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BEAR VMF257 replied to the thread What's on The Workbench.Have a bunch of R/C planes but not to the level of detail most here build. Saw the Firebird pictures, had a 69 4MT M-22 Muncie...
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BEAR VMF257 reacted to DDonSS3's post in the thread Fighting MiG Fighters In Vietnam. Vietnam Ace And TOPGUN Instructor Duke Cunningham with.While his actions while in Congress were detestable, that shouldn't take away from his abilities and accomplishments as a fighter pilot.
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BEAR VMF257 reacted to special ed's post in the thread Fighting MiG Fighters In Vietnam. Vietnam Ace And TOPGUN Instructor Duke Cunningham with.As a rookie Congressman, he obviously didn't have the know how of his more experienced senior representatives. Although the recent...
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lots of times the green lens looks blue when the light is off
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The topic is A LOT like some Quora Questions intended to provoke WHY DO YOU ASK? responses. How anybody could consider the 29 a failure...
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Totally agree. Harking back to an old argument over a different plane (P-51) and paraphrasing, the B-29 could do the Lancaster's job...
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BEAR VMF257 reacted to The Stannum Crusader's post in the thread Was the B-29 Superfortress a Failure? with.Okay, this is I assume being taken from The Costs of the Manhattan Project | Brookings, BUT the figures aren't in 1940s dollars. They...
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BEAR VMF257 reacted to GreenKnight121's post in the thread Was the B-29 Superfortress a Failure? with.The 87 RAF B-29s were in England March 1950 - March 1954 because they were longer-ranged than the Lincolns, and could reach targets in...
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BEAR VMF257 reacted to Alan Stevens's post in the thread Was the B-29 Superfortress a Failure? with.Still does. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-media/NASM-SI-2005-6309
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BEAR VMF257 replied to the thread Was the B-29 Superfortress a Failure?.Don't know if this was covered but was thinking about the comment that plane was built to drop the a-bomb. Most writings read like the...
