Kerry's coming to OSH

Better hope Bush doesn't decide to show up in his rented flight suit and
TFR!

--
Roger Long

Better hope Bush doesn't decide to show up in his rented flight suit and
TFR!

Bush's F-102 flight instructor -- a crusty, old, 270 pound former judo
instructor -- is quoted in this week's Newsweek as saying that "Bush was in
the top 5% of fighter pilots he's ever trained..."

Newsweek also reports that Bush inquired about being transferred to Viet Nam
for combat duty, and was told that (a) the F-102 in which he was rated and
current was considered obsolete for combat operations, and (b) he had too
few flight hours. Thus, his inquiry was rejected.

Sounds like old GW is more legit than some of you like to believe...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

They sent a detachment of 4-6 F-102's to VN on rotation from Japan.
The 'Duce' was built to attack bombers and not fighters and was not a
dog fighting aircraft.

Several were destroyed at Da Nang, where they were based, during a
sapper attack. They never came close to shooting down any MIGS.

Were withdrawn after less than a year.

Big John

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:16:24 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Better hope Bush doesn't decide to show up in his rented flight suit and
TFR!

Bush's F-102 flight instructor -- a crusty, old, 270 pound former judo
instructor -- is quoted in this week's Newsweek as saying that "Bush was in
the top 5% of fighter pilots he's ever trained..."

Newsweek also reports that Bush inquired about being transferred to Viet Nam
for combat duty, and was told that (a) the F-102 in which he was rated and
current was considered obsolete for combat operations, and (b) he had too
few flight hours. Thus, his inquiry was rejected.

Sounds like old GW is more legit than some of you like to believe...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:clLYb.214124$U%5.1239757@attbi_s03...
Better hope Bush doesn't decide to show up in his rented flight suit and
TFR!

Bush's F-102 flight instructor -- a crusty, old, 270 pound former judo
instructor -- is quoted in this week's Newsweek as saying that "Bush was in
the top 5% of fighter pilots he's ever trained..."

Sounds good. Then why did he stop flying? I'm still a low-time
pilot, but I can't imagine suddenly stopping flying and, to all
appearances, not thinking about it again.

Newsweek also reports that Bush inquired about being transferred to Viet Nam
for combat duty, and was told that (a) the F-102 in which he was rated and
current was considered obsolete for combat operations, and (b) he had too
few flight hours. Thus, his inquiry was rejected.

If he wanted to fly, why didn't he attempt to get training in
something that was being flown more?

Sounds like old GW is more legit than some of you like to believe...

Perhaps. But there's a lotta odd dangling ends of things. Too many
inconsistencies for my personal taste.

-Malcolm Teas

Sounds good. Then why did he stop flying? I'm still a low-time
pilot, but I can't imagine suddenly stopping flying and, to all
appearances, not thinking about it again.

Agree 100%. But I've known a fair number of people who have learned to fly,
flown for a while, and then quit. Some were even aircraft owners, which
meant they had REALLY gone down the aviation rabbit-hole.

I have no idea how they can do it -- or why. But I'll admit I never quite
trust them again after I find out they were "once" pilots.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"