Warbird Information Exchange

WOLVERINES!

best trhead EVAR!

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

This could very well be the best thread ever,


because

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Wow, the last time I invoked the Power of Ron Burgundy, I was just called an "a$$hole".

So what's yer point?

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

I saw where TIGHAR, the group that has been looking for Amelia
Earhart, went to look at the P-38. They are claiming they found her
plane as the plane found is from the same company and the rivit
patterns match those of Amilia's missing plane. They cannot explain
how it ended up on a beach in Wales other than to say it was a
navigational error on part of the navigator. They also said there was
a note with something about taking a right at Albuquerque, that they
are at a loss to explain

Kid all you want, but TIGHAR is claiming they've already positively identified Noonan's thong on the same beach.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Before everyone got the giggles, I was just saying that aircraft isn't going to fly again. You might get the dataplate to fly by rolling a 90% new aircraft under it, but if you really want to do that (and aren't just blowing smoke) there's projects out there more likely to fly and certainly a lot cheaper to rebuild.

Recovered, displayed wrecks have a role in showing people today what the sacrifices made in W.W.II were, which illustrate the risks and personal losses in a different way to zimming around the sky, useful though that is.

IMHO TIGHAR isn't worth getting excited about in this case - the IWM and RAFM are the ones to watch in the mix.

But if you really want to know, ask a pilot. Just don't cash the cheque.

Regards,

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

And besides, you know pilots: Big watch, little *&*^%, looking for a place to cash a cheque...


*takes cover in the mud*

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

It was as of January '06 - see my post:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =palwaukee

The Lightning replica is much less detailed than the one at March ARB; but it probably wasn't meant for close-ups!

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Could be worse, you could of been called a "smelly pirate hooker".

"Randy almost got punched,right in the babymaker."

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Director

The only difference between a pilot and a Texas tuck driver, is one has a big belt buckle.

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tracers work both ways

look closely --- the stars and bars are visible on the upper wing. Thats pretty good. The most important part of a P-38 and the one that would be hardest to restore is the center section. the booms wings gondola etc etc can all be re-built. (glacier girl and white lightnin) UNTIL a PROPER survey is done by QUALIFIED mechanics (not TIGERS) no one knows the internal condition of the AC. quit killing it before you know ... and thanks for the SIG IDEA...it works well.

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EVERYTHING that CAN fly should be ALLOWED to FLY!
IWO JIMA'S best narative..."GOD ISN'T HERE"
http://www.amazon.com/God-Isnt-Here-Ame ... 0976154706


P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

This debate is great and all, but nobody and I mean NOBODY has taken into account what the crabs have to say!!!

Incoming!

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"So there I was, knee deep in a river I couldn't pronounce..."