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03-22-2006, 01:28 PM
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| the old Sage   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| another ace leaves us Pierre Clostermann died early this afternoon ....
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03-22-2006, 01:58 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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03-22-2006, 02:30 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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03-22-2006, 02:52 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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03-22-2006, 04:11 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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| "The Big Show" by Pierre Closterman is the most stirring account by a WW II fighter pilot. His descriptions of aerial combat are unsurpassed; you almost feel the G-force and inhale the oxygen as you read. |
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03-22-2006, 07:07 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| One after another, they fall like leaves from a dying tree....
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03-23-2006, 11:40 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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|  Sorry about his loss, is it true that more than 1000 WW2 veterans die a day. |
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03-23-2006, 01:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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03-26-2006, 08:44 PM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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03-26-2006, 08:44 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Damn those old smileys dont work! Bring them back!
__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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03-27-2006, 02:29 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Nov 2003
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|  Adieu Clo-Clo....
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