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Title: Guess who's this
Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 08:08:22 AM: (http://www.idiot.ru/images/69553.jpg)

I wonder how many of you recognise him.
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Post by: deSelys on April 12, 2006, 08:09:44 AM: Young Al Gore??
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Post by: midnight Target on April 12, 2006, 08:10:19 AM: Vladimir "Showtunes" Putin?
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Post by: Yeager on April 12, 2006, 08:27:03 AM: Its the guy who shotdown KAL 007?

:rolleyes:
Title: Guess who's this
Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 08:58:39 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
Its the guy who shotdown KAL 007?

This is closer, he indeed was a fighter pilot, but it's not why he's famous.
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Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 12, 2006, 09:03:14 AM: Juri Gagarin :noid
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Post by: Shifty on April 12, 2006, 09:04:58 AM: Scott O'Grady?
Or
Lt Belenko?
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Post by: Yeager on April 12, 2006, 09:05:24 AM: 5- Flamebaiting, trolling, or posting to incite or annoy is not allowed.
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Post by: Saintaw on April 12, 2006, 09:06:49 AM: Dubya
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Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 09:09:07 AM: Quote
Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Juri Gagarin :noid

You win :)

45 years today since first man in space.
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Post by: BlueJ1 on April 12, 2006, 09:12:06 AM: Nice "hat" things...
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Post by: Yeager on April 12, 2006, 09:22:01 AM: geeze...he is so happy, he almost looks western :aok

How come he never went to the moon?
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Post by: indy007 on April 12, 2006, 09:36:26 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
geeze...he is so happy, he almost looks western :aok

How come he never went to the moon?

And you think we did? :noid

j/k
Title: Guess who's this
Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 09:38:42 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
geeze...he is so happy, he almost looks western :aok

He's so happy because he just finished his breakfast and ate two little kids.

Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
How come he never went to the moon?

He died in March, 1968.
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Post by: Hangtime on April 12, 2006, 09:51:40 AM: Hmmmm. No body recovered. Mysterious crash. Yuri had had his flight status revoked.. was with an instructor pilot at the time of his 'crash'. He's also rumored to have spoken out against the government.. some think he was 'dissapeared'.

Another commie martyr mystery; enh Boroda?
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Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 12:00:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Hangtime
Another commie martyr mystery; enh Boroda?

Ever heard of Occam's razor?
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Post by: Boroda on April 12, 2006, 01:25:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
Its the guy who shotdown KAL 007?

Well, if you want some shooting - let's remember what happened 10 years before Gagarin's flight.

Anmokkan (Yalu-dzian) river, near An'dun, April 12th 1951. 48 Superfortresses heading to the railway bridge, covered by several dozen escort jet fighters, met by MiG-15s from 64th IAK who were outnumbered 3:1 (in fact - more, because MiGs came in small groups).

Result: 10 "fortresses" and 2 "Shooting Stars" shot down. "UN" side reported 19 (nineteen) MiGs shot down. All Soviet planes returned to base. Several bombers broke through to the bridge, but failed to destroy it.
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Post by: Yeager on April 12, 2006, 01:51:58 PM: http://www.b-29s-over-korea.com/MIG-15/Perf_Mig-15_Combat_2.html

Mig15 was a hot plane in 1953......still one of the best weapons the USSR ever produced even to this day, and the T34 series tank. Great stuff.
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Post by: straffo on April 12, 2006, 02:00:59 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Boroda
He's so happy because he just finished his breakfast and ate two little kids.

I thought he was Russian ,not French ;)
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Post by: Hangtime on April 12, 2006, 03:17:11 PM: The french don't eat children for breakfast.

Being more civilized, they're usually served on little crackers just after dinner with the cognac.
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Post by: Holden McGroin on April 12, 2006, 03:29:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Boroda
Ever heard of Occam's razor?

You sayin' some guy named Occam slit Juri's throat?
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Post by: Boroda on April 13, 2006, 09:02:26 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Holden McGroin
You sayin' some guy named Occam slit Juri's throat?

Exactly! In Yeager's terms - Gagarin was killed by Western clericals, who couldn't belive in space flight.

:D
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Post by: Hangtime on April 13, 2006, 09:06:10 AM: Actually, Yuri was the first guy to survive space flight. There were a coupla attempts previous.. didn't go so well.

Right, Comrade Boroda?
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Post by: Boroda on April 13, 2006, 11:55:03 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Hangtime
Actually, Yuri was the first guy to survive space flight. There were a coupla attempts previous.. didn't go so well.

Right, Comrade Boroda?

Sure, that Redstone rockets were quite unreliable.

JFYI: Gagarin's flight was announced after the take-off, about an hour before he landed. Before him a capsule with two dogs was lost, please compare it to the number of monkeys lost in Redstone/Mercury capsules. BTW, many Soviet "space-dogs" vere real veterans, for example famous Belka and Strelka flew several times in sub-orbital capsules before their orbital flight in Vostok ship in 1960.
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Post by: Hangtime on April 13, 2006, 12:17:51 PM: LOL... went right over your head.

Lets try "Yuri was the first Human to survive russian spaceflight". It's my understanding that three Russian Sub-Orbital flights were attempted previous to Yuri's launch.

They didn't make it.

So, yes; Yuri was your first succesful manned launch... but your Cosmonaut Alexis Ludovski in 1957 was the first Russian in Space.

http://www.aulis.com/nasa8.htm

Edit: Correction. Illusyin was the first to space and back alive... he just happened to land a bit off course.

Note: None of the above is intended as a 'slam' on the Russian Program... Otto Lilienthals last words were "Sacrafices Must Be Made", and the road from gliders to space is paved in the blood of willing aviators that knew damn well that what they were about would likely cost their lives... and they stood up, suited up and went out to make history. It's a shame that the men in the Soviet Union that were there first and died in the attempts are neither aknowledged or honored publicly for their sacrafice.