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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: Memorial Day

All-

    One thing about being a pilot on Memorial Day- it gives you the =

ability to truly understand the incredible performance of Air =

Corps/Force personnel. While I was bouncing a C-150 around the patch, =

kids the same age as me were bringing B-17s home 25 years earlier on two =

engines, with half their empennage gone, getting shot at all the time =

with cannon shells the size of a roll of quarters. Have you ever seen a =

30mm cannon shell up close and personal? How about 1000s of them!

    Twitchy? How about being sent up to fight the Red Baron with 50 =

hours under your belt in a plane that was unstable in all axes and was =

happiest making left turns- including on takeoff! Who cared about a 20 =

hour TBO when the life expectancy of the entire airframe (And the pilot) =

was only 10?

    If this makes you feel like a wimp, get in line behind me. Thanks to =

our fathers, uncles, and grandfathers, we have the priviledge of =

bitching to our heart's content about, let's face it, trivia. There, I =

said it.=20

    Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Uncle Joe. Thanks, Uncle John. Thanks, Uncle =

Steve. Thanks to all the vets.

                                                            Bill

   =20

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VideoFlyer(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: Memorial Day

<<<<<<    One thing about being a pilot on Memorial Day.......



Thanks, Dad. Thanks, Uncle Joe. Thanks, Uncle John. Thanks, Uncle =

Steve. Thanks to all the vets.>>>>>>>>>>>>>



Amen

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JAPhillipsGA(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:41 am Post subject: Memorial Day

You welcome. Bill of Georgia

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