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[Puglover1]

[3Berries]

Apparently the last piston engine plane used before the jets came on the scene in the Korean War.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/f-51d-mustang-veteran-fighter-bomber-dominated-korean-war-163336

The public mostly remembers the North American P-51 Mustang as the fighter plane that protected Allied bombers over Germany and Japan during World War II. Overshadowed by newer jet fighters by the time war broke out in Korea in 1950, the re-designated F-51’s relative technological backwardness became a qualified blessing for close air support and battlefield interdiction sorties against the Korean People’s Army.

Warren Thompson’s new book F-51 Mustang Units of the Korean Warfocuses on the veteran fighter’s role in Korea, and also exposes the plane’s little-known history with Australia, South Africa and the Republic of Korea.

[Puglover1]

Creativity

[Satyaban]

Er, I think it is a P51 Mustang, but not sure. Super charged gasoline power, that sound is hard to beat in an aircraft engine.

[3Berries]

Had one of these fly overhead today at about 8k ft. What a sweet sounding engine.... F51D Mustang fighter/bomber

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n74190/#2d2b5121

[Puglover1]

Something made me think of you https://greenlivingtribe.com/japan-h...WYvUFmlXbmwCUs

[9fingerleafs]

Growing it's my full time job now. So I've been very busy too. Until this last month. The heat from summer makes it very difficult to grow so I slow down production for a couple of months.

[SoOrbudgal]

I see you got your helmet head on are you preparing for aliens or acid rain? Maybe kitties falling from the sky?

[alltatup]

Zzzzup, 9fingerleafs !!! I was laying low for a while during covid, but I'm back. Good to see your smiling face!!!!!

[3Berries]

Actually I have three around and the part that was underground all look new on all of them. So apparently the creosote must evaporate to the air over time..

[Gingerbeard]

Good point. Just don't burn them or lick them.

[3Berries]

I'd say the same thing it's been doing for the last 40 years sticking in the ground. It's not me that considers it toxic, just the regulators.

[Gingerbeard]

Toxic? That's great. My cousin bought a house made of T-poles for structural elements. The previous owners built a refuge from the great world collapse that was 01/01/00. Being such a hippie, I wonder if she knew she lived in a seeping death house.
Not to be an environmentalist, here. If those are considered toxic, and you use them for flood control and terracing, does that do anything to runoff or soak-in water?

[Gingerbeard]

The first link.

[3Berries]

It's an old electric pole. My electric coop will gladly give them away as they are considered hazardous waste due to the creosote. I use them for terracing and flood water control. I need two more. The have given me three so far this summer.