Bad place to be

[m10bob]

These are owned by the famous Commemorative Air Force

[Terminus]

Commemorative? Is that the same people as the Confederate Air Force?[&:][&:][&:]

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Commemorative? Is that the same people as the Confederate Air Force?[&:][&:][&:]

Yeah..They had to change the name to be "PC"..

History itself will be re-written entirely if these PC socialists have their way.

[Terminus]

Sad, isn't it...? Oh well, at least the planes are purty...

[RUPD3658]

ORIGINAL: m10bob

These are owned by the famous Commemorative Air Force

Totally impossible. With that many kills the Hellcat pilot must have an exp rating in the 90s and thus is invincable to Zeros.

[rockmedic109]

His crew chief took her for a spin?
 

[panda124c]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658




Totally impossible. With that many kills the Hellcat pilot must have an exp rating in the 90s and thus is invincable to Zeros.

yep, but the Zero don't know that............. yet. [:D]

[rogueusmc]

Now's the time for one of them flame thrower thingies...[:D]

[MineSweeper]

Fried Meatballs.........

[Knavey]

Nice photo...and yes, the PC police are out of control.

[grumpyman]

ORIGINAL: m10bob

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Commemorative? Is that the same people as the Confederate Air Force?[&:][&:][&:]

Yeah..They had to change the name to be "PC"..

History itself will be re-written entirely if these PC socialists have their way.

I would hope that this forum could be politically free zone. The name Confederate Air Force never bothered me. As for the PC Police, corporations do not want to offend anyone.
In this case it was FINA, a corporation, that did not want to offend anyone. I would not think of Fina as socialist. Fina was the CAFs main sponsor and were going to withdraw sponsorship. Has for changing history, I see whack jobs on both the right and left trying to do that.
But let me repeat, this forum would be much more pleasant without the political commentary. After all we do share a fun hobby[:)]

[rogueusmc]

We getting grumpy?[:D]

[grumpyman]

ORIGINAL: rogueusmc

We getting grumpy?[:D]

I guess a little[:D]

[herwin]

As I recall, carrier pilots were not assigned to specific carrier planes. So the plane could be an ace when the current pilot wasn't...

[m10bob]

In fact...the pilot may have been........

[RUPD3658]

I don't think Wild Bill was carrier certified. "Certified" for sure but not carrier certified. [:D]

[jcjordan]

Don't forget Hollis P Wood either- he took on an entire Jap sub by himself before Wild Bill took over [:'(]

[Coach Z]

Being a Yankee I was never fond of the name Confederate Air Force -
1) The Confederates didnt have an Air Force. Let alone one flying WW2 aircraft - wrong time period...you want to name a reenactment group for the Confederacy, then I have no problem, but make it historically appropriate to the Civil War time period.
2) HEY YOU LOST THE WAR! WE YANKEES WON...LIFE SUCKS (I'm a Jet Fan please I know about losing -many more losing seasons then winning seasons)

[rogueusmc]

con·fed·er·ate
Pronunciation: k&n-'fe-d(&-)r&t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English confederat, from Late Latin confoederatus, past participle of confoederare to unite by a league, from Latin com- + foeder-, foedus compact

[RevRick]

ORIGINAL: Coach Z

Being a Yankee I was never fond of the name Confederate Air Force -
1) The Confederates didnt have an Air Force. Let alone one flying WW2 aircraft - wrong time period...you want to name a reenactment group for the Confederacy, then I have no problem, but make it historically appropriate to the Civil War time period.
2) HEY YOU LOST THE WAR! WE YANKEES WON...LIFE SUCKS (I'm a Jet Fan please I know about losing -many more losing seasons then winning seasons)

Well, that last line explains your umbrage perfectly..... Go 'Phins!![:D]