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March 13, 2005 at 8:40 pm in reply to: What's your dream kite? #1403287

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My dream aircraft? Very hard choice between HE219A and Arado234B. But either of those is on the assumption that I could also afford to run/maintain it! But Dan’s put the pressure on to name one only – arrgghh … the Arado, no the Heinkel, no definitely the Arado (perhaps). Oh alright then, the Heinkel.

March 13, 2005 at 9:05 am in reply to: General Discussion #369688

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Rob, if you dont like it, leave.

by which you mean “again” I assume MoTF? 😉

March 13, 2005 at 8:22 am in reply to: General Discussion #369692

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Whilst I agree with you Dave to a point, I think many online personages tend to write hastily and don’t really give a toss for the finer points of spelling and grammar. And no, I’m not talking about dsylexic(sp?) persons.

There are a few things that bug me, they come up all the time …
“one foul swoop” What? try “one fell swoop”
“try and …” Really? So you’re going to try and you’re going to do it? How about “try to”
“orientated” … wrong – no such word. “Oriented” please. But there is “orientation”.

March 13, 2005 at 8:08 am in reply to: General Discussion #369696

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Oh yes, I was on some sort of road … yellow brick or something like that

March 13, 2005 at 8:04 am in reply to: OK then, I'll fess up. #1404211

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Well done Mr Hiscock – a fine example you have set 😉

March 11, 2005 at 1:15 am in reply to: General Discussion #370341

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:p LOL :p

March 11, 2005 at 1:00 am in reply to: General Discussion #370345

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Bugger – my rep was coming along quite nicely thank you very much :p

March 7, 2005 at 10:01 pm in reply to: worms in a can – what is a WARBIRD? #1416582

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Thanks guys – so far if I may sum up the small majority …

the ‘war’ bit means ex-military where both elements apply … ie. ‘ex’ means was (not is) in military use and ‘military’ doesn’t necessarily require “combat” or front-line use
the ‘bird’ bit means it flies … so the answer to my question is a B36 a warbird is NO and Black 6 is not a warbird
any engine … although some like to talk of jet warbirds which is a bit tautological

I would say that if those criteria are all applied then I’m not sure if a replica (eg: one of the US-made 262s) or a new build (one of the new FW190s) is a warbird – does the particular aircraft/warbird have to have been in military use or just the type?

And is this issue of age (rather like cars) at all pertinent?

March 7, 2005 at 5:35 am in reply to: Munich Museum #1418020

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Couple of extraordinary looking (VTOL?) things – the Dornier in the courtyard and the F104 lookalike (suspended above the real F104). What are they?

March 7, 2005 at 5:15 am in reply to: Naming of 'planes #1418022

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Ah well – front-line WWII. I’d be flying a Halifax III or a Spitfire.

The Halibag would be “big car”, this is the term used by German nightfighters to describe 4 engined bombers. God knows how I would have known that.

The Spit would be “Kiwi” of course (once Al Deere got out of the limelight) or “Mary” (my far better half) and that wasn’t used up till later (in fact last).

March 7, 2005 at 12:07 am in reply to: General Discussion #371166

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Sorry but – Antipodean you know – who is Tommy Vance?

March 3, 2005 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Duxford 25 years ago today #1422942

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Indeed it does, many thanks Jonathan. And pardon my Antipodean ignorance, and it seems rather obvious, but do I therefore take it that this is the one on display at the American Air Museum? And was it displayed at all (flying), or simply make the one flight and landing?

March 3, 2005 at 8:13 pm in reply to: General Discussion #371891

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Fantastic !!!

March 3, 2005 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Templehof – Underground Factory #1422957

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I know, this is dynamite. Reliable sources, who can’t be named for obvious reasons, tell me there’s probably a dozen 190’s there in various states of assembly, all in top condition. And there are whispers of there also being a handful of late model advanced types, two (yes two!) Arado 234Cs, a Dornier 335, an HE177 and some HE219s that were based there for defensive purposes. :rolleyes:

March 3, 2005 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Dresden and Tokyo #1422970

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The latter Philip. The technique used was standard area bombing technique as practiced for years. The outcome was because of a number of unusual circumstances. And this had happened before, the most well-known being Hamburg. Have a look here …
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/famousraids.html

FYI the Tokyo night raid of 9-10 March 1945 is generally acknowledged as the most destructive and deadly raid of the war, exceeding in damage and casualties even the two atom bomb raids. It is not generally recounted by those with a fight to pick re. strategic/area/carpet (pick a name) bombing.

And Cees is right – very difficult/touchy topic this.
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