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B2431 wrote:
Marron, I will let you in on a little secret your father committed a crime by taking you on the flightline in a launch truck. He and his buddies committed a crime by giving you beer as a minor. He and his buddies were fools for letting an unqualified person handle their life support equipment. Dan, Taking civilians out onto an active flightline is no crime so long as they are properly supervised. Anyone with escort privilege on their line badge can do it. We take wives, girlfriends, children and friends out all the time, even post 9/11. As long as the person escorting keeps the civilians out of the way there's no problem. The crime occurs if they are left unsupervised. The flightline, squadron ops, base ops, life support etc are not playgrounds for children. Agreed, but its not an entirely bad thing for jr. to see what daddy does as long as he is kept out of everybody's way. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Michael Kelly Bone Maintainer |
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Is a tail gun necessary on a B52? No, at least in my opinion. If you ever get a bandit close enough to your jet to use a 20mm cannon, many things have gone wrong from the OCA push to the AWACS coverage. Geoffrey de Havilland just smiled, somewhere. G |
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"BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Yes, Slim Pickens was the pilot of a B-52 in "Dr. Strangelove" (or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"), I can't tell you off hand what model it was supposed to be. Its a "Chameleon" BUFF. In one scene its a G, the next an H and the next a "Tall Tale". BUFDRVR I think the whole movie was a "Tall Tale" even the tall tailed bird. Tex |
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"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Would that be the "I" model?? Or do we skip the "I" and go to "J" so no one thinks it's a "T"?? ( Huh? ) I and O are generally skipped so as not to be confused with 1 and 0. |
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"Mary Shafer" wrote in message ... On 08 Jan 2004 22:33:39 GMT, (B2431) wrote: Marron, I will let you in on a little secret your father committed a crime by taking you on the flightline in a launch truck. He and his buddies committed a crime by giving you beer as a minor. Everyone seems to think this, but it's not true. Parents can give their minor children alcohol legally. Maybe not everywhere in the US, but in a fairly large part of it. In California it is legal for a parent to give alcohol to their minor children. I consider it to be a good idea, as children of non-drinking parents are statistically the most likely to be victims of alcohol poisoning in college. |
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"Mary Shafer" wrote in message ... On 09 Jan 2004 02:48:34 GMT, (B2431) wrote: From: Mary Shafer Date: 1/8/2004 7:13 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: On 08 Jan 2004 22:33:39 GMT, (B2431) wrote: Marron, I will let you in on a little secret your father committed a crime by taking you on the flightline in a launch truck. He and his buddies committed a crime by giving you beer as a minor. Everyone seems to think this, but it's not true. Parents can give their minor children alcohol legally. Maybe not everywhere in the US, but in a fairly large part of it. True, but only at home. Nope. In most states, it's in "a non-public place". In some, it's anywhere. In a few, it's only in a home, whose home not specified. Granted, there are a couple of states where it's a relative's home, but even that is more places than just "at home", implying the kid's and parent's home. It is legal for parents to give children wine in public places in California, but it is seldom practiced outside of very pricey resturants. I was not only drinking on Chanute at 17, but also in town in Texas and Illinois both. Most places will serve minors, if they are not too squirreley. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Would that be the "I" model?? Or do we skip the "I" and go to "J" so no one thinks it's a "T"?? ( Huh? ) I and O are generally skipped so as not to be confused with 1 and 0. Yup, same with pre and post war Schwinn bikes. So we'll call the "Chameleon" BUFF a "J" model! Ha! |
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"B2431" wrote in message ... From: "John Keeney" Date: 1/9/2004 12:57 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: "Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Is a tail gun necessary on a B52? Has one ever been used as a defensive measure in recent times? The USAF's answer is obviously "no" since they have removed. To the best I know the last time it was used in anger was over Vietnam. Also, refresh my memory, it was a B52 that Slim Pickens was dropped from in the movie ( as per BUFDRVR's signature )?? Yes, Slim Pickens was the pilot of a B-52 in "Dr. Strangelove" (or "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"), I can't tell you off hand what model it was supposed to be. It's been a long time since I saw the flick. Me too. I may have a copy, perhaps I'll watch it this weekend... All I remember is it was a tall tail. That's my impression, but I haven't seen it for a long time now and it was at best a plastic model (was there a real take-off scene?) Good flick. Indeed. A cult classic with the bomber crews back in the days of SAC. I wonder if the maker of that "antiwar film" found it at all ironic? A friend who was a BUFF BN tells me they were forbidden to watch it when it first came out, so they all made a point of seeing it in town. |
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