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And the NYT is still on roll of misinformation.

I recall a YouTube video from the CMP which showed them boiling Garands in big tubs.

Tom, we have practice nights at Powder Creek during the week starting at 5:00 pm. They’ll continue until daylight savings goes away. Check our website calendar, or talk to Cooncan or another board member (Two Shoots, Dandy et al).

And the brakes. Gotta be smooth.

Would carburetor or brake cleaner cut that stuff?

There was an outfit here a number of years ago at an airport I flew from that built them. Might have been Basler, but I don’t really remember. What I do remember is they sounded weird. Looked like a DC-3, but sounded like a modern commuter airliner or some other large twin turboprop. The visual and sound just didn’t match up.

Not my gun. My friend doesn’t shoot CAS anymore, so I don’t know why it’s important to him. I don’t ask as it’s not my concern, except to help him do what he wants.

For those who personally describe jar explosions, did the jar fail at the lid, or did the glass fail?

Joe, an ad from a book I have on Northrop.

A buddy has a 20 gauge Stoeger who would like to have the chambers beveled for ease of loading. Looking for recommendations for a ‘smith to do the job. Thx in advance!

Unfortunately, pilot training sometimes lags behind new technologies. Every plane has its handling quirks that must be taken into account. Someone once said, “the Piper Cub is the safest plane in the world. It can just barely kill you.” The Marauder’s widow maker reputation didn’t last long, once Jimmy Doolittle revised pilot training for the new plane. It was a fine plane that ended its service with one of the best safety records in the Army Air Corps. The F-100 was another if not carefully flown in the landing and takeoff regimes. The “Sabre Dance” killed a number of pilots as demonstrated in an infamous film. I’ve read the F-104 was a good aircraft, but was very unforgiving and required a pilot’s attention at all times. A moment’s lapse could be fatal. "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous, but it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity, or neglect" -Captain Alfred Gilmer Lamplugh

If Coffinmaker doesn’t chime in, send him a pm. He’s the Pietta snubby guru.

I think it was Pendleton where I recall the “strip” just outside the base. Pawn shops, payday loan shops, used car lots and all manner of predatory businesses to take advantage of these young Marines. I was surprised they were permitted to locate so close to the base entrance.

An interesting variant of a Northrop Gamma with a Wright inline V-12 engine.

Kris, the only way to tell is a visit with an orthopedist who will order some imaging. A number of issues can produce the symptoms you describe. You’ll have better answers after the imaging.

Simply awesome…

Sick, but funny. 😁

Thanks, I didn’t know that. I learn something new every day. 😊

There are “signatures” in aircraft design of the period where you can spot a designer’s influence on an airframe. Jack Northrop worked for Donald Douglas and the Lockheed brothers before making a name for himself. The Lockheed Vega “Winnie Mae” made famous by Wiley Post was a Northrop design. That was a high-wing monoplane, but the fuselage and tailplane are almost identical. I just noticed the lines of your bank are the same as the Vegas and did a quick search. (I had wondered about the loss of the canopy.) If you follow the development of the Northrop Alpha/Gamma/Delta series you’ll see the vertical stabilizer is almost identical as that on the DC-2 and DC-3. Yes, I’m a hardcore aviation GEEK. 😊

My first drivers license was a piece of pink paper issued by the state of Missouri. Easily altered as my more clever classmates proved by changing their year of birth to buy beer.

Hey Hardpan, it appears your bank is based on a Lockheed Orion Model 9. Sorry for my obsessive posts. I love these game-changing aircraft of the 1930s

I’m just glad it’s Hodgdon Powder Company instead of Hodgdon Energenics Company. The other sounds like corporate gobbledegook. Having said that, the explosion is tragic. Prayers up for all who are affected.

The airplane was destroyed in 1978 when the landing gear wouldn’t lock for landing. Greenamyer ejected rather than risk a very dangerous wheels up landing. He was a very accomplished pilot and died in 2018 at the age of 82 from pneumonia.

First time I’ve ever heard of explosives referred to as “energetics”. (Accurate Energetic Systems)