Comments on: Vintage War Birds.

By: gregor

gregor — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:06:01 +0000

most outstanding, thanks!
i always get a chill when i see a hawker hurricane, those birds turn me on for some reason.
went for a quick flight in a p-51d once, one of the loudest, and terrifying flying experiences ever, but i’d do it again in a minute. i was shoe-horned in the area behind the pilot’s seat, where the radio gear used to be stowed, in a canvas jumpseat. all i could see was the back of the pilot’s head and the sky (or the ground, depending on our attitude). i can’t imagine being subjected to that for hours on end and having other pilots trying to shoot you out of the sky at the same time. fighter pilots are supermen.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:17:44 +0000

Read the saga of the P-38 “Glacier Girl” at:http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
It was on a flight (1942) from the US to England and had problems and belly landed on a glacier in Greenland. In 1992 it was recovered–from under 268 ft of ice (please tell me again about global warming melting glaciers in Greenland Mr. Gore.) Its restoration was started in 1993
and it flew again in 2001.

By: dick

dick — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:33:53 +0000

Had the pleasure of watching an A-10 do some work up close once a while back.
Found God that day.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:06:16 +0000

Please remind me to tell you the story [unless you read the post I wrote ages ago] of the time I went camping with two friends of mine in Floyd Bennett Field to witness a Leonid Meteor Shower, which eventually resulted in one of my friends and myself [it’s a long story] being taken for a private tour of a nearby historic aircraft hangar [you’ve heard of HARP?].

We saw, if not those planes in the photos, then lots like it, from WWII. They were beauts, and my friend and I were perfectly mesmerized.

I couldn’t identify them by name, but regardless, it was a very magical experience for both of us.