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Offline Angus

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« Reply #30 on: May 30, 2003, 07:04:26 AM »
Tony Jonsson fighting 1 vs 2 in his Spitfire against the 109, at sea level over the English channel, in his FIRST combat sortie on the 10th of September 1941. Tony got through this one unscratched, while both 109's were shot down shortly after by his squadronmates.
OR....Adolph Galland (109) vs R.S.Tuck (Spit) in the BoB,  - both lost their wingmen.
Malan vs Moelders have been mentioned.
Anyway, Spit vs 109 is the classic, aint it?
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It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)

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« Reply #31 on: May 30, 2003, 08:30:53 AM »
Red, what's wrong............that's easy,  a P47 blowing away anything.;)
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« Reply #32 on: May 30, 2003, 10:01:03 AM »
I think some inferior aircraft going toe to toe with a later model enemy plane.  Then the title be something like "It's not the plane, but the pilot that really matters"
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« Reply #33 on: May 30, 2003, 08:08:42 PM »
Then we were at 30,000 feet and I couldn't believe it! I'd gone to church as a kid, and I knew that's where the angels were and that's when I named my airplane 'Angels Playmate.'

"Then a bunch of Germans roared down through us, and my leader immediately dropped tanks and turned hard for home. But I'm not that smart. I'm 19 years old and this SOB shoots at me, and I'm not going to let him get away with it.

"We went round and round, and I'm really mad because he shot at me. Childish emotions, in retrospect. He couldn't shake me, but I couldn't get on his tail to get any hits either.

"Before long, we're right down in the trees. I'm shooting, but I'm not hitting. I am, however, scaring the hell out of him. I'm at least as excited as he is. Then I tell myself to calm down.

"We're roaring around within a few feet of the ground, and he pulls up to go over some trees, so I just pull the trigger and keep it down. The gun barrels burned out and one bullet, a tracer, came tumbling out and made a great huge arc. It came down and hit him on the left wing about where the aileron is.

"He pulled up, off came the canopy, and he jumped out, but too low for the chute to open and the airplane crashed. I didn't shoot him down, I scared him to death with one bullet hole in his left wing. My first victory wasn't a kill; it was more of a suicide.

pitcure it in your mind then paint it.

http://www.stallion51.com/stories/storiesarticles-hardway.cfm?CFID=36568&CFTOKEN=482626d-000b262d-fe4a-1ed7-9fd8-ee9c4500d036
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« Reply #34 on: May 30, 2003, 08:28:27 PM »
A tempest vulching a 262 while it's trying to land  ;)

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Offline RedDg

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« Reply #35 on: June 03, 2003, 12:06:16 AM »
Time to press on, and I have to say there have been many great ideas.  Thanks for all your input and well-wishes.  

One idea stood out to me and really got my curiosity up about what it might look like.  I was thinking about the late war when the LW was beginning to field their more exotic stuff.  I think a couple P-47s taking a high-speed pass with a 262 for the first time would make a great picture.  Watch this space for updates.

After this is finished, I'm going to make a run of 2 more originals, and will give some photos of how I do this first drawing.  If there's enough interest I will keep posting pics here.  I'm getting a makeshift website up and will probably just post thumbnails there or something.  Been looking into Nevada Corporations as well.  

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Offline fffreeze220

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« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2003, 02:27:47 AM »
Cuck Yeager vulching a 262.

The Text could be: "The first time i saw a jet, i vulched him." lol
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« Reply #37 on: June 03, 2003, 01:15:00 PM »
Already been done Freeze.  Roy Grinnell painted this some time ago.

http://www.brooksart.com/yeagersjet.html

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Offline RedDg

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« Reply #38 on: June 04, 2003, 09:17:35 PM »
Just a small update.  I had some time so I worked a bit on the upper sky and cleaned up the clouds a little.  You can see on the right where I marked the spot where the 262 will go.  Since I'm left handed I'll probably work the rest of the drawing from right-to-left.

Best part is, I'm having a blast.  Stay tuned.
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« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2003, 08:47:07 AM »
Redg,

Trying to send you an e-mail.  It keeps getting bounced.

I'll keep trying.
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Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain

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« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2003, 09:10:33 AM »
Curval,
Not sure what's going on.  You can reach me at work as well: joel@afmc.af.mil

RD
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« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2003, 09:24:31 AM »
Red,

I seem to have the same problem with other Road Runner accounts.  Not sure why.

I sent it to your work addy, but there is a large attachment (1Meg)..hope that isn't a problem.
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Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain

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« Reply #42 on: June 05, 2003, 09:44:28 AM »
Got it, Curval.  Attachments are not a problem here at work.  It's good to be the E-mail Administrator :)
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