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Subject: Fly Boy ?????
From: nt (Gordon) Date: 10/23/03 2:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: 20031023175241.07974.00000029 Knowing that Bishop, a former NCAA swimming ace, had died in an H-46 in the best shape of his life didn't tarnish my unshakeable faith that if I survived impact, I would make it out of the water alive. (Or be found in the wreck with my hands around the pilot's neck.) Best line of the thread. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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![]() ArtKramr wrote: Once you give someone the benefit of the doubt, you admit that there is doubt. Always lingering, disturbing unsettling doubt. Arthur Kramer Damn, despite your obvious biases I have always felt I should give you the benefit of the doubt since, as you say, you have "been there, done that." Now you have planted the seed of suspicion. Things will never be the same! Dave |
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Subject: Fly Boy ?????
From: (ArtKramr) Date: 10/23/03 6:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: Subject: Fly Boy ????? From: nt (Gordon) Date: 10/23/03 2:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: 20031023175241.07974.00000029 Knowing that Bishop, a former NCAA swimming ace, had died in an H-46 in the best shape of his life didn't tarnish my unshakeable faith that if I survived impact, I would make it out of the water alive. (Or be found in the wreck with my hands around the pilot's neck.) Best line of the thread. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer Funny but probably true. |
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![]() "Mike Marron" wrote in message news ![]() But same principle relating to the importance of experience. Nope. Like I said Stevie, you're living in the land of Oz and are more full of **** than a brontasaurus with no ass if you think that you, with your basic VFR-only private pilot's license (?) and paltry amount of experience is in the same ball park with ANY CFII or A&P mechanic (not just me). Reality check! You have demonstrated a poor knowledge of the FARs, the inability to think logically, a huge ego, and a lack of maturity. You know nothing of my knowledge and experience level. |
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![]() "ArtKramr" wrote in message ... We had 30 seconds to escape from a B-26 in training in Lake Charles.And some of us didn't make it all the time. Navy guysawho have been through ditching drill will understand. .The B-26 barely paused at the surface before flooding and diving under. Bush's plane was a "floater" and often floated for hours. He should have ditched. Sorry to insert personal ditching experience in this thread. You know nothing about Bush's plane's floating ability and unless you've been in a real ditching you have no personal ditching experience. |
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Art Kramer wrote:
Mike Marron wrote: Well said and I agree wholeheartedly. Perhaps Teddy Roosevelt summed it up best: "It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena......" There were 11 million of us in that arena. No, there were only *three* in that arena -- the pilot who survived, and the turrent gunner and the belly gunner/radioman whom are both deceased and have been for many decades now. If you're having a tough time believing what the sole survivor says, I guess you're just **** outta' luck! |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
You have demonstrated a poor knowledge of the FARs, the inability to think logically, a huge ego, and a lack of maturity. Damn I'm good! You know nothing of my knowledge and experience level. True. So feel free to enlighten me Stevie boy. All I've heard so far is that you've been known to putter around in a 65-hp Aeronca Champ from time to time. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that but so far all I've learned from reading your drivel is....well, uhh, ahh, er, umm??? |
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