You remind me of my late brother, who flew a few hundred combat
hours in Dustoff UH-1D/H models in Vietnam

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I would be deeply honored to be anything at all like your brother. Dustoff
guys, to me, earned a seat next to Mother Teresa on the Holy outbound bus.

By the way, I'm glad to see that someone with his background agrees - I loved
motorcycles in my childhood, but lost that love while laying under a frickin'
Toyota, kicking the door in with my free foot. Its not so much that I hate
motorcycles, I can't stand the cycle/car "interface"!!

v/r
Gordon