Recent content by Stitch

Yes, these are all Vietnam-era aircraft, not Korean War . . .

I had the chance to visit the Jacques Littlefield collection back when it was still called the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, just after it was sold to the Collings Foundation, but before the Foundation was broken up and transported back East; I have a few pictures to post, if you like?

You're right, perhaps glamorous wasn't the correct word; I agree with you that the P-38 was perhaps THE sexiest a/c of WWII, with the tapered booms and streamlined cowls.

The P-38 actually entered service in 1941 so, more or less, it was a contemporary of the Me 110; the advantage the P-38 had was, a.) turbo-supercharged engines, b.) lower inertial mass, which contributed to a better roll rate, c.) contra-rotating engines which allowed the P-38 to roll equally...

Being an old fart, ST:TOS will always be the one and only Star Trek for me; ST:TNG may have "improved" on it, but TOS will always be my "first love". How can you improve on a Captain who has no problem with killing the bad guys, and hooking up with any random alien chick who comes along? A...

I'm with you, Waynos, on the whole "the B-17 the P-51 won WWII" thing; it ignores the contribution of not only other great a/c, but the other countries that built and flew the other a/c. The P-51 is the a/c that I "irrationally" hate the most, probably because everybody seems to think it was...

Okay, this isn't exactly going to be a START to finish thread, as I've already begun buiolding it, but I will pick up from where I'm at right now (about halfway, give or take). Unfortunately, I haven't taken any in-progress pictures of it (yet), but I will soon and post them. It's the...

Gotta go with either the Go 229 or the Do 335B-2 (gotta love those twin Mk 103's!).

Mods, target sighted . . . . . Range: 1 post FIRE!

Just picked up the venerable Hasegawa 1/32nd Me-262A from my LHS on sale (US$34.95 vs.US$45.95); had this kit years ago (1980?) and managed to lose everything but the directions (I've moved a few times). Wish I'd bought it a few months ago, and I could've participated in the Defense Of The Reich...

Way ahead of it's time when first introduced (1938?), not so good by the end of the War. However, it was adaptable, and that was it's strong point; at the beginning of the War it was flying with a 600 HP Jumo engine, and by War's end it was flying with a 2,000 HP DB605DB/DC engine, 2-1/2 time...

I have to go with the German S-boots, also; even some of the vets who served on US Elco-class PT boats wish they'd had boats like the S-boots. They may have been bigger than the Vosper-class and Elco-class boats, but they were considerably faster and more heavily armed.

No kidding! It's also interesting to realize that the MBT's of today don't even have guns this big (though their MV is much higher), so the PaK44 wouldn't be too out of place even today.

Matt, I would have been disappointed in you if you HADN'T said something about my reference to a "simulator". Yes, I know simulators are a long way from the real thing, and I will try and refrain myself from referring to "simulators" again.