The Aviator

Cub Driver wrote:

Where did "self-inflicted" come from?

From the folks trying to dig up an AIDS cause of death to explain his
"early" demise.

Dying from the effects of a disease is hardly self-inflicted.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 07:20:48 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:

Marrett's biography of him, which confines itself to the aviator part:
www.warbirdforum.com/hughes.htm


Very enlightening link.

OK, the movie is called "The Aviator".

What was this "aviator" like?


.....Daily lessons yet took a year to earn his certificate. Thats DAILY
lessons!

....wrecked many aircraft, *killing* two of his crew.

....used "road maps" instead of aeronautical charts to save money

.... Ignored ATC (gasp!)

.... Lied on flight plans

.... Flew VFR in IMC

.... Cut off others in the pattern

....Abandoned aircraft


Hey wow, great guy.
Why didnt they call the movie "The Rich Wacko **** Poor Aviator"?

ahh the good ol days huh?

"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

What the hell do we call today, what they called "consumption"
generations
ago?

Tuberculosis.


Oh!

Thanks...I guess :~)

According to an elderly uncle (94 and still going) people used to be
called
"queer", then "mentally retarded", then "mentally disabled", then
"mentally
challenged", and next year...what?

Politican, lawyer, .....

--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:37:29 GMT, "Neil Gould"
wrote:

All in all, it was entertaining, and made me want to see "Hells Angels"
again.

You, me, and lots of others! When I queued it up on Netflix on Dec 27,
it showed as Available Now. By the time my next disk was due to be
mailed, it was flagged Long Wait.

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:28:25 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

Dying from the effects of a disease is hardly self-inflicted.

AIDS is often a lifestyle disease, like lung cancer or cihorris of the
liver, hence self-inflicted.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:20:19 GMT, Lady Chatterly
wrote:

.....Daily lessons yet took a year to earn his certificate. Thats DAILY
lessons!

....wrecked many aircraft, *killing* two of his crew.

....used "road maps" instead of aeronautical charts to save money

.... Ignored ATC (gasp!)

Big band swing, demo hornerg.

.... Lied on flight plans

.... Flew VFR in IMC

.... Cut off others in the pattern

....Abandoned aircraft

Hey wow, great guy.
Why didnt they call the movie "The Rich Wacko **** Poor Aviator"?

Why do you think that not they call the movie the rich wacko **** poor
aviator?


$$$ of course. Happy hero pilot sells better then the truth.

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:13:10 -0800, Mutts wrote in
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$$$ of course. Happy hero pilot sells better then the truth.

You must have missed this:

"No.. its not BuZZard.. its a bot. It cracks me up seeing people
actually reply to the bot.. ROFLMAO!" -- BuZZard

Cub Driver wrote:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 03:28:25 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:

Dying from the effects of a disease is hardly self-inflicted.

AIDS is often a lifestyle disease, like lung cancer or cihorris of the
liver, hence self-inflicted.

If death resulting from the risks of a lifestyle is defined as self-inflicted,
then anyone who dies in a plane crash committed suicide.

Someday you should learn to speak English. It's a really neat language.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

If death resulting from the risks of a lifestyle is defined as
self-inflicted,
then anyone who dies in a plane crash committed suicide.

I have relatives who wouldn't argue against that.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ubber wings... Where can I get some?

I could even take on the ocasional snowbank without damage..

Dave


On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:37:29 GMT, "Neil Gould"
wrote:

Recently, Rosspilot posted:


I was somewhat amused by the wing of the experimental spy plane slicing
through several apartments of a brick building, though I don't think that
the "artistic license" of that move improved the scene any.