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One of the Teen Tomatoe Boys is Retarted... Guess which one I am!!!		posted on 02-21-2002 @ 9:07 PM      
Psychopath
Registered: Jan. 01
quote:
wait, i thought this movie was about WWII!? ahh, fuck it, I give up...

Although I'm not sure...I don't think that there were helicopters in WWII...



UHH???
GonzoStyle
posted on 02-22-2002 @ 12:20 PM      
Hanger-On
Registered: Jan. 70
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Although I'm not sure...I don't think that there were helicopters in WWII...


That's what books are for, jeez.

In 1938 a russian named Igor Sikorsky and the US goverment came to an agreement. The US gave Sikorsky a 2 million dollar budget for rotary wing research. The government ended up choosing a joint Sikorsky-Vought effort to be funded, and the project evolved into the VS-300 model helicopter. It formed the most tangible link between the early design concept of rotary-wing aviation and the practical aircraft that is capable of military operation. It wasn't the first helicopter actually but it was the first modern helicopter.

The first use of a helicopter in combat came in may of 1944 when it was flown by a pilot assigned to the 1st Air Commando group. After the engagement the commanding officer wrote, to a friend in the states, "Today the 'egg-beater' went into action and the damn thing acted like it had good sense!" Shortly thereafter the AAF ordered another 100 R-4Bs.

The first time helicopters were used extensively in war was during the Korean War. During the war the ability of the helicopter to perform front-line air-medical evacuation was directly responsible for a decrease in the number of soldiers that died from wounds they received in combat.





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TeenWeek
what's a status? 		posted on 02-27-2002 @ 10:19 AM      
O&A Board Regular
Registered: Oct. 00
Movie is this Friday. Thought it would be a good time to bring this back to page 1. I am excited for this movie. Looks like it will be a good one.

slackjaw
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The Great Pumpkin		posted on 02-27-2002 @ 6:47 PM      
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Registered: Oct. 00
Not to burst any bubbles, but one of the first movies Mel made was a WWII movie Attack Force Z . Back in the day I loved that flick. Perhaps Mel does make a lot of war movies, but you gotta admit, they are all pretty fucking good flicks, and Braveheart is one of my three of four favorites of all time.



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