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"As a trial, the full 720p version is currently available for download from here http://www.4shared.com/file/140306368/beec0636/Ode_to_Flight_HD.html Don't worry about the poor quality of the preview at the link, the download button will be the proper thing."

Duxford Spitfire and P-51 Taken at Duxford RAF and USAAC Museum in England. Two of the greatest WWII fighter planes of their era....the American P51 Mustang and the British Supermarine Spitfire. Both planes were powered by the powerful Rolls Royce Merlin engine......which emitted that wonderful sound that became known to many as 'The Sound of Freedom' during the 1940s. Such memories for those of us who were around at the time. P-51 pilot does a great job staying in his position as he has more power and is faster than the spitfire. they must have done a bit of practicing.

"U.S. Navy Lt. Rob Kurrle Jr. took a few minutes to talk with AVweb's Mary Grady (on a windy ramp) about how the F/A-18 Hornet handles and how the Blue Angels pilots mitigate risks."

"An attempt to recover a Spitfire from a peat bog in Donegal will highlight the peculiar story of the men - both British and German - who spent much of World War II in relative comfort in neighbouring camps in Dublin,"

"preserving a unique part of our aviation history. The Strategic Air and Space Museum houses dozens of cold war aircraft, mostly those operated by the Strategic Air Command between the end of WWII and 1992, when SAC was succeeded by the U.S. Strategic Command, following the fall of the Soviet Union. "