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?? Wasps flew Hurricanes and Spits?? by
vincent p. norris
While at the Wright Memorial earlier this week, I picked up a NASA
pamphlet entitled _Celebrating a Century of Flight_.
On page 13 there's a picture of Jackie Cochran with a caption quoting
her as saying, about the WASPS, "We landed planes like the Hurricane
and the Spitfire in fields where I...
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BAC Lightning ejection by
weremoth
I've been told if you were to eject from an English Electric/BAC Lightning,
the instrument panel could take your kneecaps off. Can anyone confirm or
deny?
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Aermacchi M346 Question by
Ariennya Romani
Now that the advanced trainer is flying, will there be a light strike
fighter conversion in the future?
Doesn't the East still want such an aircraft?
M346 mock-up
http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2001-06-17/27-1-24276_m346mockup.jpg
Ariennya Romani
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Found this area and thought of US.* by
Tank Fixer
In article ,
says...
"David W" wrote in message
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Hmm I fear darryl is digging himself into ANOTHER hole Jay! LOL!
Ah, the swarm...
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New Military Aviation Books from Germany by
ArtKramr
Sehr geehrte Kunden,dear customers,
Ab Januar lieferbar / Available in January
Die Jagdfliegerverbände der deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 - 1945
Prien,Rodeike,Stemmer & Bock
Vol.6/II
Unternehmen "BARBAROSSA"
Einsatz im Osten 22.06 bis 05.12.1941
350 Seiten,350 Fotos,Zeichnungen,beigelegte 4 farbige
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B-52 officer's remains identified after decades by
Otis Willie
B-52 officer's remains identified after decades
(EXCERPT) January 3, 2004, 8:53 AM EST
STRATFORD, Conn. -- The remains of an officer who died in Vietnam in
1972 have been identified after a three-decade wait.
Maj. Irwin Stuart Lerner died in Hanoi on Dec. 20, 1972 when his B-52
was shot down...
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Major MiG Photo Update Online by
Michael Benolkin
Greetings all,
Well I'm getting further along in the backlog of photo updates. The MiG-15,
MiG-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23 sections have completed a much-needed update with
many new photos added. More importantly, the new MiG-19 Photo Walkaround is
also now online. Check them out at...
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Thank You Martin Raboul by
ArtKramr
Got a note from Martin today telling me that he left flowers on the plaque
dedicated to the men of the 344th Bomb Group who flew out of Stanstead in WW
II. I thanked him personally but want to thank him publicly as well. It means
a great deal to all of us who flew out of Stansted over occupied...
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Laser CIWS by
Bjørnar Bolsøy
With weight ever decreasing, does anyone know if there has been/is
a project on something like this:
http://members.rogers.com/biglasers/continuous/abl.html
..intended to replace this?
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January 2 "Boomer's Day" by
Krztalizer
As Art so often says, we can't forget absent friends. I would like to remind
the world of the loss of Mike Bumanglag, US Navy, and his pilot, LCDR Dick
Carlson. I didn't know Commander Carlson well, but his family seemed to love
him fiercely. Mikey was a comrade and a humane person doing a...
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Help ! SMALL Radial engine by
Chris Wertman
Ok, here goes...
About 2 years ago I had a chance to buy some small radial engines at a
car show, there were perhaps 25-36 inches accross, I cant remeber, I
had a chance to buy em at $40 each and there were 10 or so in various
states of disrepair, but since I had spent all my money alloted by...
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Looking for B-17 video... by
[email protected]
Pooh Bear wrote:
Duster wrote:
I saw for the first time, a brief black and white WWII clip of a B-17
getting its left wing quite litterly shot off... It was quite eerie I think,
but I would like to find it. So, does anyone know where I can find...
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Concerning the Me-262 HG IV by
robert arndt
For those of you who have e-mailed me about the HG IV aircraft found
online as a model:
I'm sorry to say that I never heard of it. The Me-262 Heimatschutzer
IV yes, HG IV- no!
I've searched all the secret project stuff and paper projects but I
can't find anything. The model looks interesting but...
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Will LPI radar be used to guide SAMs? by
Chad Irby
In article ,
Hobo wrote:
This NG loves to talk about whether or not stealth aircraft can be
detected. What about the issue of detecting SAM radar? If LPI, or Quiet
Radar techniques are used on the ground radars guiding...
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This day in 1944: Hunger, frostbite, gangrene by
ArtKramr
The 101st was almost out of food and 30 cal. ammo for their Garands. Many froze
to death in their foxholes overnight. It was still snowing. But they never
allowed the Germans to take the critical Batogne crossroads. In the meantime at
our field we had all our 6x6 with snowplows keeping our runway...
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US was ready to seize Gulf oil in 1973 by
Krztalizer
Hey, Michael - this doesn't have jack **** to do with R.A.M.; just another one
of your incessant attempts to use your red finger to point out our flaws.
One of the main points that the article doesn't go out of its way to stress is
that we did *not* invade the Mideast in 1973. Its called a...
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