Blister Hangar WIP

[Sgt. Booze]

Hi all, couple shots of our Blister Hangar, compliments to Champ. 

[352ndtoo-cool]

Hi all, couple shots of our Blister Hangar, compliments to Champ. 

Anyway you can put our planes in them, so that's where we will spawn?  TC

[Sgt. Booze]

Hi TC, definitely doable but where you run into problems is when someone decides to spawn in with a B-29.   

Booze

[Wheels]

Hi TC, definitely doable but where you run into problems is when someone decides to spawn in with a B-29.   

Booze

Heey!
I haven't said anything about a B-29 in months.


Wheels

[352ndtoo-cool]

Hi TC, definitely doable but where you run into problems is when someone decides to spawn in with a B-29.   

Booze

Point well taken we seem to do that a lot in the Group come in with bombers when we're told to spawn in fighters.  TC

Also did they have these at Bodney and if some are we going to have some when we reoccupy?

[352ndOscar]

"Also did they have these at Bodney and if some are we going to have some when we reoccupy?"

Well, I guess you got to ask yourself: What's the blister hangar used for?

- Your P-51 is waterproof - well enough to keep you dry, but its definitely not a boat....
- If you're in it and its raining, it would probably be a good idea to close your canopy and stay dry.  You ever try to fly at 25K when there's water in the seat bucket?  Bet you were sitting in a block of ice.
- Don't suppose you'd be sitting under one of these on 'ready-alert' - would kind of defeat the purpose of an immediate taxi and takeoff, besides, you know how them OPS folks are when you clutter their open airfield with structures.
- If you're not flying it and its not down for maintenance, I would guess it could sit out in the parking area, closed-up and that wouldn't require a cover.

I'd say, if you were going to see one of these at all it would be in a maintenance area - away from the field.  You know, something to keep the rain off the ground/maintenance crew while they do them 40hr checks, or when they have to replace that engine 'cause you ran it too rich all the way back from Belgium, or because there's 30 extra pounds of led in the fuselage - 'Geeze, were'd that come from......'

Here's a link to the RAF site when Bodney was an RAF Bomber Command base: http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s20.html

Para 3 says:

"Five blister hangars were erected followed by two T2s, one on the technical site in a wood on the west side and the other on a dispersal spur on southern side. Aircraft dispersals were 15 large pans and squares grouped in threes, eight small pans and four blind strips, all asphalt, placed round the airfield, some on long access lanes."

Note that it says 'followed by two T2's"....does that mean they tore them {blisters} down and replaced them with thte T2's?  Who knows... My guess is we'd have to talk to them photo analysis boys to get that answer.

[352ndDeacon]

We definitely want Booze's plane out in the rain as often as possible.  He's got the dirtiest plane in the whole fighter Group.  We're going to rename him "Pigpen" if he doesn't clean up his act.
He's got to stop drinking the hooch set aside for his maintainence crew.  Those guys look forward, hell, expect, their officers to take care of them, especially if the officer wants his plane to function as he expects.
One hand washes the other and in this case the plane also.
Get to it Booze.  That plane will never pass one of "Hap's" inspection tours.

[Sgt. Booze]

I just found a great case of scotch in one of the hay bales East of the field that I'll be glad to share with the boys.     Its the single Malt good stuff to, now who would hide something this nice out there?  Hmmmmm...............
Booze