During lunch time this afternoon, The History Channel reran one of their "History Undercover" series shows "Soviet Top Secret Weapons". Half the show was on the '50s era "Quebec" submarines, but the other half had good coverage, including film footage of the Roosian tests, of the development...

Given the number of times the infamous "chicken cannon" has come up in these fora, your attention is directed to this evening's episode of "Mythbusters" on the Discovery cable channel in which the intrepid Mythbusters team takes on the chicken cannon. -- OJ III

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Does anyone have any information concerning any US naval aircraft losses on these days and the fate of the crew(s)? I'll explain more if I can pin one of these losses down. I am looking for just basic information on one rescue incident. The particular incident I am researching occurred in South...

I was reading where a US pilot shot down an Austrian fighter flying an Italian m.5 seaplane fighter. Was this our first navy kill?

Does anyone know what the armament of the M.5 was and the type of MG(s)? Al

After much knashing of apphrehensive teeth by Brewster F2A fans, BW-372, a Brewster B-239 (US Navy F2A-1 equivalent) has found a home in the US at the National Naval Museum in Pensacola. The only "issue" for the museum, which sat in a freshwater lake for over 50 years, is that due to its amazingly...

Apparently a decision has been made to reassemble the aircraft to its just recovered state and do preservation work on items needing stabilization and to leave the current paint on the aircraft for the present (good decision). Will be interesting to see it all together as when originally photo'd...

Being a relatively new building, and I think built with private funds to the newer building codes, the National Museum of Naval Aviation has initially been reported to have weathered the storm intact which is what was expected (with crossed fingers I presume) from such a structure. Only a one...

Anyone familiar with NAS Miami during WWII? I am trying to determine a naval location reference NAS Miami as "Pt. Affirm" I can't find it on the net. Not sure if it is merely a local naval aviation reference point, a swallowed up town, or a point of land. Surely there are still some naval...

I just read that that the Navy took no responsibility for protecting the naval base and that this was an Army responsibility. The few fighter aircraft at the naval base were aircraft in transit or under repair and there were virtually no available fighter pilots. Does this seem ridiculous to anyone...

I just heard a black sheep state on a history channel program that there was one paint stripped corsair (in which Boyington may have flown (in addition to other aircraft) in combat?). Upon a comment it might be too easy to see in the air, Boyington's response that it might attract more Japs to him...

I just read that the Shenadoah towed a target for the USS Texas anti-aircraft guns with success. The target was 50' long 10' in diameter and was peppered by the Texas at 3000 feet. An interesting use for the lighter-than air ship. AL

I have seen conflicting references as to whether the F2A-3 had the ventral window. Does anyone know for certain. I have yet to find an F2A-3 photo showing the belly. AL

I have found a reference to a photo that states it is a curtiss flying boat equipped with a colt machine gun, 1915. Curtiss delivered flying boats to Russia in this period and Russia was also purchasing colt mgs. Does anyone know of any pics with the colt machine guns placed on early curtiss...

I have been looking over the performance data on the A6M2. Although examination of the A6M2 showed that we could have built a fighter like the zero but sacrificed performance for pilot/plane protection overall performance considering all factors. The F2A3 was not, being built for extreme long...

meant to post to sci.miltary.naval AL

Does anyone know the whereabouts of any surviving D-S 6 pounders? I have found one in a private collection (its for sale if anyone is interested) only. Al Sumrall

Anyone ever run across this book? Looking for a copy or perhaps just some info out of it. Al

Does anyone have any pics or descriptions of the correct paint scheme for a Me-208 (not 108 unless they had similar schemes) as used by the Germans during the war years? Its my understanding that some 200 of the tri gear 208's were used by the Germans during the war? The wing gear is very similar...