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(Translated article) Saipan attacks by IJAAF, November 1944 by
Gernot Hassenpflug
Sorry for the delay, as usual hobby and work do not mix too
well. Nevertheless, I finally completed a rough trnaslation of an
article on the IJAAF bomber attacks on Saipan in November 1944. The
URL is below. Ther are several errors, mainly names (including the
english spelling of the airfield)...
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Rare WWII aircraft manuals FS by
Nenad Miklusev
Flight/Maintenance/Repair manuals and parts katalogs FS:
B-25 Mitchell/PBJ-1 1944/51 Structural repair instructions handbook.
155 illustrated pages contains virtualy all the parts and structural
draws for
B-25/PBJ-1 bomber.
Printed(155A4 pages)-reprint or CD ROM version available
T6-G...
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Downed Apache? by
Tom Putnam
Small thing, but the cockpit windows aren't glass, they're plexiglass.
Tom
BTW - someone mentioned earlier about "jettisoning" the hatches. The
cockpit doors aren't "jettisoned". Det cord runs along the edges of the
glass and merely shatters it.
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Off the shelf gear in military a/c by
Bill Silvey
Hey all...
Has there been a move towards using consumer goods, particularly
electronics, on military a/c? I was watching something about the AWACS
recently and I thought to myself "I wonder how those systems are all
networked." - which set the ball rolling and I began to wonder if indeed
there...
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Left Wing Wacko Defends Clinton/UN by
Bob McKellar
"Information found to date suggests that Iraq's large-scale
capability to develop, produce, and fill new CW munitions
was reduced -- if not entirely destroyed -- during
Operations Desert Storm and Desert Fox, 13 years of UN
sanctions and UN...
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Poland: French Missile Report Was Wrong by
Michael Petukhov
WARSAW, Poland (AP)--After a protest from French President Jacques
Chirac, Poland said Saturday it had been mistaken in reporting that
its troops found new French-made anti-aircraft misiles in central
Iraq.
Chirac swiftly denied selling Iraq weapons in violation of the U.N.
weapons embargo imposed...
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Air Force Print News for Oct. 6, 2003 by
Otis Willie
Air Force Print News for Oct. 6, 2003
Today's stories include:
Young Iraqis arrive at Ramstein
http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005744
Airmen can review records online
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October issue of Airman available by
Otis Willie
October issue of Airman available
(EXCERPT) SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- Learn about what it took to make the
air war over Iraq a success, read about the end of an era in Saudi
Arabia and take a look into a drag-racing teen's lifelong obstacles.
These features and more highlight the October issue of...
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Ditching Gear Down by
Dave Kearton
"Mike Keown" wrote in message
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Question: You are forced to ditch in a a/c
with fixed landing gear. The sea is calm and
search and rescue are aware of your situation
and location. How do you put 'her' down?
Mike
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Restored North American FJ-4 Fury Question by
Steve Jahn
There is one of these aircraft flying on the warbird circuit now. Does
anyone know of any photos of this aircraft on the internet? The only photo I
have found is the one in the currect Air Classics Magazine.
Thanks
Steve Jahn
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F-15 Crash - help required by
MBenShar
Dear Group Members,
Does anyone have any details of a two seat F-15 crash - I believe mid 1970s
when the pilot a Col. Jacobs and his rear seater - a flight surgeon both had to
eject at supersonic speed. Both ejected but did not survive?
Any help really appreciated
Mike Bennett
(Project:Get Out...
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Yeager Oops by
Bob McKellar
For the "It can happen to anybody" file-----
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20031003/localnews/379960.html
Does anybody here know what type the plane was?
Bob McKellar
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by Ron
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Question about GAF Phantoms landing by
SA
Hi all
I have noticed that when a German F-4F Phantom is landing, the refueling
"door" on top of the aircraft is open. Does anyone know why this is? I
haven't noticed it on Phantoms from other contrys.
Regards
-----------------------
Søren Augustesen
Email:
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F-15...Longish by
Mike Marron
Captain Brian Udell, an F-15E fighter pilot will acknowledge the
anniversary of that fateful night without celebration because his
Weapons Officer, Captain Dennis White, was killed during his ejection
- or drowned after parachuting into a heavy sea at night.
Udell miraculously survived one of the...
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XB-70 website updaded by
Benoit
Hello,
I have updated my website (scale model page) : www.xb70.free.fr
Enjoy.
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Benoit MAREMBERT (LFRD)
www.xb70.free.fr : North American XB-70 Valkyrie
http://aircraftstories.free.fr : YF-23, mirage 4000, F-105, ...
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