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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:53 pm 
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Harry flies into VAF all the time and we are thrilled and honored to call him a good friend.
At 92 Harry is the last actively flying P-40 pilot in the country who hadn't sat in P-40 since 1945. Prof Vosburgh is friends with the guys at the Planes of Fame air museum, who has a P-40N.
A few phone calls later...

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 384&type=1

Talk about Goosebumps!

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Prof. Vos

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:25 pm 
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Outstanding!


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:45 pm 
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Super groovy... I love seeing these fellas re-united with their old 'friends'...

Thanks for sharing this here!


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:41 pm 
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It's like one of those sub-editing test questions I've had:
"At 92 Harry is the last actively flying P-40 pilot in the country who hadn't sat in P-40 since 1945."
Should be:
"At 92 Harry is, as far as we know, the last actively flying pilot who used to fly P-40s in the war. He hadn't sat in P-40 since 1945, until... "

Neat news item, thanks for sharing.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:14 pm 
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Harry's Fighter Squadron:

14th Air Force
33rd Fighter Group
59th Fighter Squadron

I'll post his service record on the Facebook page.

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Jason

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