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Jasper has been up there dogfighting, protecting our skies from those who would do evil. He's an ace pilot to be sure. Even so, he took a few bullets to his trusty flying machine. So, Snoopy is not the only one that can pilot a doghouse!
(somewhat my inspiration. Mostly it's just remembering the Peanuts cartoon from childhood. www.drawinghowtodraw.com/stepbystepdrawinglessons/tag/how... )
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This gorgeous Hurricane is the last airworthy Mk.IV in existence.
Since this shot was taken at Duxford's Flying Legends 2005, 15 years ago today, she has gone on to become CF-TPM with Vintage Wings of Canada and now OO-HUR with Flying Aces Services & Training.
RRRARARWWRRARARRRWW
The famous World War Flying Ace marches confidently to his faithful Sopwith Camel, barking encouragement to the other pilots.
"..............................."
RRRARARWWRRARARRRWW
We cannot hear him because of the engines, but it must be incredibly inspiring.
"..............................."
In lieu of the heart-pounding speech, let's consider the Sopwith Camel.
Commissioned in 1917, the famed biplane is credited with downing more enemy aircraft (1,294) than any other Allied fighter of the conflict.
The name "Camel" was a nickname that stuck, referring to the distinctive "hump" or metal fairing over the breeches of its twin Vickers machine guns, located just ahead of the cockpit.
While incredibly agile and a formidable dogfighter in the hands of an experienced pilot, its design (specifically the concentration of weight and the gyroscopic effect of its rotary engine) made it notoriously difficult and dangerous for novices to fly.
RRRARARWWRRARARRRWW
"..............................."
You tell 'em, Snoopy!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Peanuts Snoopy Collection
50 Years Celebration
Flying Ace Snoopy
1998, Flambro
Flambro is another of our favorite brands for the Peanuts license. We had an account with them when we had our collectibles store and Flambro never failed to delight with their colorful and innovative designs.
This series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Snoopy (Which occured in 2000), features six figurines, each of them incredibly cute, such as Flying Ace Snoopy here.
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54772289279
Snoopy has a long and victorious history on the Bijou Planks as the indefatiguable Flying Ace!
Honored in BP 2023 Day 92!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52787331553
At his favorite bistro in BP 2023 Day 211!
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53082304079
Noting that the Sopwith Camel might need some maintenance in BP 2023 Day 267!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53210010987
About to take flight against the Dark Pumpkin in BP 2023 Day 302!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53295594591
Joiining the squadron on another mission in BP 2024 Day 140!https://www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53732542724
Spreading love in BP 2024 Day 154!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53764995994
Braving all weather on a top priority mission in BP 2024 Day 266!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/54014492130
And one of my favorite items in our entire Peanuts collection, from BP 2022 Day 345:
In a small bistro in the French countryside, the famous World War 2 flying ace takes a much needed respite... and spies a dark haired lass...
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Snoopy Flying Ace
'Perhaps some dark-haired lass will share my table.'
Determined Productions
1971, Japan
In our extensive Peanuts collection, this is one of my personal favorite pieces. I love Snoopy-chan's sly face here. 😊
KRABOOOOMM!!!
RRROOOOMMMBBB
The explosions of the combustible combat are close and constant thunder.
BUDABUDABUDABUDA
The automatic weaponry from the military aircraft form a steady beat.
GREK! GREK!
But they have not been able to save this complex! Mecha Godzilla is emotionlessly, mercilessly exercising its will of destruction. Until...
POWPOWPOWPOW!!
It's the Flying Ace!!!
"WA! WawawaWA wa WAWA!"
Snoopy, shaking a furious paw, yells very un-beagle-like ephitets at the metallic monstrosity!
GREK! GREK!
POWPOWPOWPOW!!
"WA! WAWAwawaWA WA waWA!"
For the first time, a titan is halted as Snoopy flies faster and faster, forming a cyclone of canine catastrophe!
Halloween is saved, at least for this location!
Nowhere to hide,
Nothin doin,
When it's the world,
That's coming to ruin.
There's no shelter under,
It's a citywide cave-in,
As Kaiju thunder,
Through Paprihaven.
