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Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:13 am
by m10bob
These are owned by the famous Commemorative Air Force

RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:47 am
by Terminus
Commemorative? Is that the same people as the Confederate Air Force?[&:][&:][&:]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:51 am
by 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.
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:57 am
by Terminus
Sad, isn't it...? Oh well, at least the planes are purty...
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:35 pm
by 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.
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:29 pm
by rockmedic109
His crew chief took her for a spin?
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:02 pm
by 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]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:29 am
by rogueusmc
Now's the time for one of them flame thrower thingies...[:D]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:34 am
by MineSweeper
Fried Meatballs.........
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:35 am
by Knavey
Nice photo...and yes, the PC police are out of control.
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:27 am
by 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[:)]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:33 am
by rogueusmc
We getting grumpy?[:D]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:40 am
by grumpyman
ORIGINAL: rogueusmc
We getting grumpy?[:D]
I guess a little[:D]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:29 am
by 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...
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:33 am
by m10bob
In fact...the pilot may have been........

RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:15 pm
by RUPD3658
I don't think Wild Bill was carrier certified. "Certified" for sure but not carrier certified. [:D]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:15 pm
by jcjordan
Don't forget Hollis P Wood either- he took on an entire Jap sub by himself before Wild Bill took over [:'(]
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:57 am
by 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)
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:37 am
by 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
RE: Bad place to be
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:52 am
by 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!!

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