[Canucklehead]

Originally Posted by ZS-VAN

Hellooo!!! Is that I'm getting on the Johnnie Johnson question???

Thanks Jim.

As Jim said, he was the "best of the best". Top surviving RAF ace of WWII (ZS-VAN, your countryman "Pat" Pattle may have outscored him, but records for Greek ops are limited), top Allied ace of the European theatre with no less than 38 kills, highly decorated with CB, CBE, DSO and two Bars, DFC and Bar. He also wrote several books. I'd have to recommend both "Wing Commander" and "Full Circle", both easy to read and quite interesting.
If you google "Johnnie Johnson", you should get more than enough results to give you all the facts you need.

[ZS-VAN]

Originally Posted by Canucklehead

As Jim said, he was the "best of the best". Top surviving RAF ace of WWII (ZS-VAN, your countryman "Pat" Pattle may have outscored him, but records for Greek ops are limited), top Allied ace of the European theatre with no less than 38 kills, highly decorated with CB, CBE, DSO and two Bars, DFC and Bar. He also wrote several books. I'd have to recommend both "Wing Commander" and "Full Circle", both easy to read and quite interesting.
If you google "Johnnie Johnson", you should get more than enough results to give you all the facts you need.

Thanks Canucklhead. I was just about to do what you recommended when I remembered I had asked the question here.

I guess that settles it then! I'm placing my pre-order for the first three Gemini Aces. Looking at the next 6, they will all probably follow.

[BigMo]

Just finished pre-ordering the last 6 Gemini Aces from TFM. Hopefully all 9 will make there way to my lovely home.

[planenuts]

I just ordered some from the next two release batches.

Maybe someone can help me. My credit card has started to make these strange sounds. Kinda like a death rattle. Anybody know how to give a credit card mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

[Celtic]

Glad someone woke me up. Last I looked the next six GA's weren't available.

Just ordered mine from TFM (did you notice the $3 price drop each from the October releases?).

planenuts--about your card: the recommended fix is a dip in cold water (the card, not yourself)...and don't leave it in your billfold until it cools down; otherwise, you could lose a large chunk of your posterior in the resulting explosion!

[parsig9]

Originally Posted by Celtic

Glad someone woke me up. Last I looked the next six GA's weren't available.

Just ordered mine from TFM (did you notice the $3 price drop each from the October releases?).

planenuts--about your card: the recommended fix is a dip in cold water (the card, not yourself)...and don't leave it in your billfold until it cools down; otherwise, you could lose a large chunk of your posterior in the resulting explosion!

Me too! Good morning Parsig! Just POd the 2 latest German birds and the Polish B, also the Gladiator Corgi dio. That one hurt a little but I don't see it lasting long or going on sale.

[AllenTC2]

Good Lord, you people are going to get me killed.....

PO#1 - Dragon Me-109G-6, Dragon Me-262 night fighter, GeminiAces P-51B

PO#2 - Dragon Rudel Stuka, Hobby Master Stuka, GeminiAces RAF P-51B

My wife is going to bludgeon me with those when they come in. man, and I'll need to get some more swastika decals as well!!

I am sooooo dead.

[parsig9]

Originally Posted by AllenTC2

I am sooooo dead.

Oh, who cares? We're all dead. I have so many POs right now I have to keep a separate Word Doc just to keep track.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Well i just pre-ordered all the latest one's from TFM and there a little cheaper now then they were too.
Oh well call me crazy but i just had to get them babys.
JP

[mustangdriver]

I always have to make stuff up to my wife when the diecast models come, like "Oh, this was on back order", or "we should go and visit your mom".