It's 13 Daze of Halloween,
On the largest scale we've ever seen,
So struggle and strive to stay alive,
We'll see you on the other side, if you survive.
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Welcome to the 2025 edition of Paprihaven's 13 Daze of Halloween! We are featuring the towering titans of terror from Toho films!
Which demands the following mention! For the absolute best Japanese vinyl kaiju photography on Flickr, (Or anywhere in the world!), you must visit John's stream, MyKaiju:
Godzilla vs Mecha Godzilla
Mecha Godzilla
1993, Bandai
The Peanuts Movie
Flying Ace Snoopy
2018, McDonald's
Sky Busters
A-10 Fairchild Thunderbolt
2023, Matchbox
Sky Busters
Boeing F-15 Eagle
2016, Matchbox
The original Mecha Godzilla was constructed by the always annoying Black Hole Planet 3 aliens known as the Simians. It was meant to impersonate Godzilla, (It initially had a Godzilla-like covering over it's metal body.), and conquer earth.
If that sounds like an unnecessarily convoluted plan, it was. But it was also great fun as the gigantic mech defeated Anguiras and proved so powerful that Godzilla needed help from King Caesar. (The Okinawan kaiju, not the Roman emperor.)
Here is a clip of Godzilla and King Caesar teaming up against Mecha Godzilla, showcasing Mecha Godzilla's power.
This is Shōwa Era Godzilla silliness. Oddly, as they cranked up Godzilla's muppet personality during this time, presumably to attract young audiences, Toho also ramped up the blood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuJ9FRm2zs
Here are our past Halloween countdowns for Day 6!
2017
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37587868770/
2018
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/43744397390/
2019
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48964075778/
2020
flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50534944777/
2021
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51642874154/
2022
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52456991290/
2023
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53285685084/
2024
I created this cartoon for the "Vivid Cartoon Challenge" on the Vivid Art Group. I started with an original photo of mine (see "Squadron Ride" in my photostream) that I took of a carnival ride tent showing cartoon-like airplanes and I added some vectors of cheering people from Microsoft Library. I also manipulated lots of areas of the blended photo.. Vivid Art is a fun, challenging flickr group -- visit it sometime.
Ahh.... remember the good old days?
Or otherwise known as....exercises in how to make yourself look as daft as possible.....
The World War I Flying Ace is one of the many fantasy identities that Snoopy adopted during the fifty-year run of the Peanuts comic strip.
In the early years of the strip, Snoopy would pretend to be other animals, such as a vulture, a boa constrictor or a piranha.
As his character developed, Snoopy's imaginary life became more complicated. Many strips would focus on Snoopy pretending to be a lawyer or the student "Joe Cool." However, the World War I Flying Ace would be one of Snoopy's most popular and enduring alternate identities.
Snoopy's first appearance as the World War I Flying Ace was in the Peanuts comic strip from October 10, 1965, which saw him climb on top of his doghouse (claiming it was a Sopwith Camel biplane) to do battle with the Red Baron. The fantasy ended when Linus came up behind him and imitated the noise of a machine gun.
Often, when Snoopy is seen as the World War I Flying Ace, it is hard for other characters to get his attention, because all Snoopy cares about at that point is his imaginary battles.
For instance, in the strip from June 20, 1989, when Charlie Brown comes home from camp, and really misses Snoopy, the first thing Snoopy (as the World War I Flying Ace) says when he sees the boy is, "Don't they realize how dangerous it is to let unauthorized kids on the runway?".
Often, after an imaginary battle, Snoopy will call out "Curse you, Red Baron!"
While spending time in the town Snoopy will often admit that the things that he is doing are not historically accurate to real flying aces.
The first television appearance of Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace was in the animated special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, initially broadcast on October 27, 1966.
In the special, Schroeder appears to be happy to go along with Snoopy's game by playing popular songs from the World War I era on his toy piano.
Other characters would participate in Snoopy's imaginary World War I exploits during the strip's run, including Woodstock and his bird friends and Snoopy's siblings, Belle and Spike.
Woodstock and the birds would most often be seen as mechanics for the Ace with Belle appearing as a nurse for the troops. Spike appeared in later years as a member of the infantry, lasting all the way to the Flying Ace's last appearance.
