Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Widewing on July 07, 2014, 12:34:40 AM
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Some years ago, AT&T decided to discontinue hosting private websites. They stated that they would continue to host for 6 more months and then shut down the servers. What they actually did was shut down some sites immediately, and the pages were deleted before they could be backed up elsewhere. It was a mistake, and they offered to correct the issue. Started in 1996, I made my last update in 2001. There was a great deal of stuff on the site. I realized that I simply didn't have the time to reconstruct everything, only to have to move it again. So, Planes and Pilots of WWII was down forever.
Or so I thought.
It turns out that the entire site was mirrored by an archiving service. I had no idea. Years went by, and I had pretty much left it behind. Today, I ran a search and up popped one of my old pages. I clicked the main page link. There it was, with every page preserved. I can't add to it, nor am I inclined to bother. But still, it exists... Portions are not well written, but other sections have articles written by combat veterans, worth saving. I was very happy to see those preserved. Truly, what goes on the web, stays on the web.
http://planesandpilotsofww2.webs.com/PlanesAndPilotsOfWW2.html (http://planesandpilotsofww2.webs.com/PlanesAndPilotsOfWW2.html)
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Excellent articles. I read most of them years ago.
Thanks for posting this! :aok
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Just read the article on the XP-39. Great stuff Widewing.
Thanks for posting this. :aok
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Truly, what goes on the web, stays on the web.
Could you tell that to the I.R.S. please. :bhead
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Great stuff Wide,now will you add to the site? I stopped bugging you when it was thought to be lost but since it isnt anymore,you just have to update the site!!! :x
:salute
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Excellent stuff! :aok