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Me 262 flys again
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Posted on 05/28/2005 10:57:08 AM PDT by yooling
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I've been following this since 1995. I don't know if anyone else is aware of this project. Check it out. This is pretty fantastic stuff.
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posted on
05/28/2005 10:57:08 AM PDT
by
yooling
To: HiJinx; Spiff; JackelopeBreeder; windchime; Grampa Dave; Marine Inspector; A Navy Vet; joesnuffy; ..
Ping to all WWII aviation buffs.
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posted on
05/28/2005 10:58:49 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: yooling
Way cool! Thanks for the post!
To: yooling
Awesome...I would love to see this airplane fly!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:02:03 AM PDT
by
mugs99
To: Darth Reagan
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:11:25 AM PDT
by
marblehead17
(I love it when a plan comes together.)
To: yooling
Oh man, I'd love to see that!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:13:00 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(A champion of dance, my moves will put you in a trance, and I never leave the disco alone.)
To: mugs99
Yep! It's right in my back yard. Paine field in Everett,WA.
I was in the hangar a couple years back. What a neat bunch of guys. I saw some of the 1930's engineering drawings all in mertic units and German language. Verrry cool in my book!!
I think I'll drop by this weekend and have another look around...where I can get to that is.
LOOK HERE: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3220+100th+St+SW,+Everett,+WA+98204&ll=47.900122,-122.283561&spn=0.005429,0.007221&t=k&hl=en
Zoom in as far as it goes. Drag the view over till you see the end of runway 34L. At about 45degrees up and to the right is 2 hangars with grey-green roofs. There is a old DC-3 plane on hte ramp outside and just North. Thats where the ME-262 program is. pretty cool huh?
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:13:43 AM PDT
by
NOTAM
To: SandRat
If you've got a WWII aviation ping list, I'd like to get on it. If not, thanks anyway!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:14:37 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Ah, spring. Such as it is.)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:14:57 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Ah, spring. Such as it is.)
To: SandRat; Professional Engineer
Schwalbe Bump
I'd love to see them fly again.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:16:23 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Another beautiful theory, killed by a nasty, ugly, little fact.)
To: yooling
About a dozen years ago, there was an interesting book titled "The Gray Eagles". It was about a group of ex Luftwaffe pilots who resurrected ME109's in the middle of the western US desert with mayhem on their agenda.
To: Colonel_Flagg
Thanks for the ping Colonel :-0
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:18:39 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Another beautiful theory, killed by a nasty, ugly, little fact.)
To: SAMWolf
You're welcome! I knew you'd appreciate this!
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:19:45 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Ah, spring. Such as it is.)
To: madrastex
Read it, loved it, still have it, gonna get out and read it again. Thanks for reminding me.
Another good book that came out around the same time was Flight of the Old Dog. About a B-52 made stealthy going on a mission into the USSR.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:23:09 AM PDT
by
yooling
(Icky-Icky-Icky-PAHTWANGka!!)
To: yooling
The pontoon bridge my Father's outfit was building across the Rhine was attacked by an ME-262. No real damage was done. After the plane left an anti-aircraft crew asked them to sign a statement that they had shot it down.
None of the engineers would sign as they saw it fly off. The anti-aircraft crew claimed they put fire into it and it would not make it home.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:26:13 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Colonel_Flagg
No WWII Aviation Ping List. Was hoping that someone had one.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:26:30 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: yooling
IIRC the original First Flight date was supposed to be about 1997 but reality kept getting in the way.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:27:39 AM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: yooling
There have been lots of beautiful planes but there really is something about those WWII fighters. (Bombers too for that matter).
I personally think the Spitfire was the prettiest one ever made but the Messerscmidts, Lightnings, Mustangs, Focke Wulfes, and even the Zero and Thunderbolt were also works of art.
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:29:59 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yooling
Wow!
Any more pilot-friendly that the ME-110?
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:37:06 AM PDT
by
TFMcGuire
(Liberalism is an Autoimmune Disease)
To: yooling
the Red and the Black...
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posted on
05/28/2005 11:37:07 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
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