Cool pix!

Some 47 stuff...












And one for Biak

 

I think it is the test aircraft for a prone pilot. I've seen it in a museum, the poor pilot was given a block of wood with a V cut out to rest his chin on

 

Regarding the 'Jug' nickname, I read an article in an aviation mag (sadly I don't still have that particular issue) in which the author claimed that his research showed that the P-47 was actually nicknamed 'Juggernaut', and 'Jug' was a later contraction

Sometimes I wish I could just pop back in time for 5 minutes, just to know...

 

WIKI
Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P-47 was noted for its firepower and its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy.

P47Milville
Nicknamed the “Jug” (short for “Juggernaut”) by adoring pilots, the P-47 was a heavyweight warbird — and one that packed a devastating punch.

Both seem to be legit, and then: It was called the Jug because it looks like a big jug. The British gave us more literary credit and thought Jug was short for Juggernaut.

 

Seems odd to me that you'd give your aircraft a nickname based on what it looked like when it crashed

 

Interesting...I tried to think of my most gracefull aircraft but came up short...Every aircraft i thought of isn't so much graceful as beautiful...So many to choose from, but the aircraft that first took my breath away was the Comet...

 

A story there...

 

An Indigenous Digger has a crack at what looks like a Japanese Type 92...

 

Indigenous brothers (Members of the 51st Battalion of the Far North Queensland Regiment ) looking mean...

 

The Comet suffered a design flaw. Stress crack developed at the rivets around the square windows. Later Comets went into RAF service as submarine hunters ,after heavy modification, under the code name "Nimrod"

 

Revenge of the Lift…

 

Beyond Glamping!