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i should also mention that i have had the honor of talking with a couple german pilots too. one was a dick. i really didn't like him. he kept trying to "tease" me into buying his book. that seemed to be all he wanted. i met 2 german aces in florida on kissimmee gateway airport where white1(a FW-190D-8 i think it is) is undergoing restoration. those guys were amazing to talk to. a little hard to understand sometimes....but they talked to me about what they did, what they had to do, and what they went through. what made it amazing, was that it was the first time i'd been able to talk to someone from the luftwaffe. i still think ALL of these guys need to put their experiences on paper, lest there come a day when everyone forgets what was given up.

that makes me REALLY want to read it now. one of the best books i've ever read(and i've re-read it several times) is a book called "combat Crew" by John Comer. he was a top turret gunner/engineer on a B-17. if i recall from the last time i was reading it, it was from his diary, which he kept, as he never expected to survive the war. i was very able to kind of "put myself there" if that makes any sense? i've read many books about 633 Squadron(the dambusters), Douglas Bader, who was a rather incredible RAF pilot with 2 false legs. at a SAR training class for CAP on trenton-mercer airport, just near our first break, we heard the unmistakable sound of radials. multiple radials. they were the collings foundations b-24, b-25, and b-17. we all took our break to go down and tour the aircraft. i came upon a little old guy. i truly wish i could remember his name. i think his first name was Len. he had a ww2 veteran hat on, and was carrying a small shopping bag. i started a conversation with him, to find out he'd flown 24 missions on the b-24 over europe. he then took some things out of the bag. a silk with maps on it. a wallet(sort of) the fact of his being an American airman, in the languages of countries he may fly over. then he opened up the most incredible thing i've ever seen. he had PICTURES of drops from nearly ALL of his missions! by the time he got to this point, this little old guy had about 20 of us gathered around, listening to him like a bunch of little kids. annnd he had a sense of humor. we all saw what appeared to be a way off target drop, and one of the other guys asked him about that. his reply? "that wasn't one of mine, but someone caught hell over that." i truly feel honored when i get to meet these heros, and even moreso when they take the time that this guy did.

i haven't read that book as yet, but will pick it up. something that i hadn't realized before doing some of this research.......this was the first naval battle in history where the opposing naval forces never saw each other. it also pretty much set the stage for the battle of midway.

it does cost a monthly subscription. about 15 bucks a month. but........for that cost, it is some of the best legal fun you can buy. i'd forgotten to mention.....there's ground action too, although they've changed that a bit, and i don't care for it. it used to be that when you were tanking, your steering was through the joystick, then rudder pedals when you moved to the gun. now, you steer through the keypad, which i farking HATE. i think they still support the ms sidewinder, although i haven't used mine in ages. i switched to a complete ch setup......f-16combat stick, prothrottle, and propedals.

i fly zeeks when i'm defending a carrier. they're the quickest off the deck, and up to fighting speed. once you're into the knifefight, there's nothing in the air that'll turn with a zeek. the problem is that almost everyting in the air can literally disengage, and reset the fight to their terms though. my favorite(and almost exclusive) ride is the mighty P-38J. in the main arenas, i'm a member of the 80th Headhunters. in the friday squad ops, i fly with the 325th Checkertails.

the download is free, and it gives you a two week free trial. after the free trial, it costs about 15 bucks a month. no limits on time. there's a training arena, then the mains. it's a fun game

dam!! came in here thinking i'd see some good news....like not having to wait another couple weeks after waiting many months.....

ok...i'm kinda old for this kind of geekiness,....but it is sooo dam much fun. i fly a ww2 air combat sim called Aces High. in the main arenas, you can dogfight any of the available aircraft against any other, regardless of whether or not they saw combat against each other in reality. the flight modeling is fairly decent...actually pretty dam good, right down to the wing stalling at the approximate correct angle of attack. i am on a team that writes historic type setups for a regular event called Friday Squad Ops. this happens 3 fridays of each month. in this, you can only fly against what was historically matched up. for instance, in jan., i wrote a setup for the 1st AVG. in this, we had to sub a couple of aircraft, as we don't have the ki43.....so i subbed the a6m2, as they're similar in performance. next month is the 71st anniversery of the Battle of the Coral Sea, and that is the setup i'm doing for may. what makes this all fun, is that when we do these, we do a LOT of research, trying to dig deeper than just what we see on the military channel shows about these battles. we go to the point of (in this case) setting the carriers in the correct areas, in my case, i name the bases(carriers here), rather than just letting it go with the default alpha-numeric name. in doing this, i will have the USS Lexington, and the USS Hornet, battling against the IJN;s light aircraft carrier Shoho, aircraft carrier Shokaku, and aircraft carrier Zuikaku. in this battle, we lost the Lexington, but that's the beauty of doing these "cartoon" sims. we may or may not lose her. the japanese lost the Shoho, but again......they may not. there's generally about 300 of us doing this every scheduled night. it's a "one life" event too, so that kind of puts us in the hot seat, trying to survive. no diving into an unwinnable battle, just trying to take as many as we can, but rather, trying to survive. since this is going to have helldivers, dauntlesses, vals, and kates......that'll be the main objective of the fighters. protect the bombers at all costs. these are great fun, and can give us a little look into what the real heros from way back then did, except that we're in the safety of our homes. i can tell ya though......i've had my heart pounding as i stalked bombers, looking for the right angle to attack, while minimizing their ability to get guns on me. a couple of months ago, we had to escort b-29's over japan. we were in thunderbolts, so fuel was an issue. on ingress, fighters came at us, and we engaged, doing our best to keep them from the forts. i made the mistake of following a ki too low, and got seperated from the group.....over 200 miles behind enemy lines. i was able to rejoin them, thankfully, and got a single kill......then heard distress calls from a b29 that was under attack. 3 of us went to his rescue, killed the fighters, but not before he took on pretty heavy damage. although he couldn't keep up with the main force, the 3 of us hung back with him, all the way back to base. he lost #3 over the ocean, but we still got him back home. it's kind of weird how easily immersed into something like this one can get. i'll find some screenshots to put up later.....but for now, figured i'd post up something a little lighthearted, with all of the crazy stuff going on lately.

