http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/features/x1773732508/Models-helped-WWII-soldiers-identify-enemies
I’ve come across those models used for training pilots and gunners in identifying enemy aircraft. They were featured in some movies and aviation magazines. I think they represent one of the earliest form of models when just the shape of the aircraft would suffice.
My father told me they used these kind of models and also drawings as training to help them identify aircraft. He was assigned at one point to an anti-aircraft gun in WWII. The bad thing was that he was nearly deaf when he passed at the age of 77
You talking about the all-black Bakelite ones, right? Dad gave me some WW2 ones way back when I was little tyke… Broke too easy for a 6-7 year-old… Wish I still had 'em…
The Army still teaches aircraft ID by shape, called the WEFT Method… Wings, Engine(s), Fuselage, Tail…
I heard WEFT stands for Wrong Every F****** Time[00ps] Still, you have to teach it somehow… Have a nice day
Pawel
Pawel,
You describing the technique? Because to me, it sounds like you are describing the Army…[whstl]
That’s usually the result of the CCT… Of course, It’s a two-way street… The AF damn-near put some 500-pounders on our heads one fine day… They got our ABORT!" call only a few seconds before release… I actually heard them call, “In Hot”…
Our IDs are better than the Marines though… They just point at the sky and say, “Ugh! Ugh-ugh!”
True, perhaps, but my ‘Ugh-ugh!’ has been good enough to never nearly call a 500-pounder in on top of my own head…[whstl]
Dang, it always amazes me how tough the inter-branch rivalry is! Almost makes me want to cite Jules from “Pulp Fiction” - “Point the gun AT ME!” Have a nice day
Pawel
Aw, that ain’t nothing…
Best line I ever heard from a Marine was directed at a Sailor…
The Sailor (who must’ve hailed from South of the Mason-Dixon Line) referred to the Marine as a “Sea-going Bellhop” and the Juggie shot back with, “Hey, the only belle I ever hopped was your mother…”.
Man, that was funny…
That IS funny… I’m laughin’ my darn fool head off…