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03-31-2009, 05:20 AM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009
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| Hello and a question Hello, I am new to your forum and am delighted to have found you. My dad flew Liberators over Burma with the RAF during WWII. He was the pilot. Sadly, he is no longer with us, but I have so many unanswered questions. Recently, I read that a pilot had to fly with his window open so that if the windscreen was obscured, he could put his head out to see where he was going? My dad never said anything about that other than it could be very cold. Is it true? |
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03-31-2009, 07:19 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| Welcome Val. That would tend to make sence, especially if the windshield was obscured. Doubtful at 20,000 feet, but on approach, I can see that.
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03-31-2009, 10:27 AM
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| Thanks, Thorlifter. Yes, I could see it on approach or maybe taking off. In this novel, the pilot said having the window open was why he lost a finger to frostbite. I thought it was a bit over the top. |
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04-08-2009, 08:04 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009
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| Calm it down people! |
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04-08-2009, 08:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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04-09-2009, 04:18 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  |  We have a mentally deficient member in the room...
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04-09-2009, 04:30 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Calm what down???
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04-09-2009, 06:14 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Let me give you a little netiquette lesson, mikamee14. You don't come into a well established forum and tell other people to calm down with the small number of posts you have. Do some reading and catch up on who everyone is. Read an entire thread if there are multiple pages before replying as the subject will ebb and flow as conversations do.
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06-02-2009, 11:25 AM
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| Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Darkest Norfolk, U.K.
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| cold. Hi Val, just seen your q. about cold. At high altitudes one could easily loose a finger to frostbite, after all it was possible to get stuck to the metal if you touched it with bare skin. |
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06-02-2009, 11:08 PM
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06-03-2009, 12:12 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008
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| Calm it down people! Now that is worth of a "what the puck???" |
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06-17-2009, 12:02 AM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I'm a Buller Baby ;]
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| Hi. I'm Jess, and new... Glad to see your enforcing your rules - quite alot of places dont give a rats, if I could help with anything, just PM me 
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06-17-2009, 12:58 AM
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lol, I guess we are getting to roudy in here.
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12-04-2009, 09:32 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009
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| Hi all, New here, as of yesterday, of course just like a typical male of the species, I'm reading the "instructions" today. Funny, I didn't see any rules that amounted to any more than good ole' common sense and courtesy. Looks like the Mods do a bang up job of keeping things from getting out of control, unlike some other forums I've been on. I have built models off and on for well over 35 years, my interests seem to run the gambit from model railroading to RC cars and aircraft, although not all at the same time. Right now I'm in another of my WW2 aircraft phases, which seems to be what I always gravitate back too. I guess I get that from my late father who grew up in the forties, and was interested in aviation of the period. (What I wouldn't do to have his collection of Air Trails and Model Airplane News magazines from then.) |
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12-04-2009, 10:19 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| Yep, they are pretty much just common sense. However, we have had some folks who don't have any sense, so we try and make it obvious. Welcome aboard.
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