Well, it didn't take long for this scenario to come true. There's a private company offering security against terrorist attack. The nuclear plant (whatever) sets up a webcam. The company sends out the photos to folks earning $10/hour to watch for suspicious pickup trucks, Terrorist Cessnas, etc....

Somewhat smarmy, but welcome nevertheless: ******************************** After extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically," he said. "I find we have been misled on the key question of how...

I fly about 50 hours a year and wish I could do more, just to stay in the groove. Could I have stayed current in a jet fighter, flying about 140 hours a year? Thanks! all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

The late Erik Shilling, who used to post regularly on this n.g., flew for CAT along with McGovern. He had several missions into Dienbienphu--as did another AVG Flying Tiger veteran, a ground crewman who after his AVG hitch went back into the USAAF and became a pilot. CAT's story (and McGovern's)...

On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:24:01 -0500, Stop SPAM wrote: April 13, 1945: Today I saw one of those hated B-52s for the first time. Probably came from the same pen as the jet fuel spilled on the WWII carrier decks in "Flyboys". The Japanese called the B-29 the bee nee koo...

Targets on the ATO were bombed. Of course we probably could have done better if Bush were there, and Kerry had stayed longer. Thank you for that, Billy! I wonder if either man would be running for president today, if he had served a normal tour on the ground, or in the air or on the water,...

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 12:29:10 +0300, "Jukka O. Kauppinen" wrote: "No losses were reported among Soviet units on 8 November. I would have to know more about these negative reports. While I've studied enough combat reports to know that a majority are...

I would be very grateful if one or more of you would point your web browsers at 65.108.100.215 This is a mirror of the Warbird's Forum website. When I look at it, there are no images--only a Bill Gatesian red X where the image should be. When the hosting company looks at the page, the images are...

From today's Aero-News email newsletter: The End Of Manned Fighters? F-35 Will Be Last Of Traditional Aircraft The top gun of the future will be a robot - not your hormone-pumping human aviator. Unmanned aircraft will be the key to the modern battlefield as the traditional fighter aircraft is...

This sensible essay appears in today's Wall Street Journal: January 7, 2004 Business World Air Security Lies In Deterrence, Not Nuggets By HOLMAN W. JENKINS JR. That information and intelligence are two different things was amply

What does this entry on a pilot's record mean, circa 1970?: "crew member on flight service" Does that mean he's current as a pilot, or something else entirely? Thanks!

When a WWII aircraft fired off a fifty-caliber bullet from a Browning M-2 mg, how much weight did it shed? (That would of course include the weight of the powder and shell and the links if any.) Thanks! all the best -- Dan Ford

Today is the 65th Anniversary of the day Doug Corrigan flew his plane, Sunshine, to Ireland, July 17, 1938. He was trying to return home to LA, but faulty compasses misled him. Kinda like how ADA regulars are misleading everybody on twa 800. Corrigan was one of the heroes of my boyhood....

I happened to be conversing (actually, e-conversing) with Smithsonian Institution Press yesterday, and I was told that Ed Rasimus's book, When Thunder Rolled, is being reprinted. For SIP, this is unheard of! It was published only in March. Two years is more like it, and most SIP books never go back...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch has signed a $1 million agreement with Alfred A. Knopf, giving the injured former U.S. Army private the chance to tell her own story, the publisher said on Tuesday. all the best -- Dan Ford email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9 see the...

Plonk! all the best -- Dan Ford email: see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

In Kunming last Saturday, without any fanfare and despite earlier pronouncements that the project would be delayed to December or January, the Chinese lifted a P-40 from the mud of Dianchi lake. It was immediately removed, but nobody seems to know where. (China is still a closed society, we keep...

From the Washington Post: "Consequently, we respectfully wish to inform you that the National Air and Space Museum has no plans to alter the Laser 200 from the way it was when it was last flown by Leo Loudenslager and ultimately given to us by his daughters," Dailey wrote. The plane was displayed...

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