Friday, September 19, 2008

Don't know WHY I waited this long...

Here's a pretty cool video of an F6F Hellcat (WWII Naval fighter, for those of you who don't know) Taking off from Watsonville, CA last May:


Wednesday, September 17, 2008

One of "The Few"...

The sound of a Spitfire engine stirs mixed memories for 91-year-old Jimmy
Corbin because it reminds him of when he lived life on the edge, writes Ian
Read.For Jimmy is one of the band of pilots Winston Churchill dubbed the 'Few'-
the men who won the Battle of Britain.

see the rest here.

Great article about one of the few remaining of "The Few"; Spitfire pilots who faced down the Nazis and won the Battle of Britain in 1940 - no big deal, only saved the world...