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What's wrong with this picture?

Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:54 pm

Sorry if this has already been thrashed out and relegated to page 200+. I only went back for 5 pages or so.

If you buy a local paper (Oshkosh Northwestern) from one of the Kids roaming Camp Scholler at Airventure, you usually get an 11" x 17" poster. It's mainly file photos from past years - this one got past the fact checkers, though...

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Who knew Reg Urschler had a propellor-driven F-86? And those early, single fin Raptors look a lot like F-16's to me.

One for three isn't bad (if you're hitting against CC Sabathia). I may have stepped on copyright issues here, but I'd be surprised if they claim ownership of this one :)

Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:45 pm

3 words pretty much sum this up

The Oshkosh Northwestern.

You'd think they could hire some people who knew their planes but alas, no. B-25's become B-29's, Stealth fighters become Stealth bombers, the list just goes on and on. I wish I had cut out every error they've made as it would make one fun book.

Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:56 pm

Government High Tech Cloaking Device at work. DOn't talk to much about or the black helicopters may show up in the night and transport you away. :shock:

Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:39 pm

Well, its not a total loss, at least everyting appears to be ssspelled correctly.

Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:39 pm

...And you wonder WHY the news media is not trusted, mmmm? :wink:

Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:36 pm

in baseball 1/3 isn't so bad... but i guess that doesn't carry over into newspapers :shock:

Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:56 pm

Spookythecat...
IMHO, if you are refering to the F117...it ain't no fighter, no matter what the USAF calls it. Attack maybe, Bomber probably. F22 would be a stealth-ish fighter, eh?
IMHO, the paper gets it about as right as many of our posters her on WIX!
:wink: :wink: :wink:
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