I Am Interested In Ww1 and Ww2

Today is the 75th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima

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[i]Threescore and fifteen years ago,

On Iwo Jima's scoriac stones

Many a young man bled and died

For country, God or emperor.

Now looking at this desolate isle

Today, but little more remains

Than mostly unkempt monuments

And dreadful artifacts of war,

Rusting where they fell, so long ago.[/i]

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saragoodtimes · F

June 4- June 6 the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum is holding it's annual WWll memorial. they have been doing a restoration of a P-61 Black Widow Fighter for years and it will take to the skies for the first time since it was recovered years ago. there are only 4 in the world and this is the only one that is flyable. can't wait to see it in the air over my house that weekend

braveheart21 · 61-69, M

Love to see it but im so far away @saragoodtimes

saragoodtimes · F

@braveheart21 if I can get a pic I'll post it

braveheart21 · 61-69, M

👍👍@saragoodtimes

Degbeme · 70-79, M

@saragoodtimes I have a model of that plane.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@saragoodtimes i love those old warbirds. Through the later 60s I pulled a few extended rotations to the Canal Zone and did the milk runs through Central/South America where many of those aircraft were still flying. The Dominican Republic had a squadron of P51s and San Salvador was flying Corsairs. It was a more trusting world then and I was able to climb in a few cockpits and try them on for size. I can't remember where, but one airport had a British Mosquito that didn't look flyable. Also a B17 in La Paz. Time probably eventually wore those old planes out, but it was much like 30 & 40 year old automobiles still being very much alive in Central America; so were the old airplanes.

saragoodtimes · F

@Heartlander we were down in the DR a few years back and there were constellations on the runway in Santo Domingo

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@saragoodtimes :) the golden era, when flying was an experience worth dressing up for.

The TWA museum in Kansas City (I believe) still maintains an old Connie.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@Heartlander

Iconic plane.

I wonder if the triple tail was really aerodynamically necessary, or if it was added for looks? 🤔

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@Thinkerbell good question. A few of my Air Force friends went to C-121s AWACS, the military version of the Connie with the big dish on top. Never heard from them again, so probably a close, private assignment that also became a tight community.

A sleek airplane, like the high water mark before 707s arrived.