Random Griz Aviation Musings

[IKE]

Utilizing open source Intel (pictures on AW) as well as photos sent from my deep reconnaissance team (@mad dog and @ChuckMK23) I’m confident the house marked here is the Honda Monkey, scooter, go cart, cop car motor pool. Send in SEAL Team 6!

View attachment 38080

Were you on Bush's WMD team?
It's clearly here (blue arrow).

A recent post in the DD v. Bucks thread shows the beige bricks from the building to the east. Cars move.

 

[Griz882]

Were you on Bush's WMD team?
It's clearly here (blue arrow).
View attachment 38081
A recent post in the DD v. Bucks thread shows the beige bricks from the building to the east. Cars move.
View attachment 38082

Well…there might be a few gas mortar shells in that back yard.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Scary good analysis. @IKE shacked it! @mad dog has a good sized garage but it's full of 5 bicycles, 3 motorcycles, a mini bike, a Mustang Bullet and an assortment of stuff. His wife's and his police car daily drivers sit outside

 

[ChuckMK23]

Just received a visit by a section of plopters, one Navy CMV-22 and one Marine MV-22. Both full of pax. Guessing from Pax River. Nice overhead break - shook my office window! Grabbed the duty vehicle and got a peek from ops.

 

[ChuckMK23]

One more shot

 

[IKE]

One more shot

View attachment 38086

Clearly on a very important test event; definitely not out for a $10k burger.

 

[Griz882]

Clearly on a very important test event; definitely not out for a $10k burger.

Well yeah…you can see they rolled out the Blue Bird bus. Only the best for the best.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Well yeah…you can see they rolled out the Blue Bird bus. Only the best for the best.

The program for the dolly used with the F-35 engine is here - wonder if that's part of it.

 

[mad dog]

Utilizing open source Intel (pictures on AW) as well as photos sent from my deep reconnaissance team (@mad dog and @ChuckMK23) I’m confident the house marked here is the Honda Monkey, scooter, go cart, cop car motor pool. Send in SEAL Team 6!

View attachment 38080

Dude, you got some bad gouge. I fixed the pic to reflect correct gouge [I live in the “YES” house]…and I fixed your f’d up red arrow because it looked like a freaking preschooler did it. Anyway, feel free to do no-knock warrants on the “NO” house…but not on the “YES” house, please…

LATE ENTRY: @IKE nailed it…put that dude on SEAL TEAM 6…but don’t give him a NAM because his preschooler blue arrow sucks [seen in post #3286, not pictured below].

 

[Griz882]

Dude, you got some bad gouge. I fixed the pic to reflect correct gouge [I live in the “YES” house]…and I fixed your f’d up red arrow because it looked like a freaking preschooler did it. Anyway, feel free to do no-knock warrants on the “NO” house…but not on the “YES” house, please…

View attachment 38100

Guessing that’s about 700 feet or so, a 1000 lb bomb will make me look accurate enough!

 

[wink]

Was in Houston for a grand kid's birthday. Took him to a model train exhibit. Super well done. Lots of military worked in to the dioramas. Helo bubbas were represented. Saw this car on a siding.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Was in Houston for a grand kid's birthday. Took him to a model train exhibit. Super well done. Lots of military worked in to the dioramas. Helo bubbas were represented. Saw this car on a siding. View attachment 38101

I think @mad dog has this very same rail car.

 

[mad dog]

I think @mad dog has this very same rail car.

Sort of but not really.

I shoehorned my SH-60B model from Sporty’s onto one of my Lionel USN flat cars which is supposed to haul the Ertl/Lionel USN UH-1 gunship model…

 

[number9]

Have helicopter blade shapes changed much in the modern age? To my uneducated eye, it seems there's been a movement away from symmetrical props on fixed-wing aircraft to the kind of curved props you see on the E-2 & A400M. But I've never seen anything that shape on a rotary-wing aircraft, or a tilt-rotor?

 

[ChuckMK23]

Have helicopter blade shapes changed much in the modern age? To my uneducated eye, it seems there's been a movement away from symmetrical props on fixed-wing aircraft to the kind of curved props you see on the E-2 & A400M. But I've never seen anything that shape on a rotary-wing aircraft, or a tilt-rotor?

Yes, significantly. Look at rotor blades on presidential VH-3 compared to original design, same for all H-60's. Google 'BERP' rotor..