The most eager human participant appears to be Marcie, who is happy to accept the role of "French lass" who falls for the dashing pilot. However, Snoopy's brother Marbles refused to take part in the game and found his brother's behavior very confusing.
Various cartoon characters from outlets such as Warner Bros. and Disney have been used as mascots of US military units. Aware of the legal battle between The Royal Guardsmen and United Features Syndicate, over the band's unauthorized use of the name "Snoopy" in their song "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron", a fighter squadron in the Vietnam War that wanted to use Snoopy the World War I Flying Ace as their mascot wrote to Charles M. Schulz to ask permission first. Schulz, a veteran himself, approved Snoopy in Red Baron-hunting mode as the squadron's mascot.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Hallmark
Peanuts Gallery
Five Decades of Charlie Brown
Pewter
2000, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Charlie Brown seen in BP 2023 Day 50:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52699356698/
Snoopy was seen in BP 2023 Day 64:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52728633418/
Lucy was seen in BP 2023 Day 78:
The World Famous Flying Ace did not stop his aerial activities after the war.
With his famous gold-trimmed heart locket, Snoopy would fly around the world to deliver the coup de grâce for romances that had arrived at a crucial point.
When two lovers would reach a junction where their romance only needed to be expressed, but there was fear or shyness...
phwoooosh! POING!
...The Flying Ace of Hearts swoops in and, instead of guns blazing, his heart locket would open and zap the romanticist, causing them to burst forth in eloquent and poetic exhortations of adoration! Sometimes even song and dance! Always ending with a bended knee, a proffered ring, and a breathless 'YES!'
If YOU are in a romance that has stalled, just shout to the sky, "Flying Ace of Hearts, we need you!"
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Peanuts No.8257
Flying Ace Mini Photo Frame
Westland Giftware
NOS from the 90's.
Another of our favorite vendors from our days of our collectibles store is Westland Giftware. They had the loveliest line of Peanuts offerings.
I don't know if Westland is still in business but these figurines are a great legacy for them.
When all of the Peanuts figurines are lined up in a nice display it's truly amazing from their large ornate sculpts to their smaller figurines like today's photo featuring Flying Ace Snoopy.
Previous Flying Ace Snoopy appearances on the Bijou Planks:
BP 2021 Day 73!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51037083511/
BP 2022 Day 233!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52301722263/
BP 2022 Day 345!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52557136481/
BP 2023 Day 92!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52787331553/
BP 2023 Day 211!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53082304079/
BP 2023 Day 267!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53210010987/
BP 2023 Day 302!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53295594591/
BP 2024 Day 140!
Snoopy as the Flying Ace in a World War I Sopwith Camel.
I built the Sopwith Camel in an olive green color scaled for a minifigure. Snoopy's body is a minifigure, torso arms and legs. His head is brick built with a red crowbar wedged between his head and shoulders. Snoopy's head is copied from this build: www.mocpages.com/moc.php/352632
RAF Tangmere, West Sussex England
Situated 3 miles from the South coast of England, this land was a former RAF fighter base of 11 Group which defended our skies during the Battle of Britain.
The Control Tower built in 1944 replaces an earlier tower destroyed during the Battle of Britain.
On the 16th August 1940 the station was attacked by German aircraft and Tangmere sustained severe damage destroying 2 hangars and several other buildings, 13 people lost their lives.
The base was home to legendary Douglas Bader who on 18th March 1940 was promoted to acting Wing Commander and became one of the 1st Wing Leaders with 145, 610 and 616 squadrons flying spitfire aircraft.
RAF Tangmere was also home to Spitfire ace Johnnie Johnson the RAF's most successful fighter ace during WW II.
The SOE (Special Operation Executive) also used RAF Tangmere as the base to fly resistance/secret agents to France to carry out sabotage missions against the Germans.
Violett Szabo "Bravest women of the war" flew from here on the mission which sadly she never returned executed in Ravensbruck concentration camp aged 23 on the 5th February 1945.
For her bravery she was awarded the:-
George Cross 1946
Croix de guerre avec étoile de bronze by the French government in 1947.
Médaille de la Resistance in 1973.
In 1956 her exploits were dramatised by the film "Carve her name with Pride" played by Virginia McKenna.
