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Awesome. Thanks, I tried getting to his website last night, but there were difficulties on the internet. Now everything seems to be working again.

Anyone know where I might find some? Looked on Ebay and can't find any there.

As the topic says, I'm looking for the parts to build at least one propeller for an Italeri/Testors 1/72 scale C-130J. One of the ones on a model of mine met an untimely end. I don't know what I have that might be worth trading, but I can send money via PayPal.

It would be about the same length as the 1/48th B-1. Take a helo that's 99' long, 79' wide, and 28' tall with rotors turning, or 60' 6" long, 26' wide, and 18' feet tall when folded up, and divide that by 32 or 35. Either way, what you get is a big honkin' helo model that will need a lot of room on a shelf or desk.

Apologies for the ridonculous necropost, but I thought I'd stick my head in here. Having recently finished a five year hitch in the Marines as a CH-53E airframe mech, I just couldn't stay away from a thread about my beloved $h!tters. Regrettably, though, Adam, I don't have any pictures for you. Photography was never encouraged when we were doing maintenance, because some of the other squadrons' aircraft had classified equipment, and also because phones and cameras and such were FOD, and as such weren't supposed to be out on the line. But I can tell you that depending on how far you decide

No doubt because that picture was taken at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and that F-16 simulator is right next to Robin Olds' F-4. I know that particular museum and simulator very well.

I almost don't want to know the answer, but are there any F-14s left intact at Davis-Monthan?

I found this video on another forum. The video claims to have been taken in July 2010 but there's no timestamp or any other proof. It smells like a fake to me because the jet appears to be overall black, when the F-117 was supposed to be wearing overall gray when it was retired.

The Commandant called. He wants the DIRCMS set off that Pave Low! j/k We're putting them on our CH-53Es as fast as we can get them, but naturally we can't get them fast enough!

Anyone heard anything about the F-14's inlet ramps being disabled during the last few years of its life to cut down on maintenance?

In their case it really is a COLD war! (couldn't resist).

Is it just me, or does that C-17 look seriously freakin' wierd with that nose probe on it?

Oh. Oops. Thanks for the help guys. I'm so glad I found this place so many years ago. There's such a helpful brain trust here. Too Bad Italeri stopped making kits of my own bird! I could help with those now! Edit: That's the Italeri CH-53E kit.

You mean the AAAM? Huh, I totally forgot about that project. Well, not totally, but I forgot that one of the concepts was going to use a three rail launcher. Oh, and 1/48th scale pilot, if you look in the props section of the Gallery, there's an article on a 1/48th scale conversion of the Testors OV-10A into an OV-10D that you might find useful.

I found this on another web forum, and whatever that is on the right glove has me scratching my head. It looks sort of like a BRU, but I've never seen a BRU that looks like that. Anybody have any ideas? BTW, I don't think I mentioned this here, but last September I joined the USMC, and now I'm studying to become a CH-53E airframer.

Bah, the Intrepid class starship would fly circles around an Impstar deuce at sublight speeds!

I wonder if Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) and Linda Park (ST:Enterprise) might be related? Edit: doesn't look like it. IMDB.com doesn't say anything about either of them having relatives, let alone being related to each other.

The funny thing is that if you look closely, on the desk in Cdr. Adama's quarters (new series, played by Eddie Olmos), There's a picture of young Adama (played by his son, Bodie Olmos, who also plays "Hot Dog") standing in front of a Viper with his two sons. The funny thing is that it's not a Mk. II Viper, but an F-16C Viper!

Saul Tigh and Bill Adama didn't meet until years after the first Cylon wars. Both were civilians at the time. If you must know, they met when Adama pulled Tigh out of a barfight.

And the colors are wrong too...

Uhh, guys... The usefulness of that Sidewinder rail as a self-defense weapon might have just gotten more feasible. I read in AvLeak the other day that a new version of the Sidewinder II is coming on line...one equipped with a data-link allowing lock-on-after-launch targeting. This might be a far more potent self-defense weapon for the B-52, as it would likely permit engagement of targets in the BUFF's rear hemisphere, at ranges far exceeding that of the BUFF's old tailguns. I've heard that RAAF Pigs already use the ASRAAM to provide a similar self-defense capability.

Won't happen. DG is too important a base for us to let it go. I'm not aware of any other base anywhere near DG that could take over for it.

I'd like that. PM incoming.

Dammit! I was outbid! No luck finding anything else. Andre's even sold out! DAMN!

Bid placed. Thanks. My F-104 will fly chase on my SR-71 and my dad's XB-70, which he built for me. I checked the Superscale page over at Flight Decs and didn't see that other one.