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Waterfall Remote Control antiaircraft rocket

 

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A Fieseler Fi 103 R III « Reichenberg » (Vergeltungswaffe eins) captured by Americans, April 1945

 

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Messerschmitt Me 309 (Prototype)

 

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Waterfall Remote Control antiaircraft rocket
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It's quite easy to spot the German V-2 rocket design in that photo. General Electric had access to 300 rail-cars of V-2 rocket parts -enough to built 100 rockets - from the inventory confiscated by American forces from the Mittelwerk V-2 factory after the end of the war.

 

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It's quite easy to spot the German V-2 rocket design in that photo. General Electric had access to 300 rail-cars of V-2 rocket parts -enough to built 100 rockets - from the inventory confiscated by American forces from the Mittelwerk V-2 factory after the end of the war.

And they had Wernher Von Braun.

 

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[Dibbons]

SFO Airlines ran a helicopter shuttle service to Bay Area Airports back in the 1960's. For example, when Dad flew to Reno every summer he took the copter from San Jose to San Francisco International Airport. Then it was United Airlines from S.F. to Reno. Sikorsky S-61:

 

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was thinking of Bladecutter

and Propwash

 

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wonder how Propwash is doing these days?

 

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Was also thinking a lot about a lot of our other members that have not been around

 

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used to sit on a hill behind my house and watch these fly out of Pittsburgh in the early '70s.

 

[oldbee]

Glorious memories, used to pop out the names right now. The oldest (at 48) can still do it quickly. The grandkids are getting better with our help! Course the video games help! My oldest doing de-icer boots,etc. trying to keep current!

 

[Dibbons]

Fisher P-75 Eagle, a failure according to Daily Sport X:
https://www.dailysportx.com/worldwi...eli-s-des-ww-safe-msn-12060d&utm_term=msn-msn

 

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and by the time the P-75 would have been avalible, the Mustangs Thunderbolts and Lightnings were avalible in numbers.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Was also thinking a lot about a lot of our other members that have not been around

Don't worry, you still have me.