The Aircobra is a pretty crazy plane. They've got the powertrain from one of those on display out of the plane, w/ the Allison motor in back and the cannon running down the shaft.
The best part about that museum is the people you'll run into there. Almost all the volunteers are ex-USAF, and just about every time we go there, we run into some vets that are happy to strike up a conversation.
@DLambert I went for a taxy ride in a Lancaster too - they told some awful tales of things that happened... some incredible losses were incurred in bomber command
My son and I were milling around Bockscar a couple years ago, and a guy rolled up in a wheelchair and started talking about ferrying B-29's out to the theater.
some of the stories I read about special forces ops... people told "You almost certainly aren't going to live through this, anyone can back out of they like" and everyone still goes... incredible
@ElendilTheTall "My house keeps getting knocked down by earthquakes & tsunamis, so I'll make my house easy to rebuild"? Maybe it's just me, but by the third or fourth time that happened to me, I think I'd consider moving...
@DLambert well, your house will get knocked down whatever its made of, so it's better for it to be made out of paper than bricks
I'd rather have a few bits of wood and paper fall on me than a fricking breeze block
@JamWheel apparently the preferred technique is to jam the khukri into the guts, forcing the enemy to double over, then to whip it out and <swish> the head off.