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read this and to be honest, i'm shocked that it took this long. it probably won't be the last either......

not too surprisingly, the article did mention that it had to do with obidens announcement that he wasn't gonna "refill" the spr.......

just jumped up a dime a gallon here

worst explosion i've seen in a couple years. could you imagine if the body wasn't tethered to the chassis? half of it would be in low earth orbit right now, lol. good thing was that todd wasn't even hurt. looked more pissed off than anything when he got outta the car.....

yea. the 38 had a single 20mm cannon and 4 browning .50 cals all nose mounted. it was also i believe the only allied fighter to serve in every theater of operations and from beginning to end of the war. Bong did so well with the 38 because he knew better than to fully engage any japanese fighters. there was no version of the p-38(or any american fighter outside of the wildcat and hellcat) that could sustain a turn-fight(dogfight) with any of the japanese fighters. you kinda had to engage, take a shot or two, extend out(bravely run away), then come back at them again. odd that you mentioned bong though.......i watched a video on him(again) last night, but soon as it finished, i went to bed. and yea.......50 to 100 yards at anywhere from 250mph to 350 or more? holy hell! that's like following "nascar" close at 70, lolol. side note....i can't remember exactly why...supposedly something to do with internal politics....but the 38 with drop tanks more than had the range to have taken our bombers deep into germany and back, although 38 pilots did see some good action in the eto. i often feel like the p-51 gets just a leeeetle too much credit for destroying the luftwaffe. i kinda feel like the 47 and 38 drivers pretty much decimated the luftwaffe of their better pilots before the pony came on scene. or the surviving good pilots were pulled back to defend the homeland/ i seem to recall that the original design of the p-51 mustang was the a-36 apache. in that configuration it was supposed to be used as a dive-bomber, and i think that one had 4 20mm cannons mounted int he wings. i just can't recall if that version ever served in the war. after the apache, there was the 51a which had 2 .30 cal(i think) nose mounted underneath the engine firing through the prop and 4 wing mounted .50 cal. the b and c versions lost the nose mounted guns, and i think the d was the first to have 6 .50's mounted int he wings.

this channel put out some good stuff too. and the best part is that they're talking to the guy. it's always special when you can talk to someone that was there. i've talked to ww2 fighter pilots from the usa and germany, a bombadier from the usa, and a vietnam war vet who flew phantoms........

gotta sink the bismark. i think there used to be a ton of misinformation about this battle. i generally prefer the videos to do with air combat........but to be honest, wwwaaayyyyyyyyyyy back in high school, while most of the dudes were reading hotrod, carcraft and/or stealing their fathers playboys.......i was devouring pretty much anything i could get my hands on about ww1 and ww2.....mostly the airwar side, but i read anything i could get my hands on.

both force funnycars out first round. both blew the tires off. i've seen one or two right lane drivers have to correct away from centerline, but not nearly as bad as qualifying. jr todd just turned his fc into a 11,000 horsepower handgrenade......

well......eliminations are at 7pm. we'll find out then. hopefully this race goes well. thanks!!

yea...that's one of the inaccuracies i keep seeing in these videos..they show relatively long bursts, when in reality most gunners and most fighter pilots usually only took 1-2 second bursts..... the other thing......most fighters with wing mounted guns had a convergence set. usually this was 250 yards or less....which when you consider the speeds they were flying....that's up close and personal

i didn't know he had one. gonna look for it later tonight. he crossed the centerline again today, 2nd round qualifying. he wasn't the only one. now i'm wondering if there's something going on with that lane....saw 2 or 3 other funnycars seemingly favor the left side of the right lane......

went from light to "holy shit it's dark" in less than 10 minutes here. stayed warm. then the rain came. temp almost instantly dropped over 10 degrees. some moderately heavy rain, and some wind. nothing much else here in stratford area

as i think i've said....a different breed of men back then. can you imagine being in one of those 17's? each gunner's only got 1,000 rounds on average? and this guy was flying a p-51b.....under gunned(only 4 .50 cal brownings) and not quite as powerful as the p-51c or d......pretty much outmatched by the 109's...but this guy put a hurting on them....... i read about this engagement in one of my air classics or air power magazines a long time ago.

i like him. a lot. seems like a really cool guy. has a ton of championships. but....last few years? dude's crashing in serious fashion. as much as it wouldn't seem right seeing a funnycar field without john force....i think dude's gotta retire. holy hell..... if ya watch, something's funky with the launch....car kinda jiggled immediately on throttle application...then john just drove too far into it....

OK. you may have just answered another probably stupid question i've had.......ua's heatgear. it's made for summer wear, right? i feel it could be interpreted as being to keep ya warm too.

they're a channel on youtube. they generally have some fantastic stories........like this one. sadly, there was no version of the p-40 that was a match for any bf109......

am radio used to have good stuff. now? not so much

i forgot aboutr them. thanks man! and best part is that i can wear those "stuck in the 80's" tight, lol

i'm trying to not change how i dress, because pretty much everywhere i go people know me by looks.....i'd rather keep just wearing normal'ish looking tees. i'm just migrating up to a larger size for the extra length, while keeping a tighter tee underneath to keep the pistol from being against my bare skin/

and them resigning allows people that he wants to be put in place.

yea. apt complexes over time draw a town down. it happened to my town, it's happening to a neighboring town.......it seems to happen in most apt complexes. maybe not right away, but it happens. usually over a period of 20 to 40 years. which relatively speaking is pretty fast

yea....i haven't bought a pistol since they went to full electronic p2p......

while there's no statewide statistic, it does seem that although there's the statute which states that they have 30 days......it seems to average 4 to 8 months, depending on dept. be careful also, as i've seen reports on here of cherry hill trying to add in extra paperwork that they're not allowed to. i work here, but live in lindenwold. last time i got a p2p a couple of years ago it took them 8 months. i'm still waiting on my ccw. that's been since december, but i didn't get my prints done till feb, so i can't lay that totally off on them.

even in medford, it's a good chance that an apt complex went down the pooper.

i still haven't gotten my ccw, so the only places i can legally carry are at home and the shop. i don't carry a spare mag at eiher location. i will carry one once i've gotten my ccw.