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    Finnish Hawker Hurricane HC-452 restoring project blog

    Fantastic project! Will you be restoring it all the way to air worthy condition? And where are you building it? Your avatar says Jyväskylä, but is it correct. I might pop in just because I happened to 'be in the neighborhood' if it's in public enough place and you don't mind a quick visit from...
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    Tree trimming Army Air Force style

    Impressive I must say. Reminds me of the View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lvEGohPmxk, but those babies have a different amount of thrust. And the guy being interviewed actually said something along the lines of "I don't think any other airplane could have taken that amount of damage and...
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    Time train a US fighter pilot

    I wonder how the hours correlate to other countries trainings. Without any facts at my hand I tend to assume that for example Soviets training wasn't as rigorous as with USAAF or RAF but perhaps someone has it in the top of their heads.
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    WW2 Aviation Links (Add your links)

    I always liked Introduction page to the websites of David Hanson and Warbird Alley: Privately-owned, vintage, ex-military aircraft.. the most complete listing of individual planes I've found is the classic from wikipedia at url List of aircraft of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
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    Tree trimming Army Air Force style

    How on earth can the Jug not dip the wing and crash after losing half of a wing? The pilot must have had aching muscles after taking the bird home being kissed by a chimney like that!
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