HRH Prince Charles (10-09-2022 King Charles III) learnt to fly from Tangmere in 1968 but in 1970 the base was closed.
This control tower is the only building left as a reminder to the events carried out from this former Battle of Britain RAF airfield.
"Rest in peace to all those Men/Women of the United Kingdom/ Allies and Commonwealth that gave there lives during WW II."
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
The memorial to local WW1 flying ace, Albert Ball, situated in the grounds of Nottingham Castle., Nottingham Castle.
© All rights reserved.
More on Albert Ball here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ball
“Will Fascists Bomb the Canal? The sensational story behind our cover painting. Menacing creed of the Dictators are being fostered in Central and South America. And this may mean that our Navy sky fighters will have to defend the ‘Big Ditch’ of Panama against – American-built bombing planes.” [Prologue]
“Second only in importance to the defense of continental United States is the defense of the Panama Canal. Indeed, this massive engineering development which has cut nautical distances between the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts in half, is probably the real key to the successful bulwarking of the United States.
“Yes, the so-called ‘Big Ditch’ is one of the most important factors in the strategic and commercial future of our nation. And its defense offers many pertinent problems which differ strikingly from those faced by other first-class powers. . .
“As we go to press, a big portion of our Pacific Fleet is scheduled to steam through into the Atlantic to appear at New York’s World’s Fair. Well, suppose the Canal was explosively banged shut after our battle wagons got over here in the Atlantic? And suppose Japan chose this particular time to raise hob (hell) over in the Pacific? Then our fleet would have to spend a lot of extremely valuable time in making the rigorous and lengthy journey around Cape Horn. And before they arrived on the scene of action, Japan would have got in some terrible blows.
“Most of the time we keep our greatest naval strength in the Pacific. This means that in similar fashion a European enemy planning to raise the devil in the Atlantic might take a try at blocking off the Canal at the zero hour. Again, a Cape Horn trip would be required to mobilize our sea force on the Eastern Coast. And again, a lot might happen before the battleships got around. . .
“Close students of military tactics believe that eventually naval and air bases will have to be established at the Galapagos and Cocos Islands in the Pacific, and at Puerto Rico in the Atlantic. Perhaps even more might come into the picture in cooperation with the British in the West Indies and with certain friendly Central American countries.
“Meanwhile, our Army engineers have been surveying Nicaragua as a site for a supplementary canal. And if this new water highway were built, we wouldn’t be carrying all our eggs in the one basket of the Panama Canal. What’s more, a Nicaraguan canal would provide even quicker passage between our Eastern and Western coasts . . .
“It is well-known that many American airplane manufacturers are selling their products abroad. As a matter of fact, practically every military type now being turned out in the United States is on the export list, which means it can be sold abroad. Even our new Boeing B-15 Super-Fortress is available to any country that has the money to buy it. And many other bomber types have already been sold to certain South American states.
“What if a hostile coalition controlling a number of these exported American fighting jobs hurled them against the Canal?” [Excerpts from the magazine article]
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The article frets about the Panama Canal as the single point of catastrophic failure, yet the real “eggs in one basket” vulnerability turned out to be thousands of miles away at Pearl Harbor. The article’s logic wasn’t wrong. It was simply looking in the wrong direction. It imagines a scenario where the fleet is caught on the wrong side of the Canal. What actually happened was worse: the fleet was caught in the right place, but unprepared.
KRRAAKKOOWW!!
PHHWWSSSHH!
It is a dark and stormy night as the Flying Ace pilots his doghouse Sopwith Camel just above the crashing waves and beneath a foreboding blood red moon! Lighting flashes all around him as powerful winds gust against his flying machine!
"WAWAWA WA WA!"
KRRAAKKOOWW!!
PHHWWSSSHH!
Snoopy shouts angrily at the lighting and waves! If they be the enemies arrayed to stop him, they will fail!
KRRAAKKOOWW!!
PHHWWSSSHH!
"WA! WA! WAWAWA!"
The Flying Ace has never failed to complete an 'A+ Top Priority Major' mission and, since the French Bistro with the best pizza and root beer closes in less than 30 minutes, he won't fail on this one!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Westland
Snoopy Flying Ace
Snow Globe
Item No. 8201
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53826612098/
NOS from the 90's.
