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Negative Creep
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Baryonyx said: Very broadly, they may have been able to give Germany the edge in air superiority, had they been developed early enough and constructed quickly enough, and mobilised quickly and effectively to take advantage of the jet fighter's strengths before the allies were able to reverse engineer them.
Consider the effect that a jet powered Luftwaffe could have had in batting off England's air defences! Ultimately though, this subject is really subject to the most fantastical speculation as the reality is the jet fighter was along way from proper realisation in WW2 days. We were developing the Meteor and P80 at roughly the same time, so it's likely they would have been rushed in to combat the me262. So whilst it may have extended the war I don't think it would have changed the outcome
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twazzock
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omgus
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twazzock said: Nice, short and disturbing. wiki said: ....all of the words had something to do with knives and butchery. This gruesome humour, Koestler noted, all came "from a man tied face down to the operating table with his skull open."
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ad70x7
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shakotan
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dvs_dave said: shakotan said: omgus said: Random fact I know about overland trains. A Scrapped overland train carriage provided the wheels for Bigfoot the Monster truck in the beginning. Bigfoot 7, to be precise, which now lives in the Fun Spot USA theme park in Kissimmee, FL.  :geek: There's actually a few of them however the original Bigfoot 1 is in St. Louis, MO on display outside the bigfoot store. I was on business there the a couple of weeks back and just stumbled across the place. The thing really is enormous and made me look small, even at 6'8" tall! Bigfoot 5 should have been there as well. Bigfoot 2, 3 and 4 have all been sold off into private hands and rebranded into different trucks.
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TheEnd
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Burrito
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TheEnd said: I would never of guessed that! What a fantastic double-usage idea.
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Traveller
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Beartato
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Mini1275
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rossw46
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Mini1275 said: Wikipedia said: the prototypes could reportedly be heard 25 miles (40 km) away
Crazy s  t!
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WreckedGecko
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70 months
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiar...Bloody hell. Wikipedia says... He made five [escape] attempts, including seven months tunnelling. Once de Wiart evaded capture for eight days disguised as an Italian peasant, which is surprising considering that he was in northern Italy, did not speak Italian, and was 61 years old, with an eye patch, one empty sleeve and multiple injuries. Ironically, de Wiart had been approved for repatriation due to his disablement but notification arrived after his escape. As the repatriation would have required that he promise not to take any further part in the war it is probable that he would have declined anyway.
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BlackVanDyke
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80 months
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shakotan said: omgus said: Random fact I know about overland trains. A Scrapped overland train carriage provided the wheels for Bigfoot the Monster truck in the beginning. Bigfoot 7, to be precise, which now lives in the Fun Spot USA theme park in Kissimmee, FL. How the buggering hell does the driver get in?!
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dmulally
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49 months
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WreckedGecko said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiar...Bloody hell. Wikipedia says... He made five [escape] attempts, including seven months tunnelling. Once de Wiart evaded capture for eight days disguised as an Italian peasant, which is surprising considering that he was in northern Italy, did not speak Italian, and was 61 years old, with an eye patch, one empty sleeve and multiple injuries. Ironically, de Wiart had been approved for repatriation due to his disablement but notification arrived after his escape. As the repatriation would have required that he promise not to take any further part in the war it is probable that he would have declined anyway. Top link! My favourite part: In male company he was 'a delightful character and must hold the world record for bad language.' 
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doogz
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BlackVanDyke said: shakotan said: omgus said: Random fact I know about overland trains. A Scrapped overland train carriage provided the wheels for Bigfoot the Monster truck in the beginning. Bigfoot 7, to be precise, which now lives in the Fun Spot USA theme park in Kissimmee, FL. How the buggering hell does the driver get in?! There's usually a hole in the floor i think, that you have to climb up and through into the cab.
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goldblum
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Beartato said: Enjoyed that.
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The Jolly Todger
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shakotan said: omgus said: Random fact I know about overland trains. A Scrapped overland train carriage provided the wheels for Bigfoot the Monster truck in the beginning. Bigfoot 7, to be precise, which now lives in the Fun Spot USA theme park in Kissimmee, FL. That's Bigfoot 5. http://www.bigfoot4x4.com/bf5.htmlBIGFOOT #5 was completed in the summer of 1986 for the sole purpose of handling the 10 foot tall Firestone Tundra tires. The tires were originally used on an Alaskan land train that was used by the US Army in the 1950's. Before they were permanently installed on BIGFOOT #5, they had been used by BIGFOOT #1, #2, & #4. Its first show was the Fall Jamboree in Indianapolis where it donned dual 10' tires, making it the tallest, widest and heaviest pickup in the world! Today, BIGFOOT #5 mainly sets on display at BIGFOOT 4x4, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Edit: Actually you're right that is BF7 In 1995, BIGFOOT 7 underwent several months of major mechanical surgery to become a 10-foot-tire twin to BIGFOOT #5. #7 was then sold to "Race Rock Cafe", a motor sports themed restaurant, in Orlando, Florida. Today, it is on display at a park in Florida.
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daveco
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76 months
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Bookmark page 12 This one has probably been posted several times before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._CooperD. B. Cooper is the name popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971. He extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted to an uncertain fate. Despite an extensive manhunt and an exhaustive (and ongoing) FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or positively identified. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history
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43034
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37 months
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WreckedGecko said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carton_de_Wiar...Bloody hell. Wikipedia says... He made five [escape] attempts, including seven months tunnelling. Once de Wiart evaded capture for eight days disguised as an Italian peasant, which is surprising considering that he was in northern Italy, did not speak Italian, and was 61 years old, with an eye patch, one empty sleeve and multiple injuries. Ironically, de Wiart had been approved for repatriation due to his disablement but notification arrived after his escape. As the repatriation would have required that he promise not to take any further part in the war it is probable that he would have declined anyway. Really enjoyed that. A good read. The quote at the bottom of the article got really got me thinking: "Governments may think and say as they like, but force cannot be eliminated, and it is the only real and unanswerable power. We are told that the pen is mightier than the sword, but I know which of these weapons I would choose."
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mattnunn
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