Author Topic: Want a B29 in Aces High? (Read 396 times)

AKcurly · « **on:** September 05, 2002, 04:32:36 PM »

Here's what you need to buy for Hitech.

curly
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Agence France-Presse

LONDON (August 14, 2002 3:01 p.m. EDT) - Now on sale in the duty-free halls of London's Heathrow airport: the world's most expensive bottle of whisky, priced at 22,000 pounds ($34,000 dollars).

It's one of 12 remaining bottles of The Macallan 60-year-old single highland malt whisky, and its price sets a record for Scotch, Glasgow-based distiller Edrington Group said Wednesday.

"Along with an incredible flavor complexity, a bottle of The Macallan 60-year-old is a very good investment," Edrington Group's travel business manager William Owens said.

"A bottle from the same cask sold for 13,200 pounds in 1996 compared with 20,150 pounds in 2002," he said. The bottle sold earlier this year went to an anonymous collector.

Edrington Group, which also makes more humble brands like Old Grouse and Cutty Sark, expects the bottle - currently locked up in an airport safe - to catch the eye of "well-heeled, high-flying travellers."

J_A_B · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2002, 04:57:01 PM »

If a $34,000 bottle of whiskey will get you a B-29, will a can of Bud Light get you a Swordfish?

J_A_B

Revvin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:01:42 PM »

No point asking for any bombers if Me163's are going to be perkless.

Nefarious · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:08:02 PM »

If B29 is introduced, how will they simulate radar operated guns?

AI?

Chairboy · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:21:04 PM »

No no, just bring an old player from Warbirds: Otto!

Pongo · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2002, 05:39:22 PM »

Radar operated guns? THere were remote guns on the Superfort but not radar guided guns.
The b29 doenst have much to fear from a 163.

Greese · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2002, 06:12:33 PM »

The 163 is not going to ruin bombing. It will have a very short flight time, I think only a few minutes, limiting it's range. Plus, it will only be availale around HQ.

AKIron · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2002, 06:19:32 PM »

Guess HiTech needs to add a poll asking who is willing to pay an extra dollar per month towards the Macallan. I'll contribute, provided he's willing to share.

ramzey · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2002, 08:55:11 PM »

hmmm what for b29?
b24 not better?
famus b25, better too

i know only one famus b29, and noone is proud of him

ramzey

Urchin · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2002, 09:24:46 PM »

There are two famous B-29s. Enola Gay and Bock's Car. I'd personally rather see a B-24 though.

-tronski- · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:01:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Urchin
There are two famous B-29s. Enola Gay and Bock's Car. I'd personally rather see a B-24 though.

Whats wrong with having both?

Apart from the whining of course...

Tronsky

akak · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:18:10 PM »

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Originally posted by ramzey

i know only one famus b29, and noone is proud of him

ramzey

Speak for yourself twit. There are hundreds of thousands of U.S. and Allied soldiers that came home alive because of that one B-29. I dare you to go up to any living vet that was slated to take part in the invasion of Japan and ask him if he's proud of what that one B-29 did in on a early morning August day.

Ack-Ack

Nefarious · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:23:17 PM »

I thought they had Radar which allowed them basically too track the target and fired within a certain range.

What did they use Periscopes? I thought this created nausea in other planes like early B24...

Edit-

I always forget, to grab my books.

B29-In Action

"General Electric remote turrets having lead computing gunsights"

ramzey · « **Reply #13 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:35:40 PM »

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Speak for yourself twit. There are hundreds of thousands of U.S. and Allied soldiers that came home alive because of that one B-29. I dare you to go up to any living vet that was slated to take part in the invasion of Japan and ask him if he's proud of what that one B-29 did in on a early morning August day.

We going OT

I understand your point ow view, i speak for myself;)

On place of US HQ i do that the same, but this is nothing to be proud.

imho if somone is proud bicose he kill other human life, even enemy, must be sick person.

This August day are not great victory in battle, not day of national proud, even if that finish war
Beter word for all that US soldiers will be "greatfull", not praud.
Ask if u dont belive

ramzey

NOD2000 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2002, 10:35:51 PM »

damn right i want a b-29 with those 20 mm tail guns oh hell yeah