Vintage Jet Slams Into Homes Near Air Show

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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I do believe he died in a crash, slam or whatever you want to call it and
I seriously doubt he loved it. The flying part I will buy but that's not
what he died from.

Wow, no ****. Really? You suppose?

Nobody's saying he loved crashing. We're saying he loved flying, which is
exactly what he WAS DOING up until the instant that he struck---Is that
Politically Correct enough?--the house.

The oft repeated statement "He died doing what he loved" when someone
augers in is one of those idiotic aviation statements that just goes on
and on and on and on.

Then ignore it and go on and on yourself. The rest of us here know what we
mean.

-c

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
The guy is obviously rich and has a set a brass ones. But 73 years old,
flying a vintage fighter jet.....

Yeager...

-c

I saw the community support for the airport. Glad co-existence is working
well there.

Unfortunately, that is not the case everywhere. I have lived near three
GA airports (well, one was about 50% GA and the remainder commercial).
Only at one of those three did the airport noise present a problem,
because the management at that airport won't do a thing about noise is a
waste of a dime....

by "gatt" Jul 18, 2006 at 07:33 PM


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...

No offense, but somebody once told me that journalists were those
noble

warriors who came out on the field after the battle to bayonet the
wounded.

Good one.

Based on what? Give us an actual anecdote.

Somebody once told me that when she never saw so cocaine until her mom
was

dating an airline pilot and throwing them parties in Orange County, CA
back
in the early '80s, and that those airline pilots put away more cocaine in
a
single party than she saw in her entire life since. Is that too a "Good
One"? Are pilots drug addicts bcause of what somebody once told me
about
them?



No. But there are some clowns out there. The final straw when I dropped
out of training during the 90s was when the CFI jerk I was using (I won't
mention the chain's name, for libel purposes) showed up one morning
smelling of bourbon or scotch or something. After his earlier stunts (I
won't repeat them), I decided I wanted no part of this thing. Too
unprofessional, too easy to get a ticket to kill yourself, etc.

Now, I only fly occassionally in the right seat with my VFR trained buddy.
And, I won't go with him when its hazy out, or conditions are marginal
(even slight crosswinds). He flies just enough to be dangerous, and I
fear he will wind up as a dead Kennedy one day. His confidence is way
bigger than his experience level.

On 18 Jul 2006 12:29:42 -0700, "Flyingmonk"
wrote in . com::

Why does he mangle the English language
often enough for Slate Editor Jacob Weisberg to produce three books of
Bushisms such as "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your
family."

Given that this message thread is now protected from readership
protest by it's 'POL' notation, perhaps it's safe enough to post some
more Bush quotes:


"We need an energy policy that encourages consumption"
-- George W. Bush.


"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we." - George W. Bush


According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: "God told me to
strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to
strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the
problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the
elections will come and I will have to focus on them."


===========================
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher...095480&start=2
BUDDIES Tony Blair and George Bush were deeply embarrassed last night
after being caught using distinctly undiplomatic remarks in some
off-guarded moments.

Their expletive-ridden chat at the G8 Summit moved on from how they
could solve the Middle East crisis to the serious matter of the
sweater that the Prime Minister had given the US President as a gift.

Aides are now battling to repair the damage after the two leaders
spoke frankly, and somewhat fruitily, over lunch in St Petersburg,
unaware their remarks were being recorded by a TV microphone.
....

Bush: Yo Blair how are you doing?

Blair: I'm just. . .

Bush: You're leaving?

Blair: No, no, no not yet. On this trade thingy. . .

Bush: Yeah I told that to the man

Blair: Are you planning to say that here or not?

Bush: If you want me to

Blair: Well, it's just that if the discussion arises. . .

Bush: I just want some movement.

Blair: Yeah

Bush: Yesterday we didn't see much movement

Blair: No, no, it may be that it's not, it maybe that it's impossible

Bush: I am prepared to say it

Blair: But it's just I think what we need to be an opposition

Bush: Who is introducing the trade

Blair: Angela

Bush: Tell her to call 'em

Blair: Yes

Bush: Tell her to put him on them on the spot. Thanks for the sweater.
It's awfully thoughtful of you

Blair: It's a pleasure

Bush: I know you picked it out yourself

Blair: Oh, absoultely, in fact - in fact I knitted it! ! !

Bush: What about Kofi Annan - he seems alright. I don't like his
ceasefire plan. His attitude is basically ceasefire and everything
sorts out. . . . But I think. . .

Blair: Yeah the only thing I think is really difficult is that we
can't stop this without getting international presence agreed. I think
what you guys have talked about which is the criticism of the
(inaudible word). I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of
the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will
spiral.

Bush: Yeah

Blair: I don't know what you guys have talked about but as I say I am
perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is but you
need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral

Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon

Blair: But that's, that's, that's all that matters. But if you, you
see it will take some time to get that together

Bush: Yeah, yeah

Blair: But at least it gives people. . .

