On 07-21-09, ROSS SAUER said to TIM RICHARDSON:


TR> And there are;


TR> B-17's


TR> B-24's

RS>Small correction, there's only one flying B-24 left.


There are two. There are also B-29's.


TR> B-25's

RS>I like the solid-nose models, they packed lots of firepower into those,
RS>as many as 8 (or more) .50's and even a 75mm cannon!

TR> DC 3's


TR> One DC 4


TR> One of the original `flying wing' aircraft


RS>One actually is still around? Prop or pure jet?


Prop.



TR> Several brands of fighter planes

RS>Of course.

TR> Two of the old single-seat Piper Cubs

RS>Taildraggers.

TR> An F-86 Sabre Jet


TR> Two Russian Migs


RS>Mig-15's?


I don't know.


TR> A Japanese Zero


RS>Cool.


TR> Two or three Messerschmidts 109's
TR> and one Messerschmidt 110


TR> Chinese Migs of Korean War vintage


TR> Propeller fighters for Air Craft Carrier WWII operations (Corsairs,
TR> Mustangs, etc etc


RS>Mustangs were used on carriers?


I don't know. But there was a four-blade-prop fighter plane that, just as it
lifted off the pilot was required to throw the stick hard over in the opposite
direction of the propeller spin, or the engine's torque would turn the plane
upside down and crash!





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