Lenart was "one of the few" for Israel. The CDR could write a years worth of FbF on the misfit aces and others who gravitated to the IAF from around the world. They did it both as a noble cause and the adventure. As a general rule, they were all just like Lenart.
101 Squadron flew the Mezek for a while at the beginning of the War of Independence. I've built a couple in 1:72 scale. Its sole redeeming quality appears to have been firepower, when the guns didn't jam (like the Bf.109G6R6, many S.199s had the "gondola" 20mm underwing cannons in addition to the nose-mounted guns).
This goy has seen "Above and Beyond" and it is a superb film.
The Czech-made Me109s were crated on Curtiss C-46s, flown to Palestine, and the Jewish-American pilots got into them and proceeded to shoot up the Egyptians etc.
Flew with an IDF Apache pilot in 91. The most amazing thing was the short distance from West Bank to the coast. He stated that his biggest fear was a West Bank attack that split the country in half. I am confident that the IDF has many Lenarts awaiting their opportunity to meet their destiny and step up to save their country.
As pilgrimage sites go, Gesher ad Halom is in a pretty exclusive club of the few places for us heathen Czechs, at least excluding anything beer related. Not a household name, but it's one of those useful counterpoisons against the self-defeating nonsense of "we're just a small country, what can we change" inferiority complex. If I ever make it to Israel, it's right there with Masada et al.
Czech Avia S-199
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_S-199#/media/File:Avia_S-199_in_June_1948_(Israeli_Air_Force).png
Fullbore indeed. An example to all. Stand up for yourself and your people.
Sal, was this the battle in "Cast a Giant Shadow" where Sinatra bombs the tanks with seltzer bottles?
https://youtu.be/3vh8Ei2yMQM?t=72
Macaulay’s “Horatius at the Bridge” seems appropriate here. https://www.aoifesnotes.com/leaving-cert/ordinary-level/Paper-Two/docs/unseen-poetry/War%20Poetry%20-%20Horatius%20at%20the%20Bridge.pdf
100% fullbore.
Fullbore...we may soon have to find that courage within ourselves the way things are headed..
Lenart was "one of the few" for Israel. The CDR could write a years worth of FbF on the misfit aces and others who gravitated to the IAF from around the world. They did it both as a noble cause and the adventure. As a general rule, they were all just like Lenart.
101 Squadron flew the Mezek for a while at the beginning of the War of Independence. I've built a couple in 1:72 scale. Its sole redeeming quality appears to have been firepower, when the guns didn't jam (like the Bf.109G6R6, many S.199s had the "gondola" 20mm underwing cannons in addition to the nose-mounted guns).
rare to have the opportunity; but just read this aloud to my daughter. (hard to do, tearing up)
"Dad, this effects you so much?"
yeah, well.....some of these Fullbore kinda do that to me.
this is one of those.
Mensch, indeed.
Dang stud.
This goy has seen "Above and Beyond" and it is a superb film.
The Czech-made Me109s were crated on Curtiss C-46s, flown to Palestine, and the Jewish-American pilots got into them and proceeded to shoot up the Egyptians etc.
Flew with an IDF Apache pilot in 91. The most amazing thing was the short distance from West Bank to the coast. He stated that his biggest fear was a West Bank attack that split the country in half. I am confident that the IDF has many Lenarts awaiting their opportunity to meet their destiny and step up to save their country.
Full Bore Salute. Timely selection indeed Sal.
OOHHHRaaa! Semper Fi.
https://twitter.com/emanumiller/status/1718330549268365525?s=61&t=sWSR85-RWmmtmmK1ovZEMA&fbclid=IwAR0AQWT1jTF1MR2d5yzT_9UYFY3XSXgpnVYZ0phk-3JomR9YeN4kEdZk3Tk
For next week
As pilgrimage sites go, Gesher ad Halom is in a pretty exclusive club of the few places for us heathen Czechs, at least excluding anything beer related. Not a household name, but it's one of those useful counterpoisons against the self-defeating nonsense of "we're just a small country, what can we change" inferiority complex. If I ever make it to Israel, it's right there with Masada et al.