don't misunderstand me. i don't like anyone in my home for anything. i dunno why, i just don't. but then again, i don't let anyone touch or drive my car either, lolol. it's nothing against police though........

i'm not. common sense though, says they'll want to get the hell out of there ASAP.

this. and they should be on it NOW if not sooner.

if i allowed anyone into my home, it would be one officer, and i'd allow him a quick glance in each room. not much else. they know dam well that the guy's on the run, and more than likely will not hunker down in an occupied home.

you guys know this will be the catalyst for the next push to take our rights, don't yha?

ya know what i see when i see these pictures of these clowns weeping? i see a bunch of very unskilled actors pretending to be mad. i then would presume that no sooner are the cameras turned off than they're laughing at how the media bought it. wouldn't it be nice to be a fly on the wall right after those pictures were taken?

i just talked to lindenwold pd this morning. i'd politley mentioned to her that it was going on 5 months now. she came back, and politley told me it was only 4. apparently they started the clock after my fingerprinting, as i initially filed in dec2012, but couldn't get fingerprinted till jan9 2013. like a true moron, i didn't take that opportunity to remind her that law says 1 month. gonna wait 1 more week, call them again, then if no action, i'm gonna call state pd.

i had an ffl recently tell me that hp were legal......but that they carried a separate charge if used in a crime?

well you know.....we can dream, right?

I've done 2 through nraila site.......do they see difference if same people do it through other sites? i'll prolly sit down tonight and hit the sites you linked above it it'll do us good......

they're getting a paycheck. while they may not like it, they will do as ordered.

have you been to some of the more depressed sections of the city lately?

THE problem is that it's been being made into mainstream type entertainment.

guys.....don't get me wrong. i'm the last person that likes the thought of lawsuits. i could be fairly well off right now, had i sued the lady in the saturn that whacked me head on.....but i wasn't raised like that. my main thing is.........police do what they can, as best as they can. but they cannot possibly be everywhere all the time. it's even been stated before(i think) that they are not obligated to protect an individual person, although i see them doing this whenever they can. i think that most honest law enforcement officers would agree that the ability to carry increases ones personal safety 10fold. the argument could be made that one assumed the risk by entering a "gun free" establishment, such as the theater in colorado. BUT.......then again, how well informed were those peoples decisions to enter that place? in a state such as Colorado, if a business owner(and i fully agree that it should definitly be the business owners choice to do as they please within the law) should choose to make their venue a "gun free" zone, then is it not incumbent on them to provide security? and the same question arises concerning the school in ct. then taking it a step farther, knowing that nj is ridden with crime, and knowing that your life pretty much has to be at risk to get the courts to issue a carry permit.....would it not then be incumbent on the state(and i know this is impossible) to provide for our personal safety, as they choose to not allow us to take the personal responsibility for our own safety? vladtepes mentioned a suit would be hard to win, due to the fact that it could not really be proven that possessing a pistol would have prevented injury, or death. on the other side of that argument, i would proport that it could in deed be argued as such. criminals are generally cowards, and they want fast/easy. if they even had the slightest hint that that woman walking through the parking garage to her car was carrying, they would wait for someone they thought wasn't carrying.....or they'd simply go somewhere else. i think that the statistics all across the country support some form of carry making people in general safer....the problem is to get nj to recognize this. and if not, then the possibility of getting hit with these suits virtually every time something happens that could have been prevented simply by possessing.....not even using, but just letting the criminal see it........a pistol.......that may open their eyes. of course, i'm no lawyer, nor am i intending to stir up any poop.....but it does look like there's some good interesting conversation going on here.

i just double checked....doesn't look like i caught it.......getting ready to take mom out to dinner....i'm gonna resend when we get back.

pop was stationed at the nike missile base in clementon. grandpop was infantry in the 30's. great uncle kia feb 2, 1945, 1st infantry. uncle was stationed in germany in the 50's. great uncle served in the infantry in the pacific during ww2, and survived till a few weeks ago. i am current civil air patrol. it honestly makes me sick when i see stuff like this, and i'm sure those in my family that served/died are rolling in their graves.

mom put a few in my house. i don't like em....and they didn't lower my bill significantly. i've started switching to led's. more expensive.....but better light