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Reply #645 on: October 19, 2019, 06:03:48 PM

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Reply #646 on: October 20, 2019, 06:58:58 AM
Nice one! Not an aircraft I'm familiar with.

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Reply #647 on: October 20, 2019, 07:08:33 AM
IIRC, it was a replacement for the Supermarine Attacker but turned out to be accident-plagued.

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Reply #648 on: October 20, 2019, 07:13:07 AM
Aye, I just googled it to find out a bit more,

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Reply #649 on: October 20, 2019, 08:42:23 AM
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FAA Hellcat, HMS Indomitable



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Reply #650 on: October 20, 2019, 04:48:44 PM
The famous, "Shirtless Squadron". They were never able to collar a kill as I recall.  :hehe:

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Reply #651 on: October 20, 2019, 05:28:03 PM
The famous, "Shirtless Squadron". They were never able to collar a kill as I recall.  :hehe:

They just couldn't get that dang Thatch Weave maneuver buttoned up.

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Reply #652 on: October 20, 2019, 09:27:32 PM

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Reply #653 on: October 21, 2019, 08:39:45 PM
Forward Air Controller.

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"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 #654 on: October 22, 2019, 08:20:21 AM
World War II training movie on Dive Bombing.

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/DiveBombing.html

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"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 #655 on: October 23, 2019, 06:25:09 PM
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Reply #656 on: October 23, 2019, 06:28:50 PM
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F35B in 'beast mode' onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth



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Reply #657 on: October 23, 2019, 06:32:29 PM

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Reply #658 on: October 23, 2019, 06:42:30 PM
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Russian TU 160 at AFB Waterkloof, South Africa



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Reply #659 on: October 23, 2019, 06:46:10 PM
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Rafale Ms on board French carrier Charles De Gaulle



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