in article , Big John at
wrote on 11/17/03 1:08 PM:

Comment on postings.

This is the longest thread I've ever seen on r.a.h. It started with me
flying during the event so was on thread for r.a.h.

Don't know if the length is good or bad?

Houston Chronicle has a big spread on front page every day (I'm
assuming they will continue until the 22nd?)

Interesting event in history for those of us who lived at that time
and saw what happened in the media, Congress and every other place.

Big John

John, your original post (quoted below) was eloquent and genuine. Only on
Usenet would a simple, heartfelt sentiment such as "May he rest in peace"
provoke such an onslaught as we've seen.

I'd be curious to see how many of the people currently railing against
Kennedy were also complaining about the "hatchet job" on Saint Ronald
Reagan. I guess only some presidents are fair game.


On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:38:22 -0600, Big John
wrote:

40 years ago today I was ferrying a F-89J from the Maine Air Guard at
Bangor, ME to the Oregon Air Guard at Portland OR. Chugging along at
20K, keeping under the big jet stream blowing east, I was about 150
out of Oklahoma City, my next refueling stop, when ATC came up on
frequency and announced that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas
and was dead.

May he rest in peace.

Big John