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Yes, one of those aboard the HMS Reaper was an He219A-2 (WkNmr 290202) assigned Foreign Number FE-614 and is at the NASM nearing completion of a full restoration.I would not be surprised if one of those He-219s happens to be at the Dulles branch of the Smithsonian...
I would not be surprised if one of those He-219s happens to be at the Dulles branch of the Smithsonian...
Going to go see it in a few weeks. Can't wait.
Last time I was at the museum in DC, neither the 219 or 335 were on display.
Ditto!
The Do-335 might be in that shot as well. I see it way in the back?
the tone of the conversation is a mix of sarcasm, wise cracks, exaggeration, and poking fun...all in good nature.
Language is a funny thing. I saw a comedian talking about the use of the word c*nt, which in many people's books is as offensive as it gets, but this guys was saying - and Brits will back me up here, there are some Brits who use it in every day language, like (said in a Cockney drawl) "Ow aare ya, you f*cking c*nt! 'Avent seen you in ages...", yet if I said that to some of my wife's friends, I'd get astonished looks, although most would know that's just me and my foul mouth after all.
I once met a German barmaid who was briefly engaged to an English soldier. She flew to meet his parents in England who asked her how her journey went. She replied "I am sick as a nuns c@nt sat on that b@stard of an aeroplane for 2 hours". She didnt realise that her boyfriends squaddie English should not be used infront of the future in laws, the engagement didnt last long after that.Language is a funny thing. I saw a comedian talking about the use of the word c*nt, which in many people's books is as offensive as it gets, but this guys was saying - and Brits will back me up here, there are some Brits who use it in every day language, like (said in a Cockney drawl) "Ow aare ya, you f*cking c*nt! 'Avent seen you in ages...", yet if I said that to some of my wife's friends, I'd get astonished looks, although most would know that's just me and my foul mouth after all.
Yeh but "TALL BLACKS" for the basketball team is inspired.Yep, watched our girls beat the 'black sticks' a couple of days ago, which is consistent, if not inspired naming
Maybe the Kiwis hope that by naming everything the black this or that, something of the aura of the mighty All Blacks will rub off!
Cheers
Steve
Here, here! More honest and important info here than in most of the rest of the posts combined!
Hey Shooter, try consolidating your posts so you never post right after yourself. You might notice nobody in here does much that except you.
About the guns being "almost useless," the Me 262 recorded very close to 540 Allied kills and US pilots shot down 140 of them. They only built some 1,430 Me 262s and only about 100 at a time ever saw combat according to Adolph Galland's books. Many that were completed never flew due to pilot and fuel shortages, and the relative inability of the factory to get them delivered on time with any reliability due to constant bombardment as well as airframes damaged before delivery due to same.
540 kills doesn't make it sound quite "useless." I'd say they did pretty well considering the guns weren't optimized for fighter-versus-fighter combat and it never was intended as a dogfighter. In the end, it had a negligible impact on WWII combat, but is DID make us grateful they didn't get the engine woes worked out a lot earlier. Many aircraft on both were not optimized for some mission they were called upon to perform, but very few if any WWII combat aircraft were "useless."
I might include the LWS-6 (PZL-30) Zubr in the "useless" category, except some of the completed airframes WERE used as decoys to give the Luftwaffe something to shoot at, and the engines DID get used as fruit orchard warm air fans, so the Zubr at least contributed mass suicide of some of its airframes. The Soviets actually flew several as trainers. I wonder if they were training as Kamakazes? The total production run of 17 makes me wonder about the Polish military department of procurement's qualifications. I bet the guys who bought 17 Zubrs were Cavalry officers, qualified to buy exceptionally good horses, but totally ineffective when it came to machinery, particularly aerial bombardment devices.
I understand the airframes reached their service life after one long mission. I guess the Soviets flew a lot of short hops.
That's assuming anyone reads his stuffHey Shooter, try consolidating your posts so you never post right after yourself. You might notice nobody in here does much that except you.