P-47 was never a favorite plane of mine. It was a work horse, yes. I refer to it as the "timex" of fighter planse. It took a licking and kept on...
I knew the answer to this but have since forgotten. I remember it being a little used small airport that was converted to an Air National Guard...
Did not have anything to do with "fire" power. It did have something to do with power, however. The prop used on the F4U was so large that it...
The F-82 was designed for bomber escort. The mustang was good at this task but was a one seater and not good for long range due to only one pilot....
Nope again Terry... The F4U is a plane that I want in my hanger (I want them all I guess) it is not the plane that scored the first three kills in...
Hint: During the Korean War, Japan-based F-xxs were among the first USAF aircraft to operate over Korea. The first three North Korean airplanes...
Nope... the operative word was "fighter". It has a "F" at the beginning of the plane designation.
Sid wrote: Sid, you should see the drawing board! :wink: I am also in the process of building another P-51 Mustang, a P-40 Warhawk, an AT-6...
JIF, I have considered building a P-38 but I have another WWII time frame aircraft that I want to build first. Who can tell me what was the last...
Cindy said: You only wish this so that there would be less of these beauties in the house! :roll: She knows that the law of averages can't...
The nose art is a replica of an actual plane that flew in WWII: [img]
Academy of Model Aeronautics that is! I have attached a few pictures of my best plane. This P51D has a 65.5" wingspan, a 5 channel radio...
Hey Doc... I am moving this airplane talk to another topic. Look for it in the next few minutes...
Terry, You must become proficient with the simulator before flying your first plane. I figure that I crashed enough on the simulator to equal...
I never gave it up! Time is my issue. It was the knees to begin with. It was just too painful and my game suffered as much as I did. :roll: Then...
Diane, I was watching the game in the first inning when LA went up 4-0. I fell asleep and then barely opened my eyes to see that Atlanta had gone...
I am trying to cram 10 work days into 7. I was supposed to be here in Santa Clara on Monday morning. Due to a lemon law claim that Cindy and I had...
I am now in California (Silicon Valley). When I left Austin yesterday, I had just paid $2.429 for unleaded. Diesel was up to $2.499. :?
... and BTW, the reasoning behind going with this tractor over a full size was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I bought this tractor with the front end loader, 5...
Hey TB, Tractor is 4wd because it is low weight, 2315 lbs in this case. Huge tractors have a great deal of weight providing traction to the drive...
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