GGTharos Members Picture ?

[timdickson]

Any ideas what it's showing ? Any ideas how it links to individual with above average knowledge of all matters air combat ?

• weird respirator mask ?
• cuffs and gloved hands in praying attitude ?
• top down view of helmeted individual ?
• Turner Prize abstract art  piece ?

Cheers (and have a good day)...Tim

[draconus]

4 hours ago, timdickson said:

top down view of helmeted individual

Looks like this one with hands on center stick and throttle.

You could've asked him in PM.

@GGTharos?

[timdickson]

I am of an age associated with high levels of IT illiteracy. PM ??

Stick and throttle sounds better than my suggestions.

Cheers Tim

[draconus]

PM as in Private Message:

[okopanja]

6 hours ago, timdickson said:

Any ideas what it's showing ? Any ideas how it links to individual with above average knowledge of all matters air combat ?

• weird respirator mask ?
• cuffs and gloved hands in praying attitude ?
• top down view of helmeted individual ?
• Turner Prize abstract art  piece ?

Cheers (and have a good day)...Tim

It's top down helmeted dude in a cockpit.

If I may guess it comes from Robotech or similar Anime from 80s.

 

[GGTharos]

Macross Zero, Shin in his F-14 looking at the Russian veritech that's about to shoot him down.

Edited September 26, 2024 by GGTharos

[timdickson]

Japanese Mecha Anime..... who'd have thought.

Obviously not me I'd never heard of it, which is generally not an unusual situation. A quick look on YouTube shows later series modelling what can only be described as Super Super Super Super Tomcats !

Thanks for the reveal, all the best ..Tim

[okopanja]

12 hours ago, GGTharos said:

Macross Zero, Shin in his F-14 looking at the Russian veritech that's about to shoot him down.

 

Macross Zero arrived almost 2 decades later. On its own it is independent from original series (not all of the seasons were of the same quality or even age target).

Still they preserved the same drawing style with more modern animation means.

I think I watched original series on Super or Sky network with no translation back then. In retrospect I think this got me interested in aviation (much more than e.g. Top Gun).

[Bucic]

Took me years before it clicked for me But wouldn't pin-point it passed a "helmeted character" as I never watched any mecha.

Not an anime fan so I needed a push like that to recall an over-the-top anime on F1+ racing. Absolutely exotic in Central Europe of the time (early 90's).

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Arrow+Emblem+Grand+Prix+no+Taka&iax=images&ia=images

In the following decades I discovered that some of the animations I used to enjoy and took for granted as Western were either anime or by Japanese animation studios (Cities of Gold, Nils Holgersson, Maya The Bee...).

 

That said during the many years on the forums I always enjoyed discussions GG was involved in. A guaranteed good read!