The Most Beautiful Thing Ever

Autocollimator wrote:
Subject: The Most Beautiful Thing Ever
From: George Shirley
Date: 10/26/03 5:59 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Trump! My first child, born 12/28/1961.

George

Gordon wrote:

Porsche 550 Spyder with Halle Berry in the passenger seat, dressed
for the Oscars.

Beat that.


G



That is easy to beat. A Stinson stretcher bearer plane taking a
badly wounded aircrew member who can't be treated at the small
hospital on our airbase to a large hospital in London for care. Just
watch the Stinson lift off with one of your aircrew in the stretcher,
clear the pattern and head for London to save the life of one of our
own. That is true beauty.

Which part was beautiful assuming the correct use of the word, as in
visually only and not 'heart-warming' ?

Richard.

4 sets of identical twins, 2 gallons of Cool Whip, 5 quarts of
chocolate syrup, 2-1/4 pounds of strawberries, satin sheets, a
magnum of champagne, a trapeze, and a python.
--
--Matthew Saroff
Rules to live by:
1) To thine own self be true
2) Don't let your mouth write no checks that your butt can't cash
3) Interference in the time stream is forbidden, do not meddle in causality
Check http://www.pobox.com/~msaroff, including The Bad Hair Web Page

Mike Wrote;
Nothing beats a military jet fighter and it really doesn't matter
which type because they're all extremely beautiful machines.

Not taking anything away from the jets, but from a beauty standpoint, nothing
today can come close to the British Spitfire or the P-51D, and while I've only
seen one in my life, I'd have to put old Art's Marauder in my top 5.

Jim
SAC Cop
78-88

Subject: The Most Beautiful Thing Ever
From: (JSH5176)
Date: 10/27/03 7:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
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Mike Wrote;
Nothing beats a military jet fighter and it really doesn't matter
which type because they're all extremely beautiful machines.

Not taking anything away from the jets, but from a beauty standpoint,
nothing
today can come close to the British Spitfire or the P-51D, and while I've
only
seen one in my life, I'd have to put old Art's Marauder in my top 5.

Jim
SAC Cop
78-88


Thank you Jim. To me there is nothing as beautiful as a Marauder, except a
squadron of Marauders all tucked in in tight formation heading east into the
rising sun over Germany.. (sigh)



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

362436 (Ron) wrote:

I wonder if we have flown for the same outfit. They used to do a lot of 206
flights around the reservation there. I have done some 206 flights into
Chinle...

I have done air med flights into Chinle too, not one of my favorite locations,
but they do have a paved runway now though. Taking a 414 into Zuni at night,
now thats interesting.

Does the name Lee "Ya-taa-hey" Rhodes ring a bell?

Matthew G. Saroff wrote:

4 sets of identical twins, 2 gallons of Cool Whip, 5 quarts of
chocolate syrup, 2-1/4 pounds of strawberries, satin sheets, a
magnum of champagne, a trapeze, and a python.

....and don't forget the bicycle tire pump...(don't ask and I
won't ask about your python)...
--

-Gord.

(JSH5176) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Nothing beats a military jet fighter and it really doesn't matter
which type because they're all extremely beautiful machines.

Not taking anything away from the jets, but from a beauty standpoint, nothing
today can come close to the British Spitfire or the P-51D, and while I've only
seen one in my life, I'd have to put old Art's Marauder in my top 5.

Agree on the Spit and the Mustang part. I've seen the Marauder
at Kermit Weeks place and if nothing else, it sure puts the B-25 in
its place in the "beauty dept." The Brits did an elegant job designing
my stylish, swept-wing trike. Looks like a dolphin with wings and
in the right hands, in the air they're agile, quick, graceful, and
entertaining to watch like dolphins are.

I have done air med flights into Chinle too, not one of my favorite
locations,
but they do have a paved runway now though. Taking a 414 into Zuni at
night,
now thats interesting.

Does the name Lee "Ya-taa-hey" Rhodes ring a bell?



Why yes it does...except for the middle name. But the rest of it, is extremely
familar.


Ron
Pilot/Wildland Firefighter