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Author Topic: Planes!  (Read 498227 times)

Staggerwing

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Reply #1305 on: November 05, 2023, 11:19:04 AM
I read his book 'God is my Co-Pilot' when I was a teen. Good stuff.

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Reply #1306 on: June 12, 2024, 06:42:24 AM

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

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Reply #1307 on: June 12, 2024, 07:32:50 PM
Very cool!!



Oh! Look- starting time stamp 0.44- A Beechcraft Model 17! Also know as the...

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Reply #1308 on: June 12, 2024, 10:40:35 PM
 :applause: :applause: :applause:

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Reply #1309 on: June 24, 2024, 11:02:03 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3X_qeq9BM&pp=ygUWY2F0Y2ggMjIgYiAyNSB0YWtlb2ZmIA%3D%3D

24 June was the premier of Catch 22.  An overlooked gem.

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Reply #1310 on: June 25, 2024, 01:53:07 AM
I thought that was much better than Masters of the Air

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Reply #1311 on: June 25, 2024, 05:08:10 PM
And no CGI.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #1312 on: July 07, 2024, 07:47:49 AM


Such a beautiful aircraft.

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Reply #1313 on: July 07, 2024, 08:55:19 AM
I'd never heard of that one before  :bigthumb:

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Reply #1314 on: August 25, 2024, 03:14:35 PM
Another one of my favourites. P-61 'Black Widow'


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Reply #1315 on: September 12, 2024, 02:21:59 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY

Spitfire surveillance flight.

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Reply #1316 on: September 15, 2024, 07:22:34 AM

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

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Reply #1317 on: September 15, 2024, 10:27:45 PM
You and JD are just killin' me here............................

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Reply #1318 on: September 16, 2024, 06:19:02 AM
 ;D

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Reply #1319 on: November 12, 2024, 06:24:53 AM
This guy does some great vids. A lot of the aircraft I had not heard of before.


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