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Ummm, could we try to count to....infinity

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, January 25, 2013 9:44 AM

VC-137 Stratoliner

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Posted by Aaron Skinner on Friday, January 25, 2013 10:04 AM

Qantas 707-138:

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, January 25, 2013 12:02 PM

(nice pic Aaron!!)

Blohm & Voss Ha 139

Now THAT is a floatplane!

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, January 25, 2013 1:39 PM

Lockheed VC-140B Jetstar

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, January 25, 2013 1:44 PM

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter    "Hanoi Taxi" over the Air Force Museum in Ohio. I had the privilege of witnessing this aircraft arriving at Clark AFB, Philippines with the first group of returning POWs from Hanoi.

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, January 25, 2013 2:10 PM

LTV XC-142 Tiltwing

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Friday, January 25, 2013 2:35 PM

Flight 143, the "Gimli Glider";

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Posted by sub revolution on Friday, January 25, 2013 4:00 PM

TU-144

 

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Friday, January 25, 2013 4:16 PM

Embrarer EMB 145MP/ASW;

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Posted by sub revolution on Friday, January 25, 2013 5:38 PM

Fig 146:

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Posted by iraqiwildman on Friday, January 25, 2013 8:31 PM

Is that how to kick Hilter in the ballz???

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Posted by Winetanker on Friday, January 25, 2013 9:46 PM

Ryan Model 147B Lightning Bug

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Posted by Stage_Left on Friday, January 25, 2013 10:55 PM

Colt XM-148 grenade launcher

and attached to a Colt XM-177E2

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Posted by sub revolution on Friday, January 25, 2013 11:25 PM

Iraqiwildman- I have no idea. It just came up when I googled "146" and I laughed so hard that I just had to share it.

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Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:05 AM

sub revolution

Iraqiwildman- I have no idea. It just came up when I googled "146" and I laughed so hard that I just had to share it.

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Could this be Jerico beach in Vancouver?

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Posted by sub revolution on Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:13 AM

It said it was Vancouver, but I don't know more specific than that. Try googling 149, that's how I found it!

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Posted by sub revolution on Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:06 AM

Kind of a big anniversary here in the States...

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:36 AM

Mauser MG 151 15mm autocannon

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:40 AM

Focke Wulf Ta 152       (in British Air Ministry markings)

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:50 AM

Polikarpov I-153;

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:49 AM

USS Reuben James DE-153

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Posted by Winetanker on Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:55 AM

Model 154 / AQM-91A Firefly

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:56 AM

VFA-154       US Navy fighter squadron that was deployed on my ship, USS Ranger during our deployment off of North Vietnam in 1972. They won the Clifton Award for best US Navy fighter squadron during theat deployment flying F-4J Phantoms.

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 9:35 AM

M59 155mm Long Tom

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Posted by P mitch on Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:02 PM

Fieseler Fi-156

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Posted by P mitch on Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:04 PM

Zil 157

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Posted by P mitch on Saturday, January 26, 2013 2:08 PM

AGM 158

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Posted by Winetanker on Saturday, January 26, 2013 3:59 PM

Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I

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Posted by subfixer on Saturday, January 26, 2013 4:10 PM

Transall C-160

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Posted by sub revolution on Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:28 PM

 

LSM-161

USS LSM-161 (Kodiak)

  • Landing Ship Medium:
  • Displacement: 900 tons (loaded)
  • Length: 203'6"
  • Beam: 34'
  • Draft: 6'11" forward, 3'5" aft (landing); 4'5" forward, 7'11" aft (full load)
  • Speed: 13.3 knots
  • Armament:
  • Capacity: 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching); or 6 LVTs or 9 DUKWs; 54 troops
  • Complement: 52
  • Built at Charleston Navy Yard, and commissioned 16 August 1944

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