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| March 15, 2010
| Jenny Montgomery
Posted on 03/15/2010 9:43:01 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: Fast Moving Angel
The P-51s were my favorite warbird ... there’s just something about the sound of the big Merlin/Rolls Royce engines that give me the chills... When I was five, I saw a P-38 at the Ponca City (OK) airport.
When it revved for takeoff, the sound of those twin Allisons -- like a swarm of angry bees -- has stayed with me for over sixty years.
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posted on
03/15/2010 12:08:30 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
To: pburgh01
My uncle said in the pacific he rarely saw a Japannese aircraft and only a few times did he actually see a Zero fighter. Their problem was mechanical breakdowns, AA and dangerously low altitudes they flew at.My Father told me that a Zero pilot, apparently out of ammo, tried to take out his B-24 with his plane but ended up only clipping the tip of their tail, which caused them to limp back into their base.
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posted on
03/15/2010 12:25:47 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Fast Moving Angel
Do you even have a clue what a P-51c is, or better yet, do you even care..?
To: wolficatZ
Yes, I do — I happen to love the old warbirds. Long ago, when my license was current, I used to hang out at Chino. Admittedly, I can’t tell the difference at a glance between a C model, a D model, or up to an H model. So sue me. And I’m sure you didn’t mean that comment as rudely as it appears.
To: wolficatZ
Do you even have a clue what a P-51c is, or better yet, do you even care..?OUCH! A manly apology is in order.....
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posted on
03/15/2010 2:23:27 PM PDT
by
cbkaty
(You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life---Churchill)
To: brickdds
I flew the Grumman S-2F “Stoof” some during part of the Cold War. Doesn’t have the cachet of these WWII birds.
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03/15/2010 4:30:05 PM PDT
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SwinneySwitch
(Texas - beyond your expectations.)
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