Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
I’m rather at a loss of words about what to say, so I’ll let Navy Man, and Friend Old NFO do the talking. A very fitting Remembrance NFO, thanks.
For Film buffs, tonight might be a good night to pop some popcorn and pop in The Final Countdown
Its available on Netflix instant watch for those who have it.
Neat trivia note: The dogfight with the zeroes took a long time to shoot since all the pilots got their fangs out and were really trying for guns solutions. This is not photogenic because they’d maneuver away from the camera plane.
It also showed that a very maneuverable plane that tops out at 300 kias is a hard plane to shoot down with a mach 2 capable fighter with just guns. Not that the prop plane can do much about the jet either. It challenged some assumptions.
Hey, I have the DVD, I think I will watch it now!