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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:48 pm 
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From the looks of it--- If there were not the obstacles built up around their Landing Zone I think those blokes would have made it AND kept their heads. Poor Dummy! :lol:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -late.html

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:56 pm 
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That sounds like it will be a neat documentary. Check out the twist in the rear fuselage of the thing, though:
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...Or is the stabilizer falling off?

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Here's a link to the flight of a replica a few years back with three survivors watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTcyXKWRys


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