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Don't leave Monika, you are a good Idiot! I always like your posts and have played with you in the past and always had a good time with you. You are a valued member of our Idiot community!

I like you Monika!

@@TheCheeseyCrusader wakes up after a year long sleep. Mate, you are out of it man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QvRDgmVe_k

What? I said I dig her! Did you notice there was a band-aid on that thing?

Why did you post that hxtr you butt licker?! I watched the whole thing expecting something to happen, but NO! Nothing happened! I've been hxtr'd!

You're fucked up Monika, and I totally dig that about you!

Happy Birthday Frenchi!

Damn it! I was going to say Wham!, he's gone! And then wait to see who get's it

Wow elmer. All I can say is you will most definitely lose that battle.

Coming from a cop family I can tell you they have always been able to shoot dogs. If the officer feels his safety is compromised by a dog he can shoot.

LOL, Ok I will stop!

That is the funniest responses I have seen to a ban appeal ever @@Barron3000!

On a side note @@Leadfinger, I flew a few times with the son of the guy who designed the Arado 234. Interesting guy to talk to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arado_Ar_234

Holy crap @@Leadfinger! I made it there once as a kid. I begged my parents for years to take me there. It was awesome! I met and got an autograph from Greg "Pappy" Boyington! Also met George Gay there He gave a speech about watching the Battle of Midway from the water! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Gay,_Jr. Man, if I lived near Chino I would be there all the time. As for the Galland story, I think there was mention of it in the book, A Higher Call. https://www.amazon.com/Higher-Call-Incredible-Chivalry-War-Torn/dp/0425255735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482488712&sr=8-1&keywords=a+higher+call+by+adam+makos As for my interest in WW ll aviation I am not sure what put the bug in me. Just always loved airplanes and WW ll stuff. Spent my youth reading and building models and begging my parents to take me to Chino since we lived in AZ it was close, sort of. Was an avid reader of Air Classics magazine in my pre-teen and teen years. It's still around if you ever get into a bookstore. I am now seriously considering getting checked out in a Mustang in England. It's expensive as hell but what a blast it would be. Check out the Book Training Course Tab http://www.boultbeeflightacademy.co.uk If you ever want to talk about WW ll planes get me in TS. Also, I am an arm chair historian on WW ll in general. Been to a lot of WW ll sites and battlefields. So if you are ever considering a trip somewhere let me know. BTW - you said you fished in Havasu. Did you know the island was a R & R facility in WW ll? Kingman was a gunner training facility for bomber crews. So the crews would fly out there and fish, drink beer and skeet shoot. You can still see some of the cement casements for thing that flung the clay pigeons. When I was a kid you could still see a ton of clay pieces out there.

Hitler wanted it to be a bomber, but Galland made it a fighter. He even made some fighter squadrons against orders. He received an angry phone call from Goering which ended by saying he was sending some men over. Galland laughed at him and basically said ok then. Thinking he was going to be arrested and executed for defying orders, he told the pilots who had witnessed the call that we are going out for lunch. When they got back no one was there to arrest him. Galland was a stud. You asked

It's just that I know WW II planes like most guys around here know computers and games. Off the top of my head I would agree about the Mosquito. Can't really think of anything better in the role at the moment. It was definitely an amazing airplane. The Germans both hated and respected it. They even tried to make their own version. Here is a link to my favorite Mosquito mission. There was a recon squadron that went on the mission and made some great shots. There is a good documentary out there on this. Here is the war time news film.

Sorry Ayaq - the Black Widow was a P-61. The P-38 with a twin canopy was a night fighter version with radar. The radar operator sat behind the pilot. Hence the twin canopy. I am always here for your WW ll aircraft needs. http://www.maam.org/p61/p61spec.html http://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/cleaver3238m.htm

It was a massive task. It was dismantled and numbered block by block. Then it was transported to Arizona and assembled block by block using the numbers. The numbers are still clearly visible on the granite blocks. The wikipedia article has a thumbnail picture of one of the blocks and it's number. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)

LOL SOB! Actually, the guy who bought it did not have the highest bid. He was one of the lower ones. However, he was the only one who wanted to keep the bridge intact, or mostly so. It is minus one arch. All other bidders wanted the granite for scrap. The City of London liked that the bidder wanted to keep and display the bridge. They trusted the man as he was a well known business man at the time. Any of you remember McCullough chainsaws? The town where this resides actually deeded one acre of land to the city of London. Just recently they had to get permission from the City of London to build a recreation area on their land. London had some stipulations such as, must be for the public good, and free admission I believe. It is still their land so they are the boss! Any way, it's kind of an interesting thing.

Happy Birthday Johnny!

Interesting trivia: The lamp posts, decorated now as Christmas Trees, were made of metal from captured French cannons from the battle of Waterloo. You can also clearly see bullet holes that were made from German planes.

A picture of the "old" London Bridge which now resides in my hometown.

I see you have your own sail boat. Nice pics!

My pee pee is erect.