Flyboys?

Nope, but I have had it thrown in my face once or twice. By a ground
pounder.
Curt

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...

I just picked up a copy of Flyboys at BJ's Wholesale Club. Read the
first two chapters last night.

I was amazed that the author uses the term Flyboys throughout the
book, or at least throughout the first chapter. I'd assumed it was
just a cute title, but no: "Flyboys were over Chici Jima" etc.

When I was growing up--which was about the time of these
events--"flyboy" was a derisive name. It's what a ground-pounder would
say when he complained about the soft life pilots (indeed air crews)
had, compared to the infantry in the mud.

Anyone else ever heard it this way? Any mllitary pilots here ever
refer to themselves as flyboys or Flyboys?

Thanks!

all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
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Subject: Flyboys?
From: "C Knowles"
Date: 12/16/03 4:21 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Nope, but I have had it thrown in my face once or twice. By a ground
pounder.
Curt

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
.. .

I just picked up a copy of Flyboys at BJ's Wholesale Club. Read the
first two chapters last night.

I was amazed that the author uses the term Flyboys throughout the
book, or at least throughout the first chapter. I'd assumed it was
just a cute title, but no: "Flyboys were over Chici Jima" etc.

When I was growing up--which was about the time of these
events--"flyboy" was a derisive name. It's what a ground-pounder would
say when he complained about the soft life pilots (indeed air crews)
had, compared to the infantry in the mud.

Anyone else ever heard it this way? Any mllitary pilots here ever
refer to themselves as flyboys or Flyboys?

Thanks!

all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com




Flyboy was a term of admiration and envy. Of course tone of voice had
something to do with it too.

Regards,


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

On 16 Dec 2003 16:17:44 GMT, ArtKramr wrote:

Flyboy was a term of admiration and envy. Of course tone of voice had
something to do with it too.

Sort of like when your TI in basic training calls you "hero..."
("What are you, some type of he-ro?")

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

Subject: Flyboys?
From: Yeff
Date: 12/16/03 8:34 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

On 16 Dec 2003 16:17:44 GMT, ArtKramr wrote:

Flyboy was a term of admiration and envy. Of course tone of voice had
something to do with it too.

Sort of like when your TI in basic training calls you "hero..."
("What are you, some type of he-ro?")

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com


Yeah. That too. (grin)

Regards,


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

(ArtKramr) wrote:


Flyboy was a term of admiration and envy. Of course tone of voice had
something to do with it too.

Regards,


Arthur Kramer

That certainly wasn't my interpretation Art. Mind you, I speak
only for my impression of the Canadian Military with some contact
with other militaries, and for the 26 year period that I served.
Of course YMMV.

Can you imagine answering the question "What do you do in the
military?"...."well, I'm a flyboy" snort

-Gord.

"I'm trying to get as old as I can,
and it must be working 'cause I'm
the oldest now that I've ever been"

"C Knowles" wrote:

Nope, but I have had it thrown in my face once or twice. By a ground
pounder.
Curt


I can confirm that that's the connotation in the Canadian
Military.

-Gord.

"I'm trying to get as old as I can,
and it must be working 'cause I'm
the oldest now that I've ever been"