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February 21st 07, 08:55 PM
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Gordon's pics : What are these ?
The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? -- Cheers Dave Kearton 
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February 21st 07, 09:01 PM
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Dave Kearton wrote:
The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts ..... Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion. -- Cheers Dave Kearton (should read Gordon's notes BEFORE posting)
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February 21st 07, 10:36 PM
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Dave Kearton wrote:
Dave Kearton wrote: The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts ..... Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion. Now Dave .. ******* perhaps but low-life never. Anyway, I'll opine they are fuel containers for a rocket engine. Cheers, Dave #2
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February 21st 07, 11:15 PM
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Dave Kearton wrote:
Dave Kearton wrote: The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts ..... Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion. Correct -- Lynn in StLou REMOVETHIS anti-spam measure to reply
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February 21st 07, 11:56 PM
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Gordon's pics : What are these ?
They look different from their more common appearance as the blunt end
"always" mount a parachute for recovery after a drop. Waldo. On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:31:13 +1030, "Dave Kearton" wrote: Dave Kearton wrote: The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts ..... Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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February 22nd 07, 12:40 AM
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Gordon's pics : What are these ?
"Waldo Pepper" skrev i en meddelelse ... Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion. But not for the Me-262 - more likely the Arado-234, Heinkel He-111Z, Me-323 ect . . .
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February 22nd 07, 07:45 PM
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Gordon's pics : What are these ?
"Dave Kearton" wrote in news:Im2Dh.2211
: The associated caption is wrong, possibly intentionally. Does anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ? Walter 109-500 RATO motors http://orbat.com/site/andreas/Germany%202.htm http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/r...6826&wwwflag=2 &imagepos=8 used on numerous german aircraft. the smoke in second image is from one of those RATO units on a Me-321 http://www.geocities.com/rcaf86/me321.html also www.waffenhq.de/flugzeuge/me321.html
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