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01-30-2007, 09:04 PM
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Country:  | I heard there was an apparent problem with abuse toward the French women from the GIs. When the American High Command investigated this possible scar on Allied reputation; they discovered that it was simply because French women telling the GIs to "F*ck them" in German, or kept saying, during sexual intercourse, "Du ist die vater" ...which led to a lot of anger among the GIs, naturally.
It was soon solved though when the Allies released a pamphlet explaining that these "Germans" weren't simply wearing new uniforms, but they were in fact the Americans.
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ  The raw material that went into Spitfires was probably delivered by a C-47...
Folks, you're too hung up on fighters - there's a lot more to flying than air combat. The multi-role ability, ease of maintenance, longevity and versatility of the C-47 places it as not only the overall best aircraft of WW2, but probably the best aircraft ever built, PERIOD! | It's Top Gun syndrome man... think I'm sexy in my C-12???
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01-30-2007, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mkloby It's Top Gun syndrome man... think I'm sexy in my C-12??? | I bet you could shoot an ILS in a lot more comfort than if you're in an F-18!!!
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01-31-2007, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ I bet you could shoot an ILS in a lot more comfort than if you're in an F-18!!! | That's right! And don't underestimate the ability to poop in flight.
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01-31-2007, 10:58 AM
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01-31-2007, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass ILS | Instrument Landing System... ILS Basics
There's no greater feeling breaking out of the clouds and having a lighted runway right in front of you...
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01-31-2007, 11:04 AM
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01-31-2007, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ
Folks, you're too hung up on fighters - there's a lot more to flying than air combat. The multi-role ability, ease of maintenance, longevity and versatility of the C-47 places it as not only the overall best aircraft of WW2, but probably the best aircraft ever built, PERIOD!
| Exactly, could not agree more. C-47.
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01-31-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ Instrument Landing System... ILS Basics
There's no greater feeling breaking out of the clouds and having a lighted runway right in front of you... | Amen Brother. I remember this one time we were flying back to our airfield and we were in the soup. I remember not seeing anything until about 100ft in front of the runway but everything was working great!
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Country: | Lanc - ILS is a precision approach system that transmits both glideslope and azimuth signals, are very accurate and have extremely low weather minimums. Non-precision approaches give only azimuth, such as VOR or TACAN, and have higher minimums to shoot the approach.
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Country: | And in britain, you NEED bad weather navightion.
Britain is like a tuppaware box for weather.
Grey in & out. 
Besides, my last point is that at the height of the war (june 1942) the spitfire could get over 10,000 ft highter than the mustang.
And height, in a dogfight, is everything.
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01-31-2007, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Freemind757 Also, us brits came up with the jet engine your great boeings sport daily flyboy | What's your point? RR still produces some of the finest engines in aviation. Nobody disputes that. Quote:
Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass thanks, i was simply commenting on the superiority of British bad weather navigation aids and landing aids | what navigation aides do they use in britain that are superior to ours? I was under the impression that navaids are generally standard internationally.
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