You can,t believe what these mens had to face up there. A nice site and a must see..... http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm

For example the Germans captured many Allied aircraft and test flew and demonstrated them in their own markings. Were any ever shot down? A P-61 shot down a Luftwaffe-flown KG 200 B-17 in early 1945. It had been involved in dropping German agents in American uniforms. The "Böing" was...

Show makes vets' spirits soar (EXCERPT) Lana Haight The StarPhoenix Monday, August 18, 2003 Scorching temperatures Saturday and unsettled skies on Sunday may have kept many air show enthusiasts from attending the ninth annual PotashCorp Canada Remembers International Air Show but...

If you survived WW II and want to thank the guys who made damn sure you got your supplies, read and sign this petition... http://www.petitiononline.com/mmwwII/petition.html

Sometimes I forget that this is a rec.aviation group and not for pros like AvSig on CompuServe used to be when it was sponsored by ASI and John G. ran it. Still there are some here who have been there and done that and care to share with each other and others. But there are also those who think...

Military jet makes emergency landing at MidAmerica (EXCERPT) BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN Plane lands safely; no one injured -- MASCOUTAH -- An Air National Guard plane made an emergency landing Saturday night at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport after a warning light

If so it shioyld be changed to rec.politics. This is suppose to be about aviation, not politics. If it's to survive it needs a monitor to scan out tyhe non-aviation subjects. If I want to read about politics I'll go to another newsdroup or watch the news or read the paper. Walt -----= Posted...

Did the Japanese battleship Yamato ever fire an AA salvo during WW2? A visiting friend of mine in the Navy told me the Japanese had a battery-fired AA weapon that was actually fired in battle. I guess it didn't work as the ship was sunk! Anyone know what this weapon was? I can't find anything...

51st Fighter Wing betters rating to ‘excellent’ with inspection (EXCERPT) , By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, February 20, 2004 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Taking a closer look at what they do well and what they need to improve will be the focus of an Air...

Truth or terrorist bluff? Dave SYDNEY, Australia (March 21) - Osama bin Laden's terror network claims to have bought ready-made nuclear weapons on the black market in central Asia, the biographer of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader was quoted as telling an Australian television station. In an interview...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bush Plans To Slash Popular Programs After Election A leaked White House memo shows that if George Bush is re-elected, he will make large cuts in many government programs, including both homeland security and veterans...

An Australian company is building an 80 percent scale Spitfire, with 45 kits sold to date. FMI: http://www.supermarineaircraft.com For the WHOLE story, go to http://www.aero-news.net/news/sport.cfm?ContentBlockID=2ae8d1fa-1449-4efe-9caa-3f8f649a1d1d&Dynamic=1 all the best -- Dan Ford

"John Mullen" wrote in message ... I was driving down the A9 from Inverness to Edinburgh today and got a really good look at a Tornado GR as it passed at low level over the road. Later I saw what looked like F-15's (2, maybe 3 -...

Radar scattering paint on the U2? I hope they got their money back because it sure didn't work. "Hobo" wrote in message ... Robert Aren't recently made this claim: "Laugh this off Tex. The US captured the DFS 228...

THE GAIAN PARADIGM 1. Man is an ANIMAL; a product of Mother Nature; and his economic interactions are as "natural" and as subject to natural laws as the interactions in a forest food-chain. These "natural laws" are those governing COMPLEX SYSTEMS - non-linear; ill-understood at present; and only...

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:21:15 -0700, Hobo wrote: It is commonly said that delta wing designs lose an above average amount of speed while turning and that this a deficiency of the design. Is this true, and if why does this occur? Also, how does this reputed flaw affect...

Misawa squadron wins top service award (EXCERPT) By Wayne Specht, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Tuesday, July 15, 2003 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Just three days after assuming command of the 35th Services Squadron here, Maj. Kari “Kamo” Mostert got stunning news. The squadron was notified...

Air Force Print News for March 9, 2004 Daddy's home (Stand-alone photos) http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007171 Air Force begins full-scale assault assessment http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123007166

Chaplains urge couples to attend retreat to solve problems, By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes (EXCERPT) European edition, Sunday, May 30, 2004 AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Air Force personnel are participating in longer deployments in joint operations these days. Chaplains at Aviano are hoping that...

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