Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Between Utah Bob and Subdeacon Joe always finding neat things, I ran across this the other day ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SrUyNG4fYA&feature=related And some details ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke_Achgelis_Fa_223 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_Fl_282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 That's right! Blame others for your spending hours following the "related" links on Youtube! Nice find, thank you for posting. Every now and then I play the "What if...." game. For instance, "What if" Hitler hadn't chased off of killed off some of the best brains in physics and other sciences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Thanx for the kind words Joe. Ah, history in the subjunctive tense ... what if? That's been the start of many a lively campfire discussion. Heck, we could start an entire new thread. You're right about one thing - if Adolph hadn't run off the best & brightest the outcome of WWII would have been radically different. Going back further, had Lee listened to Hood and Longstreet and pulled back south of town to establish a defensive line between Gettysburg and Washington, Meade would have been doing the attacking on July 4th and probably gotten the Army of The Potomac smashed to bits in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Thanx for the kind words Joe. Ah, history in the subjunctive tense ... what if? That's been the start of many a lively campfire discussion. Heck, we could start an entire new thread. You're right about one thing - if Adolph hadn't run off the best & brightest the outcome of WWII would have been radically different. Going back further, had Lee listened to Hood and Longstreet and pulled back south of town to establish a defensive line between Gettysburg and Washington, Meade would have been doing the attacking on July 4th and probably gotten the Army of The Potomac smashed to bits in the process. Go back two years before that and have the Confederates follow up on First Manassas, chase the federals, capture Washington City and the war is over in (roughly) three months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I beleive the pilot flying the helicopter inside the stadium was Hanna Reitsch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Igor Sikorsky flew his wearing a fedora. Top that you Luftwaffe losers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Igor Sikorsky flew his wearing a fedora. Top that you Luftwaffe losers! Hanna Reitsch was much better looking! Sikorsky looked like Maxwell Smart's boss. Anton Flettner had his helicopters flying in 1936, four years before Sikorsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Better yet, if Lee had had one of these at Gettysburg, it would have made up for Stuart's lark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hanna Reitsch was much better looking! For a NAZI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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