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Professor_Brap
Professor_Brap Dork
4/2/19 10:08 a.m.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/2/19 11:06 a.m.

JohnInKansas
JohnInKansas SuperDork
4/2/19 11:17 a.m.

In reply to ultraclyde :

That would make a great racing support rig.

Semi-related:

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/2/19 11:32 a.m.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
4/2/19 11:34 a.m.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill MegaDork
4/2/19 12:50 p.m.
Duke said:

So how did that first plane have enough deck to take off?  

BenB
BenB Reader
4/2/19 1:05 p.m.
spitfirebill said:
Duke said:

So how did that first plane have enough deck to take off?  

They spotted them further aft for takeoff. En route photos show them tied down like in the painting.

slantvaliant
slantvaliant UltraDork
4/2/19 1:07 p.m.

Like THIS.  Packed the planes even closer on the back end, pointed the carrier into the wind, and used all the throttle.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/2/19 2:37 p.m.

Prof. Brap, WD-40 = foreplay?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/2/19 2:42 p.m.
Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/2/19 2:51 p.m.

This just showed up in my facebook feed. 

I don't think my response was appreciated...

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
4/2/19 2:52 p.m.
ultraclyde said:

 

1958 Citroen Vanstore. Ima need one of these on a 4x4 chassis...

 

Pretty clever set up!

ultraclyde
ultraclyde PowerDork
4/2/19 2:58 p.m.
Duke said:

 

This looks like my kind of bad idea!

 

Image result for bad idea

Knurled.
Knurled. GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/2/19 3:22 p.m.
ultraclyde said:

1958 Citroen Vanstore. Ima need one of these on a 4x4 chassis...

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
4/2/19 3:37 p.m.
slantvaliant said:

Like THIS.  Packed the planes even closer on the back end, pointed the carrier into the wind, and used all the throttle.

It also helps when the lead aircraft is piloted by one of the greatest aviators the word has ever seen.

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
4/2/19 6:57 p.m.

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
4/2/19 7:00 p.m.

RossD
RossD MegaDork
4/2/19 7:10 p.m.
RossD
RossD MegaDork
4/2/19 7:22 p.m.
Will
Will UltraDork
4/2/19 7:42 p.m.

And then in 1992, the Navy hoisted some Mitchells onto USS Ranger and re-enacted the raid because America.

 

kazoospec
kazoospec UltraDork
4/2/19 7:45 p.m.
Appleseed said:
slantvaliant said:

Like THIS.  Packed the planes even closer on the back end, pointed the carrier into the wind, and used all the throttle.

It also helps when the lead aircraft is piloted by one of the greatest aviators the word has ever seen.

Not this guy: 

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
4/2/19 8:12 p.m.

In reply to Toyman01 :

This might have worked too.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/2/19 8:17 p.m.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/2/19 8:22 p.m.

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
4/2/19 8:31 p.m.
RossD said:

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/d/waukesha-1960-rover-p5/6852769313.html

I've been a passenger in a P5B coupe.  That thing had some giddyup. 

same smileyrostyle wheels like this one.  I believe it was the ubiquitous 'Buick' V8. 

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