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Sam Byrams wrote:
Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded American would, i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums, some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? If you've got the attitude you can get the altitude. Thousands have. But remember not to exceed 50,000' without a pressure suit. Thousands have. Ooops, I wasn't supposed to say that. -- Jack "Cave ab homine unius libri" |
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Subject: Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam
From: ojunk (Steve Mellenthin) Date: 7/16/2004 2:30 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: What glory???? The stuff you glamorize in your writings. Maybe that isn't your intent but your writing style sometimes says otherwise. I never glamorised anyything. You just read glamour into it where in fact there was none. The glamour is here on the ground with you. Not in the air with me. 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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Subject: Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam
From: (B2431) Date: 7/16/2004 2:18 PM Pacific Standard Time How would you as a veteran feel if Bob Dole started saying all WW2 vets were either war criminals or did nothing to stope war crimes? Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Dole has that right under the 1st. amendment. I am secure and comfortable with my experiences no matter what anyone says. But millions of Americans agreed with Kerry, were against the war and still are to this day. Kerry was not alone in his thoughts or statements. And for someone who has been stabbed in the back you seem in very good health. 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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In article , Sam
Byrams wrote: Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded American would,i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums,some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? You can take lessons in an L-39. It will cost some bucks, but you don't have to hit the powerball to do it. -john- -- ================================================== ================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ================== |
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Okay, just supposing I hit the Powerball and do what any red-blooded
American would,i.e. kiss up to Chuckie and cut him a three million dollar check. I'm not sure who Chuckie is, but there are a few civilian owned T-38s. I'm not sure how much you would have to throw down to pry it away from the current owners though? Additionaly, you better hit the lottery for much more than the cost of the Talon because its going to cost quite a bit to fly and maintain it. What do I have to do to get checked out in this beast? To fly it VFR all you need is a multi-engine (centerline thrust) rating....I think? Can the average guy with the FAA required minimums,some decent aerobatic experience (not competition) and a willingness to pay attention handle this airplane? I'd get lessons from Ed or some other former IP. While I found the aircraft easy to fly, it could kill you if you don't have "UPT quality" training, particularly in the landing phase. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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Lately the Feds are really frowning on the T-38.......dunno why, as they are
not bothering the Mig-21 crowd too much. Something to do with ex-US military possibly. VL |
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"Steven P. McNicoll" ) writes:
"Bill Shatzer" wrote in message ... Assumed but not proven. In any case irrelevant if the folks -thought- they were in a battle. Kerry's crew said there was no enemy fire, so the folks didn't think they were in a battle. No, that's not correct at all. His former commander (one echelon removed) now claims that's what they said. The crew currently claim no such thing. With one exception, -everyone- who served under Kerry on the Swift boats speaks most highly of him and NONE claim it was anything but a battle. Or, at least an assumed battle. You think those folks in the Bradley who got zapped by a blue on blue Maverick didn't get PHs? There was no -real- battle, they were just motoring along when the A-10 mistook them for a T-72 or whatever. The A-10 driver -thought- it was a battle. Irrelevant. Quite relevant. "Purported" experience. The things have to cover a minimum distance before they arm themselves and that distance is sufficient to place the shooter outside of the blast/shrapnel radius. I recall one story from the vietnam conflict where an army surgeon got written up for removing an unexploded M-79 round from an ARVN trooper. -He- got shot by friendly fire but the round hadn't traveled far enough to arm itself. Based on the best information, Kerry was not entitled to that award. Based on the best information, there is no way he could put shrapnel into himself from his own M-79 round. The damn things just don't work that way. Based upon the best information, he was fully entitled to his Purple Heart. -- "Cave ab homine unius libri" |
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