"S. Sampson" wrote:


my ol' man or any other self-respecting
fighter pilot (as opposed to "pilot who flew fighters") wouldn't scoff
at what's available in civilian programs.

Pilots who flew fighters are called fighter pilots.

I'm sorry, but they aren't. Folks are called "fighter pilots" by
others who measure them. They don't self-anoint and the mere
assignment does not confer the title.

I think if he were still
alive today, the notion of women flying combat would make him go
"straight up and break left"

He was probably a red-neck, and the thought of darkies holding the
stick probably scared him more than women.

That's never been a part of the discussion and to attribute that to a
gentleman you don't know anything about is an injustice.

and he'd spit on the current crop of
fighter pilots not because they aren't any good, but because of
political correctness.

Who gives a ****. He's dead now. Only the worms know what he's
thinking now.

And, that addendum is too low to even elicit response.

As I mentioned to Tarver, we all should stop more often to consider
the value of the response we offer. Sometimes when we have nothing to
say, we would do well to refrain from saying it.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (ret)
***"When Thunder Rolled:
*** An F-105 Pilot Over N. Vietnam"
*** from Smithsonian Books
ISBN: 1588341038