Sadly it’s the last thing to go.
When it comes to irrational beliefs reason has no hold.
Just look at all the poor TDS sufferers who have been presented with overwhelming proof they have been/are/ continue to be lied to by their preferred “news media” and still refuse to cede that DJT is not the Devil incarnate they want him to be.
I wonder if that is a Grumman F4F Wildcat, or a Grumman F6F Hellcat that splashed yet another Zero in the Jap Skye.
Rinse, spit, and repeat it seems. It stays weird.
Magnificent Machine! It was pretty much the Navy’s answer to the P-47 Thunderbolt, but without the Turbocharger. Still, the F6F-6 (never entered production) with a 4 bladed prop and an improved mechanical supercharger, was still capable of 417 mph.
That was a F6F-4 Hellcat. the bubble canopy and the round stabilizer are the give-a-ways. Skye got off easy. Most Zeros blew up due to a light frame,concentrated 50 caliber fire and no self sealing gas tanks.
Absolutely correct Lucius….both magnificent aircraft. But the Chance/Vought F4U Corsair, aka “Whistling Death” to the Japs with that monstrous P&W 2800 Double Wasp engine, the largest engine available at the time, swinging that 13.12ft (4M) 4 blade prop belongs right up there with ’em.
While “Hellcat” fits Sam quite well, figuratively as well as literally……I think she’d look seriously hot in a Corsair. 😛 *Drooling slightly*
The US Navy’s nickname for the Corsair was “Ensign Eater”. A old friend used to fly one in WWII and he said that the Corsair killed a lot of ‘hot shot’ pilots who found out the hard way that it was far more capable than they were.
Chris, compliments on your non-character art again, simply great. Zero done to a ‘T’ and the fixed gear earlier Nakajima with wheel-pants in the distance. Superb attention to detail.
F4F Wildcat or F6F Hellcat? In most respects the F6F looked like a scaled-up F4F, but it was easy to distinguish them by looking at the wing position on the fuselage. On the F4F it was just below center, and on the F6F it was right across the bottom – this is in-between. A Zero pilot that survived the war would have known the difference immediately, because he could outrun an F4F. But I don’t expect detailed accuracy in an allegorical drawing.
Another difference is that the F6F cowling was considerably longer, but this is at an angle where I can’t tell.
Trying to exactly identify a cartoon aircraft can be difficult. Allegory within a cartoon is admissible for the story behind it. Brilliantly done, Chris.
The problem extends into RL. I have a book on tanks created by Tom Clancy that gave me a moment of cringe by misidentifying an M48 A5 as an M60. Clancy was known for his research but we have to face the fact that there are just too many variants, especially post WWII, for mortals to keep track of.
It’s basically an M48A2 turret with a new M68 105mm gun on an ex- U.S. Army M60A2 “Starship” hull. In the process of using up old turrets from their own M48s and almost-new M60 hulls from the U.S. minus the classified electronics in the kludgy Starship turret, the Taiwan Army basically re-created the original M60.
cheers
eon
March 29, 2020 at 12:52 pm
Halley
The next time a foreign enemy wants to shut down the US economy, with the help of the Democrat Media Complex, the playbook is now written.
The next time the Democrat Media Complex wants to shut down the US economy, with the help of a foreign enemy, that playbook is also now written.
This Corona Doomsday Cult is the only thing that has seriously disturbed me in the entire Trump presidency. It’s like the Revenge of the TDS-Afficted, and they should never have had so much influence or power to destroy.
F4F, F6F, Corsair, Lightning, Mustang…
AN/M3’s still need to be fed and cleaned with love and attention to detail…
then they’ll be reliable, just like kids 😉
Good story! You girls sit back and roll with it. That is sounding better than anything in the movies or TV right now.
So, was the dentist married and immune to other females?
Did Skye freak him out?
This story could grow legs.
I agree. A 40-year old dentist with “Bite Me” nose art, and Skye- resistance? Put it on Pay-per-View and hope it goes 12 rounds. (Sam, Naomi, and Jan can carry the round number cards between rounds.)
Coronavirus COVID19 a SARS-Cov2 is a novel version an doesn’t care about politics and does not differentiate. The corporate owned press has never been liberal and generally catered to the Republicans over Democrats. The “president” said it was a “hoax” and a “Chinese trick”. It is very real. Our “president” made sure we would have no ready means for fighting such a thing by removing both teams set up by Obama to fight such epidemics & pandemics. (Where the Libertarian market based ideal fails. Why govt is necessary.) Now he wants to stop the self quarantines before we have won against the virus by Easter. What kind of psychotic mass murderer would want that? Our “president” who wants to be dictator of course and his red hat MAGA cult 4-square behind him. It weakens us our security by following his directives.
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“Roll it”.
Sounds like she did.
Good stuff too.
Has Skye ever managed to stick to anything… other than her irrational utopian ideology?
Sadly it’s the last thing to go.
When it comes to irrational beliefs reason has no hold.
Just look at all the poor TDS sufferers who have been presented with overwhelming proof they have been/are/ continue to be lied to by their preferred “news media” and still refuse to cede that DJT is not the Devil incarnate they want him to be.
Bedtime stories at the Owens’s place.
And Hollyweird can’t create an original plot to save their shrunken souls.
I wonder if that is a Grumman F4F Wildcat, or a Grumman F6F Hellcat that splashed yet another Zero in the Jap Skye.
Rinse, spit, and repeat it seems. It stays weird.
@ 500 yds and 300mph a meatball couldn’t tell the difference until it torched them.
It is an F6F Hellcat.