Another of our favorite vendors from our days of our collectibles store is Westland Giftware. They had the loveliest line of Peanuts offerings.
I don't know if Westland is still in business but these figurines are a great legacy for them.
When all of the Peanuts figurines are lined up in a nice display it's truly amazing from their large ornate sculpts to their smaller figurines like today's snow globe with Snoopy the Flying Ace!
This is certainly not the Flying Ace's first appearance!
Facing the Red Baron in BP 2021 Day 73!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51037083511/
And the Great Pumpkin in BP 2023 Day 302!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53295594591/
Enjoying French bistros in BP 2022 Day 345!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52557136481/
Demonstrating his fine-tuned Sopwith Camel in BP 2023 Day 267!
“She teased Richthofen into a bundle of nerves. What burning promises were in those passionate letters she sent, that unnerved Richthofen to his ultimate doom?”
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892 – 1918), better known as “The Red Baron,” was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen received a fatal wound just after 11:00 am on April 21, 1918 while flying over Mortancourt Ridge near the Somme River in France.
Introducing my new Alco PA model. I have been working on this for a while, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I used the nose design I posted a while ago, and somehow the flex tube in studio worked for the windows. The truck sideframes were designed by @flyingace. Instructions are planned.
Flying Aces / Magazin-Reihe
- Can Poland Repulse The Nazis?
Cover: Alex Schomburg (as by August Schomburg)
Magazine Publishers, Inc.
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
Snoopy! Are you back in action as the famous WW2 Flying Ace??*
VRRR*SPPTTR*VVR*RKRK*MMM
"WawawaW- *COUGH!*...wawa!"
Is that your Sopwith Camel??
VRRR*SPPTTR*VRR*RMRM*CHRK!
"Wawa-*HACK!!!* ...WawaWA wawa!"
Wow, I don't know who's coughing more. You or your plane.
I guess if you don't shoot em down, you can smoke em out!
*SPT*SPT*VRRRMM*SPTR*
"WaWAWAWA WAWA waWA!"
Just a joke, sorry Snoopy. 😕
"*HACK!* *COUGH!* WAAAUGH!!"
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Aviva Peanuts Trophies
Snoopy as Flying Ace
"World's Greatest Aviator"
1960s, Hong Kong
In the 1960s through the 1980s, the Aviva Toy Company made a wide range of licensed Peanuts products, from diecast vehicles to wind-up. Many of their offerings were quite creative in design and style.
One of the more uniquely interesting Peanuts lines Aviva produced were the trophies. A surprisingly large line, these 'trophies' consisted of a flat plastic scene with a Peanuts character, usually Snoopy, and a metal plaque in an insert in the plastic base below. The plaque had a short quote particular to the reason for the gift or something silly and amusing.
These were marketed as gifts and were found in gift shops or the gift card section of department stores.
Because the plaques were not secured in the insert, they are often missing in Aviva Peanuts Trophies found today in second hand venues.
*Snoopy has appeared as the Flying Ace in BP 2021 Day 73!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51037083511/
And in BP 2022 Day 233!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52301722263/
And in BP 2022 Day 345!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52557136481/
And in BP 2023 Day 92!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52787331553/
And in BP 2023 Day 211!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53082304079/
This shot exhausts our collection of Aviva Peanuts Trophies. The total trophies produced was much larger. We remain on the lookout for more. We hope you enjoyed!
Flying Aces / Magazin-Reihe
- Conquest Of The Atlantic!
Cover: Alex Schomburg (as by August Schomburg)
Magazine Publishers, Inc. / USA 1939
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
'Kilroy Was Here' was perhaps the first viral meme in history. The doodle was well known throughout the theaters of World War 2 and beyond.
Not quite as well known, and mainly limited to airfields, were the familiar paw prints that could be seen across the landing strips in France, Britain, Germany, and many others.
At first wildly differing theories grew, especially among the airmen, ranging from a mystical guardian dog they called Air Cerberus, to a ghostly canine that haunted the fields.
