My Gameroom

[Shay]

That's a pretty complicated way of saying "where was the radar scope?"

Hey I didn't come up with the name.

I only worked on them and everything else in between during my early years in the U.S. Navy.

Shay
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Semper Fortis

[Ryan Keough]

....I went in incognito so they didn't pat me down or make me step on a scale before I left.

Ah ha! That's your secret! And all this time I thought it was the Whataburgers on the roadtrips!

[Mudge]

Obviously not as extensive as some, but it's not difficult to tell what my favorite a/c is.









My 506 PIR "shrine". I restored the Garand to exact October 1943 specs.
All correct down to the cartouches and the bayonet. Bayonet is pristine.
Picture was signed by "Shifty" powers and Forest Guth at Reading last year.


My Spitfre "shrine". The photo on the left of PR-F took me 4 years to get due to the low lighting in this area at Hendon. Low lights are because these paint jobs are from WWII.
The collection on the right is JE "Johnnie" Johnson. Met his son and grandson at Thunder last year.
No idea who the "geezer" at top center is.


My hero...Jack Ilfrey.


My only P-51s and what appears to be "Diamond Lil".


Mudge the P-38 freak

[mustangdriver]

Awsome room buddy. Love the Easy company stuff as well.

[Tim Landers]

Nice rooms everyone!!! Mudge. I like the "P-38 Museum" look you have going.

[Roger Cain]

After a quick scroll, three things first caught my eye, the M-15/16, Brooke Burke, and the Starsky and Hutch Gran Torino; I've since spent five minutes looking through everything, very cool monument that you have. Thanks for sharing

[mustangdriver]

Thanks Roger. Brooke is a relative of a friend. She signed my pic"To Chris, Keep 'em flying". The car collection is kind of cool, because when able I only collect cars that I have had something to do with. The General Lee (restored one), mustang(restored one), GTO Judge is owned by my dad (model is almost exact), and the Torino is the first car I learned to drive in. It was already a classic when I drove it in 1996 when I was 16. To be 16 years old with the power of a 400 police interceptor engine! The other cars I just thought were cool. The M-16 is a training weapon that my friend in the military was able to get for me. It no longer fires. I also have my wife's grandfather's service 1911 from WWII. It was at D-day.

[Roger Cain]

Chris,

I had a '72 Gran Torino thus that's why the Starsky machine jumped out at me. Of course I was lucky to walk away from it in a bad crash in 1980, the car was totally demolished, but strong enough to keep me and three friends from serious injury.

I've also got my dad's service medals on the wall from Korea, and my grandfather's medals from WWI.

[mustangdriver]

Those old Fords were tough as nails. As for the medals, my wife's grandfather's stuff is in the big case with his dogtags, theatre ribbons, photos, and a teltype that came to his ship telling his ship that the war had ended! He had a purple heart, but was lost after his death in the late 70's. The one on the wall is a replica to replace it.

[Mudge]

mustangdriver...Don't mean to brag, BUT...This one does



Who's kidding whom here...YES I DO MEAN TO BRAG

Mudge the armed

[mustangdriver]

That is very cool.

[Dave Fish]

Anybody know where the "Plan Position Indicators" were located on these RADAR equiped Mitchells and who operated them?

Shay
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Semper Fortis

That's a pretty complicated way of saying "where was the radar scope?"

That's a good question and I'm not an expert, but all the stuff I have read has conflicting information. I've seen documentation where the radar scope is located in the Navigator's compartment, behind the flight deck, which makes some sense. I've read where the radio operator was also the radar operator, which hints the scope was aft of the bomb-bay with the radio equipment. Another document stated that the 5-inch scope - adjustable to 5, 20, and 100 mile ranges - was located in the cockpit so the pilot or co-pilot could see it. Maybe someone out there has better information.

I know VMB 611 had the "Hose Nose" on their "D" models and the wingtip mounted on their "J" models. One pilot I talked to said he preferred the "Hose Nose" as its signals were stronger.

[tom d. friedman]

MUDGE, A PREVERBIAL ART GALLERY DONE WITH PANACHE!!! BEAUTIFUL!!
REGARDS, TOM THE HIGH CASED LETTER ENTHUSIAST YOU SMARTY ASS!!!

[Mudge]

OMG...Alert the media...Tom found the "shift" key.

Mudge the sarcastic

"Just funnin', son. Just funnin'"

[Ztex]

A little Off Topic...but somebody else started it..hehe

Why just stop at one?