» Topic: Some unusual photos

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11/03/2016 at 12:23 #39388

GeoffQRF
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http://www.historyinorbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WP_dailysanctuary-com_2015_03_6-plane-wrong-carrier.jpg

Apparently the Navy had a funny tradition – every time a plane would land on the wrong carrier, it would be covered with graffiti before being returned.

http://www.historyinorbit.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/i.imgur_.com_0XILJTd.jpg

Do I need to make mule masks?

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11/03/2016 at 14:08 #39392

Paul
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Whew. When I saw this thread, I thought it might be spillover from an incident on another hobby website involving photos. Glad to see that’s not the case.

I really like the second pic, Geoff. Yes, we do need gas-masked mules.

Thanks for sharing.

Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!

11/03/2016 at 20:59 #39406

Rules Junkie Jim
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GeoffQRF wrote:

Apparently the Navy had a funny tradition – every time a plane would land on the wrong carrier, it would be covered with graffiti before being returned.

They’ve a similar tradition in Ryanair. When one of their planes lands at the wrong airport they plaster “Ryanair” on it.

28/03/2016 at 11:19 #39983

Phil Gray
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WW1 German horse with gas mask

Intriguing – the outrider has full face protection, but the horse has mouth/ nose protection only (maybe because a horse can be led?)

Compared to this rig for dogs:

US dog with gas mask

Sand, not oil, in the gears of the world.

29/03/2016 at 11:25 #40006

GeoffQRF
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Jim, that is really, really funny 😀

Came across this link as well, showing uses of swastikas before it was adopted by the Nazi party and took on a whole new meaning.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/03/24/before-the-nazis-hijacked-it-the-world-used-to-love-swasitkas-it-was-a-symbol-of-luck/2/

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29/03/2016 at 11:27 #40007

GeoffQRF
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Phil Gray wrote:

WW1 German horse with gas mask Intriguing – the outrider has full face protection, but the horse has mouth/ nose protection only (maybe because a horse can be led?)

We sure that’s a gas mask, and not just a nose bag to prevent the horse from grazing or biting?

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02/04/2016 at 03:31 #40139

Etranger
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It’s a human gas mask, loosely applied to the mule. The eye pieces are a bit of a give away….

Here are some horse gas masks.

WWI Gas Mask for Horses

http://www.teachinghistory100.org/objects/about_the_object/gas_mask_for_a_horse

Here are some later (Cold war?) masks http://geyserofawesome.com/post/5244674218/horse-gas-masks-were-first-used-during-world-war

02/04/2016 at 08:37 #40147

GeoffQRF
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The mule mask is, but I think not the photo that Phil put up (?)

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02/04/2016 at 10:16 #40154

Etranger
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Sorry Geoff, missed that. It still looks like the German masks I linked to though. There were seperate gas goggles too.
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