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    Planes of Fame Update

    Greg, What can you tell us about the Bf-109 in the background of post #12?
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    New F-35 Report

    Read a news blurb that Israel is upping the number of F-35's they are going to buy. Israel has always been pretty savy with their weapons system purchases.............so I do not beleive they would be buying into a dead horse.
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    Our World War

    It was good. I found this one on Netflix as well, it is good too. Great War Diaries Netflix - Watch TV Shows Online, Watch Movies Online
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    Our World War

    It was good. I found this one on Netflix as well, it is good too. Great War Diaries Netflix - Watch TV Shows Online, Watch Movies Online
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    "That's All Brother" D Day C-47 Being Restored By The CAF

    Found this today, great story and a truly historic "Gooney Bird". Commemorative Air Force raising $75,000 to move ‘plane that led D-Day invasion’ to Dallas | | Dallas Morning News
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    Retired Japanese Fighter Pilot Sees an Old Danger on the Horizon

    Shattered Sword has him listed as engageing Midway VT, VT-3 and VSB-6. He then ditched at 1900 when there were no more flight decks and was picked up by a destroyer. Not certain if he landed on Hiryu at any time before that, but logic dictates this was so as the carriers were dive bombed and put...
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    Retired Japanese Fighter Pilot Sees an Old Danger on the Horizon

    nuuumannn beat me to it. He is listed in Shattered Sword as a Soryu pilot (PO1C) and it lists his aircraft and sorties flown as well as engagements.
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    V-1710 supercharger development potential

    I would like to know more about this P-40/R1830 test mule that could climb like that and hit 389 mph at 22,000 ft. Certainly it was stripped of armor and all uneccessary equipment. Why not use a P-36 airframe? It was designed for the 1830 from the start. Could they not fit the 2 stage SC onto...
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    Japanese Carrier Operations

    Most excellent. Thank you Shinpachi.
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    Thousand-yard stare

    Yeh Stug, thats the painting that pretty much sums it up. I had Tom Lea's Fighter Pilot as my background for a long time.
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    Japanese Carrier Operations

    Heh, quoted myself. Had a few Christmas beers as that was meant for Syscom.
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    Japanese Carrier Operations

    Combined Fleet? I havnt found that, will have to look harder.
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    Japanese Carrier Operations

    Thanks guys, much appreciated.
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    Japanese Carrier Operations

    Can anyone point me to a good web page, or book detailing how the IJN differed from the USN in how they ran their flight decks? I'm looking for info on takeoff/landing intervals. Did the IJN use LSO's or did they have lighting arrays to guide pilots in? I know from Shattered Sword that the IJN...
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    Reno 2014 News

    That P-38, did it used to be owned by the CAF? Is it still flying today?
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