Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-12 (Tuesday) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 09:01:32 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:01:31 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bd8e2f3bef4baa53f495395c1a5ad1ee"; logging-data="1086162"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+2/xwcocprb6lh1SAfPMZS" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:U7nYKXPrxF1n+jQjc/GFAPbjUTk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2325 > > What did you watch? > I spent an hour dealing with Comcast's tech support when my TV said it wasn't getting any signal from the cable box. By the time I got everything working again I was too tired and fed up with the universe to actually watch any of my DVR recordings. So instead I watched a DVD. Dogfights, S1E01 Mig Alley A 2005 History Channel show about notable historical dogfights with interviews with the surviving pilots and historians intermixed with CGI recreations of the combat. The show does a good job of providing the background for context and walks through the dogfight step by step, explaining the tactics and reasons. "Robinson Risner flew an F-86 Saber in Korea at the dawn of the jet age. There, with a hunter's persistence, he pursued his prey whether Korean, Chinese or Russian leading to some dramatic air combat adventures. In 1953 Ralph Parr leads a flight of four Sabres hunting sixteen MiG 15s leading to an extended dogfight. The improvements from the 1951 F-86A to the 1953 F-86F gave Parr a decisive advantage." This episode covers several combats during the Korean War. What Did You Watch? -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.