The B-36 was built by Convair, & lasted until the B-52s came into service. The B-47 was considered to be a medium bomber as it didn't really have the range.
Howard Hughes was one time considered, but I guess he refused because it meant too many public appearances.
I think Bob Hope joked about wanting to become president, but his wife didn't want to move into a smaller house. The would also have to change the constitution.
One common but almost inavoidable thing is the use of planes that are wrong for the period. This is mainly because surving WW2 planes tend to be from the end of the war, & wouldn't have been used in the Battle Of Britain. The thing to look out for is the cannons in the wings which almost no...
I've been there twice & enjoyed it both times. I was wandering if it was ever autonomus in the past. Before 1974 I don't think it was even a county in it's own right. The Isle Of Man & the Channel Isles have a long history of self government, which explains their current status.
Idi Amin managed to gain the highest rank obtained by a naitive soldier in the King's African Rifles. Most of his superiors considered him a model soldier.
One thing that didn't help the DMC 12 was having a PVR engine of just 130 hp, along with many others (too many to list!). Until quite late in the day they were going to be bulit in Puerto Rico.
Not totally on subject but slightly relevent. I noticed in a book on modeling that during the ACW the union forces seemed to be organised by states, similar to British regiments. Did the Southern forces do a similar thing? Also when did the US Army phase out state based organisation.
Canadian Bacon - An inside look at Kevin Bacon's attempts to be a convincing Cannuck. Co-Stars William Shatner, Pamela Anderson, Jim Carrey & Mike Myers. Sound track features Alanis Morrisette, Bryan Adams & Avril Lavegne.
Cardinal Basil Hulme was a hot tip for next Pope in the late 1990s but predeceased John Paul II. It has been suggested that a Latin American bishop might be considered for the next Pope.
Crossroads: Whilst on a road trip Brittney Spears & friends suddenly find themselves at a motel on the outskirts of Brimingham (not the one in Alabama!) which is populated by people even more 1 dimensional & superficial than they are. They are menaced by wobbling walls & one of them vanished...
If rocket pioneer Sergei Korolev hadn't suddenly died in the mid 1960s they might have got there even quicker. His replacement was more used to working with planes & struggled to come up with a suitable rocket design.
According to my Dad the Biafran movement had UN support at first, but after 6 months of gurilla warfare it was obvious who was going to win. Maybe if Biafra tried a non violent approach & the UN sent in peacekeeping forces after they were attacked by Federal forces things might have worked out...