David Looser wrote:

According to the history books the US entered WW2 because it was attacked by
the Japanese. It seems that Michael A. Terrell thinks that Japan is in
Europe.

The US was already active in the war, but not officially. US volunter pilots
were flying missions against both Japan and Germany. THe US was providing
equipment and supplies on a "lend lease" program that allowed them to do it
for free, without violating the official neutrality polices.

US ships were acting as "human shields" to shipping convoys in hope that
a U-Boat would miss their target and hit one, allowing the US to enter into
the war.

Bear in mind that although Roosevelt was pro-war, a lot of people in the US
supported Hitler or wanted to remain neutral. He was just waiting for
an excuse to enter the war.

It was just a matter of time, and a fortunate one. If Japan had not attacked
on Dec 7, 1941 and the US did not enter the war until 1943 or 1944, it would
not of gone the way it did.

Looking back in hindsight, it would have been very likely that if Europe was
not invaded in 1994, by 1946 the Luftwaffe would of had a jet engine
bomber that was undetectable until 20 miles of the coast, able to
fly to New York and an atomic bomb to drop from it.

There was a Discovery Channel show where they built a mock up of the design,
you can find it on the internet.

But you are right, the history books, as least as everyone remembers them
says that the US entered the war because the Japanese attacked.

Geoff.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

Mike Tomlinson wrote:

Mortimer writes

You mean that two of the phases are the *same* colour?

Yes.

Surely not

Unbelievable but true. Foisted on us by the Eurocrats in Brussels

No, the phases are *NOT* brown, black & black, they are brown, black and
grey - with blue as neutral.

https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZUiPgXe-2_ZnlZOxoGaomZJ-8H_g4TPQocO1V6fRh6U25GCGj

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Looking back in hindsight, it would have been very likely that if Europe was
not invaded in 1994, by 1946 the Luftwaffe would of had a jet engine
bomber that was undetectable until 20 miles of the coast, able to
fly to New York and an atomic bomb to drop from it.

Serves me right for not having my morning coffee BEFORE I type anything.

It should say 1944 not 1994.

Geoff.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

In article ,
says...

"Terry Casey" wrote in message
...
In article , says...


From http://www.hywel.org.UK/bbc2launch/

QUOTE

When BBC2 launched on April 20th 1964, ...


UNQUOTE


panto mode.

Oh no it didn't!

/panto mode

OK, two can play at this game:

panto mode

Oh yes it did!

/panto mode

The launch of BBC2 was PLANNED for April 20th 1964 but a fire at
Battersea Power Station blacked out large areas of west London -
including the Television Centre - shortly before BBC2 was due to start.

In fact BBC2 *did* launch on April 20th, from a news studio at Alexandra
Palace, I've seen the recording. Not suprisingly the headline news item was
the power cut!


I think I'll put this down to short term memory loss ...

The version of events I described is the one that has been quoted for
over 40 years but I only became aware of that bulletin a couple of
months ago ...

Was it a recording you saw - or a film made at the time?

It was rather a pathetic attempt which should be filed in the "it would
have been better if they hadn't bothered" category.

I don't know what the viewers (if there were any left!) made of it at
the time but, when I saw the film it generated some laughter - possibly
out of pity - from some of the audience.

I should have a recording of it somewhere ...

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Terry

In article , Andy
Burns writes

No, the phases are *NOT* brown, black & black, they are brown, black and
grey - with blue as neutral.

I refer you to the photo I posted a link to elsewhere.

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In article ,
says...


Old German (flex - I don't know about house) colours were red, black,
and grey - I can't remember which was which.


Well, you had a better reason for remembering than most! The important
one was the red one!

See here ...

http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/s...10&postcount=1

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Terry

In article ,
says...

snip

Looking back in hindsight, it would have been very likely that if Europe was
not invaded in 1994, by 1946 the Luftwaffe would of had a jet engine
bomber that was undetectable until 20 miles of the coast, able to
fly to New York and an atomic bomb to drop from it.


Not a bomber - it would have been the A10 rocket.

The A10 was a prosed development of the A4 rocket that was the basis
for the V2 bombs that fell on London (as opposed to the jet engined V1
flying bomb known colloquially as the 'doodlebug' - I think the US term
is buzz-bomb).

To bring this back 'on course' - at least, for uk.tech.broadcast readers
- the A10 rocket is mentioned in this historic article:

http://lakdiva.org/clarke/1945ww/194...t_305-308.html

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Terry

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:32:50 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Are you really that stupid, or do you just play a fool on Usenet?
The US National Electrical Code is online. It goes into great detail
about what can and can not be done. Read it, and see if you can learn
anything.

Ahem... the posting to which you reply to deals with UK ring
circuits.
Frankly, anyone who recommmends the practice of wiring as employed in
the US, is having a laugh.
American wiring plus wooden houses... jeez.

Terry Casey wrote:

Not a bomber - it would have been the A10 rocket.

No, it was a "stealth" airplane.

According to the show, the troops found an experimental stealth airplane
in a hangar in France in the spring of 1945. It had crashed durng a test
flight in February, killing the pilot, but had been restored.

The airplane and parts (possibly for others) were broght back to the US and
stored in a warehouse. Airplane technicains were allowed to
come in and take measurments for a short time.

They then went back to their factory and built a model of it which was used
to test it for it's ability to be detected by 1945 vintage radar. It was
good enough that had it flown, it would not have been detected until
20 miles off the coast of England or the US.

The film also re-enacted a meeting between the head of the Luftwaffe and
the designers of the airplane (which was reliably documented) that they were
told to produce a stealth bomber which could reach New York from (occupied)
France.

At the time of the meeting, it was expected that Germany would have an
atomic bomb in time for a 1946 flight.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090625-hitlers-stealth-fighter-plane.html


Geoff.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

David Looser wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
...
J G Miller wrote:
All because of the perceived need to produce weapons of mutual
annihilation.

We wouldn't need to do it, if you Europeans would stop starting World
Wars.


According to the history books the US entered WW2 because it was attacked by
the Japanese. It seems that Michael A. Terrell thinks that Japan is in
Europe.

The US could have dealt with Japan a lot easier if they hadn't opted to
enter the European war.

Bill