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Anyone have an idea of how many aircraft, B-29 or otherwise, never left Iwo under their own power? Barn yard figures acceptable.

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TIA

Byron Angel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:19 pm " ...the better performing Russian MiG-15 interceptors... "

Byron

Chuck Yeager flew against the MiG and beat it. Then he flew the MiG and won.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/in-1953 ... tested-it/

The area was largely an estuary and typically shallow.

The wreck was scavenged in the 1950s, I think. It was a hazard to navigation according to ComSoLant's XO.

I know Euros who remember that song. Worth a chuckle. YMMV

Ticked another continent off my wish list. I was a most ardent tourist everywhere I went. Daibutsu (鎌倉大仏) was amazing.

Early '70s. It was on a fam ride on USS MacDonough, Unitas* #something or other. Been a while.

*Unitas was the USN training with South American navies. We went counterclockwise around the continent.

We anchored very near to where GS went down back then. Foggy as poo-poo.

hans zurbriggen wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:48 am Hello Mr. OpanaPointer,
could you please clarify what you mean by your question ?

hans

I was quoting Johnny Horton's song "Sink the Bismarck". Hilarious mistake by someone with little knowledge of the era.

She sure was purty.

WAIT! Where's the guns as big as steers and shells as big as tree?

RF wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:34 pm And also the Swedish warship Wasa......

Forgot that one.

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:40 pm Oh, yes, the Mary Rose.

Bimbo! (sp?)

Not the one I'm thinking of, (Rose something something?)

Stability was carefully studied in all phases of construction. That British sail warship that turned turtle was a clarion call.