Welcome aboard, Bill! As stated before, there are those on this site who could tell you the exact number of rivets in various models of planes, how many gaskets in each engine (and probably the name of the poor slob who made that gasket in the first place), who flew what with which squadron and how he liked to eat his peanut-butter-and-jelly sammiches....then there are the mortals, like myself, who just enjoy a good chat about anything WW2 related! There are some great conversations, great discussions on anything WW2-ish, lots of wonderful sarcasm (ex-Navy myself...my experience with flattops is either touring one with a friend, or peering at them through a periscope)...stick around! This place grows on ya!