 | When did you first become interested in Warbirds?| Aviation Discuss When did you first become interested in Warbirds? in the World War II - Aviation forums; My interest started when I bought the Take Off serious of magazines that showed the Bf-109, Fw-190, Spitfire, ... |
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02-26-2006, 02:48 AM
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#301 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: George - South Africa
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Country:  | My interest started when I bought the Take Off serious of magazines that showed the Bf-109, Fw-190, Spitfire, Hurricane and Me-262 and started to get interested in WW2 aircraft.
Henk
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03-16-2006, 04:02 PM
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#302 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In WW2 Land, CODUO, SWON
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Country:  | I became interested in WW2 in general (especially the planes and other technical things) when I visited my grandpa the first time. He was in the US Navy on a Cruiser that served in the Medderteranean as well as supported the D-Day landings with bombardment. He still has the wake-up times drilled into him, so he woke me up the first time I was at his house, BEFORE SUNRISE! He then proceeded to walk me through his personal collection of World War Two items. One of my favorites was a Luger that he got from a US service man when he was off-loading supplies in a Medditeranean port. Another good item was the map of the invasion beaches that and the various points to be shelled. The map also showed other things, but I'm gonna take up too much space describing all of them. Finally, he has all the older books on vehicles, battles, and personel that I could ever want. The last time I was there (late last year) my parents practically had to pry us apart because we were discussing so much World War Two stuff and didn't want to stop. To top it off, I had a relative on the battleship in Battle Ship Cove (New England) that was either the first or last to be hit by a Kamakaze in World War Two. | |
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03-26-2006, 06:02 PM
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#303 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country:  | I have allways been interested in WW2 and Aviation. So I just combined the two together and well here I am...
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05-02-2006, 10:44 AM
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#304 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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Country: | Back in middle I really got into the second World War. I was browsing for websites to discuss WW2 months ago and bam, here I am. | |
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06-17-2006, 06:12 AM
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#305 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Great Southern Land
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Country:  | I was given a book all about fighter aircraft (in general), and my passion grew from there. I always had a soft spot for those lovable piston engine fighters though.
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08-05-2006, 06:44 PM
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#306 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northampton/Bournemouth, UK
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Country:  | I'm planning to get interested next tuesday, but I might be busy, so I might put it off until friday - depends if the socks are dry yet 
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08-06-2006, 05:16 AM
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#307 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | he's back!
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08-06-2006, 08:31 AM
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#308 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northampton/Bournemouth, UK
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Country: | I've got a front, a side and even a bottom as well
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08-06-2006, 09:29 AM
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#309 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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Country: | So whens the next campaign comin out Space???
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08-06-2006, 12:07 PM
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#310 | | Facetious Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northampton/Bournemouth, UK
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Country: | I've started a Mossie one using the Finland Map m8, but I haven't had the time to finish it yet boo-hoo 
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08-14-2006, 01:37 AM
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#311 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand
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Country:  | Hi all.
Me, well...
Find out two years ago that my deceased great-uncle flew Lancasters during WW2, from February to July 1943.Also, going to Warbirds Over Wanaka (2004)
and seeing the fully restored Messerschmitt 109 in all its glory!!
That's all folks.
James.
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08-25-2006, 06:59 PM
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#312 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The home of the Sky blues, Manchester. UK
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| mmmmmmmmmmm a Lancaster fan, join the club,m aint she a beaut. Always good to hear, a lancs lover.
Funny how seing a restored plane has an effect on you, when I saw the Wellington a couple of months ago, has made me mor interested in her. | |
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08-25-2006, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Crippen mmmmmmmmmmm a Lancaster fan, join the club,m aint she a beaut. Always good to hear, a lancs lover.
Funny how seing a restored plane has an effect on you, when I saw the Wellington a couple of months ago, has made me mor interested in her. | I.m curious about the Wellington any info or link that would be something to see
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08-26-2006, 02:05 PM
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#314 | | Master of Ewes
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Country: | it's only the skeleton........
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08-31-2006, 04:35 PM
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#315 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dishforth, North Yorkshire
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Country: | Interest in Warbirds?
I became interested when I was a child. My father was in the Army but we lived in married quarters on a lot of RAF airfields and when my father retired from the Army we settled in Dishforth North Yorkshire which has a very large ex WWII airbase. I often used to watch the RAF and the the Army Air Corp flying around and when my father passed away he was laid to rest in the cemetry in Dishforth. In that cemetry there are rows of RCAF airmen and after paying my respects to my father I used to walk down the rows and read all the headstones and what struck me was the ages. I kept wondering who they were so far away from home and what they did so I did a little reading. That's where it all started from and the rest is history.
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