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Bingo! You got it!

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I'll post mine tonight.
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Ok guys.

What admiral was awarded the medal of honor for his actions at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
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Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher
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RADM Isacc Campbell Kidd who was on the bridge of the Arizona when she blew up.


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Jim,

You are correct!

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OK, here is my question.

What is the average airspeed of an unladden swallow?

Oppppssss Sorry, wrong topic.

Seriously, here it is.

HMS victory is still a commissioned war ship in the British Navy. Which First Sea Lord at first ordered it destruction, and then rescinded this order after his wife told him to?

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OK, here is my question.

What is the average airspeed of an unladden swallow?

Oppppssss Sorry, wrong topic.

Seriously, here it is.

HMS victory is still a commissioned war ship in the British Navy. Which First Sea Lord at first ordered it destruction, and then rescinded this order after his wife told him to?


hello Jim,
First Sea Lord Hardy
Cheers,
Bruce
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bump


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bump



hello Jim,
does that mean i am correct?i do not know alot of internet slang.
cheers,
Bruce
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Bruce,
Bingo!

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hello all,
here is my question,What country experimented with the first mirror landing system.
cheers,
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hello all,
here is my question,What country experimented with the first mirror landing system.
cheers,
Bruce


Take my shot at it...UK, Great Britain, Royal Navy..."Commander H.V.N. Goodhart,Royal Navy, a test pilot and engineer, invented it (the first mirror landing system) and the first installation was made on HMS Indomitable in 1953. Naval Aviation took a giant leap ahead with it, as it also did with two other British inventions, the angled deck and the steam catapult---"

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Do you know which two mirros he first used to come up with it idea? I found that while looking this one up as well.

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Do you know which two mirros he first used to come up with it idea? I found that while looking this one up as well.



"Goodhart's experiment was first made with the handbag mirror and lipstick of his secretary, with which he drew a horizontal line on the mirror placed upright on his desk at a slight angle--3 degrees.He then aligned the reflection of the lipstick tip with the marked line as he moved towards the mirror--whereupon the chin came to rest on the tabletop.

The system has been successfully used ever since in real carriers, though no flightsim has so far managed to recreate it well.

It has been variously reported that he had to buy a new lipstick and mirror for Veronica Hotblood, his pretty secretary, from Christian Dor in Paris, in return for her favour, though that story has yet to be confirmed...."



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Amazing isn't it?

OK Gunny, give us your best shot!

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Ok, mates, how bout a little "Photo-Fun"?

Name the ship, and for a 10 point bonus, where the photo of the ship was taken...





Hint...famous ship, famous photo...
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USS Olympia in Manila Bay after the battle.

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USS Olympia in Manila Bay after the battle.




This picture was taken on board the Olympia at Nagasaki, Japan, shortly before Dewey assumed command of the fleet in Asiatic waters....batter up, Jim....
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Staying with the picture theme.

Who is this? (Hint: Look at the picture)

Full name and rank please.




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hello Mark and Jim,
my sources state it was Japan in the 1930's thatwas the fist country to experiment with the mirror landing system.
cheers,
Bruce
edit: 76% of the people got this question wrong.since you went a head with other questions,just keep going.
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Staying with the picture theme.

Who is this? (Hint: Look at the picture)

Full name and rank please.





hello Jim,
it looks like a very bad picture of LT.General William Tecumseh Sherman,
or a good picture of Mark.
cheers,
Bruce
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hello Mark and Jim,
my sources state it was Japan in the 1930's thatwas the fist country to experiment with the mirror landing system.
cheers,
Bruce
edit: 76% of the people got this question wrong.since you went a head with other questions,just keep going.


Ooops....
Sorry Bruce....can you share more information on the subject (Now that you've got me thinking! )

AND


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it looks like a very bad picture of LT.General William Tecumseh Sherman,
or a good picture of Mark.



Very funny.....................(kinda true!)
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hello Mark and Jim,
my sources state it was Japan in the 1930's thatwas the fist country to experiment with the mirror landing system.
cheers,
Bruce
edit: 76% of the people got this question wrong.since you went a head with other questions,just keep going.


Ooops....
Sorry Bruce....can you share more information on the subject (Now that you've got me thinking! )

AND


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it looks like a very bad picture of LT.General William Tecumseh Sherman,
or a good picture of Mark.



Very funny.....................(kinda true!)


No its not Sherman. He is famous for something in the picture with him.

No comment about the Mark comment....lol

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Hint: Under his left elbow. Not his sword either.

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