The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of Moraviantown (Thames)(10/5/1813) - June 26th, 2003

http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/events/moravian.html ^

[SAMWolf]

1942 The Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter flies for the first time

After early US Navy experience in the Pacific in the early months of WWII, and after consultation with Allied air forces in the European theater, Grumman began to develop a successor to their Wildcat fighter, to be called the Hellcat. Major design changes from the Wildcat included a low-mounted wing, wider landing gear which retracted into the wings, more powerful engine, improved cockpit armor plating, and increased ammunition capacity.

Number Built: 12,275

Number Still Airworthy: 8

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Johnny. I remember being fascinated by the F-15 as a kid. One of the first model planes I ever built

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning feather.

[w_over_w]

Hey Snip~

Wonderful piece of American History! Outstanding.

[snippy_about_it]

Thank you. SAM and I appreciate your kind words. :)

[snippy_about_it]

Thank for today's thread SAM. I remember reading the Put-in-bay thread and this follows that nicely.

Proctor was just horrible as a leader, my goodness!

[Darksheare]

I'm in here as well.
War back then was a different thing.
Fought by different men and under different terms.
That is a hard thing to get across to people nowadays since people now think differently.

History bump.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Darksheare. ;)

[SAMWolf]

Hiya Darksheare. Just think, if this battle had gone the other way Ontario and Quebec might have been part of the US.

[Darksheare]

Morning.
,*-) clunk.
*chuckle*

[Darksheare]

Quebec?
I think it would have seceded, or tried to.
Ontario would have been a better deal.
*chuckle*

That is true, though.
Hmmm..

[Fiddlstix]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics J

I'm testing out a new idea for the coffee and donuts post. Now when you click on the graphics a list should appear in a new window. You may make your own selections of what you want to hear. Let me know if you like it. Thanks.

Coffee & Donuts J

[snippy_about_it]

Well that's nice to see again. And a nice option to choose our own music. Thanks fiddlstix.

[Fiddlstix]

Thank you J

[snippy_about_it]

:(


Where are you?

[CholeraJoe]

Hi snippy. I've been over on the Supreme Court Sodomy thread. Sorry I'm tardy.

[snippy_about_it]

Oh darn, I guess I should have thought to look for you. Sorry. It's just not like you to not have checked in.

Next time I'll look before I holler. :)

[Pukin Dog]

Good late-morning. Nice thread today.

[GailA]