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    Posted: June 05 2013 at 5:01am
Ok chaps, target for tonight is my friend flicka..... ;)
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I am glad those wood workers worked on our side.

My n%(i world for some glue!
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That any of the wooden construction airframes are still airworthy is a testament to the wood working technology of the era.

Germany fielded a number of wooden construction airframes or major assemblies But allied bombing destroyed the factory that made the best quality wood glue for the purpose.
Without this glue airframes built using a substitute failed in testing, leaving the NAZI without a mass produced aircraft to successfully counter the Mosquito at high altitude.

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The mossies nose guns had such a terrific muzzle blast that when the pilot fired a sun shield deployed in front of the gunsight so he would not lose his night vision.
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But Rhino not telling.


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..the Rhino knows...
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Hey,

( Rhino...or better yet, ask his wife what kinda dude I am) How "normal is Hoadie?

Inquiring minds want to know.



Originally posted by hoadie hoadie wrote:

Ask Rhino...or better yet, ask his wife what kinda dude I am.(She is a little more grounded than Rhino---or Lt Dan!)
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Ask Rhino...or better yet, ask his wife what kinda dude I am.(She is a little more grounded than Rhino---or Lt Dan!)
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It is hard for me comprehend what the term "normal" and Hoadie have in common.
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Hoadie's mental state aside, here is a list of the surviving Mossies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_de_Havilland_Mosquitos

If you believe the internet (and who doesn't) several of the airframes listed could eventually return to the skies.
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Why? Is it the "acting" or the "normal" that causes concern!
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Hoaie, if you started to act"normal" them I would be really worried about you.
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LONG way from being "normal"-whatever "normal" may be.....
Starting the exercises now...Cant help but remember my famous last words, when we crashed Doc's plane..."Oh man! This is gonna hurt!!"
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Glad to hear you're getting back to normal.
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Be well, Hoadie!
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Hoadie,

I am glad you are on the mend and doing well.

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Met w/sturgeon today. Said I am doing well.Time to start the torture
Hoadie

(Road trip? Axctually-we bin thinkin bout headin to Lake Provedence, LA..course y'know we'd end up a tad further south buggin Rhino & Lisa!)
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