That is an amazing photo.

It is difficult to take in the rapid rise of Japan given their limited resources and space.

I agree, an amazing photo. What struck me was the difference in light from North and South Korea. North Korea is like a dark wilderness.

Japan came back in a short time ONLY because we spent BILLIONS of dollars rebuilding them after the war. If we had been like most victors of a war it would have taken decades longer. We did for same for Germany and France and many countries. Now those three allies are very rich and powerful countries instead of being a third world country.

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^? Pappy passed in 1988 and that looks like a British Harrier. Son has same nickname?
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Loved, loved, loved that show when I was a kid.

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I was going to throw this into that 356 thread, but I guess it's better here.

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yeeeesh! Of all the cars to hit...

The US Marines fly Harriers... Pappy was a Marine... I met him in the early 70's in Denver at an airshow

Greg Jr. was in the US Air Force, not Marines, doubt he ever flew a Harrier, but....?

Testing to see if this was true?

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(thx Except for the the P-51 switching to the RR engine, I never knew we used equipment sourced from the Land of Lucas engineering.) ;)

Interesting thing about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair:
It was built around the engine. Getting the biggest fattest paddle propellers on it required drooping the wings for the landing gear thus the shape.

The other aircraft to use that same engine were:
Canadair CL-215
Convair CV-240 family
Douglas A-26 Invader
Douglas DC-6
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Martin B-26 Marauder
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800
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From what I understand, the F4U used a geared multi stage supercharger whereas the P51 had a turbo. Each had its pluses and minuses. The turbo superchargers were superior at high altitude but the Navy was not usually up there.
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The Marines fly the AV8B which is a derivative of the Harrier and the Brits now fly the Harrier II which is a derivative of the AV8B.

AV8B:
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Harrier GR.3:
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The Brits don't fly any VSTOL at the moment, sold em all (to the US marines for spare parts) and their carrier, they are preparing/trialing the new carrier for the F35 at the moment.

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The original picture with pappy written on it, is a US marines AV-8B Harrier II

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Just say "no" to vertical video

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