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03-05-2003, 09:53 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
Pete,
That plane provides a G force rush like no car I have ever drove or rode in. I went up with the owner, he is a X fighter pilot and flew for years in speed pylon racing with Hilton Hotels as his sponser. Won several world titles. He was not holding back anything when I rode in that monster, we did things I had no idea a plane was capable of. I kissed the ground when I got out with weak knees. Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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03-05-2003, 09:54 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
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03-05-2003, 10:03 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
Bingo! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img] Now Jeff, tell us what year and country of origin?
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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03-05-2003, 10:08 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
The Hawker Sea Fury was the last piston engined fighter used by front-line units of the Royal Navy. The first Sea Furies entered fleet service with 807 and 803 NAS's in August and September of 1947. Both units converted to the F.B.11 version in May 1948.
http://www.faasig.org/tech/seafury.htm
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#5
03-05-2003, 10:30 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
Bingo again Jeff, 1947. These planes were supposed to be some of the fastest piston engine fighters ever built, after being in the thing I cant see how one could fly any faster! It felt like I was the coyote stapped to a missle going after the Roadrunner.
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03-13-2003, 11:34 AM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
For those interested and the ones like me who didn't record it, I was just informed that a video will be available of the entire Glacier Girl episode shown last week on the History Channel. It will be available in the next couple of weeks through the gift store at this site www.thelostsquadron.com/ggg.html
Rick [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]
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#7
03-31-2003, 02:57 PM
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Re: Interesting Warbird documentary
Last Night PBS aired a good story on NOVA about the WWII bombing mission off Attu Island on the Kuril Islands of Japan.
USA sent 5 PV-1 Venturas to bomb those islands and draw Japanese troops northward away from the action. On March 25,1944 Ventura Bomber #31 took off and was never heard from again,until 1999 when some one sent pix to the US embassy in Russia showing the wreckage. They sent a investigation Team,and discovered the wreckage was indeed Ventura #31,and the crews remains. After all was deciphered thay determined the crew caught enemy fire and had to crash land before their Bombing mission was complete.Most of the crew was injured,and all parished soon after from the freezing cold in Siberia,and the Vast amount of brown Bears in that area. They finally brought back what remains they found to the Families,and put an end to this mystery. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]
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