Flannery’s Restaurant? They should have called it Connie’s!
Still, home many eateries have an honest-to-goodness Lockheed Constellation on the roof? Oh-so-cool!
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It was called the ‘Constellation Lounge’ when I was there in the late '70s. The view of it was much more spectacular, especially in the evening, than the picture indicates.
You could climb up into the cabin. There were aerial pictures of city scenes in the windows (well-faded by '77!) – I found myself thinking it would have been better to have left them open for the view…
This airplane is now flying again!
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According to military historian John Keegan the absorption of the Royal Naval Air Service into the Royal Air Force stunted the growth of British naval aviation almost up to the eve of WW2. The RN had to do some serious catching-up as the war approached.
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There was a lot of catching up all round. It was 1936 that Britain began preparing for war. The plan being the armed forces would be ready by 1941. A certain German had other ideas.
David
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Yes, I do. 
Brain wasn’t fully engaged yet; thanks for the catch! (or is it cach?)
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Said German had LOTS of other ideas, all of them bad.
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You mean Austrian.
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Wanton evil prospers only when good refuses to use necessary evil before it’s too late.
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On the other wall is the airport where he will land.
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Would really like to have some 1/87 aircraft for my railroad but I’m not really aware of any. The model that went with the Ahtearn NKP flat was hardly suitable. 
Anyone have any ideas?
dlm
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dan go to Dollar General theres these 5$ jets and helis you can get their hotwheels size so close enough heres a pic of horker airbase to show u how they look
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they are the jets in the back and i believe the smaller blackhawk
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cant speak for the cessna because that was a flea market find
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So, what is my F4F escorting? Well, one of the birds is a TBD Devastator Torpedo Bomber.
The TBD took a great deal of flak [pun intended] for its performance at Midway, being slow and un-maneuverable. But torpedo bombers had to fly in a straight line at slow speed to successfully drop their fish (and the Mk 13 Aerial torpedo had all the problems of the Mk14 surface and sub-surface fish did plus the disorientation of the drop itself). It was slow, but, when it was introduced only 4 years earlier, it was the most advanced carrier bird in the world. Period. Everyone ignores their successes at the Battle of Coral Sea and the early raids against Japanese outposts.
This example is also flying off Wasp in June of '42, just before her new torpedo squadron embarked flying TBF Avengers (stay tuned!).
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I know of 3 point landings, but never a 3 point hanging
LMAO
Pep
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While we’re on the subject of airplane and airport models, here are some of the links I’ve found over the years. 
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To get to my airport, you went to the edge of town and hung an up. There was a 5 foot tall chest of drawers at the edge of town and the airport was on a big sheet of framed foam core board on top of the dresser.
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The lack of suitable 1/87 scale models has been an ongoing problem for HO gaugers for years, especially those who want to combine the trains with military models and figures. The suggestion’s been made to use 1/72 scale models and figures, not exact of course but close enough to work.
There’s plenty of 1/72 scale airplanes out there so give that a try.
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Well there it is, when war comes you have to go and fight with what you have, not what you wished you had.
And at war’s end the concept of torpedo bombing was quietly dropped anyway, and it wasn’t missed.
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