And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's right. P51's will be still flying around 100 years old. Sad that most everything of this modern computer controlled era will only be in static museum's.
That's right. P51's will be still flying around 100 years old. Sad that most everything of this modern computer controlled era will only be in static museum's.
ReplyDeleteB-52, still flying active duty 6+ decades later.
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I expect that greg is right.
ReplyDeleteBut the P-51 was a bit more sophisticated than the Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny". Everything in its own time is relative
ReplyDeleteI'll take a P38 Lightning over everything else out there.
ReplyDeleteWhat is that? F35?
ReplyDeleteF-22. You can tell because the F-35 canopy hinges at the front.
DeleteBut is it as much fun to fly?
ReplyDeletedamn, you can hardly see the pilot from that angle...
ReplyDeleteAs long as they still do victory rolls after a kill, all is right with the world.
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