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Guy Alcala writes: Ed Rasimus wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:24:59 GMT, Guy Alcala wrote: Jack wrote: Harry Andreas wrote: Yah, but was it a V-tail Bonanza? Of course, though he was a reasonably debonair sort, for a guy from Toledo. I suspect that one will go over (or under as the case may be) the heads of most here, this being a military aviation newsgroup. You don't give us enough credit. I chuckled at the pun. I did qualify it with most ;-) I knew a few would get it, but the percentage will be a lot lower than if it were posted to a general aviation group, where they'd presumably be rolling in the aisles en masse. Oh, I dunno. If a Debonair exercized a bit & slimmed down a bit, it would probably serve as a Mentor. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Peter Stickney wrote:
In article , Guy Alcala writes: Ed Rasimus wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:24:59 GMT, Guy Alcala wrote: Jack wrote: Harry Andreas wrote: Yah, but was it a V-tail Bonanza? Of course, though he was a reasonably debonair sort, for a guy from Toledo. I suspect that one will go over (or under as the case may be) the heads of most here, this being a military aviation newsgroup. You don't give us enough credit. I chuckled at the pun. I did qualify it with most ;-) I knew a few would get it, but the percentage will be a lot lower than if it were posted to a general aviation group, where they'd presumably be rolling in the aisles en masse. Oh, I dunno. If a Debonair exercized a bit & slimmed down a bit, it would probably serve as a Mentor. Before we end up (s)punning in, I hereby declare a moratorium on all puns based on the names of Beech (or any other company's: I can feel someone loading up with the Tutor even as I write) a/c names. Sure, I know it's probably futile, but the effort has to be made. This is _not_ s.m.n. ;-) Guy |
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Guy Alcala writes: Peter Stickney wrote: In article , Guy Alcala writes: Ed Rasimus wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:24:59 GMT, Guy Alcala wrote: Jack wrote: Harry Andreas wrote: Yah, but was it a V-tail Bonanza? Of course, though he was a reasonably debonair sort, for a guy from Toledo. Oh, I dunno. If a Debonair exercized a bit & slimmed down a bit, it would probably serve as a Mentor. Before we end up (s)punning in, I hereby declare a moratorium on all puns based on the names of Beech (or any other company's: I can feel someone loading up with the Tutor even as I write) a/c names. Sure, I know it's probably futile, but the effort has to be made. This is _not_ s.m.n. ;-) Well, I do see your point. But now that you mention it, you did know that the nickname at Canadair and in the CanForce for the Malay CL-41 COIM variant equivalant to teh A-37 was the "Shooter Tutor" -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Ed Rasimus wrote:
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:08:57 -0400, (Peter Stickney) wrote: Well, I do see your point. But now that you mention it, you did know that the nickname at Canadair and in the CanForce for the Malay CL-41 COIM variant equivalant to teh A-37 was the "Shooter Tutor" And a two-seat A-4 with guns would be a Scooter Shooter Tutor? A pox on both your houses! ;-) Guy |
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