<here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
>On 14/07/2015 17:08, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>
>>> On 14/07/2015 14:45, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 13/07/2015 18:04, Byker wrote:
>>>>>> "Old Geezerr" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ghd6qahau807p7lsnrpfc57uent89to3mg@4ax.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:41:32 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of those was on display, along with a V1, in FortWayne ,Indiana,
>>>>>>> after the war. It was a traveling display showing captured items.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This one's at the National Air & Space Museum
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And here's one at the RAF Museum, Cosford.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Excellent picture. Thanks for posting. The Cosford museum looks like a well
>>>> maintained collection. Any more photographs?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Charles,
>>>
>>> I'm glad you like it. That's a real "mists of time" job as I last
>>> visited there in August 2008, which was when I took that picture.
>>>
>>> I did publish my pictures shortly afterwards.
>>>
>>> Given changing times and a better camera than I could even have dreamt
>>> of then, I think that another visit is in order!
>>>
>>> Watch this space.
>>
>>
>> Thanks Ricardo, I always look forward to your posts.
>>
>
>Thank you Charles, blush, your comment is much appreciated!
>
Remember reading that Germany was having a hard time getting test
pilots to fly the -163. It got to the point where thepilots had a
choice: fly it or go to the eastern Front.
If the peroxide tank hadn't been cleaned properly, the plane became
a bomb. The other fuel had the habit of desolving skin if it
touched the skin.
Dave:
Old age comes at an inconventient time
|
|