GWB's piloting fun....

(Charles Samardza) wrote in message . com...
By the standard your setting down in your first paragraph I guess the
SAC pilots sitting on their wheels around the world weren't serving
either.


When was SAC,MAC or TAC service ever a political appointment?

The funny thing about military outsourcing is it is the only case I
know of where the outsourcing costs more than the in-house employees.
However, having the contractors do the beating and killing of
prisoners does give the US cover.

(CallsignZippo) wrote in message . com...
To bad George did not have the same fun dancing over downtown
Hanoi.Oops I forgot he was having fun defending the US of A from an
air attack from the Mexican Air Force. Well, I guess that's another
yarn for another day.

Well, I don't know about anyone else but I am sure as hell glad all
major combat operations are over in Iraq, I was worried we were going
to get in a real shooting war for a while.

More boots on the ole proverbial ground, hell we don;t need them, we
just have to hire some more private contractors, and the dead enders
and thugs will be gone in no time.

Lastly, after 911 the primary theatre of operations should have been
Afghanistan and the outlaw regions of Pakistan, not Iraq. Bin Laden
and his band of murders never (until recently) had a foothold in Iraq,
but they sure as hell, have one today, not only in Afghanistan but
Iraq as well.

How in the hell, do you invade and occupy the WRONG country.

In article ,
(CallsignZippo) wrote:

(Charles Samardza) wrote in message
. com...
By the standard your setting down in your first paragraph I guess the
SAC pilots sitting on their wheels around the world weren't serving
either.


When was SAC,MAC or TAC service ever a political appointment?

Who was appointed ?

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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"CallsignZippo" wrote in message
om...
To bad George did not have the same fun dancing over downtown
Hanoi.Oops I forgot he was having fun defending the US of A from an
air attack from the Mexican Air Force. Well, I guess that's another
yarn for another day.



How in the hell, do you invade and occupy the WRONG country.

It ain't easy!! (^-^)))

And it ain't the first time, either!

On 5/6/04 7:56 AM, in article , "nafod40"
wrote:

Aerophotos wrote:
I wonder....did the Hoover keep on plummeting to the glossy blue or did
the "real" qualified Hoover driver wrestle the controls from Dubya who
didnt know left from right and climb from dive?..

I wonder about your wondering. Are you really that big of a left wing
stooge? Flying is so easy even you could do it.

What is a unqualified naval pilot such as Bush doing anyway at the
control of a naval aircraft ...furthermore... he isnt even qualified
on..... that is a question one needs to ask.

Every day thousands of unqualified naval aviators take the controls of
airplanes, and even fly them solo. Go take a trip to Pensacola and watch
them fly over you all day long. It ain't that hard. He's a jet pilot. Do
your research.


They're either "unqualified naval aviators" or STUDENT naval aviators. It's
all schematics.

--Woody

On 5/6/04 8:47 AM, in article ,
"Ed Rasimus" wrote:

On Thu, 06 May 2004 10:32:46 +1000, Aerophotos
wrote:

I wonder....did the Hoover keep on plummeting to the glossy blue or did
the "real" qualified Hoover driver wrestle the controls from Dubya who
didnt know left from right and climb from dive?..

What is a unqualified naval pilot such as Bush doing anyway at the
control of a naval aircraft ...furthermore... he isnt even qualified
on..... that is a question one needs to ask.


Have you overlooked the fact that George W. Bush is a rated USAF
pilot, graduate of USAF undergraduate pilot training and then
qualified in a single-seat, single-engine operational jet?

Setting any AF pilot in the right seat of a modern aircraft and giving
him/her control is no great stretch. Fiddling around and toying with
the IP is the most likely thing a fighter pilot will do, and is even
more likely when you've gone cross-service and the other guy is
quaking in his boots at the responsibility he's been given.

And, your aviation qualification?????


Well put, Ed. Frankly, I'll bet the maneuver did a lot to ease the tension
of that poor O-4 in the left seat. Might've even been the thing that turned
what looked like a sure bolter to that 4-on-the-fly pass.

Man, was I surprised when they trapped!

--Woody

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:

George Z. Bush wrote:

Just for the sake of accuracy, let's just concede that he WAS a
qualif............etc. instead of is. Spoken from experience, I guarantee
that you can get pretty damned rusty after 30+ years out of the saddle.

I seem to recall a flight down to the Bahamas where I let an old USAF type


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Anybody we know?



handle the controls for the first time in 20 years or more. Within just a
couple of minutes he was holding heading within 5 degrees and altitude within 50
feet. I will admit the resulting landing required getting the landing gear
serviced.

But straight and level flying? Must be like riding the proverbial bike...

--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN


http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

Bob McKellar

Bob McKellar wrote:
I seem to recall a flight down to the Bahamas where I let an old USAF type


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Anybody we know?


'Twould be ungentlemanly of me to elaborate.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN


http://www.mortimerschnerd.com