Gee, I don't really get off on rockets either but knowing the effort
put forth by J3, and since rockets and such seem to qualify as on
topic, seems like a ton of hysteria goes into the thread doesn't it?

I really don't get off on jet fighters, (worked on fighters for 20
years and only a few really blow my skirt up),...

....rockets are somewhat boring to me, (but man oh man some of the
pictures of rockets, rocket flights, and even attempts at rocket
flight are just amazing),...

....models and R/C planes don't do anything for me, (but there is
little that can provide the level and variety of entertainment to
match watching otherwise perfectly normal grownups, especially men,
gathering in a large field, acting like ten year olds, excited as all
get out when their plane flies the way they intended and crying when
the inevitable crash happens and destroys hundreds of hours of work,
and ya gotta admit they have the ability to crash them into any type
of object including moving ones)...

....not wild about most general aviation stuff (although growing up
with Sky King does make the old Beech an attractive plane),...

....flying trash cans, (known as targets to fighter pilots) don't get
me excited (but an old workhorse like the C-47 deserves everyones
respect and to me the there were a few beauties among the breed like
the C-124, C-133 and others),...

....helicopters, for the most part, leave me high and dry, (but after
watching rocket and gun attacks performed by these machines in Viet
Nam the Cobra is a remarkable, agile, ass kickin' machine and I'll
take those too),...

....airliners are so boring, (but sure handy when you want to travel
long distances in a hurry), so I usually don't grab those, (although
when I see a thread that refers to some of the art work on them I just
can't help myself),...

....most of the really early flying machines don't excite me either but
ya look at them and wonder "what ever made them think this was a good
idea, (since no one had done it before there were a lot of really
interesting ideas tried out, some still working on todays aircraft,
others making a comeback, and some so outrageously whacked out that
even though they might not have resulted in flight they have provided
generations of entertainment)...

So let's see now... that leaves my primary interests which revolve
around prop driven WWII fighter aircraft and especially those with
huge engines, quirky handling, and requiring pilots with balls the
size of watermellons, and WWII bombers which were produced is such
rapid timeframes and in such quantities you wonder why it is that in
todays 'market' it takes several years to get the simplest idea off
the ground.

Ok, post the pictures I like best and I will accept those I am not
wild about with grace, dignity, and with good manners. After all,
those are likely someone else's cup of tea, what turns their crank,
reminds them of a better time, gives them the pictures to explain to
their kids and grand kids what they did in the war, etc.

One of the greatest things about this group is the diversity,
interesting technical information and dialog, and great photos.

J3 probably won't download most of the rocket stuff, but I do
appreciate the posts since they are the dreams of others.

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