Recent content by Gofer

The quality of the Japanese naval aviators was never achieved again when these 4 carriers sank. They were never able to train men to this level of skill for the rest of the war.

Wow! I have concrete envy! Wish I could go away and have someone do some work around here!

I applaud the skippers of those destroyers to close with and destroy the enemy with precise naval gunfire. On the other hand, the guys on the beach were only armored with cotton shirts and they were closer than 1000 yards!

Remembering all my buddies who didn’t make it home. Wondering why I was the lucky one.

I suspect that is the last flight for the pilot of the trailing aircraft.

This is the same state that welcomes people from other countries who have no papers and don’t speak the language?

All naval aviators are trained to fly in very close formations from the very beginning. They often fly within just a couple of feet of each other.

Lucky they were able to eject and not get sucked into the fireball

A4M was a great airplane for years. Love to see how they crammed a radar into that tiny cockpit!

I always had a secret hankering for a 38 super. Don’t know why-just one of those itches. It won’t do anything that my 9mm commander won’t do but it might be pretty cool. I feel myself swirling around the 38 super drain…

I can resist anything except temptation…

Sitting on the back porch after mowing the yard. Had a hummingbird feeder next to me that is very popular with the birds. Two of them got into a squeaking contest which resulted in them blasting off from the feeder and clearing my face by a couple inches. I could feel the wind from their wings...

I used to live on the outskirts of the Chancellorsville battlefield. Great place to ride a bike. I remember seeing artillery set up about 1200 yards away along Route 3 that had shelled the Federal troops in the area during the battle. It’s hard to realize how deadly those guns were! I’ve...

We bombed every city in Germany to rubble for 4 years day and night and they wouldn’t surrender. These people aren’t likely to either.

The only thing they understand is HE raining down…