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Hello I am Robert Bertram being very original I go by Bob only mom called me Robert and she went toes up in 1996. I Have had many different jobs during my 49 years on this earth, some good some bad, some I did very well at and some I really sucked at too. I did not graduate from college but I at least know what the campus looked like and I am a firm believer in George Carlin's "five minute university" anyway.

I have been a volunteer firefighter, a plant manager at a window factory, an assistant manager at a warehouse for a paint company , a carpenter,and am currently a construction superintendent.

I have often said that if a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing then I am probably the most dangerous man you'll ever meet. I am an amature historian when it comes to WWII and absolutly love military aircraft.

Trotwood Ohio is home and I only live a few miles from where the Wright brothers invented the airplane and I visit the museum of the united states air force at Wright Patterson AFB often.

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The p51 Mustang was not ever intended to be the best American fighter of World War two and its development was a very happy accident. Before and during the Battle of Britain, the RAF were having trouble keeping up with aircraft manufacture and they even had to change the requirement they had imposed on themselves where no wooden parts could be used in aircraft. Using wood and canvas allowed furniture manufacturers to build aircraft such as the Hawker Hurricane. But even this was not enough to keep up with losses. About this time Britain was buying p40 Warhawks from Curtis and they called t...

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