A rather fascinating view of the Walter HWK booster intended for the Me-262 H.IV http://www.walter-rockets.i12.com/ato/me262iv3.htm Looks like its in farly good condition for its age. Ashton Archer III

Pete Stickney wrote in another thread: (The Aliies, after all, succeeded in 1943 in producing what the Germans could not - practical, reliable jet engines that could be flown for more than a day before needing to be overhauled, and which could be worked on by typical mechanics. Before the Me 262...

To pay for the Iraqi Folly. What utter ARSEHOLES! Grantland

If I met two soldiers, one had the Bronze Star but no CIB or battle stars, the other had the Combat Infantry Badge but no Bronze Star, I would immediaetly give the higher respect to the man with the CIB. Men who have been in battle vvould always have higher place of honor than those who have never...

Bronze Star for efforts (EXCERPT) By Scott Schonauer, Stars and Stripes European edition, Sunday, October 12, 2003 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — Unless they can’t pump gas to those who need it, the job of military fuels managers often gets overlooked. However, the work performed by an Air Force...

Bronze Star rewards 100-hour effort (EXCERPT) By Laurin Sellers | Sentinel Staff Writer Posted August 29, 2003 PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE -- Tech. Sgt. Alexander Del Valle was the first air-traffic controller to arrive Feb. 27 at the tower just 34 miles from the Iraqi border. It was a critical...

I'm sure many are familiar with this story, but to those who aren't....... enjoy. Bruce Carr : "The Dead Chicken Around My Neck Was Beginning To Smell .." After carrying it for several days, 20-year-old Bruce Carr still hadn't decided how to cook it without the Germans catching him. But, as...

My good friend Andrew Linsley is back in Newcastle on April 7th in order to present an illustrated talk about his flying career in the Royal Navy. Lieutenant Andrew Linsley (Rtd.) once of Newcastle, will be explaining his flying activities as a navigator in the Fleet Air Arm, undertaking...

I didn't want to hijack the "Joining the USAF" thread with somthing unrelated, so I'll start a new thread to respond to something you wrote over there. As of 1 OCT 2002 you are correct, kind of.. There are now Ops Squadrons and Maintenance Squadrons. I'll pleade ignorance on how they've got...

This just in: London Daily Telegraph July 21, 2004 US Bomber Misses Target For Flypast At Air Show By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent An American B52 bomber flew from America for a flypast at the Farnborough Air Show yesterday but picked the wrong airfield.

This thought was brought on by the thread on legality of owning ex-military intercontinental aircraft. If someone had more money than intelligence (the lottery jackpot is 150 million tonight) - what would be the impact of making a B-36, B-47, or B-52 similar to the way the Me-262's were reverse...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/06/05/bulldozer.rampage/index.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5139598/ A home-made armored Caterpillar turns Colorado into Palestine? One and a half hours is not enough to scramble an A-10 Warthog or an Apache attack chopper to knock out that concrete-armored...

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/25/california.wildfire/index.html

I watched a very interesting interview with aircraft designer, Burt Rutan on CBC-TV a few days ago. He claimed that the large aircraft manufacturers aren't being very innovative today. As a test pilot at Edwards he stated that some of the aircraft he tested in the past out perform today's modern...

Paul Krugman, 7/20/04 NY Times: In the original version of "The Manchurian Candidate," Senator John Iselin, whom Chinese agents are plotting to put in the White House, is a right-wing demagogue modeled on Senator Joseph McCarthy. As Roger Ebert wrote, the plan is to "use anticommunist hysteria as...

"President Bush claims that in the fall of 1972, he fulfilled his Air National Guard duties at a base in Alabama. But Bob Mintz was there - and he is sure Mr. Bush wasn't. Plenty of other officers have said they also don't recall that Mr. Bush ever showed up for drills at the base. What's...

by James Ridgeway A New Theory for Bush's Low, Low Profile in the Alabama Guard March 24 - 30, 2004 Mondo Washington this week: Here's a new twist to the George W. Bush AWOL mystery, in which almost no one remembers him fulfilling his duties with the Alabama National Guard. According to an...

Bush should be arrested, not reelected. "President Bush failed to carry out a direct order from his superior in the Texas Air National Guard in May 1972 to undertake a medical examination that was necessary for him to remain a qualified pilot, according to documents made public...

From the White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040805-4.html Fourth paragraph from the bottom: Dubya, at the signing of a defense appropriations bill « Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our...

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