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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: TwinBoom on February 14, 2008, 08:25:12 PM

Title: Greebo
Post by: TwinBoom on February 14, 2008, 08:25:12 PM

F6F (http://www.stage6.com/SCRAMEUSTACHE/video/1964846/F6F)

Title: Greebo
Post by: Slash27 on February 14, 2008, 08:50:46 PM

Very cool:aok

Title: Greebo
Post by: Greebo on February 15, 2008, 02:50:47 AM

Thanks, I enjoyed that Twinboom. If we ever get an F6F-3 that Vraciu scheme is definitely going to get skinned by me.

Title: Greebo
Post by: lyric1 on February 15, 2008, 07:03:53 AM

Great clip.

Title: Greebo
Post by: Gianlupo on February 15, 2008, 07:58:31 AM

Stage6 is full of videos about WWII and airplanes... another channel at which you may want to take a look:

http://www.stage6.com/History---World-War-II

This user has good videos about WWI:

http://www.stage6.com/user/franksvalli.

Just do a search on stage6, I'm sure you'll find something interesting.

Title: Greebo
Post by: manurin on February 15, 2008, 09:17:13 AM

Stage6 is definitely a site were you can find lots of great video archives.

:aok

Title: Greebo
Post by: stegor on February 15, 2008, 12:38:50 PM

cool.....its the the first time I can look at greebo's F6F for more than 20 seconds without bein' killed :aok

Title: Greebo
Post by: Gianlupo on February 15, 2008, 01:13:38 PM

Lol, Nibbio, what are you doing here? Go back to Tobruk! :D

Are you guys coming back? We need more Italians!

Title: Greebo
Post by: Krusty on February 15, 2008, 03:45:32 PM

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Originally posted by Gianlupo
Are you guys coming back? We need more Italians!

Only if they look like this:

http://www.jaunted.com/files/3/kate_beckinsale_italian_ice.jpg

Title: Greebo
Post by: Panzzer on February 15, 2008, 04:25:59 PM

Kate Beckinsale isn't Italian!

edit: Gianlupo, could you take a look at the thread of us crazy Finns (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223595), thanks.

Title: Greebo
Post by: Redd on February 15, 2008, 06:34:48 PM

Dont distract Greebo - he needs to be working on the updated F6-F

Title: Greebo
Post by: Guppy35 on February 15, 2008, 06:40:04 PM

You guys do realize that that Hellcat was actually flown in combat with VF-6 by Lt Alex Vraciu in 1943 where he got 9 kills.  He later flew it on a bond tour

It's with the Fighter Collection in England.  From their website

"TFC's Hellcat, built in 1943, is the only one flying outside of America and appears in the colours of US Navy ace Lt Alex Vraciu who flew this particular aircraft as part of the Navy Fighting squadron VF-6, accounting for nine enemy aircraft in the process.

 
With only 115.7 hours of flying time on the clock, the machine was retired from service with VF-6, and was despatched to the newly formed VF-18 who were training at Hilo in the Hawiian Islands, wearing the same markings as she can be seen in today.

Another two hundred hours were put on her with VF-18 in the hands of many pilots who were later to become Navy Air aces - but for some inexplicable reason she was retired with only 318 flying hours on her, and transferred to the Naval Air Technical Training College (NATTC) in Chicago on the 29th August 1944.

 
The machine and Alex Vraciu were once again reunited on a Bond Fund raising tour based at the NATTC, but Alex was to cut the tour short after persuading Navy chiefs to return him to the action in the Pacific."

Title: Greebo
Post by: Panzzer on February 15, 2008, 06:48:31 PM

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Originally posted by Guppy35
You guys do realize that that Hellcat was actually flown in combat with VF-6 by Lt Alex Vraciu in 1943 where he got 9 kills.  He later flew it on a bond tour

Sure, I checked the facts right after Greebo's post.

Thanks TwinBoom for posting that!

Title: Greebo
Post by: Gianlupo on February 16, 2008, 05:49:56 AM

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Originally posted by Panzzer
Kate Beckinsale isn't Italian!

Indeed, Panzzer's right, Krusty, we have better chicks! :furious

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edit: Gianlupo, could you take a look at the thread of us crazy Finns (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=223595), thanks.

Rgr, Panzzer, wilco. ;)