Then, one night in a mess hall in Poland, soldiers spotted the paw prints, followed them, and found the famous World War 2 flying ace, Snoopy, enjoying a root beer and pizza.
From this point details emerged that Snoopy was prone to crashing his Sopwith Camel and would walk through fields, bogs, and marshes back to the closest airfield.
It remains in question as to what exactly Snoopy was famous for, but his aerial altercations with the hated Red Baron were well respected and the rather hefty budget assigned to Sopwith Camels was forgiven.
And so, in many arenas of combat in Europe, a cry would go up, "Face your fear, the ACE was here!" And there would be the paw prints.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Peanuts No.8238-43
Snoopy Flying Ace Walking
Westland Giftware
NOS from the 90's.
Another of our favorite vendors from our days of our collectibles store is Westland Giftware. They had the loveliest line of Peanuts offerings.
I don't know if Westland is still in business but this is a great legacy for them. Our favorite Westland line is easily the Peanuts figurines. These are the series we've featured most often in our stream and each one is a Peanuts character with their arms outstretched presenting a different theme.
When all of the Peanuts figurines are lined up in a nice display it's truly amazing. Here are a couple of examples that we've posted:
Charlie Brown Around Town:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52628761537/
Peanuts on Parade Snoopy:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/48194187466/
Looking For Lucy:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52528140603/
But that doesn't affect our love for Westland's other items, including their smaller figurines like today's photo featuring Flying Ace Snoopy.
Previous Flying Ace appearances on the Bijou Planks:
BP 2021 Day 73!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/51037083511/
BP 2022 Day 233!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52301722263/
BP 2022 Day 345!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52557136481/
BP 2023 Day 92!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/52787331553/
BP 2023 Day 211!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53082304079/
BP 2023 Day 267!
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/53210010987/
BP 2023 Day 302!
Introducing my new Alco PA model. I have been working on this for a while, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I used the nose design I posted a while ago, and somehow the flex tube in studio worked for the windows. The truck sideframes were designed by @flyingace. Instructions are planned.
Flying Aces / Magazin-Reihe
- If Enemies Ambushed The P-38
Cover: Alex Schomburg (as by August Schomburg)
Magazine Publishers, Inc. / USA 1939
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
Deutschland hoch in Ehren
Von Hermann dem Cherusker bis zum "Ja" am 12. Nov. 1933
Sammelalbum / Zigaretten-Bilder
> Bild: Manfred von Richthofen (1916)
Herausgegeben von Martin Brinkmann A.G. Zigarettenfabrik (Bremen / Deutschland; 1935)
ex libris MTP
Screen capture from a 1975 K-tel commercial for a novelty song compilation album called "Goofy Greats." The album included "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by the Royal Guardsmen, with a cartoon of the Red Baron turning the tables on Snoopy in a five second segment of the commercial
Commercial can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyiLOPnENfE
Chase and Britney Manhattan (World War I Flying Ace G.I. Joe and Britney Spears doll) enjoy each other's company, even to the point that they missed the duck trailing them!
Erich Hartmann attended this school from 1937 to 1940 in my home town 'Korntal' in south of Germany before volunteering for the air force after graduating from high school.
The dormitory of the school is about 100m / 110yd away and is still preserved.
www.flickr.com/photos/196307358@N05/53887732159/in/album-...
There is no reference or memorial plate to his person in or outside of the building.
In Korntal he also met his later wife Ursula Paetsch.
The building looks much smaller than it is. History of the school you can find below.
Here you can find his career in German:
www.leo-bw.de/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/kgl_biograph...
With a lot of details also about the family, especially his mother, who was one of the first female sailing pilots in the "German Reich". Her airfield "Landesflughafen Stuttgart-Boeblingen (1925–1938)" is known as the airfield Boeblingen wich was overtaken from the occupation forces of the US.
