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Chino Air Show Photos

Posted on 05/20/2006 5:57:59 PM PDT by historymandave

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To: historymandave

Ping for my dd.


21 posted on 05/20/2006 6:50:34 PM PDT by Excellence (Since November 6, 1998)
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To: SIDENET
Wish I could have been an aerial gunner!

Me too! That .50 cal. "Ma Duce" looks great.

My father was a front gunner on a B-24, flying long distance missions in the South Pacific. It was tough, cold, dangerous work. I was surprised one day when he told me flying into a thundercloud wasn't too bad, in fact it could be the safest place around. Apparently the extreme turbulence and poor visibility causes fighter pilots to break off their attack.

And often they didn't get to shoot at the enemy fighters - they would just tag along with the bombers (which were largely unescorted) just out of gun range and radio the altitude of the bombers down to the anti-aircraft crews.

The average guy only survived for 6 months.

22 posted on 05/20/2006 6:52:08 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: historymandave

htlm bootcamp thread is a fine place to learn


23 posted on 05/20/2006 6:53:20 PM PDT by don-o
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To: Jet Jaguar; Tennessee_Bob; cmsgop
Holyshmokes, it's CGEB!
24 posted on 05/20/2006 6:55:17 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

LOL! I have read about her, uh, it.


25 posted on 05/20/2006 6:58:40 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Prime Choice
Ach. The art on these planes beckon back to a time when men could be men without concern of being forced into attending government re-education programs for "cultural and feminist sensitivities."

This suggests a new slogan although I'm not sure which makes the most sense.

Make Love Not War
should be replaced with
Make Love AND War

26 posted on 05/20/2006 7:11:08 PM PDT by DrDavid (Is this a rhetorical question?)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Nice!


27 posted on 05/20/2006 7:14:48 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Please ! For The Love of God Verizon !!! NO MORE MICHAEL McDONALD !!!)
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To: freeandfreezing
Sheesh, that's pretty bad when you have to fly into a thunder cloud to escape anything. My hat is off to brave folks like your father.

SIDENET

28 posted on 05/20/2006 7:17:30 PM PDT by SIDENET (Gonna shake it, gonna break it, let's forget it better still)
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To: 19th LA Inf; hc87
"Mrs Virginia" is actually either a P-51A or A-36, both very rare these days.

I'm not totally 100% sure, but I believe it's rare in that it's the only P-51A in existence. Wasn't there another P-51 razorback recently restored in honor of the Tuskagee Airmen?

29 posted on 05/20/2006 10:31:30 PM PDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Wow - look at all the old iron in those pictures....


30 posted on 05/22/2006 5:37:19 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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