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A few pix from ABPA folder
Bet that could trigger the PTSD of some elderly Londoners. |
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On Sun, 07 Feb 2016 03:53:38 -0800, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
wrote: Bet that could trigger the PTSD of some elderly Londoners. It was said that you didn't start to worry until the engine cut out. Dave: Old age comes at an inconventient time HONK if you do everything people tell you to do. |
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"Old Geezerr" wrote in message
... It was said that you didn't start to worry until the engine cut out. And if you heard it explode, it missed you... |
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On 07/02/2016 11:53, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
Bet that could trigger the PTSD of some elderly Londoners. My sister, who was born in 1938, was able to identify the V1's from the engine noise. Ri©ardo -- Moving Things In Still Pictures |
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Ri©ardo wrote:
On 07/02/2016 11:53, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote: Bet that could trigger the PTSD of some elderly Londoners. My sister, who was born in 1938, was able to identify the V1's from the engine noise. Ri©ardo It was said that the V1 was actually more effective than the V2 because you could hear it coming. The V2 exploded with little warning, and everyone could go back to work, or sleep. People listened to the V1 going over, even when far from impact. |
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"Bob Taylor" wrote in message
... It was said that the V1 was actually more effective than the V2 because you could hear it coming. The V2 exploded with little warning, and everyone could go back to work, or sleep. People listened to the V1 going over, even when far from impact. Also, the V2 buried itself deeply in the ground and exploded upwards. The V1 went off at ground level, leveling everything for 50 yards. After the war, the British Government looked for the least costly way to deliver a ton of explosives to a target (bombers shot down, crews lost) and deduced that the V-1, which cost about as much as a motorcycle but delivered 2,000 lbs. of explosive, was the most cost-effective delivery vehicle of the war. I'm surprised no banana republics have resurrected it, only with a GPS guidance system and radar altimeter. Flying at treetop level at 400 mph would make it nearly as hard a target to take out as 2.3 million-dollar cruise missile. For the price of a good used car, it would be terrifying once again as it would be taking out specific targets instead of falling randomly... |
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