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Hard to have any sympathy with what happened to the Germans after what they did in Russia.

This is what happens when you try to fight "a war of extermination"......and lose.

@twinkstance

Rubbish.

Go look up Jack Northrop's flying wings (the X/YB35 & YB 49).

Huge great big all-metal bombers with a design started in the US in the middle of WW2, 1942.

They are the B2's true ancestor.

Not a steel tube wood covered light prototype that had flown for less than 2hrs before...

@tilorb

Sadly the twisted love of nazism & Hitler's gang (surely the only credible explaination for this obsession & the refusal to accept even the word of the Germans who confessed, several very proudly of what they had done - & many of them knowing they were certain to hang regardless & so c...

A straight-talking man speaking a ton of sense.

It's funny to think not that long ago when a big bust came (18th century) financiers were hanged.

@duf101101

Rubbish.

Just because the outer shape of the Ta183 has some similarities to the Mig 15 proves nothing.

German research data may have influenced the design but most of the Focke Wulf design team went to the western allies.

The Mig 15 internal structure, tail & wing aerofoil section i...

Sadly there are some that love to pretend that these mere sketches 'prove' German aero-engineers in WW2 were on the verge of making planes 20 or 30yrs ahead of their time.

But, as anyone who knows the first thing about aircraft knows, a mere design is years away from an operational type.

Not forg...

Pleasure to watch, thanks for this, always great to watch true talent at work.

What is 'uber fighter' about it?

3 prototypes made, 1 a glider, a 2nd flew, briefly, 3 times before crashing & killing the pilot, a 3rd was never completed.

It was a steel tube frame with wooden coverings, yes it had an interesting resin charcoal covering which might have reduced its radar sign...

@AryanKnight

The 8 Jet YB - 49.

All metal flying wing, flew Oct 1947

(so claims of copying anything German are laughable)

193,938lb/87,969kg max take-off weight, carrying 32,000lb/14,500kg of bombs to a max range of 9,978mls/16,057km.

All of those specs vastly exceed anything Germany & the H...

Looking forward to seeing the project completed, great stuff guys.

@MikeProductions1000

Wars of extermination (his words).

It kind of forces everyone into a corner & to decide where to make their stand.

As the history shows time after time even many honest patriot Germans back then would never stand behind that horrific insanity.

Stalin & Co. were murderously ...

@anonymFin

3 examples of the Horten IX/Gotha Go229 was actually made, 1 was an unpowered glider, the 2nd was a flying prototype which flew 3 times before being completely destroyed in a crash (which also killed the pilot) and a 3rd uncompleted prototype which went to the USA.

They had no time ...

@DJGTFO

By the way, what "sanctions"?

Do you mean the victorious allies spending a fortune on rebuilding Germany?

You're still avoiding the fact that other people had flying wings too.

The contempory Northrop wings are just too annoying for some when they try to make their ludicrously idiotic ...

@Twigglesx

No.

The guy's on loan, lots of players (even from Man Utd) go off on loan, some return better & some don't come back. It happens.

Besides, even known & proven players can saometimes fail to live up to expectations & nobody really know why.

The fact is that when he played at Man Utd h...

@1greenMitsi

Really?

Flying with what for fuel? (seeing as the allies had destroyed the German synthetic fuel plants & Germany was cut off from outside supplies by 1945 not to mention that the entire heavy transport infrastructure was utterly destroyed by 1945).

Flown by who? (seeing as German p...

Trailer Park Boys rule, just like Rush do.

Kudos to Alex for his film & TV stuff, cool & funny as ****.

So why is this never ever played in the UK at this time of year?

Best Christmas song by miles.....and if it was the name (Greedy B*stards) that upset the record companies & their delicate little sensitivities then how come they don't give a flying one about any of the mawkishly sick & calculated ...

Brilliant, always makes me laugh this one.

Another classic.....wow, your weather is just so ridiculously kind to these older machines, back in the UK it would have almost dissolved into a heap of oxide by now, well almost.

lol

Merry Christmas & a happy 2012.

@Wonkabar007

Thanks for that, I really appreciate the info.

Many many years ago the father of an old girlfriend of my younger bro's had a Matchless G50 road bike. Very rare and such a cool bike, he was totally devoted to it.

This one looks like the basis of something very sweet & classic, looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Have a great Christm...