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  6. on another note... WW2 aircraft still flying

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    Re: on another note... WW2 aircraft still flying

     

    Under FAA rules an aircraft can only have so many flight hours on it's airframe and when that number is reached the aircraft is permanently grounded. The lone exception to this rule is the DC-3.

     

    The FAA has ruled that so long as the airframe keeps passing it's annual inspection the DC-3 can fly forever. When they designed the DC-3 Douglas Aircraft Corp created the perfect aircraft.

  22. Star Fleet Battles

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    Re: Star Fleet Battles

     

    What? No love for Star Fleet Battle Manual? It was the first Star Trek miniatures game. The only drawback to the game was the space needed to play it. For Phaser range you used a string six feet long for the measurment of the range and that string had a knot in the middle to represent Photon Torpedo range. And ship movement was measured in inches of travel.

    The game was created by Lou Zochii(not sure of spellig as I don't have my copy handy) the same guy who created the 100 sided die. (Litterally a single die with 100 faces).

  23. Favorite Sci-Fi Weapon

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    Re: Favorite Sci-Fi Weapon

     

    For ranged work, I love the Wave Motion Energy Gun from Starblazers. The WMEG absorbs kinetic energy from the perpetual motion of the universe and fires it in a beam capable of vaporizing planets and entire enemy fleets in one shot. Later ships equipped with this weapon had dual mountings like a double-barrelled shotgun! :eek:

     

     

    That's so they could equal the power of the one in the bow of the Yamato

  24. Comics you loved...but apparently no one else did

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    Re: Comics you loved...but apparently no one else did

     

    I haven't checked' date=' but does anyone remember Ex- Mutants ? It was in the mid to late 80s, only lasted a few issues, then branched into the New Humans, then dissipated. My favorite was Elfquest, which may still be around. At least it was about 12 years ago, I think. After the end of its first part, in I think 1981, the Authors took a break and invited readers to continue to write them and share comments, opinions and compliments. They must've gotten hundreds of letters a day, at least. One of the proudest moments in my life was when I saw my letter published in the comments and editorial issue they put out before beginning part two of the series. My old Elfquest books and the one with my letter in it are long gone, alas. It was like being published.[/quote']

     

    It's still around and the Pinis' are putting out a new one. Also they have entered into a deal with DC comics to re-release all of the stories in digest size black and white, plus in color but at a much higher cost per hard cover. ($50.00 each)

  25. Favorite Sci-Fi Weapon

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    Re: Favorite Sci-Fi Weapon

     

    Heinlein's 30-second bomb from Starship Troopers (the novel). The one that goes' date=' "I'm a thirty-second bomb, twenty-nine, twenty-eight...." and continues the spiel until it detonates.[/quote']

     

    Or the Psyc warfare version that does the countdown and right when it's supposed to explode it goes. "I lied".

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