[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

The total of this appropriation is $552,000,000. We only need $80,000 to keep Free Republic up and running for the next quarter. If you get value from FR please do the right thing and contribute a few bucks. If enough people sign up for a small monthly amount these freepathons would be quite short.

[iowamark]

Tuskegee airman poster

[BroJoeK]

"Among the questions he [General Arnold] refused to answer publicly was one seeking to find out how many of the planes authorized under the existing plan for 2,320 would be obsolescent when the program was completed.

"General Arnold said that the useful life of a training plane was almost unlimited, as was that of observation planes.

"Bombing planes were good for from six to eight years.

"Pursuit planes, which had to be better than anything brought against them, became obsolete in two to four years.

I suspect the good general may be just bit too optimistic, don't you think? ;-)

[PAR35]

10 tropical ports? I only count 7

[CougarGA7]

It’s good to see us take steps in the right direction as far as arming up but the one concern I would have at this point in time is the quality of the aircraft we would be producing. At this point our front line fighter would be the recently first flown P-40 which is already obsolete when compared to the Bf-109 which first flew in 1935.