language is german:
de.wikibrief.org/wiki/Erich_Hartmann
Landesflughafen Stuttgart-Boeblingen (in german language):
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flughafen_B%C3%B6blingen
also
www.flugfeld.info/de/flugfeld/geschichte.html
Traditionsgemeinschaft JG52 (information in German):
www.jg52.net/ritterkreuztraeger/erich-hartmann/
For the English version, please click here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Hartmann
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School History
former parish Latin school
18xx
public school built
1819
Private school, foundation of Korntal Latin school for boys
1821
Private school, first classes for girls with the educational goal of becoming housewives
1848
Private school under the direction of Dr Pfleiderer with 3 departments, introduction of physical education humanistic Progymnasium, Realprogymnasium, Realschule
1880
Purchase of the building by the religious community "Brüdergemeinde" and foundation of the "Gemeinde Lateinschule", integration into the state school system
1884
Takeover of the "Höhere Bildungsanstalt für Knaben" (secondary school for boys)
1892
Inauguration on 11 November as a community Latin school in the presence of King Wilhemlm II.
1912
Renamed "Higher School for Boys
1933
Converted into a state "Ulrich von Hutten" Secondary School
1940
Converted into a fully-fledged state grammar school, the primary educational goal was military fitness in the sense of the Third Reich
1940 - 1945
The dark chapter that is hushed up by everyone. Only that history does not disappear when you try to ignore it.
1933 - 45 general
Up to today it is difficult to get informations about the period of the "Third Reich" in the town. The archieves are 'cleaned up' and most is hidden and wished not to be covered up by the left partys especially the green ones..
1945 - 1954
Korntal grammar school and reintegration of the "Brüdergemeinde" religious community
1958
Grammar school moved to the new building in Charlottenstreet
1958 - 1976
Girls' grammar school
197x
"Pavilion" extension to the left of the building
1976
Merger of "Progymnasium" and "Gymnasium" (Grammar school)
1976
Abolition of gender segregation in the school classes in Germany
198x
Demolition of the "Pavilion" extension building
197x - 198x
Special school for pupils with learning difficulties ( ? )
and usage for secondary / high school (Realschule Korntal)
198x - today
adult education centre, art & music school
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Headmasters
1892 - 1908 Alfred Warth
1908 - 1926 Prof. Ernst Käller
1926 - 1934 Headmaster Theodor Reiff
1934 - 1937 Dr. Eberhard von Klemm
1937 - 1945 Dr. Hermann Hahn
1945 - 1952 Wilhelm Simpfendörfer
1953 - 1974 Dr. Albert Bayer
1974 - 1984 Theodor Botsch (new building)
1984 - 2003 Götz Heim (new building)
2003 - 2014 Angelika Nollert (new building)
2014 - today Christoph Brechtelsbauer (new building)
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Actor John Phillip Law passed away May 13, 2008. It is inconceivable to me that any other actor will ever equal his performance as Rittmeister Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, in the 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown. He portrayed the Baron so as to define the role itself.
Codi von Richthofen,
The Red Baron Gallery ©
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Actor John Phillip Law was instrumental in creating a lasting motion-picture monument to the legendary Red Baron. In his own inimitable style, he brought Manfred von Richthofen to life in the best possible way. Without a doubt, the 1971 film Von Richthofen and Brown should prove to be Law's most enduring work — It's not just an inspired movie... it's the Red Baron film.
John Phillip Law passed away May 13, 2008, possibly without even knowing that VR&B was his career defining masterpiece — Belatedly, the film is experiencing a renaissance with home video audiences worldwide.
"Brake a leg," John!
Von Richthofen and Brown can be purchased online :
Amazon.com:
www.amazon.com/Von-Richthofen-Brown-John-Phillip/dp/B000M...
Barnes & Noble:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-von-richthofen-and-brown-tom...
Note: Some vendors state this flick is from 1970 — Actually, VR&B was released July 28, 1971... Got it? Also, despite this black & white photo, the film is in colour.
Codi von Richthofen,
The Red Baron Gallery ©
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Rev. Jamie Flagg (DSI James Dean Ken doll) and his wife, Eileen (NY Yankees Barbie) take to the skies for Halloween at their church's Hallelujah Festival.
Jamie is wearing the G.I. Joe Tuskegee Airman uniform.
Eileen is wearing the Barbie loves Snoopy uniform.
If the "New Caesar" Raids "Carthage," the dramatic story behind our cover painting.
