Ships!

[undercovergeek]

if theyre stopped with arrestor wires, why are the tyres smoking, are brakes been applied too?

[bob48]

The Broncos was doing test landings without a wire and take offs without a catapult. It's a VSTOL aircraft.

[GDS_Starfury]

'cause Bawb's a VSTOL guy.

[Staggerwing]

Bob loves him some OV-10s, he does. Yessiree... uh, Bob.

I've always had a soft spot for Broncos as well as some of the other somewhat obscure prop a/c of the 60's and 70's that flew on combat missions such as OV-1 Mohawks and Cessna Skymasters. Imagine going to war in a Mixmaster while you know there were Mig-17s and Mig-21s out there looking for a snack... 

[bob48]

Yes indeed - I do love the Bronco. The Ov-1 is pretty cool as well though.

It seems like nothing ever came from the proposal to start building up-dated OV-10's again. 

[mirth]

Landing Craft Infantry approaching Utah/Omaha beaches

[mirth]

USS Idaho (BB-42) traverses Panama

[Staggerwing]

Any idea what year that was? She still has the early 'wickerworks' (Lattice Masts).

[GDS_Starfury]

he's lucky he knows what day it is.

[mirth]

Not sure on the year on the Idaho pic.

This is Hood traversing the canal in 1924.

[Staggerwing]

Cool.

Notice that the Brits were using the sturdy 'Tripod Mast' design. Eventually the USN adopted it after one of the lattice masts on a US battleship got folded over right down to the deck during a storm. The Japanese also used the tripod but decided to hang everything including the kitchen sink on the masts so superstructures ended up looking like Brazilian mountainside shantytowns (Pagoda Mast).

[mirth]

The Brits adopted the tripod mast early on. It was a standout feature of their battle cruisers in WWI. Beyond the functional/structural aspects of the cage mast, I've never liked how it made our battleships look.

[Staggerwing]

The Brits adopted the tripod mast early on. It was a standout feature of their battle cruisers in WWI. Beyond the functional/structural aspects of the cage mast, I've never liked how it made our battleships look.

It does look somewhat silly.

[Al]

The Brits adopted the tripod mast early on. It was a standout feature of their battle cruisers in WWI. Beyond the functional/structural aspects of the cage mast, I've never liked how it made our battleships look.

Here's an explanation of why the US used cage masts instead of tripods.  Weight saving was one reason.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/battleship-cage-masts.htm

[GDS_Starfury]

very interesting article.  thanks.