In honor of the Ky Derby that will be ran this weekend, I am going to have my own derby, of sorts. I am going to take my 14 different WWII planes and line them up and race them 5ft across the floor and back, for a total distance of 10ft.
Rules of engagement:
1) all planes must start with front of bases even at start line
2) all planes are to travel 5ft, turn around and go back to the finish line, the front of the base must either end a move on the 5ft mark or pass it to be able to turn around
2A) special rule: all planes can Immelmŕn.
3) no ramming other planes
4) there will be 2 heat races with the first 3 in each heat advancing
5) all distances will be reported as miles, example, 50 miles out, 50 miles back, total 100 miles
6) planes will be placed in heats by random draw
7) starting position will be by random draw
The line ups for the Derby are:
Heat #1
1) Dewoitine flown by Thollon
2) B-25 flown by Doolittle
3) FW-190 flown by Gotz
4) A6M2 Zero flown by Sakai
5) Wildcat flown by Galer
6) Spitfire Mk IX flown by Skalski
7) Yak-1 flown by Litvjak
Heat #2
1) Memphis Belle
2) P-40 Warhawk flown by Lott
3) Ki-61 flown by Ichikawa
4) Hurricane flown by Kuznetsov
5)P-51 Mustang flown by Ellington
6) Beaufighter flown by Davoud
7) BF-109 flown by Galland
The betting windows are open Ladies and Gentlemen and Lads and Lasses.
Step up and make your pick for the winner of each heat. The finals will take place shortly after the winners of both heats are posted, inspected, and certified that no one cheated. ;-) :-)
Have fun
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