It having been some 32 years since my last ride in a heavy piston aircraft ( CL-28 Argus MPA ) I decided to avail myself of the opportunity to take a ride in a B24 this afternoon. The Collings Foundation had brought their B17 and B24 to Moffett Field and whilst it was a little steep ( $400/ 1/2...

Does anyone know if GW Bush ever completed his 102 checkout and achieved comabt readiness? Did he ever sit Air Defense Alert? Did the USAF/ANG ever get any return after teaching him how to fly? FWIW in ADC it used to take 10 rides to complete a transition (no weapons system training) checkout and...

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Sixty years after their B-17 plane went down in Belgium, the radio operator/gunner on that plane will join two of his crewmates in ceremonies near the site of the March 4, 1944 crash. AL STERN Satellite Beach FL ======================== World War II veteran to revisit site of crash. Belgium teens...

A friend helped fly drums of some special fuel into Pakistan for Gary Power's ill fated flight. Google turns up dozens of references for various special fuels for high-altitude flight, and experimental fuels that didn't make the cut. But, I could not narrow it down to exactly what was being...

It's been there for over a year. Drive by going up Rancho Drive to get a good view of it. You can't miss it. It has a red stars on the tail, fuselage and wings. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

Radar sale to China stopped The Bush administration blocked the sale of an advanced radar system to China and might purchase at least one of the stealth aircraft-detecting systems to offset the loss, U.S. and European officials said. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040525-113028-4180r.htm

http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/mosquito1.html -- jim morris

Does Mexico even have an airforce? Do they field any combat-capable aircraft, or is it just non-combatant types like search and rescue or cargo planes? According to the news http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63433,00.html?tw=wn_1techhead the Mexican Air Force spotted unidentified "UFO"...

I warned ya a coupla weeks ago, you didn't pay attention so here ya go! Hope you have a sense of humor, I have lots of these, when you tell them to your co-workers in the head, (you must know what a "head' is, you seem to know everything else about Navy terminology, including calling ships...

Col. Robert Morgan, commander of the B-17 Memphis Bell, died late Saturday. He was 85. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040516/D82JF0500.html

In the name of the Compassionate *The Shine of Ali* Peace, Realize what America has done today by attacking *The Shine of Ali*. We will suffer much sorrow for what we have done today. Fear God... for His judgments are upon this fifthly government and its sleeping peoples.

Why do we have over 700 dead Americans in Iraq? Who stands to benefit? The houses of Bush and Saud. Walt

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

If anyone has any 90th Bomb Group info they'd like to share please contact me. As 90th Space Wing historian I am trying to reconnect our unit with its predecessor the 90th Bomb Group, also known as "The Jolly Rogers". I'm compiling a file of stories, documents and other items of historical...

Zond-2: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond2.jpg Zond-3: http://www.sistemasdearmas.hpg.ig.com.br/notzond3.jpg Rob

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Hi, Does anyone out there have a contact address or phone number for the 92 Squadron RAF Association? TIA Duncan

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