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07-21-2006, 01:28 AM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2006
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|  Allow myself to introduce myself... Ahoy. My name is John and I'm a Biology student in northern California. My passion for the older aircraft began when I met my, uh, great uncle, I suppose, who flew Spits during The War. Anyhow, I expanded my horizons from there, and you can probably tell what my favorite aircraft is already.  Unsurprisingly, he thinks I'm daft. Oh well. He still regales me with tales of his scuffles with "The Hun" and continues to foist his vast collection of vintage aviation literature on me.My passion for the subject is nurtured in no small part by the constant drone of T-6s and a P-51 over my house. They're based at the local municipal field. Old rich guys with nothing better to do with their money.  Oh, and one more thing. Every memorial day, a B-17 flys into town and stays for a week. After about four days, I started to not notice. I find it hilarious that a B-17 could buzz your house often enough that you eventually are able to ignore it, but it happens!
__________________ "...Miracle of miracles, the big old P-38 actually turned inside that nimble little Oscar. I was on the deck, in a vertical bank, and the yoke was bucking and shuddering in my hands. That turn was nothing more nor less than a controlled stall." -- John A. Tilley, USAAC, 457th FG. |
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07-21-2006, 08:45 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Welcome Johnny L!
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07-21-2006, 09:36 AM
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| Siggy Master  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Welcome to the forum and greetings from Poland.
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07-22-2006, 09:16 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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07-22-2006, 09:32 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Welcome Johnny!
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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07-22-2006, 10:45 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| Welcome! Another Biologist eh, what side of it?
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07-24-2006, 02:31 AM
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__________________ "...Miracle of miracles, the big old P-38 actually turned inside that nimble little Oscar. I was on the deck, in a vertical bank, and the yoke was bucking and shuddering in my hands. That turn was nothing more nor less than a controlled stall." -- John A. Tilley, USAAC, 457th FG. | |
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07-24-2006, 06:12 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| G'day Johnny 
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07-24-2006, 05:32 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| I know the feeling Johnny, I'm doing Molecular Biology (3rd year starts in a few months) but I still don't know what I want to do with it
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07-24-2006, 08:04 PM
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| "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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| What is it with this site and biologists? Just finished my first year although I will be going onto do Zoology (or Medicine)...
__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
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07-24-2006, 08:15 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| If you're on facebook, have a look at Facebook | Login for some bad biology/chemistry jokes
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07-24-2006, 08:22 PM
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| "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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| I am but you just linked to the login page... EDIT: Nevermind can see it now.
__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr Last edited by Gnomey; 07-24-2006 at 08:25 PM. |
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07-24-2006, 10:05 PM
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And I haven't the slightest idea what Facebook is, but if it's anything like Myspace, I want no part of it. :P
__________________ "...Miracle of miracles, the big old P-38 actually turned inside that nimble little Oscar. I was on the deck, in a vertical bank, and the yoke was bucking and shuddering in my hands. That turn was nothing more nor less than a controlled stall." -- John A. Tilley, USAAC, 457th FG. | |
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07-25-2006, 05:29 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saffron Walden/Sheffield
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| Facebook's a myspace for uni students, unfortunately you have to be logged on to see any content
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