Bush: It's a process, I agree. I told her your offer too. . .

Blair: Well it's only if she needs the ground prepared as it were.

If she goes out she has to succeed whereas I can just go and talk.

Bush: You see, the . . . thing is what they need to do is to get
Syria, to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s*** and it's over

Blair: Dunno. . . Syria. . . .

Bush: Why?

Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing

Bush: (with mouth full of bread) Yeah.

Blair: What does he (Kofi Annan) think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out
fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the
right way. . .

Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet

Blair: He is honey. And that's what the whole thing is about. It's the
same with Iraq

Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Bashad
(Bashir Assad) and make something happen

Blair: Yeah Bush: We're not blaming Israel.

We are not blaming the Lebanese government

Blair: Is this. . . ? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in
front of him and the sound is cut. )

"Crash Lander" wrote in message
...
"gatt" wrote in message
...

It didn't strike, it didn't impact, it didn't bounce off of, it didn't
land on, they didn't collide...it smashed into the friggin house.


Now you've gone and confused the whole issue! Did it "Slam" into the
house, or did it "Smash" into the house?
Crash Lander

Gee, I don't know. I crashed once, it sure felt like "slammed" to me.

Al G

Blah, blah, blah. And John F. Kennedy, who you may have heard of,
pronounced Cuba as Cuber. Who gives a rat's ass?? Talk about non-
issues....

But, I expect that Bush's poor grammar/diction constitutes PROOF to you
that he is somehow stupid/incompetent, etc. Just another form of
character assisination, rather than debating ideas and policies. Low, but
typical lefty stuff.



From the more educated words from the mouths of some of the Elitists:

Slick Willie: "I was never in the hotel alone with that woman."
Translation: other people were in the hotel.

Slick Hillie: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the
common good." This needs no translation, and speaks for itself.

Does this mean I can post Boyerisms here?? Cool. In the meantime, since
you are putting up meaningless drivel, here is some meaningless drivel
from a Lefty:

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."
- John Kerry - New York Times
I will stand up and struggle, as others have, to try to get that right
balance between violence, and sex, and things.
- John Kerry - ABC News

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."

- John F. Kerry



"This president always makes decisions late after things have happened
that could have been different had the president made a different decision
earlier."

- John Kerry in Washington Post



I don't own an SUV,'' said Kerry, who supports increasing existing fuel
economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 2015 in order to reduce the
nation's dependence on foreign oil supplies.

Kerry thought for a second when asked whether his wife, Teresa Heinz
Kerry, had a Suburban at their Ketchum, Idaho, home. Kerry said he owns
and drives a Dodge 600 and recently bought a Chrysler 300M. He said his
wife owns the Chevrolet SUV.

"The family has it. I don't have it,'' he said.
- John Kerry - Guardian Unlimited

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

- John F. Kerry



"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that
one word is 'to be prepared'."

- John F. Kerry



"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the
future."

- John F. Kerry



"The future will be better tomorrow."

- John F. Kerry



"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."

- John F. Kerry



"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."

- John F. Kerry



"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm
commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."

- John F. Kerry



"Public speaking is very easy."

- John F. Kerry



"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."


- John F. Kerry



"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

- John F. Kerry



"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

- John F. Kerry



"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."


- John F. Kerry



"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in
our air and water that are doing it."

- John F. Kerry



"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."

- John F. Kerry

"I am for raising that minimum wage. But you have to do it a rate where
you're not creating upheaval in the economy. But in many public places, we
have living wages already being put in place. … So I am very much in favor
of individual efforts—federal government and others—moving to help create
the ability for people on the wage to be able to make it and do better.
But within the private sector, I think we have to ratchet it up at a rate
that is acceptable to the marketplace so we don't have an economic
dislocation. But we have to start to get people able to earn more."

- John F. Kerry

Skylune wrote:
Its like when people say "near miss." What they actually mean is "near
hit."


No, near is modifying either miss or hit. A near hit means that you
actually had to hit something.

Matt

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:


"gatt" wrote in message
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"alexy" wrote in message
...

But I think you and I are on the losing side of the word purity
battle--incorrect usage repeated often enough becomes "common usage",
which in turn becomes "correct".

Same thing with using the ambiguous term "bi-annual" in place of
biennial.

*shudder* Good example of one of those words where you have to pause,
figure out which it means, and then figure out what the person saying it
actually meant. "Now, you're saying bi-annual, right? Not biennial?"
("Yeah. Biannial.")



The bad part is the dictionary now says they are both right.

bi·an·nu·al (bi-an'yu-?l)
adj.
1.. Happening twice each year; semiannual.
2.. Occurring every two years; biennial.

Yes, which is why some people (see above) may refer to it as an
"ambiguous term". g
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