It looks a lot like the front end of a P51 but a lot of planes noses looked a lot like that.
Dario Bonazza wrote: > mike wilson wrote: > > >>> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: 2007/10/18 Thu PM 08:14:36 GMT >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics >>> >>> Well, Canada did buy a bunch of F-104's. Too bad ours were low-level nuke >>> ground attack birds (Absolutely no air-to-air capability due to lacking a >>> gun prior to 1972 and a dedicated ground-attack radar instead of the >>> normal air-to-air set). We shoulda bought F-105 thuds instead. >>> >>> The CF-104 killed a lot of Canadians. >>> >> Not to mention the Germans and Americans. Should have gone for the EE >> Lightning. >> > > For some reasons, the Italian pilots had a reputation of being better than > the others in managing the Starfighter, including the F104G and the later > version F104S developed and built by Aeritalia, which remained in service > till 2004 (!!!). > Italy had a lower accident rate and a lower number of dead pilots among > those flying the 'spillone' (big pin) than the other countries. > > And now, let's discuss WWII planes with a quiz for warbird buffs out there. > Please take a look at www.dariobonazza.com/public/KGP03047.jpg > What's that? > > Ciao, > > Dario > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
