At 04:16 13/08/2010, you wrote:
Definitely lots of aviation interest here. I have the honour of being thesecretary of my late father's RAF Lancaster Bomber Squadron. They alwaysenvied the glorious 8th USAAF who had their Mustang escorts often all theway to the target and back. Ironically the Mustang was the outcome of anRAF purchasing commission in the States. The very first ones were builton an RAF contract (NA-73X was the model number at that point - namedMustang Mk1 in Britain) but the USAAF soon caught on what a greataeroplane it was and effectively kept it for themselves becauseproduction capacity was reached building those ordered by the USAAF. Whocould blame them? Oh on a technical note - virtually all Mustangs werepowered by the Packard Merlin built under licence from Rolls Royce.Without the Merlins built under licence the RAF would never have had allthe Lancasters built in Canada under licence.

Thank you kindly!
Dad, a friend of his, a friend of mine and I attended the largestgathering of P-51s in Kissimme, Fl in the Spring of 98. There were 163present and all in flying condition.
He was on the ship home to form the AAC's first jet figter when news ofthe German surrender occured.
Was to have flow the P-80 which as it turns out wasn't mich of anaircraft, IE non delta wing for one.
15th Air Force, 352nd fighter group, 4th squadron, Naples Italy
Hell of a man like most WW2 veterans. Naturally I'm biased and I miss himeveryday.
Tony
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- P 51!
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- I was a solo "gliderguider" at age 14. I had a total of 4 1/2 hours of instructor timebefore my release, while most adults require 24+ hours in an instructorenviroment.
- Doesn't hurt to have had a formerWW2 fighter pilot father (P-51s), who kept flying his own aircraft untila year before ALS killed him at age 78.
- It's a wonderful experience and alot like driving the race cars I enjoy (Formula One car next month), withthe exception of having to get the aircraft on the ground in one piece onthe first try.
- No "go arounds" in anunpowered plane!
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- Try it you'll like it!
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- Tony1
- PS bring a FAT wallet.
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- Extra Cool - we have one of themore popular glider ports in So Calif a few miles away. The only real wayto know when they're close is hearing the tow plane when it veers offafter disconnect. I've been buzzed while hiking in the San Gabriel Mtnsbehind us by some pretty ballsy pilots - but this was somethingelse...
- Vance
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- I love soaring. Blaniks are quite popular here inVirginia. Awesome videos.
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- In a message dated 8/11/2010 10:01:07 P.M. EasternDaylight Time, jandjstrz@verizon.net writes:
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the view istremendous.
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- The soundtrack musicisnât too bad either (sorry no âtron)
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- enjoy the scenery
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- _Jim & Janet