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RE: Hurricane Mk XIIA - 5/31/2009 12:41:05 AM   
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RE: Hurricane Mk XIIA - 5/31/2009 12:41:41 AM   
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RE: Hurricane Mk XIIA - 5/31/2009 2:06:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		Very enjoyable photographs - many thanks!

I can well understand your sense of anticipation of seeing an I-16.  I've always understood 'Rata' to be the name applied to to it by its enemies on the Nationalist side, even though the name seems to have stuck better than 'Mosca' (the fly), as used by its Republican owners.

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RE: Hurricane Mk XIIA - 5/31/2009 2:40:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		I always did like the Hurricane better than the Spitfire. And the I-16. I have shot down possibly hundreds of those from my IL-2 days.

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RE: Hurricane Mk XIIA - 5/31/2009 2:54:44 AM   
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One of my favorate perodicls is Aircraft Illustrated, which is hard to find hear, but I ushaly just order a few ever few months and catch up, it covers a wide aray of aircraft related topics including existing warbirds, their condation, owner transfers, restoration prodjects,,ext...

What always amases me is just how world wide the love of clasic warbirs is, their are places all over the world restoring these machines, recovery efforts go on gloably, expadations to seak out and recover clasic aircraft, every year their are more and more out their. One day, it would be fun to travel to Cape Town and at least watch the Lightings fly about.

Companys also exist that produce New Clasiscs, in full scale, In germany theirs a company Building FW 190's (Even a D-9), In Washington State the noted Me-262 is being built, In New Zeland a Company builds P-40's from parts and makes what they nead from scratch, Their are other planes being built as well...

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P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:01:18 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:02:14 AM   
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Place in history: The P-51 Mustang is arguably the fighter that won the air war in Europe, providing long-range escorts that enabled American heavy bombers to carry the air war into the heart of Germany. In 1939, the British Purchasing Agency approached North American Aviation in desperate need of additional aircraft for the war in Europe. Just 117 days later, the first P-51 made its maiden flight. The aircraft's laminar wing design was innovative, greatly reducing turbulent airflow across the wing and overall drag. In 1942, the P-51 was fitted with the British Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and large external fuel tanks that could be jettisoned when empty. With this powerful new engine and extended range, the P-51 quickly became one of the best-known and most feared fighters in the world.

This aircraft: This P-51 is a combat veteran that was delivered to the United States Army Air Force on January 26, 1945. It was based in Raydon, England with the 8th Army Air Force (352nd Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group), where it was assigned to Lt. Harrison B."Bud" Tordoff. Tordoff flew the aircraft in support of the daylight bombing raids against Germany throughout occupied Europe and in support of missions for the Allied ground forces during the liberation of mainland Europe.

In the summer of 2003, Captain Tordoff was reunited with this plane at the Flying Heritage Collection—the first time he had seen it since ceasefire.

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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:02:36 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:02:57 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:03:19 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:03:41 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:04:00 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:04:21 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:04:51 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:05:21 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:05:46 AM   
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RE: P-51D - 5/31/2009 3:06:54 AM   
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Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:07:59 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:08:51 AM   
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Place in history: The Supermarine Spitfire was Britain's answer to the Messerschmitt 109, and in many ways it was as nimble and deadly as its German counterpart. The aircraft was produced by Vickers-Armstrong, a subsidiary division of Supermarine, which had manufactured racing seaplanes before the war. It was their seaplane design that was adapted as the basis for this fighter. The distinctive elliptical wing design increased the fighter plane's overall maneuverability and decreased drag. Pilots who flew it loved the airplane, calling it "a ballerina in flight." It has often been credited with winning the Battle of Britain, in spite of the fact that the much more numerous Hawker Hurricanes shouldered most of the burden.. It was the most extensively produced of all the Allied fighters.

This airplane: Allocated to the British-based Czech 312 Squadron on September 11, 1942, it was piloted by Squadron Leader Tomas Vybiral. On May 14, 1943, Vybiral led his squadron on a daring wave-top raid against enemy shipping at St. Peters Port, Guernsey. AR 614 was heavily damaged by flak, killing its wingman and narrowly missing Vybiral in the cockpit, but he was able to lead his squadron safely back to England.

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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:09:12 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:09:34 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:09:57 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:10:28 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:10:56 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:13:09 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:13:42 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:14:17 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:15:09 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:15:41 AM   
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RE: Spitfire Vc - 5/31/2009 3:16:18 AM   
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