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http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/cold-war.htm Just outside of SF in the Marin Headlands lies a great trip down memory lane. That memory is the Cold War. Even northern CA couldn't avoid it http://www.nikemissile.org/site_sf88.htm

http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/cold-war.htm Just outside of SF in the Marin Headlands lies a great trip down memory lane. That memory is the Cold War. Even northern CA couldn't avoid it http://www.nikemissile.org/site_sf88.htm

I just picked this one up @ Walmart. They sell them for about $20 less than online retailers. Plus no shipping. Pearl Harbor After a night of poker and dancing at the officers' club at Wheeler Army Airfield in Honolulu, Taylor and Welch awoke on the morning of December 7, 1941 to the sound of planes flying low, machine-gun fire and explosions. Lt. Taylor called Haleiwa Auxiliary air field and, without orders, told the ground crews to get two P-40 fighters armed and ready for takeoff.[1] Taylor's new Buick was strafed by Japanese aircraft as the two pilots sped the 10 miles to Haleiwa. At the airstrip, they climbed into their Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk fighters, which were fueled but armed with only 30 cal ammo. After they took off, they arrived over Ewa Mooring Mast Field which was being strafed by dive bombers of the second attack wave. Taylor shot down two dive bombers and landed at Wheeler Field to get some 50 cal ammo, As a flight of dive bombers began strafinng Wheeler, both Welch and Taylor took off again. A Japanese bullet came within an inch of Taylor's head and exploded in the cockpit, with one piece going into his left arm. Air Corps records credit Welch with four kills and Taylor with two, yet new research of Japanese combat reports confirms Taylor got four kills and Welch with two. For their heroic action on December 7, the U.S. War Dept. in Communiqué No. 19 on December 13, 1941, designated Taylor and Welch as the first two heroes of World War II, and awarded both the Distinguished Service Cross.

Models were costing more to make in time, kit and materials so, I went the easy route. Sue me.

Models were costing more to make in time, kit and materials so, I went the easy route. Sue me. the Mig21/F104 are from Hobby master nice for the price Su33 from gaincorp. I like it except for the hinge on the wing for folding. F4 is Corgi legends. It was a less expensive corgi no ordnance and plain painted pilots. but, I wanted a USMC F-4 and a nice one has been hard to find in this scale.

Wings Over the Wine Country Aug 2007 Pacific Coast AIr Museum http://pacificcoastairmuseum.org/index.asp This is a great airshow put on by a great organization. I have been twice now and this year was great. There were many aircraft that you could climb in. Great static and museum displays. The F-16 demo was awesome. I left before the C-17 and F-18 demo as I have seen them many times and had been in the sun for about 8 hours (plus a 3 hour drive home ibecause of traffic).