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patches, uniforms, silhouette i.d. models, medals, on & on....... now i've seen it all!!!!! ready???? actual repro newspapers from 1929 complete with headlines telling of lindbergh's atlantic crossing, & a 1937 repro newspaper with the headline of amelia earhart's disappearance. complete newspapers, right down to the other headlines , advertisements etc. where does it end??? as a collector it bothers me. yes, it's a cool novelty, a conversation piece, a neat decoration, but all this repro sh*t is destroying the integrity of collecting the real deal!!! yes, some companies cranking out this dreck have scruples, & put little symbols denoting it is a phoney, while others do not, most notably the repro i.d. model companies who crank out the planes complete with the original dates. there needs to be some accountability as to ethics from some of these manufactoring companies!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I've bought a few of these replica newspapers back when I was a kid some 30+ years ago. Nothing new on this one Tom.....................

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Roger Cain
www.sfahistory.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stearman/


We must limit politicians to two terms:
one in office and one in jail.

pardon the pun but.... news to me!!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

[quote="tom d. friedman"]:x patches, uniforms, silhouette i.d. models, medals, on & on....... now i've seen it all!!!!! ready???? actual repro newspapers from 1929 complete with headlines telling of lindbergh's atlantic crossing,

Now i'm not trying to make anybody look bad or anything,but didnt Lindberg
fly the Atlantic in 1927.At least I think thats the year that they taught me in second grade. I could be wrong. Wouldnt be the first time. I waited a while to post this cause I thought for sure that someone else would beat me to it.
What do I know??

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"WHAT ME WORRY?"

missed a couple digits on the keyboard

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!