View Full Version : Gordon's pics :         What are these ?
Dave Kearton
February 21st 07, 09:55 PM
The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does 
anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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Cheers
Dave Kearton
Dave Kearton
February 21st 07, 10:01 PM
Dave Kearton wrote:
> The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does
> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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Dave Kearton (should read Gordon's notes BEFORE posting)
CWO4 Dave Mann
February 21st 07, 11:36 PM
Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does
>> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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> What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
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> Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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Now Dave .. ******* perhaps but low-life never.
Anyway, I'll opine they are fuel containers for a rocket engine.
Cheers,
Dave #2
Lynn in StLou
February 22nd 07, 12:15 AM
Dave Kearton wrote:
> Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does
>> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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> What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
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> Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
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Correct
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Lynn in StLou
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Waldo Pepper
February 22nd 07, 12:56 AM
They look different from their more common appearance as the blunt end
"always" mount a parachute for recovery after a drop.
Waldo.
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:31:13 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
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>Dave Kearton wrote:
>> The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does
>> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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>What kind of sad, no life ******* replies to his own posts .....
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>Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
Blume, Alf
February 22nd 07, 01:40 AM
"Waldo Pepper" > skrev i en meddelelse 
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>>Apparently they're JATO units of the German persuasion.
But not for the Me-262 - more likely the Arado-234, Heinkel He-111Z, Me-323 
ect . . .
John Szalay
February 22nd 07, 08:45 PM
"Dave Kearton" > wrote in news:Im2Dh.2211
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> The associated caption is wrong,  possibly intentionally.         Does 
> anybody have an idea as to what they're looking at ?
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Walter 109-500  RATO motors
http://orbat.com/site/andreas/Germany%202.htm
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10326826&wwwflag=2
&imagepos=8
used on numerous german aircraft.
the smoke in second image is from one of those RATO units
on a Me-321
http://www.geocities.com/rcaf86/me321.html 
also 
www.waffenhq.de/flugzeuge/me321.html
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