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Holy crap! Sounds like Beckman's plane went down in way you'd only see from George Lucas!

I gotta say, most Russian jet fighters look pretty sweet

There's a pretty good (if old) book on her, U-505, by Daniel Gallery, the commander of the task force that captured her. U-505: Daniel Gallery: 9780610545801: Amazon.com: Books

Harkening back to post #95, we have the Third Wave "experiment" of April, 1967: "The Third Wave was an experimental social movement created by high school history teacher Ron Jones to explain how the German populace could accept the actions of the Nazi regime during the Second World War. While...

Luis Suarez's controversies July 2010 - Handles on the line to deny Ghana a winner in the last minute of extra-time in the World Cup quarter-finals. Asamoah Gyan misses the resulting penalty and Uruguay win the shootout to reach the semi-finals. November 2010 - Given seven- match ban for...

That just would have made it worse for Italy. Now, looking him up in the parking lot after the match ...

I was rooting for Uruguay, but, my God, having someone on the team who bites opposing players? I'm not sure who I'm most disgusted with: Suarez for biting, Uruguay for letting someone like that represent their country, or FIFA for letting him play at all. Ban him for life and let each man he...

This plane is supposed to have a strake above its intakes. I cannot seem to find it. Anyone have a good pic of where it is and what it looks like?

I saw this listed for a Hasegawa Aircraft Weapons kit. What is it and what does it look like?

This build: AeroScale :: Focke Wulf Fw 190 D-9 by Jim Hatch will probably show you all you want to see.

This kit almost falls together itself. Its an incredible buy for the price - as long as you have room!

A shell penetrating an armor plate is going to have its direction of travel changed a few degrees plus have the amount it wobbles (yaws) increased, making the next strike (if any) a little more glancing than the previous strike. Think of it like the bullet from an M-16, which is known to...

Penetrating several layers of armor is different than penetrating one layer. Every layer penetrated is going to instill more and more yaw in the projectile, which makes it less penetrative. It also damages the projectile, doing the same. Properly placed spaced armor will defeat HEAT rounds...

BBs also utilize two different kinds of armor: face-hardened and homogeneous. Face armor is used for vertical protection. Its outer surface is very hard, with the intent being that the AP cap of the incoming shell is shattered, drastically reducing it penetrative effectiveness. This armor is...

Isn't "LN" the tail code for RAF Lakenheath?