Magnificent Machine! It was pretty much the Navy’s answer to the P-47 Thunderbolt, but without the Turbocharger. Still, the F6F-6 (never entered production) with a 4 bladed prop and an improved mechanical supercharger, was still capable of 417 mph.
And a damn fine illustration….
Love the Nose Art.
Zar Belk!
That was a F6F-4 Hellcat. the bubble canopy and the round stabilizer are the give-a-ways. Skye got off easy. Most Zeros blew up due to a light frame,concentrated 50 caliber fire and no self sealing gas tanks.
Absolutely correct Lucius….both magnificent aircraft. But the Chance/Vought F4U Corsair, aka “Whistling Death” to the Japs with that monstrous P&W 2800 Double Wasp engine, the largest engine available at the time, swinging that 13.12ft (4M) 4 blade prop belongs right up there with ’em.
While “Hellcat” fits Sam quite well, figuratively as well as literally……I think she’d look seriously hot in a Corsair. 😛 *Drooling slightly*
The US Navy’s nickname for the Corsair was “Ensign Eater”. A old friend used to fly one in WWII and he said that the Corsair killed a lot of ‘hot shot’ pilots who found out the hard way that it was far more capable than they were.
Chris, compliments on your non-character art again, simply great. Zero done to a ‘T’ and the fixed gear earlier Nakajima with wheel-pants in the distance. Superb attention to detail.
Like how you put Skye in a Zero…
Sam’s aircraft looks to me like an Aichi D3A Type 99 Carrier Bomber, codename Val.
F4F Wildcat or F6F Hellcat? In most respects the F6F looked like a scaled-up F4F, but it was easy to distinguish them by looking at the wing position on the fuselage. On the F4F it was just below center, and on the F6F it was right across the bottom – this is in-between. A Zero pilot that survived the war would have known the difference immediately, because he could outrun an F4F. But I don’t expect detailed accuracy in an allegorical drawing.
Another difference is that the F6F cowling was considerably longer, but this is at an angle where I can’t tell.
Which twin has grey eyes?
Kiko
It’s good when a mission works out and everyone comes back to base.
Yes, coming back down safely is the most critical part of any trip. 😉
Trying to exactly identify a cartoon aircraft can be difficult. Allegory within a cartoon is admissible for the story behind it. Brilliantly done, Chris.
The problem extends into RL. I have a book on tanks created by Tom Clancy that gave me a moment of cringe by misidentifying an M48 A5 as an M60. Clancy was known for his research but we have to face the fact that there are just too many variants, especially post WWII, for mortals to keep track of.
For real confusing fun, check out a Nationalist Chinese CM-11 Brave Tiger;
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/CM-11_Tank_before_Testing_Demo_20130302b.jpg
It’s basically an M48A2 turret with a new M68 105mm gun on an ex- U.S. Army M60A2 “Starship” hull. In the process of using up old turrets from their own M48s and almost-new M60 hulls from the U.S. minus the classified electronics in the kludgy Starship turret, the Taiwan Army basically re-created the original M60.
cheers
eon
The next time a foreign enemy wants to shut down the US economy, with the help of the Democrat Media Complex, the playbook is now written.
The next time the Democrat Media Complex wants to shut down the US economy, with the help of a foreign enemy, that playbook is also now written.
This Corona Doomsday Cult is the only thing that has seriously disturbed me in the entire Trump presidency. It’s like the Revenge of the TDS-Afficted, and they should never have had so much influence or power to destroy.
It’s us, and MAGA, they are trying to shoot down.
“It’s us and MAGA they’re trying to shoot down.”
And collateral damage be damned…or is that actually part of the plan too?
This pestilence is real, and not limited to the virus.
F4F, F6F, Corsair, Lightning, Mustang…
AN/M3’s still need to be fed and cleaned with love and attention to detail…
then they’ll be reliable, just like kids 😉
Skye is well suited for the Zero … she has zero common sense.
Good story! You girls sit back and roll with it. That is sounding better than anything in the movies or TV right now.
So, was the dentist married and immune to other females?
Did Skye freak him out?
This story could grow legs.
Kafiroon,
I agree. A 40-year old dentist with “Bite Me” nose art, and Skye- resistance? Put it on Pay-per-View and hope it goes 12 rounds. (Sam, Naomi, and Jan can carry the round number cards between rounds.)
Roll with it Baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_vkKozA8OI
Oh Yeah!
Great times with that!
The allegories, puns, and jokes are thick and plenty in the fourth panel. As a confirmed and avowed punster, THANK YOU, CM.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition
https://www.weaselzippers.us/446259-feds-add-gun-companies-to-essential-business-list-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/
Gotta love the fact that the twins are already wise to the errors of their aunt’s ways. “She got shot down, huh? Snerk.” That’s devastating.
Coronavirus COVID19 a SARS-Cov2 is a novel version an doesn’t care about politics and does not differentiate. The corporate owned press has never been liberal and generally catered to the Republicans over Democrats. The “president” said it was a “hoax” and a “Chinese trick”. It is very real. Our “president” made sure we would have no ready means for fighting such a thing by removing both teams set up by Obama to fight such epidemics & pandemics. (Where the Libertarian market based ideal fails. Why govt is necessary.) Now he wants to stop the self quarantines before we have won against the virus by Easter. What kind of psychotic mass murderer would want that? Our “president” who wants to be dictator of course and his red hat MAGA cult 4-square behind him. It weakens us our security by following his directives.
Amazing…all those words and every one of them wrong.
Might wanna do a little research before blindly parroting media bullshit, Binky.
RE: NG49 ..You really need to update your research capabilities. Your statements are both inaccurate and “old Fake News”. Saddle Up, Kimosabe !