JimNtexas Posted March 13 Posted March 13 I watched Cold Blue and also recommend it. It addressed one pet peeve I’ve had for a long time. In every movie that has B-17s the pilots enter the cockpit by doing a pull up flip into the belly hatch. I can’t really see that as something someone would really do. In my copy of printed version of master it says occasionally someone would do that to show off. In Cold Blue they show several crew members, in full battle rattle going into that hatch. Using portable stairs.
TreeA10 Posted March 13 Posted March 13 13 hours ago, JimNtexas said: I watched Cold Blue and also recommend it. It addressed one pet peeve I’ve had for a long time. In every movie that has B-17s the pilots enter the cockpit by doing a pull up flip into the belly hatch. I can’t really see that as something someone would really do. In my copy of printed version of master it says occasionally someone would do that to show off. In Cold Blue they show several crew members, in full battle rattle going into that hatch. Using portable stairs. Way back when, 1972-ish, , my dad was stationed in England and one of his fellow Chiefs was a former B-17 radio operator in WW2. I was 9 or 10 and he was talking about the "doing the pull up" to enter the airplane and said it was complete BS. Nobody did it. Side story: Local English lovers of birds had given the B-17 radio operators messenger pigeons. Not sure how often they used them, why they used them, etc. but they occasionally used them. The instructions were to put the message on the bird, put the bird into a paper bag cut down on one side, go to the waist gunner window, and throw the bag with the bird DOWN where the bag would open, the bird would fly out and then fly home. One day, he wonders what happens if you throw the bag with the bird UP which he does and the bag with the bird splatters on the rudder. He didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy he killed his bird. Anyway, that was one story he relayed to me. 1 2
uhhello Posted March 13 Posted March 13 47 minutes ago, TreeA10 said: Way back when, 1972-ish, , my dad was stationed in England and one of his fellow Chiefs was a former B-17 radio operator in WW2. I was 9 or 10 and he was talking about the "doing the pull up" to enter the airplane and said it was complete BS. Nobody did it. Side story: Local English lovers of birds had given the B-17 radio operators messenger pigeons. Not sure how often they used them, why they used them, etc. but they occasionally used them. The instructions were to put the message on the bird, put the bird into a paper bag cut down on one side, go to the waist gunner window, and throw the bag with the bird DOWN where the bag would open, the bird would fly out and then fly home. One day, he wonders what happens if you throw the bag with the bird UP which he does and the bag with the bird splatters on the rudder. He didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy he killed his bird. Anyway, that was one story he relayed to me. So much history there. We PL'd in the backyard of a guys house in Suffolk. Shut down and the guy came out. Old old guy in full old british guy wear. I walk up to him apologizing for landing in his back yard and he was grinning from ear to ear. Sat and talked with him while waiting for maintenance to show up. His dad was a milkman who wasn't medically cleared. He would talk about how his dad gave him milk to bring to the boys before they would go fly in the early mornings. 2 1
Lawman Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Yes! F’ing Yes!https://www.facebook.com/share/v/s7ecjtqYV7tRFhNX/?mibextid=WaXdOeTrailer for Alien Romulus looks absolutely badass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Lord Ratner Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) 20 hours ago, Lawman said: Yes! F’ing Yes! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/s7ecjtqYV7tRFhNX/?mibextid=WaXdOe Trailer for Alien Romulus looks absolutely badass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Can't be worse than Prometheus or Covenant. Edited March 21 by Lord Ratner 1
Clayton Bigsby Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Guilty pleasure fun, but I enjoyed the new Roadhouse. Admittedly I felt the original was terrible, yeah I know it’s legendary for some reason but could not figure out why, it was soooo bad! Anyway this new one was fun.
disgruntledemployee Posted April 3 Posted April 3 (edited) I can't wait to see the live action Punchout on Netflix with Glass Joe and Mike Tyson. Edited April 3 by disgruntledemployee 1
uhhello Posted April 3 Posted April 3 13 hours ago, Clayton Bigsby said: Guilty pleasure fun, but I enjoyed the new Roadhouse. Admittedly I felt the original was terrible, yeah I know it’s legendary for some reason but could not figure out why, it was soooo bad! Anyway this new one was fun. Jesus. OG Roadhouse was good because we didn't know any better. New one is garbage. 1
Danger41 Posted April 15 Posted April 15 Went to Civil War today. Very good movie. I really liked how there was basically no political agenda one way or another, just a story. Highly recommend. 1
O Face Posted May 21 Posted May 21 1 hour ago, wikz said: anyone watch the blue angels IMAX movie? I think I did. Was this it?? Or this one?? 1
wikz Posted May 21 Posted May 21 (edited) 42 minutes ago, O Face said: I think I did. Was this it?? Or this one?? I always knew you were into that stuff. Edited May 21 by wikz 3
HeloDude Posted September 7 Posted September 7 Saw the new Beetlejuice…I thought it was kind of just “ok”.
Biff_T Posted September 8 Posted September 8 On 9/7/2024 at 2:54 AM, HeloDude said: Saw the new Beetlejuice…I thought it was kind of just “ok”. Remakes always suck.
disgruntledemployee Posted September 8 Posted September 8 1 hour ago, Biff_T said: Remakes always suck. I think it's more of a long term sequel. But in that Biff vein, often sequels suck too. 2
RASH Posted September 9 Posted September 9 …Biff vein…WTF?Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app 2
Biff_T Posted September 9 Posted September 9 11 hours ago, RASH said: WTF? Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app PSM. I just pissed and shit myself (PSM) from laughter. Good catch amigo. Everyone loves that Biff vein, even the dudes. 1
RASH Posted September 10 Posted September 10 PSM. I just pissed and shit myself (PSM) from laughter. Good catch amigo. Everyone loves that Biff vein, even the dudes. Somewhere there’s a hot German babe in a dirndl calling dibs…Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app 4
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