Author Topic: Check news...Kate is coming (Read 366 times)

Sabre · « **on:** October 28, 2002, 03:45:11 PM »

Nice pics, Natedog

Widewing · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2002, 04:17:36 PM »

Nice looking airplane, right down to the Northrop designed retractable landing gear (from a fighter design sold to Vought, who then sold it to Japan in 1937, the V-143). The similarity of the landing gear to the SBD is not accidental. Both gear layouts were designed by the same man, Ed Heinemann, who worked for Jack Northrop, and later, Donald Douglas. Heinemann was the lead designer on just about everything made by Douglas from 1939, through the early 1960s.

Anyway, a few months ago I listened to Miracle at Midway by Gordon W. Prange on CD (great while commuting to and from work). The reader must have thought that "Kate" was a Japanese word, because he kept pronouncing it at as "Kah-tay".
Lol.

My regards,

Widewing

brady · « **Reply #2 on:** October 28, 2002, 05:00:56 PM »

WOW on CD!, I read At Dawn We Slept, The CD Idea would be nice to do on my way to work, or my next road trip...Whear did you pick it up?

Kweassa · « **Reply #3 on:** October 28, 2002, 05:10:06 PM »

Very good.

Very good indeed!

Widewing · « **Reply #4 on:** October 28, 2002, 07:00:56 PM »

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Originally posted by brady
WOW on CD!, I read At Dawn We Slept, The CD Idea would be nice to do on my way to work, or my next road trip...Whear did you pick it up?

Brady, I get these from my local public library. Our library is huge, being the central depot library for the region. However, you should be able to track down a copy on CD or cassette tape via inter-library loan. Visit with your library reference deck for assistance if it is not already part of their collection.

You can also rent it on cassette from Books on Tape here:
Miracle at Midway

CDs are made from the cassettes by our library. This eliminates the common wear and breakage encountered with tapes. It's actually easier to listen to tapes than CDs. This is because you can restart a tape where you stopped it. With a CD you have to toggle through the tracks and try to find exactly where you left off. It's a pain in the neck, especially in traffic.

My regards,

Widewing

muckmaw · « **Reply #5 on:** October 28, 2002, 07:26:46 PM »

Oh man, awesome idea, Wide!

I'm working my way through "Dawn" right now. 300 pages down, 300 to go. Great book, but damned if I can pronouce all those Japanese names.

I've got to get to the library and see what they have.

brady · « **Reply #6 on:** October 28, 2002, 07:48:39 PM »

TY Widewing for taking the time to do that i appricate it:)

Turbot · « **Reply #7 on:** October 29, 2002, 08:59:45 AM »

I can feel the excitment

Makarov9 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 29, 2002, 09:56:38 AM »

Kate...umm why?

Pooh21 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 29, 2002, 11:47:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Makarov9
Kate...umm why?

So you can shoot a torpedo at stuff!

Innominate · « **Reply #10 on:** October 29, 2002, 11:57:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Makarov9
Kate...umm why?

To finish the midway plane-set.

I wonder if he can finish it in under a week...

F4UDOA · « **Reply #11 on:** October 29, 2002, 12:08:11 PM »

Another hanger queen.

It's beautiful and everything but why?

How about the Grace? Something that might survive in the MA.

A Gekko or Nick (not NIK2).

NOD2000 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 29, 2002, 12:23:39 PM »

I like it, I think it will be a good addition to AH. Also you have to understand though there arn't a ton of planes that can stand up to 1945 standards. The only planes that I can think of that could be modeled that would be extreamly competitive is about 18 or 19, and then again would there be any exitement when new versions came out? No, I really dought there would be as much exitment if HTC modeled all the 45 planes in one package. Me myself i personally like the way they introduce one late war plane per update; take for example we are getting the Me-163 Komet this time, and the Komet is a late war plane that did 450MPH had 2x 30mm cannons you can't ask for much better than that.

Thanx HTC u did a great job,
NOD2000

daddog · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2002, 02:46:06 PM »

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It's beautiful and everything but why?

Because we have special events, not just the MA.

Karnak · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2002, 02:53:00 PM »

Yes, it does complete the Japanese Midway planeset.

Too bad we have nothing resembling the US Midway planeset to oppose it.