And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Cockpit comparison: WWI airplane (Sopwith Camel) vs modern fighter jet (F-35 Lightning II)
I'm not a pilot, except in my dreams...but what a great comparison shot. They really drove those things, didn't they? I really get a kick out of the stirrup straps on the pedals.
I'm not a pilot, except in my dreams...but what a great comparison shot. They really drove those things, didn't they? I really get a kick out of the stirrup straps on the pedals.
ReplyDeletesait until you get a load of the frayed rope they used to tie their butts in with. parachutes optional for the most part...
DeleteThose straps endured through WWII. Most Japanese and German fighters had them, though I've never seen any on a U. S. aircraft.
ReplyDeleteThe straps allowed a wounded pilot to control the rudder with his good leg and foot.
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That wasn't the reason. If you had ever flown aerobatics, you would know how hard it is to keep your feet on the rudder pedals during extreme flight.
ReplyDeleteWe went to a pre-WWII air museum the other day. Almost all the planes were biplanes and early monoplanes- with a replica German DR-3 triplane.
ReplyDeleteOn none of them did I see any kind of safety wire on any bolt or screw.
I wonder how many died when a critical nut spun off in flight.
Doubt that image is from an actual F-35. Images of the interior are classified.
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