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    Dogfighting in a P 38

    1. Yes, by doing that you can tighten your radius of turn and gain a momentary advantage and, as has been said, it was only used sparingly and by the best pilots. I remember reading a detailed explanation by a P-38 pilot in a book years ago. 2. Not the dive brake; the maneuvering flap was the...
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    Hello from Issaquah, Washington State, USA!

    For some reason my Mirage family avatar appears vertically compressed, and for some other reason I can't upload the other Mirage picture I want to have as my avatar. But maybe this is interesting to our members. My new avatar is a deHavilland Venom. It was a much improved successor to the first...
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    Hello from Issaquah, Washington State, USA!

    Thanks, Captain!
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    Winston Churchill and the Lusitania

    This is a myth, Churchill had very little to do with the sinking of the Lusitania. The sinking and its consequences were mostly due to the fight within the German High Command about the war and the role of the submarine force in it, on whether it was enough to sink British merchant ships or to...
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    Hello from Issaquah, Washington State, USA!

    Thanks and apologies. For some reason it showed https. I have corrected it to http: I'm also having problems with my avatar, but I'll insist.
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    Hello from Issaquah, Washington State, USA!

    Thanks. I have read the rules and I don't intend to talk about politics here. I am also very opinionated in philosophy because I studied both in college and pursuit both as hobbies, but I certainly don't want to bother anybody here with that either. I was just telling everybody who I am.
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    Hello from Issaquah, Washington State, USA!

    Hi everybody, nice to be a new member. I am an old retired fighter pilot born in Venezuela. I got my pilot wings in the US, went to the UK and flew Jet Provosts at RAF Little Rissington in the beautiful Cotswolds. Later also flew Mirage IIIs in France at Dijon and Colmar FAF bases. In Venezuela...
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