Recent content by Peter Gunn

Clearly I should never have read through this thread (and I don't know why the fuck I did) I don't think I'm in the right forum. I came here for aviation discussion not to knock heads on political issues. Looking at the reaction icons (and replies) I see I'm pretty far apart from many of you...

Ah, so I'm being unreasonable and using false information, good to know.

Probably because we paid for it, how much does the U.S. kick in compared to the other NATO countries combined again? Oh, right, 10 times what Germany pays and close to 15+ times the UK.

Awesome reply @Marcel thanks.

You know I love ya @Thumpalumpacus I can agree to you having a different view of things, no harm no foul. And for the record, no I was not implying ignorance, unless you mean merely ignorant of the way certain things work, which does not mean that person is an ignoramus, merely not fully...

L.A. Confidential

Probably coming as no surprise to anyone, I agree with you on all points. So if the left wing nutjobs want to call me a right wing nutjob, have at it, but then again, I believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, not sure what lefties believe. Personally I think Zelenski is a bit of a...

I concur... It's up to ya'll to figure out with who.

Absolutely great stuff Grant. The River Kwai bridge and associated POW camp shots are fantastic, I'm so jealous, but the cemeteries really hit home. Every one of those mothers sons laid to rest so far from home and in graves marked "Unknown". However, it's nice that the cemeteries are well...

"Time Limit" 1957 Wow, forgot what a great movie that is, top notch acting and damn good plot, and Dolores Michaels to boot... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051083/

I'd just like to take a moment and acknowledge how much effort and care @Geoffrey Sinclair puts into his posts. Man not only a lot of good data but you format it so it's nice and easy to read, top notch stuff. Thanks for your hard work.

Good points about the PBY but it's first flight was what, 1935? Not bad for a waaay pre-war design that was useful basically to the end of the war.

Ah, the old "Delicate Mustang" myth: As for Korea, from a quick memory check (flying very similar mission profiles in the same environment): F-51 Losses = 341 combat related and 133 non-combat related for a total of 474 overall of which 10+/- lost A2A F4U losses = 325 combat related (Navy &...

Yeah, I've worked in government, the mind wobbles at some of what goes on, well, basically ALL of what goes on. :facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

Took my daughters car to the shop for a minor repair, they were a little stacked up and said it would be the afternoon (this was at 9:00am) before they could have it done. So I called said daughter to come get me and when she got there she accidentally rammed the curb with my car and cut a big...