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#2831626 - 07/31/09 09:21 AM Set 5 stuff
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The next set is done. Briefings and maps are being prepared. Some surprises. Some great stories for you to fly through. Here are a couple of shots from Ron Ferry.









We realize that YAP mission packs are so large, it takes a while to go through them all. It's about time for another fix, don't you think? This time we will tell the stories before launch here on SimHQ. Before Action Reports.
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#2831639 - 07/31/09 09:38 AM Re: Set 5 stuff [Re: zerocinco]
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Looking forward to it! Is that, perchance, the story of VA-115 losing four planes and one pilot in a single night back in 1967?
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#2831682 - 07/31/09 10:15 AM Re: Set 5 stuff [Re: NavyNuke99]
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That would be it. A Spad driver and I were trading stories about 10 years ago and I was commenting on their ability to take hits and stay in the fight. He told me this one.


Edited by zerocinco (07/31/09 10:17 AM)
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#2831712 - 07/31/09 10:46 AM Re: Set 5 stuff [Re: zerocinco]
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Fantastic detail in those pics. Looks like another good set on the way. mycomputer
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#2831782 - 07/31/09 12:08 PM Re: Set 5 stuff [Re: Mike963]
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I just finished reading Adm. Paul Gillcrist's book "Feet Wet" which includes that story. I'll be looking forward to seeing how it comes out!
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"You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity."- Bullet Tooth Tony

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#2831972 - 07/31/09 03:51 PM Re: Set 5 stuff [Re: NavyNuke99]
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You will have the opportunity to compare the written remembrances of an author against the fuzzy recall of a couple of pilots BS-ing at an airport. In another story from this set, I have come across four very different versions...mine and three others. In a case like that when we have no way of determining which version is exactly right, we do them all and pick the one that's the most fun.
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