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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:41:19 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:42:01 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:42:38 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:46:08 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:47:00 PM   
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Place in history: The V-1 Vergeltungswaffe (German for vengeance weapon) was the first rocket-powered missile used in war. A precursor to today's cruise missiles, it was aimed primarily against England and Belgium. Launched from aircraft or catapult ramps on land, a simple pulse jet engine gave the V1 a distinctive sound that could be heard from ten miles away, earning it the nickname of "buzzbomb" or "doodlebug." The V-1's main production facility was the notorious underground complex of Mittelwerk at Nordhausen in the Hartz Mountains, where slave-laborers assembled the missiles in appalling conditions.



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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:47:39 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:48:10 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:49:15 PM   
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Place in history: Late in the war, several piloted V-1s were built. The plan was that a pilot would guide the missile into position close to its target and bail out at the last moment. It was essentially a suicide mission, as it would have been very difficult to open the canopy against the wind resistance and in the unlikely event that the pilot was able to climb out he would have undoubtedly have been sucked into the intake of the engine. This manned missile was tested several times, killing every pilot on landing. All of the Reichenbergs were air-launched from planes, unlike the unmanned V-1s that were mostly fired from ground-based catapult ramps. The war ended before Germany could use the Reichenberg in combat.


These missiles: The Soviet Army occupied the Nordhausen area and in 1948 they demolished the entrances to the underground missile factories. Almost half a century later, a new entrance was found into the caves and these missiles were discovered there.



talk about COLD [WAR] STORAGE. amazing.



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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:49:50 PM   
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ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 9:52:40 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 9:53:29 PM   
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Place in history: The rocket-propelled Me 163 Komet was designed to destroy high altitude bombers, soaring up through the formation of bombers and then diving back through them, firing its cannons at each pass. Powered by an extremely volatile Walter rocket motor, the Me 163 had a tendency to explode in flight. It was remarkably agile at higher speeds, but difficult to handle at lower speeds. While few Me 163s went into combat due to the aircraft's many shortcomings, the Komet was the first operational rocket-powered aircraft and represented a major technological breakthrough.

This aircraft: One of twenty types of planes built by the Junkers Aircraft company in factories in Oranienberg, Germany, its was towed as a glider to Husum Luftwaffe base in Northern Germany, on December 18, 1944. it. At Husum it became part of the Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wing) 400, but it is it is unknown whether it ever flew in combat. It was captured by the British on May 8, 1945 shipped to the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough, England. This is one of only a dozen Me 163 Komets still in existence.

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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 9:54:23 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 9:57:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		GF unit wanted to know why i kept calling it the suicide plane Was it a Kamakaze? No.....but as i explained, it took a brave man to get into one of these, detailing how the plane had to land unpowered on skids, and the ever present risk of having the rocket fuel explode on you if hit or if in a bad mood.

However it does beat Bungie Jumping but ranks below getting on a frisky mare that hasn't been ridden in a year.






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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 9:58:15 PM   
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RE: OSCAR! - 5/30/2009 9:59:34 PM   
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Wow, wonderfully restored!!! Right down to the metalic green/blue paint in the wheel wells!!

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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 9:59:44 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 10:00:25 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 10:00:50 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 10:01:55 PM   
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RE: ME-163 Komet - 5/30/2009 10:02:30 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:04:41 PM   
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Did you say they had a P-47? If so, you must show that! My favorite airplane of the era. I just hope they have it painted well.



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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:05:39 PM   
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Place in history: In 1940, the United States Army Air Corps decided that larger fighters would be needed in the coming European war. Alexander Kartveli, Republic Aviation's chief designer, prepared a rough sketch of a new fighter with the most powerful Pratt & Whitney engine ever developed, along with eight .50-caliber machine guns and heavy armor. World War II pilots considered it to be "unbreakable;" its legendary toughness gave them confidence that they had a good chance of returning home safely even if their plane sustained damage in combat.

This aircraft: Manufactured by Republic Aviation in Evansville, Indiana, and delivered to the USAAF on June 27, 1945. It was placed in storage until March, 1948, when it was assigned to an Air National Guard squadron. FHC's Thunderbolt is painted in the colors of the "Tallahassee Lassie" and was flown by Seattle-born Colonel Ralph C. Jenkins. He led the 510th Fighter Squadron, initially in England and later all the way through Europe to Germany at the end of WWII. Colonel Jenkins may be the pilot who attacked the staff car of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, wounding the German commander.

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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:08:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		GF: We tended to make really big aircraft, didn't we?

Nik: Yes....yes we did.....carried on in cars of the 1950's..... :)

What was it the German pilot once remarked?......something about being so big, the American pilot could simply run around inside the plane to avoid the bullets?






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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:09:58 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:10:26 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:11:56 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:12:21 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:13:50 PM   
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GF: We tended to make really big aircraft, didn't we?

Nik: Yes....yes we did.....carried on in cars of the 1950's..... :)

What was it the German pilot once remarked?......something about being so big, the American pilot could simply run around inside the plane to avoid the bullets?







I heard that quote attributed to an RAF pilot flying Thunderbolts in the CBI: "Evasive action in the Thunderbolt consisted of loosening the shoulder straps and running around inside the cockpit"...

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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:14:01 PM   
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RE: A6M3-22 - 5/30/2009 10:14:30 PM   
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