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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 8/8/14 at 8:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Bump & good morning.
I have not the foggiest. I've done a lot of reading on experimental aircraft but I don't remember ever seeing anything about that.
It's got to be the late 50's or early 60's.
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Since we are on the topic of experimental planes, what is this?
I have not the foggiest. I've done a lot of reading on experimental aircraft but I don't remember ever seeing anything about that.
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When?
It's got to be the late 50's or early 60's.
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Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:14 am to Darth_Vader
Whats going on, Darth?
It is the Hiller X-18.
It is the Hiller X-18.
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The X-18 was an experimental cargo-transport aircraft designed to be the first testbed for tilt-wing and STOVL (short takeoff and vertical landing) technology. The Hiller Aircraft Corporation began design work in 1955 and received a manufacturing contract and funding from the Air Force, resulting in the only X-18 ever produced.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:26 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Whats going on, Darth?
Doing the Friday thing.
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he X-18 was an experimental cargo-transport aircraft
I suspected it was a cargo plane due to the shape of the fuselage. That's cool.
Try this one....
What does that thing at the top of his sleeve denote?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:34 am to Darth_Vader
Damn those red x's! 
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:40 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Damn those red x's!
Yep. How about now?
Or this one?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:40 am to Darth_Vader
What is this one?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:46 am to Spaceman Spiff
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What is this one?
Ah, one of the true odd balls of the 50's. That's the F-107. Just an ugly thing if you ask me.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 9:59 am to Darth_Vader
True... Supposedly it preformed pretty well, though.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 10:01 am to Spaceman Spiff
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True... Supposedly it preformed pretty well, though.
Did the second set of pictures I posted show up for you?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:30 am to Darth_Vader
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Did the second set of pictures I posted show up for you?
Yeah. I have no idea who that cat is but I have seen him before...
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:35 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Yeah. I have no idea who that cat is but I have seen him before...
Oh, he's just a nameless solider of the Wehrmacht. The question is about the thing at the top of his sleeve where it meets his shoulder. What was it called and what did it denote?
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:37 am to Darth_Vader
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one of the true odd balls of the 50's
This was going to be the successor to the F-100 Super Sabre.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:40 am to Darth_Vader
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Oh, he's just a nameless solider of the Wehrmacht. The question is about the thing at the top of his sleeve where it meets his shoulder. What was it called and what did it denote?
I don't know...but it kind of reminds me of those red and white striped under-belly painted FW190D's...
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 11:42 am
Posted on 8/8/14 at 11:41 am to FightinTigersDammit
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This was going to be the successor to the F-100 Super Sabre.
Yep. I couldn't imagine having the intake right above me...
Posted on 8/8/14 at 2:36 pm to Darth_Vader
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The question is about the thing at the top of his sleeve where it meets his shoulder. What was it called and what did it denote?
I don't know what it's called, but he's a bandsmen/musician.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 2:43 pm to captcouv
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I don't know what it's called, but he's a bandsmen/musician.
Exactly. Those things denote that the guy wearing them is a musician. They were called "swallow's nests".
And while we're on the topic of German uniforms.
What's hanging around their necks and what's their purpose?
Here's another example...
BONUS: Can you identify this guy's unit and what sets him apart from most other German soldiers?
This post was edited on 8/8/14 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 8/8/14 at 2:53 pm to Darth_Vader
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What's hanging around their necks and what's their purpose?
I think its a unit designation. Here is George Washington wearing one
Posted on 8/8/14 at 2:56 pm to captcouv
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I think its a unit designation
Close
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Here is George Washington wearing one
True. But his denoted something all together different.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 3:25 pm to captcouv
Sorry got tied up here at work. What those German soldiers are wearing are called " gorgets". They've been around for a long time and have many different meanings but for the Germans, they denote Military Police.
As for the guy in the second picture. He's not a member of the Wehrmacht but instead is a member of the Waffen SS serving in the 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division. What made this guy different from the average German solider is that he is a Muslim. The 13th SS was made up almost entirely of Muslims from Croatia.
As for the guy in the second picture. He's not a member of the Wehrmacht but instead is a member of the Waffen SS serving in the 13th Waffen SS Mountain Division. What made this guy different from the average German solider is that he is a Muslim. The 13th SS was made up almost entirely of Muslims from Croatia.
Posted on 8/8/14 at 5:20 pm to Darth_Vader
And what was the German soldier's nickname for their military police?
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