SHINY Bits by bmac62
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For All and Andrea (durleybeachbum) in particular:
Andrea doesn't know it, but I consider her my art teacher. She puts up very pleasantly with my airplanes for their "SHINY Bits". So, this is among my shiniest:-) Can you all see the art beyond the machine here?
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For Aviation Enthusiasts:
The P-35, a forerunner of the Republic P-47, was the US Army Air Corps' (USAAC) first production single-seat, all-metal pursuit plane with retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. The USAAC accepted 76 P-35s in 1937-38, and assigned all but one of them to the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, Michigan.
Sweden also purchased 60 improved aircraft (designated EP-106), but the US diverted a second order for 60 to the USAAC in 1940 and assigned them to the 17th and 20th Pursuit Squadrons in the Philippines. These aircraft, redesignated P-35As, were all lost in action early in the war. Ironically, the Japanese Navy ordered 20 two-seat versions of the P-35 in 1938, and these became the only American-built planes used operationally by the Japanese during World War II.
The aircraft on display, the only known surviving P-35, served with the 94th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. The aircraft was restored by the 133rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Minnesota ANG, with assistance from students of the Minneapolis Vocational Institute. It is marked as the P-35A flown by the 17th Pursuit Squadron commander, 1st Lt Buzz Wagner, in the Philippines in the spring of 1941.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Armament: One .50-cal and one .30-cal fuselage mounted machine guns plus 320 lbs of bombs
Maximum speed: 280 mph
Range: 625 miles
Ceiling: 30,600 ft
Thanks for stopping by, all comments greatly appreciated and as always thank you for your favorites.
Bill:)
Comments (38)
Lisajobb
hello! Thanks for your comments on my Egypt series. Although i think people get a bit sick of sunsets. Anyway, shiny bits. WOW. I guess when you consider the energy and technical expertise that actually goes into designing these amazing machines it really makes you sit up and think. I think that behind all great machinery there is a great artist. Love it! Lisa X
Richardphotos
excellent collage and captures
sandra46
excellent as usual, wonderful collage and info!!!!!!!!!!
flavia49
fantastic!!!
Buffalo1
I knew an old time USAAC pilot who flew the P-35. He said it was like flying a Cadillac-pleasant and with a roomy cockpit. Great collage, Bill!
debbielove
Another OUTSTANDING collage, Bill! So, Good! The art work behind really does set it off... Cavalierlady says it right! Pity the people who have to keep them that shiny!! Well done. Rob.
Katraz
Great looking plane, you can't beat the old ones.
anahata.c
loved this when I first saw it. And Andrea's a teacher to me too, probably to a number of artists here. And it's so great that she sees the "shiny bits"! That's a true artist talking, Bill! (I once asked a painter friend what she thought of the Himalayas: She said, "oooooooh, great whites!") (We'll do it to ya everytime!) What I never realized is the plethora of rivets these planes had: It must've been grueling to make these, and as grueling to restore them. And it's fascinating that these, being sold to Japan before WWII, were used 'by' Japan as a result. Well, your montage as always captures many sides to these beasts, and all the sweep and light too. You manage to give us enough views & lines & lights to feel how many personalities these must have, and how dazzling they must be sitting on the ground in magisterial silence. Beautiful museum captures once more, and thanks for all the information too. (I'll run over to see Andrea's transformation! It's giving me ideas too...) Beautiful.