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bbmike

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Reply #1140 on: June 14, 2021, 08:08:57 PM
Yes.

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Reply #1141 on: June 15, 2021, 07:48:33 AM
That's OK then - glad you clarified it so succinctly

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judgedredd

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Reply #1142 on: June 16, 2021, 08:23:23 AM
The top 18 fighter aircraft of all time...as specified by Ward Carroll




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Reply #1143 on: June 16, 2021, 10:56:59 PM
Enjoyed the video a lot. I would've expected the Mig-15 to have been rated higher.

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Reply #1144 on: June 17, 2021, 01:46:03 AM
Yeah - it's important to understand I guess that it's his take. We'll all have different views. I'd have put the F-14 at 1 just because it looks freakin' awesome...totally no military rationale there what-so-ever!



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Reply #1145 on: June 17, 2021, 01:40:47 PM

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Reply #1146 on: June 19, 2021, 02:51:44 PM
www.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fcj9mdp8axpdsrhk%2FCrossCockadeDavidKennedySummer2021.pdf

An American flying in french two seaters in 1918.

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Reply #1147 on: June 20, 2021, 08:50:32 PM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.


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Reply #1148 on: June 21, 2021, 06:44:39 AM
I may have mentions this before, but I so love the F4U  ;D

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Reply #1149 on: June 27, 2021, 01:43:51 PM

"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 #1150 on: June 27, 2021, 03:30:00 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zvP_guS9g&
Skip bombing demo.

Interesting. Those planes look like bomber-nosed  variants of the Beechcraft 18.

And a googlechop later, here it is, either the Beechcraft AT-11 or SNB-1 Kansan:




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judgedredd

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Reply #1151 on: June 28, 2021, 02:08:12 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6zvP_guS9g&
Skip bombing demo.
That second one certainly had a knack...obviously king of stone skipping in his area  :bigthumb:



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Reply #1152 on: July 18, 2021, 12:23:44 PM



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Reply #1153 on: July 18, 2021, 12:36:26 PM
 ;D

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Reply #1154 on: July 18, 2021, 12:39:33 PM
That looks complicated as hell. I think I'd want my guns back!