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The deuce was a relatively easy airplane to fly as almost all military
planes are. I think it's funny that a guy who shoots touch-and-go's in variable wind in a Champ---or someone who does aerobatics in a 220 Stearman---or flies cancelled checks in a Beech 18--or used to fly a Newport in The Great War would think he is a lesser pilot than a military jet fighter pilot. I crawled into a Mach 2 fighter with around 250 hours flying time. Hell, I wouldn't loan my glider to a guy with 250 hours. When I owned a cropdusting company, I wouldn't hire a pilot who hadn't crashed a plane or been cited for drift damage yet. The missions are tougher and the outcome is often more grisly and the demands to think fast are higher but as far as stick and rudder?...no. An F-102 might be a better airplane than your Discus but that has no bearing on the ability of the pilot. "Vorsanger1" wrote in message ... The original message was that "he was not much of a pilot". The original questions remain: how does the poster know, what are the sources ? As far as I am concerned, anyone, and I mean anyone, who qualifies to fly an F-102 is more of a pilot than I am. Cheers, Charles |
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Duane Eisenbeiss wrote:
"Shawn Curry" wrote in message news:_VSYb.341035$I06.3556802@attbi_s01... Jack wrote: On 2/18/04 4:26 PM, in article eERYb.72935$uV3.528251@attbi_s51, "Shawn Curry" wrote: ................ but its not very American to vote for the dead (despite history). Cheers, Shawn You are not from Chicago are you. Hehehehe No. |
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Vorsanger1 wrote:
The original message was that "he was not much of a pilot". The original questions remain: how does the poster know, what are the sources ? As far as I am concerned, anyone, and I mean anyone, who qualifies to fly an F-102 is more of a pilot than I am. Cheers, Charles A "fighter pilot" is someone who begs for more F-102 time, not someone who decides to bring his flying career to an early end. Saying that Bush was a "fighter pilot" is like saying that you are a "soaring pilot" if you have your license but would rather do anything than fly gliders. .. |
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writes:
You believe what you read in Mother Jones? Never! Rush told me not to. |
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"Steve Bralla" wrote in message ... writes: You believe what you read in Mother Jones? Never! Rush told me not to. And to jail all those drug addicts that use oxycontin too eh?! |
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Stewart Kissel wrote:
Let's remember this is not an USA only discussion group, Aren't the rest of us granted the right to vote in the US presidential election soon anyway? I mean, since the USA seems to control so much of what's going on in the world, it's only fair that we have a say in how you are governing yourselves and us ;-) But seriously: I think you should vote for a president who actually knows what war is and has experienced one. He would be less likely to involve your country in another one. Christian 8-) |
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C,mon guys! This is an international newsgroup about
gliding. Unless we're going to run KS for President, let's drop this thread. At 04:12 19 February 2004, Kilo Charlie wrote: 'Steve Bralla' wrote in message ... writes: You believe what you read in Mother Jones? Never! Rush told me not to. And to jail all those drug addicts that use oxycontin too eh?! |
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