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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 2, 2014 5:15:00 GMT 9
Few jets in the British Hanger.
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 2, 2014 5:20:10 GMT 9
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 2, 2014 5:38:09 GMT 9
Gary, no guess required on my part, as I know what it is.
However, there are some on the Forum who may not know.
I didn't know they had moved one inside.
Keep posting those pictures.
Did you find the mini-Statue of Liberty at Lakenheath?
Last time I was at Duxford they were still rebuilding a B-24, is it completed?
They had the nose section in one of the rebuild buildings at that time.
Jim Too
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Post by pat perry on Oct 2, 2014 10:25:18 GMT 9
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 2, 2014 12:37:48 GMT 9
I remember seeing the old newsreels in the Movie Theatres, showing the "Buzz Bombs" falling in to England.
They had no guidance system, just aim the rials of the launcher and fire.
They have been described as the first "Cruise Missiles", but had no guidance system built in.
That method is still in use by Hamas and others.
There were a number of V-1's shot down by British Fighter Planes, well, not really shot down, but pilots learned how to come up under a wing with one of their wings and nudge the V-1 in to a premature dive in to the Channel or some farm field, rather than a city.
Still, it was a very dangerours weapon, as it hit places very unexpectedly.
When the Rocket Motor quit, they got quiet and began to fall.
So the Brits learned to listen to them and take appropriate action.
Later in the War, Germany began launching the V-2, a true rocket weapon, but not with a long range.
They were launced like any large rocket, went to very high altitude, on trajectory that would put them in London or some other city, then when the rocket motor quit, down she came, with the primitive guidance system putting them in the general area the Germans hoped to hit.
Had a very large warhead, so did lots of damage.
We have only made improvements on the German design, giving us much greater destructive power and tremendous accuracy.
Jim Too
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 2, 2014 17:07:20 GMT 9
There it is.
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 6, 2014 19:49:35 GMT 9
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Post by Mark O on Oct 7, 2014 14:28:36 GMT 9
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 18, 2014 23:36:23 GMT 9
That is strange. Page is not allowing me to post any pictures. I select "ADD ATTACHMENT" and nothing?
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 25, 2014 15:01:32 GMT 9
That little shack you could schedule a flight in a flyable museum aircraft. Had we been there longer might have tried to get a flight in a Spitfire.
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