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V engined bombers (was: #1 Piston Fighter was British) by
John Keeney
The Enlightenment wrote in message
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I was going to start a new thread on this but there is a case for
putting duel stage supercharged packard merlins on a least some B17s
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Commander of Memphis Belle Dies by
John Keeney
Col. Robert Morgan, commander of the B-17 Memphis Bell, died late Saturday.
He was 85.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040516/D82JF0500.html
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A new record by
John Keeney
354 new messages in RAM tonight and all but 35 of them
in cross posted to h*** OT stuff that was marked as ignored
by the time I was through looking.
Poor signal to noise level tonight.
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Thursday's Basrak hotel bombing by
John Keeney
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
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"When I arrived, there was already quite a crowd gathered in front of the
hotel where the rigged car exploded. It was an '82 model Mercedes, and it
was apparently not a suicide attack since the car, or what had remained of
it, was in the middle of the street in...
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Are we beginning to see the secondaries? Libya to abandom WMD by
John Keeney
It is now on record that Libya earlier this year admitted to having WMD
programs, invited in inspectors and will dismantle the programs:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3335965.stm
Is this the beginning of the useful changes in the middle east that
some suggested would follow the "more active"...
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At least some Saudi papers aren't patently anti US & pro "badguys" by
John Keeney
The Middle East Media Research Institute excerpts a column in
the Saudi daily Arab News by Dr. Muhammad Al-Rasheed.
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD63103
"Beware the march of history or the ides of March, whichever appeals to you.
Those who have eyes and ears will learn from the...
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A note from the home front by
John Keeney
Seems my niece's husband will be home from Iraq Saturday.
He's had a stress fracture in his back and muscle spasms to
go along with it and is coming back on a medical.
Member of the 101st and is in Kuwait awaiting his flight home.
She is, needless to say, pleased.
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Stick Shake When Firing Guns by
John Kunkel
Just watched another WWII dogfight movie scene where the control stick
shakes in unison with the firing guns.
Is this Hollywood or did the firing of the guns carry through to the
controls and cause stick shake as the movies depict?
John
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Canada's role in the future by
John Locke
Canada's military is, and has been for over a decade, in a state of
disarray. This is largely due to two facts. The first is the Trudeau
government, which preached quasi-socialist values and viewed the
Soviet Union not as an aggressor, but rather as the victim of American
agression. Trudeau managed...
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B-36 electrical system Q. by
John Mackesy
I've been reading 'MAGNESIUM OVERCAST - The Story of the Convair B-36', by
Dennis R Jenkins, and have been finding it absolutely fascinating. Plenty of
hard-core techno stuff, esp. powerplant, a subject near and dear to my
heart. What doesn't seem to be covered is the B-36's electrical...
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AFM coverage of Chinook shootdown by
John Mullen
Thought this might interest you.
"Nov 2 US Army Co/159th AVN CH-47D Chinook
Tail rotor pylon hit by one of two SA-7 Strela shoulder-launched
surface-to-air missiles fired from a date palm grove at 0900hrs whilst
flying with another Chinook, which was undamaged. The two were ferrying
around 60...
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Which cockpit has the best visibility? by
John Mullen
Hobo wrote:
From looking at the *pictures*, I always thought the F-16 gave the pilot
the best visibility, but the F-22 looks even better. Which fighter
aircraft is generally considered to give the pilot the best all around
view of the environment?
f15
John
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Why We Lost The Vietnam War by
John Mullen
Spiv wrote:
"Vaughan Sanders" wrote in message
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"D. Patterson" wrote in message
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Definitely in some areas, definitely not in other areas,...
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by Pete
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U.S. is losing the sympathy of the world by
John Mullen
Richard Bernstein, NYT
Reprinted in the International Herald Tribune.
U.S. is losing the sympathy of the world
BERLIN In the two years since Sept. 11, 2001, the view of the United
States as a victim of terrorism that deserved the world's sympathy and
support has given way in the months after the...
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Other 9/11 anniversary by
John Mullen
Anyone else noticed the odd coincidence of the NYC atrocity with Amerikkka's
cynical destruction of Chile's elected government to be replaced by military
dictatorship?
John
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