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[crash325]

This should be an easy one...not military related, but it is pretty close to home. There is a breed of dog, known in international circles as "The American Gentleman". What breed is this and what were its ancestors?

I had to cheat. As a kid I had one that was just a little different. It was called a " Screw Tail".
He was quite the goof ball.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I had to cheat. As a kid I had one that was just a little different. It was called a " Screw Tail".
He was quite the goof ball.

We have one...a Boston Terrier. There has been one in our family for about 60 years or so. Wonderful little balls of energy with an appetite to match. Their ancestors are the English Bull and the English Terrier.

 

[turnkey4099]

Re: P2V Neptune. There was one shot down in "peace time"*. There was a regular recon patrol (probably elint snooper) that flew down the international dateline between Kamchatka and Alaska. Russia had at that time (1955) several MiG15 (possible alos 17s) bases on Kamchatka and the northeast Siberian peninsula. In lat 1954 or early 55 the Neptune was intercepted and shot down over our NSA monitor station at Gambel Western point of St. Lawrence Island. It crashed just down the coast from that station - crew survived. Russians claimed intrusion of their air space (false) Next scheduled flight went off as normal, got to same spot and Russians again responded. This time there was a flight of 4 F89s orbiting behind the mountains on St. Lawrence. They popped up and Russians turned tail.

The Neptune was also used as a water dumper in fire fighter service.

* "Peace time" The Korean war was declared over sometime in 1955 IIRC. My service (21 years AF) began djuring that so I can claim to have been an active military member for every 'war action' from Korea through Viet Nam and. Fortunately for me I was always on the opposite of the world except for the "7 day Arab/israili" of 196?, I was in Sinop, Turkey for that one on graveyard duty. It broke out while I was on midnight shift. Came out of ops the next morning and the Turkish army had the site surrounded. They were our base security allies. Oddly, that morning all guns were point IN!!

Harry K

 

[crash325]

What was the largest plane to ever take off from an aircraft carrier.????
Maybe not the heaviest, but longest wing span.

 

[RSKY]

Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

 

[crash325]

Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

Good guess. Sorry but I don't think so.

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New question!!

There was an American made auto named Nash.
Its ads featured what as the reason to buy one???

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Good guess. Sorry but I don't think so.

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New question!!

There was an American made auto named Nash.
Its ads featured what as the reason to buy one???

I'll hazard a guess on this one...Nash was unique in a couple of ways; besides it's ugly styling, they had reclining seats that would lay down flat, essentially turning into a double bed. This feature certainly had its advocates. Although most of the guys I knew back in the late 50's and early 60's wouldn't have anything except a Chevy or a Ford, seats from wrecked Nashes were known to be retrofitted to other automobiles...I never asked why.

 

[vtsnowedin]

I'll hazard a guess on this one...Nash was unique in a couple of ways; besides it's ugly styling, they had reclining seats that would lay down flat, essentially turning into a double bed. This feature certainly had its advocates. Although most of the guys I knew back in the late 50's and early 60's wouldn't have anything except a Chevy or a Ford, seats from wrecked Nashes were known to be retrofitted to other automobiles...I never asked why.[/QUOTE
I remember those seats in a Nash-Rambler station wagon. Great for camping trips. It was gone before I was a teen ager so never got to the lookout point with it. Probably just as well.

 

[RSKY]

The C-130 Hercules holds the record for the largest and heaviest aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. In October and November 1963, a USMC KC-130F (BuNo 149798), bailed to the US Naval Air Test Center, made 21 unarrested landings and take-offs on the USS Forrestal at a number of different weights.

 

[turnkey4099]

Good guess. Sorry but I don't think so.

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New question!!

There was an American made auto named Nash.
Its ads featured what as the reason to buy one???

I should know that one but the forgetter is working overtime. All I remember about them is that the starter button was under the gas pedal. Rather an odd setup but it worked.

Harry K