BasicDiscuss New Member from Colorado in the Current forums; Just returned from Pearl Harbor. Went to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, saw some of the old warbirds, ...
Just returned from Pearl Harbor. Went to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island, saw some of the old warbirds, flew in the flight simulator and now I have the fever again for the old planes.
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
Hello and welcome from England. The prescribed treatment for aerofever is suggested as a weekly inhalation of Avgas fumes, followed by exposure to the roar of a V-12, preferably as often as possible. If this doesn't work, then regular visits to war bird shows are suggested. It's recommended that tissues are carried to counter the drooling .......
Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But rather to slide in sideways, totally worn out and broken, shouting "Holy cr*p, WHAT A RIDE !!"
Thanks everyone. Here are a few pics of the Pacific Aviation Museums collection of WWII aircraft. (Sorry about the quality of the pics, I'm not much of a photgrapher.)
The pics look OK, but are too big for the forum. Could you re-size them to around 800 x 600 px ?
See the notes at the top of the forum contents page , under 'Image Dimensions', for guidance.
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