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Face Palm......
« on: December 08, 2008, 03:43:50 PM »
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Pearl Harbor commemoration focuses on US response
By HERBERT A. SAMPLE – 1 day ago

HONOLULU (AP) — More than 2,000 World War II veterans and other observers have gathered in Hawaii to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Participants across the water from the sunken USS Arizona went silent at 7:55 a.m. HST, (12:55 p.m. EST), the moment in 1941 when hundreds of Japanese planes began raining bombs and torpedoes onto U.S. military ships and planes in the harbor.

Unlike past observances, which focused on the attack itself, this year's remembrance ceremony focused on the aftermath, including the B-52 bomber raid on Tokyo led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle.


Don't they proofread or fact check anything...... :mad:

If ol' Jimmie woulda had B-52's it would have been a much shorter war.......... ;/
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 03:44:53 PM »
52... 53... whatever it took.

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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 03:49:13 PM »
I want to see a B-52 take off from a carrier.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 03:50:13 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on December 08, 2008, 03:49:13 PM
I want to see a B-52 take off from a carrier.

That'd be one hell of a catapult.  :O :lol:
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 03:54:56 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on December 08, 2008, 03:49:13 PM
I want to see a B-52 take off from a carrier.

I should link you to sparky's site.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 03:57:32 PM »
B-52, B-25... almost the same thing... not.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2008, 03:58:49 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on December 08, 2008, 03:44:53 PM
52... 53... whatever it took.

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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 04:02:19 PM »
And let those without dyslexia cast the first orkc. =D
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« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2008, 04:02:54 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on December 08, 2008, 03:54:56 PM
I should link you to sparky's site.

Geez Micro, non-sequittor much?
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2008, 04:04:11 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 08, 2008, 03:50:13 PM
That'd be one hell of a catapult.  :O :lol:



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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2008, 04:07:04 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 08, 2008, 04:02:54 PM
Geez Micro, non-sequittor much?

By which I meant: I am sure sparky has a design for a seaplane stratbomber.
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« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2008, 04:09:23 PM »
Ah.

The P6M Seamaster was a Seaplane/stratbomber cross-breed.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2008, 04:16:05 PM »
Guess "The Final Countdown", Air Force version, wasn't fiction... :laugh:
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2008, 04:20:52 PM »
And they renamed the book Thirty Seconds over Tokyo to Thirty Seconds no more Tokyo.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2008, 04:21:03 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on December 08, 2008, 04:04:11 PM


 :lol:

Probably have to reduce the vertical height of the island a bit, too...
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2008, 04:29:18 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on December 08, 2008, 04:07:04 PM
By which I meant: I am sure sparky has a design for a seaplane stratbomber.

Who/what the hell is "sparky" and more importantly why would you assume anyone would know that?
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2008, 05:33:13 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 08, 2008, 04:29:18 PM
Who/what the hell is "sparky" and more importantly why would you assume anyone would know that?

He's a very special 'tard often cropping up on gun and militaria forums. He's mostly famous for writing LIKE THIS and claiming THE M113 IS THE BE ALL AND END ALL OF VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ARE NOT NEEDED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A PLETHORA OF SEAPLANE AIRCRAFT.
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2008, 05:38:44 PM »
Quote from: grislyatoms on December 08, 2008, 04:21:03 PM
Probably have to reduce the vertical height of the island a bit, too...

nope, the carrier is just really really really really wide!
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2008, 06:18:28 PM »
Quote from: El Tejon on December 08, 2008, 04:02:19 PM
And let those without dyslexia cast the first orkc. =D

It's stoen, you idoit ...  :rolleyes:
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2008, 08:24:07 PM »
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Launching a B-52 off a Carrier:

I reminded of this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuCFOf3tAHQ

And this: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3401527/9504240   (0:59 to 1:17)

 :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2008, 08:53:32 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 08, 2008, 03:50:13 PM
That'd be one hell of a catapult.  :O :lol:

Plus JATO packs..... Lots of JATO packs.  =D
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2008, 01:47:30 AM »
Imagine the landing...

Something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIbi39QdHJ4

(Yes, it's fake.  Yes, I'd love to see someone try.)  =)
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« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2008, 03:46:37 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 08, 2008, 04:29:18 PM
Who/what the hell is "sparky" and more importantly why would you assume anyone would know that?

Let's try that again......  :laugh:
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2008, 03:54:33 PM »
Quote from: Balog on December 10, 2008, 03:46:37 PM
Let's try that again......  :laugh:

His name is all over the gun/military forums. This is a gun forum and all the members are vets. [Except me, of course. And 2swap.:)]
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Re: Face Palm......
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2008, 05:24:39 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on December 10, 2008, 03:54:33 PM
His name is all over the gun/military forums. This is a gun forum and all the members are vets. [Except me, of course. And 2swap.:)]

I'm on a bunch of gun forums and I've never heard of this guy. Also, I'm not a Vet. either.
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