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  1. trmoore54 Reminds me of a live performance of Jeffrey Lee Pierce (R.I.P.) of the Gun Club when he said in between songs..."talkin' 'bout Religion!" _________________________ You're not an ex Punk rocker surely....... I used to appreciate 'X' and the Blasters for what its worth. Alan
  2. Thank you Jack. Coming from an academic background myself, its nice to see some interest in aerodynamics and hardware physics. Although with me it was political science, I did graduate with the required credits in aerodynamics and astro physics. Basically, I have completed some further calculations, and the descent speed by weight would in actual fact have hit nearer 420 mph in a dip such as this, and, importantly, the craft would have tipped back and rolled after such a steep drop. no pilot without modern pressurisation and roll control could keep the angle. Hitting the ship or the water would have occured within 3 seconds of this shot being taken, and the effect would be similar to hitting concrete or solid rock while sitting on 300 pounds of live ammo, rather like a 50 foot long petrol tanker dropping from 2 thousand feet onto a sidewalk. Your chances of survival would be similar to that of the driver. The old high octane engine design would also have ensured that the motors all cut out from excessive stress on the tanks forcing the fuel pressure out of the engines' head. The automatic cut in on the engine would only have fired back up at the stage that the craft would have levelled off, which at this angle would not have occured without at least two thousand feet to execute the manouver. Also, one important point: The prop craft as dive bomber was always designed to come into its target aspect, which is the angle of attack, at either 11 PM or 2 AM. to its surface target, the pilot would bank into this angle, then aim the nose of the craft in which the siting mechanism was housed, and pulling out of the dive, while letting go of his payload, effectively aiming his site and plane like an expert bowler drives his bowling ball down the lane, with the wrist facing the angle of the throw, then letting go as he swung back up and out. There are stories of Navy pilots flying Curtis's and aiming payloads down the funnels of Japanese destroyers with this method. It was a primitive system compared to wire guided, or heat seeking missile systems of today, but actually of devastating effectiveness. The main aim of course, was to remain out of the range of the enemy's flack. The anti aircraft fire on the ship. In this cover, we see not only attack planes attacking at a near impossible angle, but also directly above the ship itself at 12 PM vertical, which is why they are such great targets, at least two are being hit while we watch that suspended split second. Really, no pilot who was not a kamikaze would have attempted such a manouver in the Real WW2 World of the USAAF or US Navy. Its a great cover, but for many very boring technical reasons, I would say that the artist Russ Heath had perhaps sat in a plane for purely recreational purposes, and not flown combat operations. I will have to read up on that. With Regards, Alan
  3. No, that would be impossible. As an ex RAF pilot I can assure you its not going to happen. The dive bomber is probably a Douglas SBD Dauntless, or a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Both had a descent dive speed of well over 300 miles an hour based on their ascent speed of 260 - 280 miles an hour. In the picture, the Japanese vessels seem to be two ot three hundred feet away. With an almost vertical dive like this, the pilot would already have blacked out from the G Force., even in an old prop plane. So no. its impossible, and even if he was awake, he could not cover the distance without pulling out of the dive within about 5 seconds. So these dive bombers are going to hit the sea at over 300 miles an hour, with a plane weight of over 16,000 pounds with full ordance. That's equivalent to hitting a concrete runway. Pretty good pilots if they can get away with this one.
  4. Bombu May be the Thing that collects like a man, but I feel like a 12 year old boy looking at these again. But in this condition? My God. This man really is an ' M. A. N. ' Congrats on these amazing things.
  5. These are some super beautiful 9.4's you have here. Here are a few VF+ and VF raw. Right up to the end of the silver age. The title held up all the way into 1971 as a great book. A Bone white, Gorgon appearance. A British ' Shilling ' Copy of the Thing on Skrull Gangster World.
  6. thanks, these are seriously great sci fi covers. I have the pleasure of these ones as readers, and they are among the best stories of the time. Some real favourites here. Looks as though they were bound in a ring bound folder?
  7. The Poor relation of rawhide kid, the masked marvel of the west. Generally less fantastical, but a great read. Guest Starring....'Jesse James'
  8. And, Finally, the best title ever...The Guns of Jasper Jelko !
  9. Followed by one of the very best, great perspective, big staircase, and the 'Kid' doing some of his fancy shooting...
  10. A very busy, 'nothing' cover. Can't imagine anyone buying this for its punchy design? Its a mess.
  11. I love this one,...should be much moer popular as its actually the very first appearance of a character called Red Raven, some years before the return of the character in X Men. This guy isn't the same Red Raven, but it is a recycled character, very common with Stan Lee's work of course. The Next one is A hilarious giant ape on the loose cover, which si if you look closely completely out of scale,,,,courtesy of Jack 'King' Kirby.
  12. an early monster title? Certainly an un usual theme for a western, but then all the early 1960s marvel westerns are of the fantastic. This one is a very badly restored copy, has ben virtually stitched back together. Great story and cover. No. 35 is notable for being the very last comic book work of EC - Mad artist Jack Davis..A really nice issue.
  13. Oh man, these really 'Are' awesome. A rare treat to see these numbers in VF / VF+ . The monster tend, rarely bettered. Your'e all correct, I think the old collection will need an upgrade.