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Going Fast in the Desert
« on: December 04, 2015, 03:57:32 PM »
Caught this Martin Marauder exceeding the speed limit in the desert

Rusty Bucket

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Re: Going Fast in the Desert
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2015, 06:55:33 PM »
F6F Hellcat.  Neat.  Never seen one in real life.

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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2015, 10:25:03 PM »
  Very, very cool!!! CHEERS.

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Re: Going Fast in the Desert
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2015, 09:40:30 AM »
Rusty I defer to your superior knowledge. I checked yesterday and you are correct it is a Hellcat
So as you are all aware today, December 6th, is a "day that will live in infamy" or the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On Sunday morning to commemorate the event, the local air museum put on  a display:
At 10:49 am these flew in - on the left a Japanese VAL Dive bomber and on the right a ZERO Fighter.
Followed by individual runs timed to coincide with the actual commentary as the bombs and torpedoes were dropped.
Very well done.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2015, 10:18:44 AM by u133066 »

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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2015, 08:18:43 AM »
Date was Dec.7, 1941....Sunday , 8:00 A.M., and the whole attack was over in 2 hours.