farmgirl19
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FDR rode on the "Sacred Cow". Truman rode on the "Independence". The latter was changed to AF1 when both the Pres' aircraft and an EAL aircraft of the same call name entered the same airspace.
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FDR rode on the "Sacred Cow". Truman rode on the "Independence". The latter was changed to AF1 when both the Pres' aircraft and an EAL aircraft of the same call name entered the same airspace.
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crash325
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Ah Shucks, that was too easy.
How about some of you folks asking a few questions.
Who discovered America. Note: Trick question. :laughing::laughing:
farmgirl19
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Who said, "Show me a hero, and I'll prove he's a bum"?
Hint: He was a fighter pilot.
Hint: He was a fighter pilot.
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crash325
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farmgirl19
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Mine was too easy! Yes, it was Greg "Pappy" Boyington. Had no one tried for it, I'd have added, originally with the Flying Tigers and later flew the F4U Corsair.
OK, here is another easy one.
Who was the most decorated American combat soldier of WWII?
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crash325
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More memory guessing from some one that can't remember what I had for breakfast or if I even had breakfast.
Audi Murphy _ He also played himself in a Movie. ???
farmgirl19
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To He11 and Back
2LaneCruzer
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Which American fighter plane had the highest kill ration in WWII? Hint: it wasn't the Corsair or the P-51. Incidentally, the P-51 was originally equipped with the Allison (GM) engine...a great engine at low altitudes, but sub-par at altitude. The British, being the smart folks they are, fitted them with the RR Merlin, which turned out to be a match made in Heaven. Our military convinced them that lend-lease works both ways, so Packard began building the Merlin here and equipping the P-51 with the Packard Merlin. The P-38 continued to use the Allison, later equipped with a supercharger I believe, and it came into its own later in the war. The P-38 designation for the German side arm as I recall, is short for "Pistol, version 1938".
For those of you that are WWII war bird buffs, I recommend two books: the first, is "Whistling Death", by Boone T. Guyton, the test pilot for the F4-U Corsair. Great book. The second is "Reach for the Sky", by Douglas Bader, a British pilot who lost both legs in an accident prior to the war; learned to fly again and was eventually accepted back in to active flying service in a Spitfire. It is a very inspiring book about a man of great courage and perseverence, also very funny at times.
For those of you that are WWII war bird buffs, I recommend two books: the first, is "Whistling Death", by Boone T. Guyton, the test pilot for the F4-U Corsair. Great book. The second is "Reach for the Sky", by Douglas Bader, a British pilot who lost both legs in an accident prior to the war; learned to fly again and was eventually accepted back in to active flying service in a Spitfire. It is a very inspiring book about a man of great courage and perseverence, also very funny at times.
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crash325
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2LaneCruzer
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Correct. Magnificent aircraft, not because it was faster or more manuverable or had longer range that other fighters of the war, but magnificent in that it was designed for young, inexperienced pilots as a tool that they could use and survive. It was very forgiving, very rugged, high performance, heavily armed and armored. It was designed with input from carrier pilots, for them. IMHO, it was probably the best fighter of the war as far as fulfilling the role for which it was designed, i.e. a carrier based fighter, designed to beat the Japanese Zero and bring the young pilots home. It wasn't as flashy or streamlined as the P-51 or the Corsair, but it got the job done.
Grumman was able to produce the Hellcat faster than the Navy could use them up; they had to slow production for that reason. The Bearcat, which was designed to out perform and out manuver the Zero, was just being loaded on the carriers when the A bomb was dropped. To my knowledge, they never saw combat in WWII, although the French used them in Vietnam.
