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Published: 2015-09-10 05:51:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 11381; Favourites: 354; Downloads: 477
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See what I did there?This is another promo image of retro-cool robot girl Lisa Burton I did for The Experimental Notebook of C. S. Boyack, a 99 cent collection of speculative fiction short stories and micro-fiction. The plane is a Grumman F2F, in case you're curious.
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Yeah, they look pretty similar.
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Thought so.Β And she's robotic?
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Yes, she originally appeared in the book Wild Concept and the author uses her in a lot of promo pictures.
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Understood, and thanks for the insight.
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Not sure which I like better! The Grumman was a great aircraft.
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Wboa!
Talk about ... Fuel-Injected Passion!
10 in my book!
Great Work!
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Thank you! Much appreciated!
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Love the picture of both girl and aircraft.Β Despite the outfit being wrong, (this is not a complaint), it is also more historically accurate than many may think at first glance.Β Girls that flew carrier based aircraft were used for promotional purposes during WWII.Β Some, such as Maureen Dunlop were disappointed that they were not allowed to fly in combat.Β Β
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Thank you! That's interesting to know. I wasn't aware of that.
The client asked for that specific outfit, as the scene has a relationship to stories in his book.
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Thank you! I appreciate that!
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Thanks, Sean. I'm seeing some traffic coming my way from your post. People seem to be enjoying this one. Might mention the book of short stories is only 99Β’. Craig
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Thank you! I really appreciate that!
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The old "Brewster Buffalo" It looks much like (the plane, of course)
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Oh, yeah, it is pretty similar, isn't it?
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So ... if you removed the biplane wings, it is a BB ...
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Yeah, it's a Grumman F2F, which was replaced by the F3F, which was then replaced by the BB. They all look pretty similar.
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The really fun part is that the F4F, destined to become the Wildcat, began life as another in the line of Grumman biplanes. It actually lost in the trials against the Brewster F2A Buffalo. The wildcat was redesigned as a monoplane fighter and became the go-to fighter by the beginning of WWII, relegating the F2A to secondary roles with the Marine Corps until after Midway in 1942.
Awesome rendition of the F2F.
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Oh, that's cool! I didn't know that.
Thank you!
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In 1935 the F3F was barely off the drawing boards into flight testing when Grumman started work on the G-16 prototype which would become the XF4F-1. It maintained the biplane configuration of the F3F and the manually cranked, narrow track landing gear. The G-16/XF4F was faster, the F2A Buffalo was more maneuverable. The Navy wanted a monoplane fighter and so it went with the F2A Buffalo from Brewster, however it also placed a production order for the G-16, designated XF4F-1 by the navy,Β in case the F2A Buffalo proved unsatisfactory... It was clear to Grumman that the F2A would be superior to the G-16/XF4F-1 so the F4F-1 was scrapped and redesigned as a monoplane and designated XF4F-2. The XF4F-2 dispensed with the biplane design and settled on a mid wing monoplane design with rounded tip wings and tail surfaces. Still clear that it was inferior to the Buffalo Grumman redesigned the plane yet again with squared off wing and tail surfaces and a supercharged Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engine and Designated F4F-3. After testing, a redesign of the tail surfaces changing theΒ vertical tail to the more familiar design the F4F-3 began to show its true potential. The Navy, by now realizing the Buffalo was fast becoming obsolete opted to accept the F4F-3 into service. The F4F series showed its true strengths as it could absorb massive amounts of damage and bring its pilots home. Armed first with four, then six .50 caliber machine guns it could also dish out a powerful punch. Oddly enough, Brewster went on to license produce the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, while the F4F was license built by the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors under the Designation FM-2.
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Thank you! I appreciate that.
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