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.
I love this things. If you slapped me awake and demanded I describe a beautiful airplane this would be it.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous @ 2:16: I know, right? At least the Democrats threatened to use F-15s and nukes on their own people.
ReplyDeleteLook like they could pull some serious G's.
ReplyDeleteA polished aluminum P-38 Lightning. WOW!
ReplyDeleteif i got ahold of that stick i'd rip some stratos
ReplyDeleteThe P-38 has a yoke. Another one of its unique features as a fighter of that era. One hell of a plane and history.
ReplyDeleteAlways found that interesting as the P-51 had a stick but the Spitfire had a yoke as well.
DeleteBut poor cockpit heat, according to my Dad.
ReplyDeleteIts lost its turbo's but still looks great.
ReplyDeleteUnless it was updated with newer turbo designs that fit inside the booms, someone seriously screwed up.
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