 | Is Spitfire relly superior to FW-190?| Old Threads Discuss Is Spitfire relly superior to FW-190? in the Old Stuff forums; Yikes! I have heard that Mojave can be a real trick to fly in and out of. I was once ... |
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05-08-2005, 11:21 AM
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#121 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Yikes! I have heard that Mojave can be a real trick to fly in and out of. I was once down at the airport in Ocotillo Wells, out in the desert near Palm Desert. The heat gets so bad there, the Cessnas have a tough time sticking their landings. Fun to watch the rookies trying to get them down. Not that I would want to try it!
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05-08-2005, 11:30 AM
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#122 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Pull power back about a mile away, and hope the thermals die down before you turn final! 
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05-09-2005, 03:45 PM
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#123 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | We were flying around over here in Germany in a Blackhawk about 2 years ago when the turbulence got so bad and the pilot on the controls tried to fight it so much that the blades started vibrating past the limits to the point that they were litterally shaking the aircraft apart and we had to make a precautionary landing and wait for maintenance crews and TI's to inspect the aircraft just so we could fly home. It was to me probably the most scariest moment that I have flown in.
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05-10-2005, 12:37 PM
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#124 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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05-10-2005, 01:04 PM
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#125 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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05-10-2005, 01:05 PM
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#126 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | there's an outside chance that post is in the wrong topic??
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"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
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05-10-2005, 01:33 PM
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#127 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass there's an outside chance that post is in the wrong topic?? | OMG your right 
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05-10-2005, 01:42 PM
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#128 | | Master of Ewes
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05-10-2005, 01:45 PM
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#129 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | I am - that's what happens when you're typing a report and answering a thread at the same time!
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05-10-2005, 01:55 PM
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#130 | | Master of Ewes
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05-10-2005, 01:59 PM
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#131 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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05-10-2005, 02:02 PM
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#132 | | Master of Ewes
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05-10-2005, 02:06 PM
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#133 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass dude it's tuesday........... | OMG Did it again
AND YOU BETTER NOT SAY ANYTHING! 
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05-10-2005, 02:55 PM
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#134 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | Tuseday? I thought everyone going to school on a Saturday was a little strange... 
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05-10-2005, 06:03 PM
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#135 | | He who does not skim
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