The Aviators Thread

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Omegafanman

·Dec 13, 2024

DoctorEvil

That Timex looks tiny. If you want legibility, you can't beat the IWC 55mm B-Uhr from WW2 😃. I hear pilots strapped these to their thighs too.

There are some challengers for the crown ;0)
Ref the thigh strap I have still not tracked down a photo from WW1 or WW2 of a pilot or navigator using that configuration.
I am sure it did happen, just off there are no photos,

 

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DoctorEvil

·Dec 13, 2024

Omegafanman

There are some challengers for the crown ;0)
Ref the thigh strap I have still not tracked down a photo from WW1 or WW2 of a pilot or navigator using that configuration.
I am sure it did happen, just off there are no photos,

I had to look up what "sidereal time" meant and it's doing my head in a bit 😄
I'm assuming this watch has some use in astral navigation, although I'm having trouble figuring out what role the rotating dial plays.

 

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spacemission

·Dec 13, 2024

Luke connection 😎

https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpr...ter-good-things-when-short-are-twice-as-good/

 

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hen

·Dec 14, 2024

spacemission

Luke connection 😎

https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpr...ter-good-things-when-short-are-twice-as-good/

Good work keeping zero accidents. Norway lost 13 out of 45 planes and unfortunatly 6 pilots and 1 technician where killed.

They got Europas last flying F104 in Bodø Norway.

 

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Omegafanman

·Dec 18, 2024

DoctorEvil

I had to look up what "sidereal time" meant and it's doing my head in a bit 😄
I'm assuming this watch has some use in astral navigation, although I'm having trouble figuring out what role the rotating dial plays.

Not sure if this will help or hinder but it is taken from the great man himself. Commander P.V.H Weems....

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 19, 2024

It looks like British Royal Navy F-35 B pilots wear the large legible 42.5 mm CITIZEN Eco-Drive WR100 wrist watch...
At least senior US Air Force & F-35 Lightning II Chief Test Pilot Alan Norman wore an Omega Speedmaster, but a Tachymètre remains useless!
(LockheedMartin)
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SpeedyPhill

·Mon. 4:18am

1964 - 2024 saw the 60th anniversary for the FAS of the French Air Force...
Remember in 1966, President Charles André de Gaulle decided to leave NATO, France becoming an independent nuclear strike force. Besides a constant sixtet of submarines with remarkable names (e.g. Redoutable, Terrible and Inflexible) between 1964 and 2005, the French Army used the Dassault Mirage IV, a huge but sleek delta winged supersonic strategic bomber... for many the most beautiful aircraft ever built !
Photo shows General Charles "Chuck" Yeager visiting Dassault in 1969... Between 1955 and 2020 Yeager solely wore Rolex pilot watches !
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DoctorEvil

·Tues. 6:20am

Happy Holidays!

Image courtesy of Avgeekery.com via Facebook

 

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spacemission

·Tues. 10:02am

Feliz Navidad from 🇪🇸

 

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Mad Dog

·10:34am yesterday