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The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Dan4th » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:13 pm

Amelia Earhart + Lockheed Vega

TWO icons!



My sister has somewhere a photo of her and my
Grandmother taken here at what was then Godfrey
Field, now BIA....

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PS: Can we start getting back to AIRCRAFT on
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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Saracenman » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:44 pm

amazing woman! they were all amazing in those days, given the nature of aviation, but for a woman to break with the normal interests in sewing and kittens............!

great find Danf :)

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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby IanM » Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:24 pm

That'll be this Lockheed Vega then...

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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Dan4th » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:49 pm

This popped-up this morning::::::::::



My understanding is that the new film
with Hillary Swank is excellent.

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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:29 pm

Dan4th wrote:My understanding is that the new film
with Hillary Swank is excellent.

Danf.



But the actress is not up to much!
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TSR-2 simply got the first 3 right. ”
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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Dan4th » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:13 pm

I'm afraid you are in a very small
minority, Dave. They don't just hand
out Best Actress Academy Awards, and
she has two of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Swank

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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:19 pm

Have PMd you with the explanation!
"All modern aircraft have 4 dimensions: span, length, height and politics.
TSR-2 simply got the first 3 right. ”
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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Dan4th » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:23 pm

I like to do my planning retroactively!
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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:30 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:Have PMd you with the explanation!



Kapeesh?
"All modern aircraft have 4 dimensions: span, length, height and politics.
TSR-2 simply got the first 3 right. ”
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Re: The Lovely Amelia!

Postby Dan4th » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:40 pm

Well, now I do, but I still think it's
a very cryptic piece of wit.

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