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The Spitfire marks 70 years
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| March 5, 2006
Posted on 03/05/2006 9:06:59 PM PST by proud_yank
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To: proud_yank; indcons
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:07:23 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: King Prout
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03/05/2006 9:09:01 PM PST
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Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: proud_yank; 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten; 75thOVI; Adrastus; A message; AZamericonnie; bcsco; ...
Thanks for the ping, proud_yank.
To all: please ping me to threads that are relevant to the MilHist list (and/or) please add the keyword "MilHist" to the appropriate thread. Thanks in advance.
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:11:55 PM PST
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indcons
(The MSM - Mainstream Slime Merchants)
To: indcons
She's a beauty!
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:16:18 PM PST
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Dashing Dasher
( I prayed, 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.)
To: Dashing Dasher
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:18:34 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: indcons
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:18:49 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: proud_yank; fanfan
Don't know if this is ping-worthy or not.
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:19:35 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: proud_yank
Good plane but the Hurricane shot down more enemy planes than the Spitfire did. hurricane doesn't get enough credit IMHO.
To: Echo Talon
Do you have a pic to post? I love planes and have really want to get my pilots license since I was little, but I really need to learn more aircraft history!!
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:32:46 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: proud_yank
Once the Germans upgraded the ME -109 to the 'F' and 'G' models, and once they developed the FW 190, they weren't afraid of the Spitfire anymore. The P-51 Mustang on the other hand....
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:34:09 PM PST
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PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: proud_yank
Just do a search a yahoo or google image search for "Hawker Hurricane"
To: proud_yank
To: Echo Talon
Thanks Echo, not a bad looking plane!
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:42:20 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: PzLdr
Is it correct that the Mustang could out-fly the Messerschmidt (sp?), but the ME out-gunned the Mustang?
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:44:30 PM PST
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proud_yank
(Liberalism - The 'Culture of Ignorance'.)
To: proud_yank
I think the Spitfire, "looks" better and is a better fighter overall but the Hawker did a lot in the war.
To: proud_yank
The ME-109 had either a 20 or 30 mm.gun in the nose, plus MGs. As I recall the P-51 carried machine guns.
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posted on
03/05/2006 9:55:39 PM PST
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PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: proud_yank
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posted on
03/05/2006 10:18:16 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Fiction has to make sense, unless it's part of the Dhimmicrat agenda and its supporting myth.)
To: proud_yank; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; ...
Canada Ping!
Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.
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03/06/2006 4:51:00 AM PST
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fanfan
( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
To: proud_yank
I grew up in New Brunswick , Canada. As a youngster in 1958 I met Lord Beaverbrook, who was Minister of Air Production during the Battle of Britain.
His son, Sir Max Aitken, himself a decorated pilot who flew against the Germans, was chancellor of UNB where I went on to acquire two hard earned degrees.Both of those men had iron in their souls, and UNB reflected it.
As young Canadians, many of us wanted to follow in the footsteps of our predecessors. Air Cadets attracted many of my young peers, and me as well.
But of course the Liberals ( Hellyer) and the " Quiet Revolution" ruined the Canadian Military.
The Spitfire was as mythic as a God.Even in the early sixties, we would have cut off several fingers to have been able to fly one.
I am still hooked, and wish I had been born born early enough to have done this:
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03/06/2006 6:15:23 AM PST
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Candor7
(Into Liberal Flatulence Goes the Hope of the West)
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