[SkyPilot]

I absolutely share your dilemma and I also agree with you that these are beautiful aircraft to behold in flight.

I just watched that video clip again with my wife, and the sound of a radial engine is just heavenly.

Still, it is a shame these are being flown and crashed. They are priceless, and it makes little difference if there is one example left in a museum somewhere - the loss of just one is a tragedy.

Thanks for the photos also.

[rlmorel]

You bet...of course, that was NO way to try to start an argument between aviation enthusiasts...

The REAL way to do that is to ask "What was the greatest fighter aircraft of WWII?"

THEN you sit back and watch the sparks fly!