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1 posted on 10/29/2017 4:13:03 PM PDT by DFG
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I went to the annual air show at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA. One of the performances was a Vampire.


2 posted on 10/29/2017 4:17:03 PM PDT by C19fan
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With the exception of the F-86, the Vampire may have been the best flying early jet


3 posted on 10/29/2017 4:24:56 PM PDT by rdcbn
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Awkward looking thing.


4 posted on 10/29/2017 4:25:41 PM PDT by null and void (The internet gave everyone a mouth. It gave no one a brain.)
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Britain's most iconic WWII fighter jet

That would be the Spitfire. I guess the headline writer at the Mail didn't bother to take any history classes in school.

6 posted on 10/29/2017 4:35:37 PM PDT by PAR35
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I always liked the look.
Where is that? I don’t think it’s Westminster Abbey.


7 posted on 10/29/2017 4:36:38 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: DFG

I was at the end of that era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FgAume4aQ8


8 posted on 10/29/2017 4:39:38 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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I bet bailing out was an experience.


14 posted on 10/29/2017 4:46:14 PM PDT by fso301
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Lockheed P-80 prototypes made it into WWII unlike the Vampire...

20 posted on 10/29/2017 4:59:21 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pM2n49OY2XQ/maxresdefault.jpg

The Gloster Meteor actually saw service in ww2....


29 posted on 10/29/2017 6:24:39 PM PDT by albertabound
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Looks a bit like the Lockheed Lightning.


36 posted on 10/30/2017 2:34:40 AM PDT by Hacksaw (Support Alt-Tech: Gab.ai, Infogalactic.com, Brave browser)
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To: DFG
One of my favorites, the Caproni Campini N.1:

First flight 27 August 1940. Couldn't get out of its own way, but it was cool.

39 posted on 10/30/2017 5:28:57 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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