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Blue Skies friend. My condolences to the family.

Thanks for the reply, if you had to choose one factor that made the most impact what would it be? It always seemed like the American CAP was in the wrong position for an intercept as well. Was this a training issue or a technology issue (early radar?) or just plain bad luck?

Thank you all for this discussion. It sparked a lot of interesting research on my part. My interest has always been ETO but I'm always happy to be exposed to more PTO discussions. One thing stood out to me when looking at all of the carrier battles leading up to the battle of the Philippine...

Have not had a chance to watch the video yet but I thought the idea of the Japanese Navy holding the USN in contempt was fascinating. The USN was guilty of this in a lot of those early naval battles and it had catastrophic consequences. The loss at Midway by the IJN due to similar thinking...

I'm actually a little surprised by this from the reputation of the P47's turn rate. This would seem to indicate it wasn't all that bad. Generally the Spitfire will have more advantages over the P47 in most levels of flight. That's not to say the P47 isn't competitive, especially in the...

Hi All, I got a 3d printer for Christmas and would like to make an attempt at printing a 1/48 radome to put on my Revell B17 instead of the belly turret. Does anyone happen to have the dimensions of either the real thing or the 1/48 resin model from blackbird models? Any detailed pictures of...

Wow I had no idea those existed! I will look into uploading them into there. Thanks for the link!

Thought these might be interesting to the forum especially some of the AP mechanics on here. Apologize if this is posted in the wrong section.

Sorry it took so long to get the pictures posted. What an amazing experience! I have so much more respect for the guys who went up in those things. The smells, the bumps, man I can't imagine being an airman on his first mission. Must have been terrifying. Was my first time seeing a P-51B up...

RIP Bill. We are all diminished. My condolences to his family. He was a great man and we were all fortunate for all he shared with the forum.

Not cheap but couldn't pass up this opportunity. I wish my grandfather was still alive to come along. Last time I got up close to a B17 was 1998 when they let my grandfather tour the movie memphis belle in Genesseo. I'll post some pictures once I get back.

Sweet! Can't wait to see pictures of the recovery.

Finally a post I'm qualified to weigh in on :D To heck with the performance numbers they should have stopped at N based on looks alone! Possibly even E :p!

Great post Bill! Where did you end up flying back to in the states? Did the forts end up sitting at air bases or were they already slated for the scrap heap?

Strictly from a tank perspective I enjoy World of Tanks the best, although I haven't played in a few years. Warthunder is not bad but I get irritated at one shot kills. I also prefer US tanks which makes the problem worse because their ammo type usually makes it rare to get a one shot kill vs...