"Roman Legions – this time swift ‘Legions of the Sky’ – may once again lay siege to that historic African stronghold long famed as the ‘Queen of the World.’ For Mussolini is already acting out his dream of a new Roman Empire.” [Prologue]
“We in the United States, reasonably secure in our geographical position, are prone to consider Europe as a veritable seething pot of war. We can point out how for centuries bloody battles have been fought on the nationally-conglomerate continent across the sea. We have read of great marches across the Alps, retreats from Mons and Moscow, the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.
“But for determined and indeed almost continuous strife, what are all these as compared to the raging combats that have been staged at Carthage? That great city of antiquity, founded in 814 B.C., by the Phoenicians, was destroyed for the first time by the Romans in 146 B.C. And thereupon was born a heritage of war and destruction that stimulates the imaginations of men to this day.
“Most striking of all is the fact that this historic battleground may now once more become the scene of strife – for France’s modern city of Tunis in north Africa lies at the very site of ancient Carthage!
“Consider the fact that this teeming center, which more than 2,000 years ago was attempting to resist the raids of Roman Legions, is now threatened by the winged warriors of a modern Caesar. Two thousand years have brought a new civilization. Yet Carthage (its new name of Tunis does not alter the point) is still menaced by the Roman Legions. . .
“A glance at your map will show how this projecting section of land, if properly fortified, can be a major factor in swinging the destinies of the Mediterranean if Mussolini should decide to carry forward his present plans for a new Afro-European empire . . .” [Excerpts from the magazine article]
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Benito Mussolini was never successful in permanently taking Tunis. While Axis (German and Italian) troops occupied Tunisia from November 1942, they were decisively defeated and forced to surrender to the Allies in May 1943. Mussolini was executed by Italian partisans on April 28, 1945, after being captured while trying to flee Italy. He was gunned down and his body was later hung upside down for public display.
Deutschland hoch in Ehren
Von Hermann dem Cherusker bis zum "Ja" am 12. Nov. 1933
Sammelalbum / Zigaretten-Bilder
> Bild: Kampfflieger Max Immelmann (1915)
Herausgegeben von Martin Brinkmann A.G. Zigarettenfabrik (Bremen / Deutschland; 1935)
ex libris MTP
“The Northrop N-3PB Nomad was a single-engine American floatplane of the 1940s. Northrop developed the N-3PB as an export model based on the earlier Northrop A-17 design. A total of 24 were purchased by Norway, but were not delivered until after the Fall of Norway during the Second World War. Exiled Norwegian forces used them from 1941, operating from Iceland, for convoy escort, anti-submarine patrols, and training purposes from ‘Little Norway’ in Canada. Within two years of delivery, the design was obsolete for front-line service and the remaining N-3PBs were replaced by larger aircraft in 1943.” [Source: Wikipedia]
August Schomburg (1897–1973) was an artist known for his work as an illustrator, particularly in the genre and figure categories. He was born in Puerto Rico and later moved to New York with his family in the 1920s. August was one of the older brothers of renowned pulp artist, Alex Schomburg. August's career included creating illustrations for publications like “Flying Aces,” where his artwork often depicted aviation themes.
While not as widely recognized as his brother Alex, August's contributions to the field of illustration remain appreciated by art enthusiasts and collectors. He lived in several places, including Chicago, New York, and New Jersey, which were hubs for artistic and cultural activity. His works often showcased his ability to capture dynamic scenes and human expressions, and he left a mark with his distinctive style.
[Sources: Askart.com and Artnet.com]
I've been meaning to snap a 'T for Tuesday' pic for the MEPAD: Photo-a-Day Challenge group that I'm a member of, but hadn't taken the time until now. Hey! It's a Tuesday! I'm off work today! I'll finally take one!
And these aren't even all of the Peanuts-related Ts I've got...they're all I could fit into a single shot on short notice...
Deutschland hoch in Ehren
Von Hermann dem Cherusker bis zum "Ja" am 12. Nov. 1933
Sammelalbum / Zigaretten-Bilder
> Bild: Hauptmann Oswald Boelke († 28. Oktober 1916)
Herausgegeben von Martin Brinkmann A.G. Zigarettenfabrik (Bremen / Deutschland; 1935)
ex libris MTP
From the John A. DeChant Collection (COLL/ 1781) at the Marine Corps History Division
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH