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To: donmeaker

Those trainees sure are rough on airplanes.


8 posted on 08/27/2013 12:13:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

US Naval Aviation museum in Pensacola has some actual war veteran fighters that were brought back to the the US to use in training on the Great Lakes. Theses planes were resurrected from the bottom of Lake Michigan.


14 posted on 08/27/2013 12:58:29 PM PDT by wordsofearnest (Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Those trainees sure are rough on airplanes.

They lost almost 150 of them during the course of the war, along with more than a few of their pilots.

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22 posted on 08/27/2013 1:37:50 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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