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QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 1 2011,2:51 PM) /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif /> Nice shot....you must be clocking up the hours on that type..... Yea getting up there now - about 35hrs on the Dash! /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

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QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Nov 29 2011,7:58 PM) One off the most colourful characters from the Pacific air war , good friend got a copy of his book , Davids father was a high up in Hong Kong and met him , heck's that gos back to pre 1985 . This was '54 or '55. He was in Denver helping his son get settled in the new Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. As a Medal of Honor recipient, his offspring was automatically offered entrance to one of the three military academies.

Sorry I will have to move this into the NZ Aviation photography section /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif />

nothing like a historical startup /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif />

Awesome capture!!

Cheers lads! Going to be a long road to get everything back together!

Had to look twice, awesome model, awesome screens!

Interesting angle......well done /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif />

Looks like a nice area! Also looks like you're using my USCG livery for the 222! Neat!

Great little plane to rip around in , land it on grass strips and docile as , had these a regulars buzzing Wigram , one cry we got was , WOW , they are so loud ... by compare to its replacement the A4 it took a squadron , today,s standards your vacuum cleaner makes more noise /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif />

As you said Dave , a Real turret , I should have mentioned this is the prefer,d Halifax , Night Ops .. it was the rear that required the defence and two four gun turrets seem more logic to me , but course many Lanc rear end charlies op'td for the twin .5 browning to a four .303 , guess just gunners choice , the night belonging to the lucky and the really good .

Andy , you want to mellow out the tracer and a goodie is to add some curve to them as well , Like ya WWII attitude , way to COOL! /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif />

Met a couple few years back , Deklin was Irish but his girlfriend was Welsh , here parents farm house was the last one on the main hi-way as it turn out the Valley , some off the photos he had , dang amazing having fast movers framed by the cottage/barn roof .

damn new I shouldve been wearing a raincoat while browsing these forums...nice pic bud /biggrin.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :D border= 0 alt= biggrin.gif />