On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 8:54:32 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 8:27:38 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 8:12:09 AM UTC-8, 2G wrote:
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 5:31:01 PM UTC-8, Bob Youngblood wrote:
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 6:38:54 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 12/26/2019 1:51 PM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 11:11:48 AM UTC-8, Rich Owen wrote:
Bob, The key symptom of knowing your too old is not knowing when people are joking. No member of the armed services would ever seriously disparage another member, let alone an entire service branch. You should watch the end of the Army Navy football game. Both core of cadets get together at the end and sing both of their academy songs together. It doesn’t make a difference who wins in the end because WE know we are on the same team.

Also, I had the honor of being in an Air Force squadron for 4 years on exchange from the Navy. During that time I was able to fly most of their models of aircraft in service at the time. An Air Force pilot was also doing the job I would have had in the Navy. That program is still going on today. This way we find out how our sister service attack problems differently. It makes both services better.

Have a Happy New Year,
Rich
I know I have heard Navy pilots describe Air Force pilots as "squat to pee, flare to land". Define disparage?
All in good fun.Â* We AF pilots know that the Naval Aviators have to
compensate for certain, shall we say, short comings. :-D
--
Dan, 5J

Rich mean no harm, he is just a bit confused, I will close this out by saying my best friend resides in Arlington National Cemetery, Frank Bacque was a great friend and wonderful pilot, we flew gliders together back in the old days in Miami, yes we were both old! Frank, "Smokey" Bacque was an Air Force pilot that flew the OV-10 as an FAC. He once told me a story about an exchange program that they had with the Navy where their pilots exchanged seats. Smokey flew back seat in the F4 and the Navy guy flew back seat in the OV-10. Smokey always laughed about the Navy guys hatred for getting down low, god rest his soul.

Back to the issue at hand, Seminole's owner, Mihai Tanjala, was extradited back to Romania in 2016 to serve the 5 year sentence he received for duping investors in a construction company. That means he should be in jail right now, and it will be real interesting if he shows up at Seminole in March. He used the proceeds of his criminal activity to buy Seminole. This means his victims have a right to any proceeds from its sale. No wonder it hasn't sold. Rich, point me some news article that indicates that Tanjala has been exonerated - I couldn't find any.

Tom

More background on this guy:

https://kingofromania.com/2016/06/07...mihai-tanjala/

Additionally, Tanjala's appeal to the Bureau of Immigration Appeals concerning his extradition was rejected:

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...016-03-23.html

https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/0...adition-fight/

....and this confirms his deportation (even after he went on a hunger strike in protest!):

https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/1...ayman-islands/