I'm looking at going to Normandy for the 70th anniversary . I did a quick search couldnt find any threads so I thought Id start one up .
What dates are events happening ? I heard about trying to get a large gathering of C-47s together for a paratroop drop and also an upcoming IMAX film , but...
Dont worry I sat at airfields and watched everything stupid happen . Crashing into hangers , flipping the plane , mowing down the trees . Its so funny watching a spit full throttle on the ground go through bushes then straight into a tree . And the landings were just as bad with some people ...
Yes , some of the things that were done under Nazi rule were evil , probably the most evil the world has known . But , everything I hear implies that all people in Germany between 1933-1945 were Nazi's and they all had a part in killing the 6 million people . All I am saying is that despite some...
For me music started dying in the late 90s early 2000's just when all the reality TV shows started coming into effect . Since then most of the winners/runners up of reality TV shows produce 1 hit then disapear . Every year it seems the same , 1 or 2 hits then gone . Yes there are still bands...
Every empire has some kind of evil in it . Then again what is really considered evil to you may be different for others . For example , there are certain tribes that use to (dont know if they still do) , eat other humans . This for them is considered normal , for us it is not . We can call them...
I really dont understand why . As much as so many people on this forum hate the Nazi and there regime I still dont believe it to be the great evil as so many people from the era make it out to be . My grandfather was a boy growing up in Germany at the time and he remember the fun times he had on...
I agree with the statement that ever since reality TV shows music has gone downhill .
If you ask a teenager today what was their favorite song from 3-4-5 years ag they usually struggle to name one , let alone 10 , yet when most people are aked what was their favorite song from say 1969,1970...
Id like to make a layout of WW2 fighters and their top speeds month by month :
eg : September 1939 : BF 109 E1 - 334 mph
Spitfire mk1a : 365 mph
So as far as Ive searched the fastest plane at the start of the war was the Spitfire mk1a .
Rules are : Must be combat ready and in a...