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Old 02-22-2011, 02:36 PM   #1
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how air craft were detected before RADAR?

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Old 02-22-2011, 03:05 PM   #2
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I need one of them now just to hear the TV.

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I need one of them now just to hear the TV.
I'm hiding these pictures from my wife or I'll be wearing one of these.
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Wow, very interesting to say the least!
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Thanks again Wayne! I'm learning a lot from your posts. That had to be a boring job.
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Didn't the coach of the patriots have something like that going a few years back?
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I think Wayne, that they were originally issued to the old DI's in the "Old Soldiers Homes",I'm sure you remember how 'hard of hearing' they were back in basic,they were always telling me that they could not hear us,even when we were all SCREAMING!
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You know what is funny is that Russia and some other countries have still have electronic acoustic devices for detecting aircraft because the stealth B2 bomber and the real stealthy F/A-22 fighter cannot be detected on their radar.
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I think Wayne, that they were originally issued to the old DI's in the "Old Soldiers Homes",I'm sure you remember how 'hard of hearing' they were back in basic,they were always telling me that they could not hear us,even when we were all SCREAMING!
Hey, I resemble that.

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