for them as well!
As for the US relations going bad, well that’s more proof that GWB wants to control all the oil in the world, which I suspect is how Venezuela will pay for the Migs. If this deal goes ahead they would be the second country in the South American continent with them, hmmmmmm
I read something about a Herk with only two engines, was there such a thing that actually flew and if so, would this be a better competitor for the C-160?
Bill Murray in Ghost Busters Steve, “He slimed me” c’mon mate you got to remember that?
Sadly my friend in Georgia lost her house yesterday to a tornado that ripped through her area. She’s currently undergoing a divorce and has her son 16 and daughter 10 with her and now no where to live.
I don’t care what the boffins say, the worlds weather pattern has changed, The Carribean area is bracing itself for the fourth Hurrican in as little as three weeks, and Australia is rapidly running out of water (we haven’t had a good rain fall in 3 and a half years).
“A couple was dressed and ready to go out for the evening. They turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on the phone line, covered their pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. They phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and the couple opened the front door to leave their house. The cat they had put out into the yard scoots back into the house. They don’t want the cat shut in the house because “she” always tries to eat the bird. The wife goes out to the taxi while the husband goes inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, the man in hot pursuit. The wife doesn’t want the driver to know the house will be empty. She explains to the taxi driver that her husband will be out soon. “He’s just going upstairs to say good-bye to my mother.” A few minutes later, the husband gets into the cab. ‘Sorry I took so long,’ he says, as they drive away. ‘Stupid bi+ch was hiding under the bed. Had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! Then I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked. I hauled her fat a$$ downstairs and threw her out into the back yard!'”
Thanks to my friend in New Jersey for that.
Having said that I love cats, especially when they’re fresh out of the wok 😛
Actually I have to confess, I love my cat, her name is Ripley. She’s named after Sigorney Weavers Character in the Alien Movies, and true to form my cats goes around killing anything that moves! She’s a great bird hunter, don’t know how many times I’ve had to clean up what remains of the birds she’s brought in.
My other halfs cat is a good Mouser, she just goes for them oh and Frogs, she has this weird thing for frogs, and both of them love lizards, one of them caught a blue tounge and left it on out door step! I don’t really like my missus cat, she’s old and incredably lazy, I don’t know how many times I’ve had to scoot her out to the toilets because she just can’t be bothered going in there and the smell, whoa, I thought my missus was bad *runs ducking for cover*. My cat goes outside all the time, either that or straight for the fresh kitty litter, such a good cat my ripley is!
Nice pics, pitty about the weather!
Hmmmm something’s missing, Oh I know, this is the latest “Stealth” application, the Stealth Message, Wow I didn’t see that one coming 😛
Indian, mate I can’t remember who it was, I think it was the russians, but i know someone made a cruise missile that had switch blade wings mounted on top of the missile, and they flicked around after being shot out.