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Offline mussie

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« on: June 14, 2006, 11:29:20 AM »
Photo of 13 brand new P-38's de-milled after WWII.

What an absolute waste

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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2006, 01:07:04 PM »
Part of me just died a little... :(

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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2006, 01:09:42 PM »
:cry :cry :cry



why oh why??? think of the money you could make if you went back in time with a few thousand dollars and bribed one of the guys on duty to 'lose them's somewhere for you to come and pick up later...

an original flying P38 with combat history, or any warbird for that matter would be PRICELESS. easiest way to become very very rich = mad scientist :D

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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2006, 01:16:27 PM »
No, that is just a picture of a typical Nomad squadron landing...

Geeze...
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2006, 01:17:48 PM »
good riddance. what ugly planes.

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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2006, 01:21:58 PM »
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No, that is just a picture of a typical Nomad squadron landing...

Geeze...


Thought it looked familier :)

On a serious note, there were a lot of P38s in th Phillipines that were bulldozed into a pit and buried.  Many of them are apparently being recovered and are potentially restorable if the stories are to be believed.

There have also been a number recovered from New Guinuiea.  Here is an old 475th bird that has been restored in Australia that came out of there.  Not a flyer but a beautiful restoration nonetheless.



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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2006, 02:44:59 PM »
I cried on that first post, then had my spirits lifted by yours Guppy, that is one beautiful restore. I hope to one day earn a bit of money to volunteer to restore a beautiful WW2 plane. I got to sit in a B-17 this weekend for instance, i was just driving along and happened to notice a unusually large cessna landing at my local field, i stopped and watched and as it appeared again flying over the trees right over my head clearing the fence to land, it was a B-17. I nearly had a heart attack. Turns out they were landing there to give rides. I drove over, hung out with the pilots and and went all through the plane for free, even got to sit in the cockpit for free. One thing i noticed sitting in the captains chair, the views out the window are exactly the same as they are in AH. I actually felt comfortable sitting in the pilot's seat and knew where the instruments were all over the cockpit and how to operate them. I probably could have started it. What if they had had these sims in the 1940's i wondered? Now i just have to get my additional plot's ratings and apply to fly for the airlines, maybe i can get a hold of one. I could feel the history just sitting in the seat. I still wish it was a P-38 that had landed instead though:D
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2006, 02:52:14 PM »
will they be used as target drones?

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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2006, 03:00:38 PM »
You Lucky BASTARD LED

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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2006, 03:12:24 PM »
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will they be used as target drones?


SOMEBODY OUGHT TO USE YOU AS A TARGET DRONE
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2006, 03:17:08 PM »
they do every night

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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2006, 03:23:12 PM »
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SOMEBODY OUGHT TO USE YOU AS A TARGET DRONE



His boyfriend does every night.



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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2006, 03:25:27 PM »
I probably could have started it.

It had an "E" key !?!?!?!?

I still wish it was a P-38 that had landed instead though

Then you wouldn't have been able to sit in it.
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« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2006, 03:25:29 PM »
hey bearded taco what about the DA?

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« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2006, 04:14:22 PM »
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I probably could have started it.

It had an "E" key !?!?!?!?

I still wish it was a P-38 that had landed instead though

Then you wouldn't have been able to sit in it.


Are all the BK's Smart Asses??,  or do they just have small coc$s:rofl
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