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Vital Spark
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The people scanning for the Google LIFE photo archive should have been more attentive..specially since the image was made by Edward Steichen. For a second I thought the Blue Angels had flown Avengers

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No wonder flight 19 got lost....they were flying upside down....hard to get your bearings that way...

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Whaaaaaat? Never seen a precision Group Loop? I tell ya, Them Naval Aviaturs got SKILL! Lessee ya do that wit a B-17!

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Only sure way to ID your target before the ride down. 8)

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Not a surprise - looking up Edsel photos I saw several that were reversed.

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Chris Brame wrote:
Not a surprise - looking up Edsel photos I saw several that were reversed.
Looking for Corsair photos, eh?
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vertigo training???

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