We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:02:08 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification This is a good little story about a vivid memory of an American P-51 and its pilot by a fellow who was 12 years old in Canada in 1967. It also gives me a good post to use a picture Neffi sent me some time ago. The match isn't perfect... but the spirit is the same. For a better view of the picture - click here: One of these things is *not* like the others! It was noon on a Sunday as I recall, the day a Mustang P-51 was to take to the air. They said it had... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:39:47 -0600 "Not all Americans are Ugly" Say what? Attila the American http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69910 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69910 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:24:59 -0600 Fantastic! I felt like I was standing there with them. Love the airplane and the country that boy saw. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69873 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69873 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:25:02 -0600 two-seater version, and certainly the one you saw at Ft. Collins. This pic and the one in the post is from Longmont... sad to say, that He 111 crashed on take-off at Cheyenne several years ago, there were no survivors. As of this morning the Spittie is still here; I hear the starter went out and the owner is awaiting a new one. *Not* an off-the-shelf item, as you might imagine...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69850 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69850 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:39:10 -0600 Y'know, that Spitfire's a trainer/two-seater I think - look close at the cockpit. There's a restored one at the Fort Collins, CO airport that I got some pics of several 4th of Julys ago along with a B-17, B-24, and a He 111. If I can get my scanner back into operation I'll send you copies of the pics. About a month before the 4th I was driving in the direction of the airport and saw the Spit zipping by and it banked so I could see the distinctive wings. Major cool! Then, on the 4th I heard a high-pitched twin engine something and a little voice in my head said, "That's a Heinkel 111?" Went out and got a good look at the German bomber as it banked to turn onto a landing approach. How I recognized the sound of the engines is a mystery... my dad (USAAF 8th AF) would have recognized it, but me? Love those old warbirds. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69849 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69849 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:12:27 -0600 There are more Spits flying in the USA than there are on display in the UK. We may be an older country, but you have longer - and better - memories. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69847 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/02/not_all_america.html#comment-69847 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:00:54 -0600