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armyjunk2
PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:15 pm 
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Some things I saw this past weekend, feel free to correct any of my ID's

Airborne Scooter Paris IL
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2-57mm Anti-Tank Guns Paris IL

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Gun 2
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T-33 trainer Paris Il
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2-3" Anti-Tank Guns Paris IL
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Gun 2
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40mm Anti-Aircraft Gun Paris IL
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Howitzer Trainer Paris IL
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strange homemade 75mm Gun Paris IL
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7.7cm FK16na German Field Gun Oakland IL
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70 or so junk 55-57 Chevys Hindsboro IL
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M-3 Stuart Mattoon IL
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155mm Howitzer SN 5547 Thorpe Rd West Terre Haute IN
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F86 Sabre Brazil IN
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2 very rare Japanese Anti-Aircraft Guns Greencastle IN
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V-1 Rocket Greencastle IN
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3" Anti-Tank gun Terre Haute IN
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Allison V12
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OX for marine use
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and last but not least this 16 cylinder drone engine, who knows anything about these?
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Great PIX, Thanks.
(Minor correction: the F-84 is a T-33).
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armyjunk2
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thank you...
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:09 pm 
armyjunk2 wrote:
and last but not least this 16 cylinder drone engine, who knows anything about these?


It is a Rotary Vee cylinder and Block assembly- looks like a 12 cylinder. The concept seemed to be a great idea, but was never developed. Where exactly was it?

See link below for an old article about it.

Ashley

https://engineering.purdue.edu/people/c ... /RotaryVee
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i think your righti it was a 12, the guy had so many things that was just one many I was looking at. I got it confused with the V-16 Caddie engines. He's in Illinois
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bdk
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armyjunk2 wrote:
Airborne Scooter Paris IL
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Looks like this rolls on some vintage tailwheel tires! Couldn't handle well with that square edged tread.
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Does anyone know anything about the scooter? Its not the standard model 53 Airborne Scooter.......
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Nice pix armyjunk!

If ya ever get over that way again, take a trip to the Grissom Air Museum. Great collection sitting outside and well cared for, given their limited resources. Go on a Saturday and meet with Rollie Douglas who runs the register. He is a ball turret gunner with an interesting story of colliding with another B-17 during a raid on Hamburg on Dec 31, 1944. B-17, B-25, B-47, B-58 and many others on display. On rare occasions, they will open the KC-97 for a walk-through...very complete inside!

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