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And back to the original suggestion. 
03-07-2009, 08:40 PM
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I was only joking when I suggested it might be a Grumman Wildcat, you know!
__________________  AdamOh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941 |
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03-07-2009, 08:41 PM
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Hey, can I ask what makes Erich the expert on Luftwaffe fighters? Just curious you understand....?
__________________ AdamOh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941 |
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03-07-2009, 08:48 PM
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__________________ AdamOh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941 | |
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03-07-2009, 08:50 PM
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I'm gonna go with my first thought when I saw the picture - 190!
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03-07-2009, 08:59 PM
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__________________ Herodotus on the Persians: "It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then on the morrow, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved of, they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberation, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine." | |
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03-07-2009, 09:35 PM
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I ask because curiosity is part of the human condition...
__________________ AdamOh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter silvered wings Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew- And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 1922-1941 | |
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03-07-2009, 09:45 PM
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though i have had a few too many to drink tonight so that might be it  | |
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