Flyboys Movie: the aircraft

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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SPOILERS AHEAD






Lest it appear that I'm trying to scare people away from the movie...I'm
not.
Many of the flying scenes are excellent, as are the combat scenes, and
most
people don't seem as sensitive to the CGI as I am. Please DO go see it,
and
decide for yourself. In my case, when I've gone to movies with lower
expectations, I quite often enjoy myself more.

Ron "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss nine bucks goodbye" Wanttaja


I'm a Scot, through my Grandmother, and devoutly thrifty. I'll wait and see
it on cable.
The last movie I saw with computer generated characters was "Anaconda". The
big snakes don't move like the one in the movie. Is that also true of the
computer generated aircraft?

Harold
KD5SAK

I'm a Scot, through my Grandmother, and devoutly thrifty.

And you're a *pilot*?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
I'm a Scot, through my Grandmother, and devoutly thrifty.

And you're a *pilot*?

;-)
--
Jay Honeck


Actually, I am not. Though I'm interested, the wife has forbidden me to
pursue any such activity. Since I'm 74, I've decided she's probably right in
her position. I probably won't last long enough to build a craft and I'm
certainly too tight to buy a ready-made. (G) I do enjoy kibitzing on those
of you that do fly, though. As an former Jr. High shop teacher, I take
special interest in some of the building details I read about.


Harold
KD5SAK

"kd5sak" wrote in message
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Actually, I am not. Though I'm interested, the wife has forbidden me to
pursue any such activity. Since I'm 74, I've decided she's probably right
in her position. I probably won't last long enough to build a craft and
I'm certainly too tight to buy a ready-made. (G) I do enjoy kibitzing on
those of you that do fly, though. As an former Jr. High shop teacher, I
take special interest in some of the building details I read about.

Harold.........

Since you're down there in "5" land, I know a few Texas dwellers who would
be happy to take a passenger up (and back down again, of course).

Rich S.

"Rich S." wrote in message
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"kd5sak" wrote in message
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Since you're down there in "5" land, I know a few Texas dwellers who would
be happy to take a passenger up (and back down again, of course).

Rich S.

Wellsir, I was a Texican for nearly half my life. I know how Texans feel
about
outlanders, though, I might find myself as jettisonable ballast rather than
a passenger.
Actually, long a reloader of .44 Mag, I'd not shoot anyone elses reloads and
would rather
not fly if I can't do it myself. That may be a kind of Texas attitude, but
what can I say, I was still young and impressionable when I first wrote GTT
on the door and left Oklahoma.(G) I worked some years for the Federal
Government, taught in the Dallas schools for eleven years, and
then put in 12 or so more helping design retrievable packers for Otis
Engineering (a Halliburton owned company). Once the GoodWife and I were both
retired we returned north of the Red River where we still have relatives. I
do appreciate the offer, though.

Harold
KD5SAK

"kd5sak" wrote in message
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Wellsir, I was a Texican for nearly half my life. I know how Texans feel
about
outlanders, though, I might find myself as jettisonable ballast rather
than a passenger.
Actually, long a reloader of .44 Mag, I'd not shoot anyone elses reloads
and would rather
not fly if I can't do it myself. That may be a kind of Texas attitude, but
what can I say, I was still young and impressionable when I first wrote
GTT on the door and left Oklahoma.(G) I worked some years for the Federal
Government, taught in the Dallas schools for eleven years, and
then put in 12 or so more helping design retrievable packers for Otis
Engineering (a Halliburton owned company). Once the GoodWife and I were
both retired we returned north of the Red River where we still have
relatives. I do appreciate the offer, though.

Hal..........

I've still got most of a box of .44's loaded by Elmer and would hate to
shoot them up. I know there's guys out there who can fly, shoot, and make
muzzle loader. I'll shoot their reloads, ride in their planes and drink
their lightning. Every cobbler to his own last, as my dad used to say.

See ya,
Rich S.

"Rich S." wrote in message news:U-

I've still got most of a box of .44's loaded by Elmer and would hate to
shoot them up. I know there's guys out there who can fly, shoot, and make
muzzle loader. I'll shoot their reloads, ride in their planes and drink
their lightning. Every cobbler to his own last, as my dad used to say.



There's a name I've not heard since I walked away from the shooting sports
when the "combat" guys started showing up at my local indoor range. Elmer
really has to be the grandaddy of American shooting. I lent out his book a
number of years ago, I should go hunt that down. I'm amazed at the life he
led.

Rich S. wrote:

I've still got most of a box of .44's loaded by Elmer and would hate to
shoot them up.

Elmer Keith?

That's a treasure.

- J.O.-