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    Picture of the day.

    Thanks Greg!
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    Picture of the day.

    A trio of TBD-1s flying low over the water.
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    5" 38 Mark 28 Twin Gun Secondary Battery from Iowa Class Battleships

    One of the pro's you can add was giving all of us here a ring side seat to this endeavor. You sir are a true artisan!
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    5" 38 Mark 28 Twin Gun Secondary Battery from Iowa Class Battleships

    Thanks for all you have posted. Today I can say I learned something new!
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    Quotes and Jokes

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    Picture of the day.

    The repair crews will fix this in no time.
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    Quotes and Jokes

    Im no baseball genius, but I know this one.
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    Picture of the day.

    Prototype Boulton Paul Defiant K8310 at Northolt, 22 May 1939. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter" to meet the RAF requirement for day and night fighters that could concentrate their firepower on enemy bombers which were not expected to have...
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    Quotes and Jokes

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    Picture of the day.

    A flight of Royal Air Force Fairey Battle single-engine monoplane light bombers flying from No.52 Squadron RAF flying in echelon formation over Bicester on 20th May 1939 in preparation for Empire Air Day.
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    Picture of the day.

    Pan Am Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" Pan Am begins transatlantic mail service on this day, May 20 1939.
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    Picture of the day.

    White stripes painted on B-26 in preparation of the D-Day landings on June 6th at Normandy. Note that the stripes were not airbrushed on. Just a gallon of paint and a wide paint brush.
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    Quotes and Jokes

    "I get no respect. Last night I told my wife she needs to start embracing her mistakes. So she hugged me."
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    5" 38 Mark 28 Twin Gun Secondary Battery from Iowa Class Battleships

    "We're not worthy. We're not worthy".
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    Pictures of Cold War aircraft.

    A Fairey Delta type 221 experimental jet takes off for it's maiden flight at BAC Filton in Bristol flown by test pilot Geoffrey Auty. 14th May 1964.
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