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Possibly the engineers on the forum can enlighten, but my understanding is that when the supersonic shock wave moves to the rear over the elevator is when the stick becomes immovable. That is why the all flying tail was developed, and kept secret, and used on the F-86F model. The theory was...

Sounds like a candidate for The Dirty Dozen.

There is level ground in Switzerland? Where is the photo of him riding uphill pulling the gun?

I have seven large tool boxes and many smaller tool boxes filled with SAE standard U.S., metric, as well as some Whitworth. After searching through every thing I have for an hour or more I finally use Vise Grips or adjustable wrench.

The Man who invented Christmas -- a whimsical story of Charles Dickens writing "A Christmas Carol"

Stalin said so.

My unproven theory is we have the metric system only because we have ten fingers & ten toes. If we had been created with twelve fingers & twelve toes we would be counting in Imperial. God must use metric?

Did no one notice the rare triple tail B-24s?

I left the 926th SEP 1965. We knew the 119s were going to the bone yard the next year and new birds would be jets, so the fossiles in the prop shop would not be needed. I was 24 but my Sergeants needed to learn something new. Sgt. Arnold had been on C-119 props since Korea. My first C-119 ride...

Whenever I left the propshop (USAFRes) I took a clipboard and paperwork. Worked most of the time, except for cleaning paint off C-119 cowl flaps with Turco & Painting the blue stripe down the fuselage. When many people were needed, they came into the shops looking.

I'd rather be hung!

Models have to fly better than the full scale versions.

Absolutely outstanding work! I hope there will be videos of the visitors enjoying your display. Kostas' work is amazing and a perfect fit. A small critic comment if I may. The chief's khakis are too shiney for fabric. Only the seat of his trousers should be shiney. What's the next project? I...

Don't get banned!

Now ... There is a design idea for Airbus!