An ACE goes down in flames.

"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
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Again based on news reports, nothing specific mentioned dealing with
naval aviation.

Not on the level you're discussing Mike, but I can assure you, there will be
an unwritten and fairly silent but brutal ramification within the naval
fighter community.
Cunningham was the top dog in VN..number 1....the bragging rights if you
will. Ritchie has always been merely the good natured runner up at any O
club bar on any naval fighter base since the Viet Nam War. You know fighter
pilots. It's all in fun and very friendly, but deadly serious at the same
time. This kind of reversal doesn't go down well at Squadron level.
Cunningham did it for the navy in VN, and they have been enjoying that and
engaging in friendly harassment with their AF counterparts ever since the
war.
Now Cunningham has handed these guys the ultimate wet towel and from what I
know of the fighter community, the navy fighter community will NEVER forgive
him, even if it's just for that last round at the bar the Air Force would
normally have paid for.
Cunningham is a classic example of a good man gone bad! I can't think of
anyone in my lifetime who had more going for him and ended up with less than
Randy.
Dudley Henriques

Dudley,

Well-put.

--
Mike Kanze

"The day that members of Congress will send their kids to the public schools of Washington, D.C., is the day I'll know we've fixed education in America."

- SEN John McCain, Wall Street Journal (11/27/05)

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ink.net...

"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
oups.com...

Again based on news reports, nothing specific mentioned dealing with
naval aviation.

Not on the level you're discussing Mike, but I can assure you, there will be
an unwritten and fairly silent but brutal ramification within the naval
fighter community.
Cunningham was the top dog in VN..number 1....the bragging rights if you
will. Ritchie has always been merely the good natured runner up at any O
club bar on any naval fighter base since the Viet Nam War. You know fighter
pilots. It's all in fun and very friendly, but deadly serious at the same
time. This kind of reversal doesn't go down well at Squadron level.
Cunningham did it for the navy in VN, and they have been enjoying that and
engaging in friendly harassment with their AF counterparts ever since the
war.
Now Cunningham has handed these guys the ultimate wet towel and from what I
know of the fighter community, the navy fighter community will NEVER forgive
him, even if it's just for that last round at the bar the Air Force would
normally have paid for.
Cunningham is a classic example of a good man gone bad! I can't think of
anyone in my lifetime who had more going for him and ended up with less than
Randy.
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote:
"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
oups.com...

Again based on news reports, nothing specific mentioned dealing with
naval aviation.

Not on the level you're discussing Mike, but I can assure you, there willbe
an unwritten and fairly silent but brutal ramification within the naval
fighter community.

Excuse me? Here was the question: "Does anyone know if they build
anything related to Naval Aviation?"

I have no idea whatsoever as to what you _think_ I was claiming with my
response above.

Cunningham was the top dog in VN..number 1....the bragging rights if you
will. Ritchie has always been merely the good natured runner up at any O
club bar on any naval fighter base since the Viet Nam War. You know fighter
pilots. It's all in fun and very friendly, but deadly serious at the same
time. This kind of reversal doesn't go down well at Squadron level.

And this has what to do with what was asked, and the resulting
response?

Cunningham did it for the navy in VN, and they have been enjoying that and
engaging in friendly harassment with their AF counterparts ever since the
war.
Now Cunningham has handed these guys the ultimate wet towel and from whatI
know of the fighter community, the navy fighter community will NEVER forgive
him, even if it's just for that last round at the bar the Air Force would
normally have paid for.

This may come somewhat as a shock, but it's going to be more than the
"navy fighter community" which isn't going to foregive him for what
he's done.

But more to the point; what does it have to do with what was asked, and
the response?

Cunningham is a classic example of a good man gone bad! I can't think of
anyone in my lifetime who had more going for him and ended up with less than
Randy.

And he has nobody to blame but himself, which I assume there will be no
argument. And as before, this has what to do with the question asked,
and what I posted?

MW

"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
oups.com...

Again based on news reports, nothing specific mentioned dealing with
naval aviation.

Not on the level you're discussing Mike, but I can assure you, there will
be
an unwritten and fairly silent but brutal ramification within the naval
fighter community.

Excuse me? Here was the question: "?Does anyone know if they build
anything related to Naval Aviation?"

I have no idea whatsoever as to what you _think_ I was claiming with my
response above.

Cunningham was the top dog in VN..number 1....the bragging rights if you
will. Ritchie has always been merely the good natured runner up at any O
club bar on any naval fighter base since the Viet Nam War. You know
fighter
pilots. It's all in fun and very friendly, but deadly serious at the same
time. This kind of reversal doesn't go down well at Squadron level.

And this has what to do with what was asked, and the resulting
response?

Cunningham did it for the navy in VN, and they have been enjoying that and
engaging in friendly harassment with their AF counterparts ever since the
war.
Now Cunningham has handed these guys the ultimate wet towel and from what
I
know of the fighter community, the navy fighter community will NEVER
forgive
him, even if it's just for that last round at the bar the Air Force would
normally have paid for.

This may come somewhat as a shock, but it's going to be more than the
"navy fighter community" which isn't going to foregive him for what
he's done.

But more to the point; what does it have to do with what was asked, and
the response?

Cunningham is a classic example of a good man gone bad! I can't think of
anyone in my lifetime who had more going for him and ended up with less
than
Randy.

And he has nobody to blame but himself, which I assume there will be no
argument. And as before, this has what to do with the question asked,
and what I posted?

MW

Get a ****ing life Weeks, and don't take yourself so ****ing seriously!
DH

my-oh-my, now that was so very "profound" ... geez ....

"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
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my-oh-my, now that was so very "profound" ... geez ....

Not interested in being profound. This is Usenet, not a class on Fermat's
Last Theorem.
You had already answered the posters question with a statement that didn't
need further amplification. Rather than open a new thread with a simple
comment about additional ramifications that might be happening within the
naval fighter community, I simply used your post to segway into that
additional comment by prefacing my post with a comment saying in effect that
I was doing this. That opening sentence was in part,
" Not on the level you're discussing Mike............but..........".
Your answering post to me was argumentative, overly aggressive, and
unnecessarily confrontational.
I take it you didn't like the thread creep.
If you had posted to me and simply said you objected to the creep, I would
have answered you and apologized to you.
For the way you posted to me however..........at the risk of seeming
unprofound, it's a simple "go **** yourself" and always will be when dealing
with me.
Dudley Henriques

Apologize for not apparently having the vision to see you were only
"creeping" ...

As to your last profound statement; well, glad I didn't respond in kind
....

"Mike Weeks" wrote in message
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Apologize for not apparently having the vision to see you were only
"creeping" ...

As to your last profound statement; well, glad I didn't respond in kind

Tell you what Weeks. It just isn't worth our time and the newsgroup
bandwidth to continue this or any other communication. Let's just call it a
day and I'll refrain from posting to you again.
I'd appreciate it if you will show me the same courtesy and all will be well
in the valley .
DH

"Dudley Henriques" wrote:


Get a ****ing life Weeks, and don't take yourself so ****ing seriously!
DH


Temper temper dudster...


-Gord.

"You are completely focused on RPM as the
single factor producing rotational velocity"

-Dude Henrickles

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Cunningham is a classic example of a good man gone bad! I can't think of
anyone in my lifetime who had more going for him and ended up with less
than


From what I have heard, nobody thought Cunningham was too bright.