I made a written report which is still today in existence. I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type. This was my impression.
quote by Adolf Galland
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production.
quote by Adolf Galland
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Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.
quote by Billy Mitchell
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I don't want to talk about 'it'!
No thanks.
I don’t want to talk about ‘it’.
‘It’? F*cking ‘it’?
That
tiny,
snivelling
insignificant
mono
syllab ic simile
for something that’s bigger
than a f*cking aircraft hanger?
Your puerile insensitivity
Let me leave you with that thought.
Hanging in the air,
For you to store in your
F*cking aircraft hanger
The extensions
The aircraft of today
Is not superior
To that of Write Brothers.
It is an improved one.
A man is not superior
To himself as a child.
27.03.2010
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Mimesis: Operation Highjump Defeated
Task Force 68 1946
largest expedition mounted
ever to the Antarctic
13 ships
included 4,700 men
multiple aircraft
USS Philippine Sea
Essex-class aircraft carrier
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
Mount McKinley-class
amphibious force command ship
USS Brownson (DD-868)
USS Henderson (DD-785)
Gearing-class destroyers
USS Sennet (SS-408)
Balao-class submarine
first basic under-ice
SONAR to establish
feasibility of United States
under-ice operations
conspiracy theory
conspiracy fact
New World Order
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Cases of sickness made up a very small percentage which in my opinion was normal. However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it.
quote by Albert Speer
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This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.
quote by Niki Lauda
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I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.
quote by Leroy Chiao
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It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
quote by Adolf Galland
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.
quote by Douglas Bader
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All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines.
Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.
quote by Alan Shepard
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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.
quote by Dean Acheson
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I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
quote by Charles Lindbergh
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
quote by Winston Churchill
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I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
quote by Charles Lindbergh
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I have seen the science I worshipped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.
quote by Charles Lindbergh
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It Comes - Part 6
(It is suggested that the reader reads Parts 1,2,3,4 and 5 first)
Naval fighters in the vicinity of the Coast Guard flight
last known position flew towards it.
Reaching the area, they noticed
the blue light moving north and commenced their first attack.
Rockets were fired.
Great fountains of water sprouted into the air
as the rockets exploded beneath the surface.
The blue light seemed unaffected
and continued moving northward.
A second attack was launched
and further fountains of water reached out of the sea.
Slowly the blue light got smaller
as the creature dived deeper under the waves.
The fighters returned to base
to be debriefed and have their aircraft refuelled and rearmed.
Military Chiefs concurred that the rockets exploded at depths,
which could not reach the creature.
The only other way was to time the rockets
to explode with delays.
Work began on modifying the rockets
on all search aircraft.
It was tried to estimate how far down
the creature would be swimming
and how long it would take the rockets to reach it.
Each night squadrons comprising of five aircraft to search the seas.
Another month passed before the blue light was again spotted.
Naval fighters from several different countries
moved towards the position.
The first five fighters there commenced their attack.
Rockets were fired hit the water caused splashes
without exploding.
The seconds passed as the aircraft
swooped upwards out of their dive.
As they reached the top of their climb,
the rockets exploded throwing up great fountains of water
and pieces of something.
As the sea calmed a large stain that appeared red
under the moonlight surrounded the area.
The blue light had disappeared.
Deep below the surface
eyes watched as bits of the creature gently floated down.
Some pieces were intercepted by sharks.
Their eyes closed in temporary sadness.
The experiment had been a failure.
One day they would be back to try again.
The End……or is it?
3 October 2009
Author’s Note.
If you have read It Comes and enjoyed it, you might like to read other cliffhanging pieces I have written. The titles are as follows and how many parts there are.
An Invitation To Tea (A Dark Comedy) (3 Parts)
Casebook Of Oliver Cyriax 1# The Burning Bush (4 Parts)
Eyes Of Mr D (5 Parts)
The Hogarth Experiment (6 Parts)
poem by David Harris
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My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.
quote by Jeremy Irons
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Substitute For Love
Written by Madonna, William Orbit, Rod McKuen, Anita Kerr and David Collins
I traded fame for love
Without a second thought
It all became a silly game
Some things cannot be bought
Got exactly what I asked for
Wanted it so badly
Running, rushing back for
more
I suffered fools
So gladly
And now I find
I've changed my mind
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
I traveled round the world
Looking for a home
I found myself in crowded rooms
Feeling so alone
Had so many lovers
Who settled for the thrill
Of basking in my spotlight
I never felt
So happy
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
mmmmmm
ooooooo
No famous faces, far off places
Trinkets I can buy
No handsome stranger, heady danger
Drug that I can try
No ferris wheel, no heart to steal
No laughter in the dark
No one night stand, no far off land
No fire that I can spark
mmmmm?
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
song performed by by Madonna
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