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10-16-2006, 09:41 AM
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#46 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | well considdering South Africa's role in WWII arial warfare and your location you're not doing too bad 
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10-16-2006, 08:45 PM
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#47 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country:  | When I was in South Eastern Colorado on Saturday there were 3 L-29s sitting in an old hangar. I was told they fly on occasion. One was entirely covered so couldn't get a photo of that one.
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10-18-2006, 07:08 PM
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#48 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | Cool stuff, Joe. I like the tumbleweed in the hangar.
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10-18-2006, 07:14 PM
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#49 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Yeah, the tumbleweed makes the pic!
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10-18-2006, 10:38 PM
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#50 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Yep - it matched the rest of the place!
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10-19-2006, 12:00 PM
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#51 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Ouch. I would think they would want to get that d@mn thing outta there in a hurry. Anyone who has picked up a tumbleweed knows that it can create a huge mess. While sweeping up after them is bad enough, wouldn't want one of my turbine powered prize possessions to suck up one of those babies?
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10-19-2006, 01:11 PM
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#52 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Agree, but the L-29 is a pretty robust bird, the original operators would put them under horrible conditions and they would just keep running. They actually had the intakes to these guys covered and one in the corner was entirely covered. I learned yesterday that the one which was entirely covered was a "Super Delfin," an L-29 with a J-85 (This is a mod done only in the US).
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10-22-2006, 07:16 AM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ***  well considdering South Africa's role in WWII arial warfare and your location you're not doing too bad | Yes we have a few WW2 warbirds and we also had P-51's that we used when we fought in North Korea with the UN and the US. I do not know where they are today and we had a few Spits, Hurricanes and also B-25 bombers and Lanc's and Oh yes some Mosquito's, the one that took the first picture of Auschwitz Consentration camp that was a South African Re-con Squadron.
The sad thing is that there are not many left of the WW2 era aircraft and most were given back to the UK or were destroyed. The role the South African Airforce played During WW2 were not too bad and did there part like all the Allied airforces.
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10-28-2006, 02:44 PM
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#54 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Today USAFA football is playing Brigham Young - the game started with a fly-by from a pair of F-15s and then a follow up by a B-1B
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