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Post by alanw on Jan 16, 2008 14:14:24 GMT 12
;D ;D ;D ;D
Ah..... Semper fie will never be the same... Ooooh Ra!!!!
On a more Earthly note, if you ever get your hands on a book called "A Few Good Men" (not the movie and nothing like it) it covers the life of an Italian American in the USMC from boot camp on to Vietnam, good reading
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Post by alanw on Jan 13, 2008 13:59:45 GMT 12
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Post by alanw on Dec 31, 2007 23:36:44 GMT 12
Well it's official!! It's 2008.... Happy New Year to all forum members, and may 2008 be a great one, for one and all, in every good and great way ;D Regards Alan
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Post by alanw on Dec 22, 2007 17:07:03 GMT 12
To Dave and rest of the forum, Merry Christmas and happy New year. May we all eat too much (drinking is up to you), not get too sun burnt and may our minds be refreshed to carry on discussing the world of man and aviation as we know it.... Best wishes Alan
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Post by alanw on Dec 17, 2007 23:24:32 GMT 12
Best Movies
Battle of Britain, Tora Tora Tora, Magnificent men, Blue Max, Dive Bomber (real oldy), 633 Sqn, Damn Busters and Spitfire.
One I really do like is the Battle of Midway... It has lets say the right story just wrong aircraft (including a snap shot of a C 130...)
Top Gun: Great action shots (especially the F 14/A4 ACM shots, as said before cat shots), the MIGs well... glorified F 5's, hey it was the US Navy's poster movie to recruit.
Bad movies: Pearl harbor while US citizens served in the RAF during the BoB, the Eagle sqn came later. Cannon armed spits, 19 Sqn had them for about 2 months then traded them in for the eight gun .303 type, next Sqn to fly cannon armed was 92 Sqn after the BoB was over (Nov 1940)
The use of the fighter pilots to fly the Mitchell raid, only bomber pilots were selected by Billy Mitchell none were fighter pilots as in movie
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Post by alanw on Dec 8, 2007 18:49:36 GMT 12
Personally I think the whole carbon footprint/Kyoto protocol is bogus.... Anyway if people think PC's give off a big carbon footprint What about the lights in buildings left on at night? Take a drive through Auckland at night and see all the buildings with lighting, far worse than leaving PC's on Check out this link (called Earth Lights check the picture of NZ) sevencolors.org/images/photo/original/earth_lights.jpg
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Post by alanw on Dec 5, 2007 0:07:25 GMT 12
Taken from a list in the 6th Battle by Barret Tillman Rules of aerial warefare You can only do what you can do Don't play by their rules play mean & nasty Use the sun, but remember eveyone else is there too The lift slides off your wings at 90 degrees At the end of the day always remember rule No. 1 you can only do what you can do Speaking of T-Shirts USMC sniper "If you run you'll only die tired" ;D USMC =Uncle Sams Misguided Children USMC AV 8B Aviators, Urban renewal experts B 52 Logo You call We haul Rhino Drivers (F4) Biggest distributors of Mig parts in the world Not a T-Shirt but a sign at Bitberg AFB Germany ready room of 22nd TFS "when you pass that mig driver canopy to canopy, manouver your jet in such away that there will be no doubt that after you gun his brains out, you will steal his wallet, burn down his house, take his wife and shoot his dog" anon The joys of military life......
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Post by alanw on Dec 3, 2007 16:20:36 GMT 12
Borrowed this quote from a guy on another "aviation forum" "What young man could possibly be bored with a uniform to wear, a fast aeroplane to fly, and something to shoot at?" Young people still join the services to today to serve, hopefully in another conflict they would be open to fight and die Having said that modern ware fare is much more destructive and fluid than previous conflicts, hopefully people would realize their solemn duty and serve..... Except for the fact that these days you can't shoot the other guy unless they are in extreme prejudice against you and take the first shot. You can be held for war crimes And my pet gripe is the Damn media and how they report these things Conscription can always help....
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Post by alanw on Dec 1, 2007 18:20:09 GMT 12
;D ;D ;D ;D While flying into Sydney from San Francisco, I was asked if people on the aircraft would be able to see Kangaroo's jumping about the run way.... While on a picnic in the You Yangs (Victoria) I was asked if we could see a Bunyip in a Billabong....... Yes all tourists While in the States some years ago a group of English guys were talking, and a comment came up about lighting up a f.a.g.(yes cigarette) the guys from the States were freaking out with visions of these guys lighting up some gay person When my parents were first married, my Mom (not from NZ) were at the table with my Dad, Grandparents,Aunts when the comment came up about some character the family knew had died. My Grandmother made the comment "There won't be much left after the sharks had finished with him" my Mom turned to my father and asked "Do they really throw people to the Sharks here"...... yep lots of choking/mirth Alan
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Post by alanw on Oct 31, 2007 16:40:23 GMT 12
Having read a number of books written by both RAF and Luftwaffe pilots from WWII who flew in the Battle of Britain this guy, has the wrong end of the stick..... Anyone who knows any thing about the RAF/ Luftwaffe, the aircraft involved etc certainly would agree with that Historian Corelli Barnett's comments. However any one who knows any thing about the basic tenants of warfare is "He that rules the sky, rules the waves/land" if the RAF had been defeated there was nothing the Royal Navy could have done except to become sacrificial lambs to the Luftwaffe Also if the Spitfire (.303 armament considering..) was not as good, why did Vatty Molders ask Herman Goering for a squadron of Spitfires.... and yes those who know about the Spitfire/Hurricane know the Hurri's, shot down more than the Spits but both were great aircraft Really does it matter? RAF won, Luftwaffe lost the rest is history My two bits worth
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Post by alanw on Sept 25, 2007 18:04:40 GMT 12
Dave, That is a once in a life time experience!!!! You are indeed lucky. If I remember my science/aka physics etc, lightning actually shoots from the ground up, obviously the tree acted as the conductor (explains the bark in pictures on tree). For the science minded, positve charges build up in the ground and negative in the sky, once the two reach similar proprtions you get the zap. Possibly the zap you received was some of the left over from that tree discharge (which to me would explain why you are still with us and happly so!!!!!) There may be those who are more in the know in the forum Very best regards : Alan
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Post by alanw on Sept 24, 2007 17:07:42 GMT 12
flyernzl Thanks for that Regards Alan
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Post by alanw on Sept 23, 2007 15:35:43 GMT 12
Hi folks As the subject heading states a couple of questions (hopefully in the right board) 1) For those who live in Auckland (more so they that live out West or North near Greenhigth) there is a piece of aircraft sticking out of the mudflats at low tide (near Merv Smith's Model world). Does any one know what aircraft type it is? I know during WWII a B24 Liberator and a B 17 Flying Fortress came to grief in two seperate incidents. Possibly related?? (also apologies if this has been discussed previous) 2) In the website NZ Military Aircraft Serials, under the Heading Supermarine Walrus www.adf-serials.com/nz-serials/NZ 154 Had a water/aircraft interface of the physical crash typeand sank in 7 fathoms (42 feet ) of water off the Chelsea Wharf. pilots bodies recovered but nothing more is said about the actual aircraft other than it was written off in 1944. Is the wreck still there? Can any one shed any light Thanks Alan
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