"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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Another classic contradiction that smacks of hypocricy is the guy
who trots out his qualifications in his .sig in each one of his posts
then turns around in the same breath and writes, "I don't know what
the hell your pilot quals are and I frankly don't give a flying f**k."
That, after he just told me to "grow up!" Mind boggling stuff.

Please allow me to educate you on something if I may. The signature file I
use
"Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/CFI Retired
For personal e-mail, use
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt
(replacezwithe)"
is in no way even beginning to touch on my "qualifications". It's used for a
specific reason and in no way is meant to "impress". The IFPF tag is simply
there for those who happen on the group and might remember our association
and wish to write to me for updates and/or current information on something
I can provide. The "pilot" tags are a simple expression of general
background only.
I seldom engage in "can you top this" dialog with posters on Usenet, as you
can see from this post, where I'm not even close to stating for you a resume
of my "accomplishments" :-))
As I said to you before, no one really cares about these things. Your
experience will show to one and all in the quality and accuracy of your
information. Although being normal, I have succumbed on occasion to taking
on people like yourself, in this case I don't care to do that. It just isn't
that important to me that you be "impressed" :-))
I answered your post to Stephen because you were out of line on several
counts. You're out of line with me as well, but that's your choice. I'm a
big boy and will survive the encounter I'm sure. :-)
If I might make a respectful suggestion to you Mike; there's no need for you
to take the attitude you have with some of us on this forum. In the end you
will gain little if nothing from taking us on. We've all seen it many times
before. Most of us know each other, and have known each other for years.
Many of us have thousands of hours flying all sorts of airplanes. Some are
historians; some are just people interested in military aviation. From time
to time we'll get into our "qualifications" but for the majority of us it's
just friendly competition. We all know from years of reading what each of us
has written who is "qualified" at what. Believe me it's no secret out here
who the people are who are "qualified" and who are not.
You seem to like the Ultralights. That's fine. They require a great deal of
expertise to handle safely and properly. We all know that. We don't need you
to tell us this, or compare what we do against what you do. Instead of
taking us on, why don't you just join in with us; accept the fact that most
of us here know what the hell we're talking about, and instead of taking us
on with all this vitriolic rhetoric, just engage us in a more friendly
manner.
Take Steven for example. He flies a 65 horse Aeronca Champ. His knowledge
however far exceeds the "difficulty" factor for the tiny airplane he flies.
He knows a lot about a lot of things and has been posting here for many
years. He's blunt sometimes, but not in any way worthy of the blistering
crap you were throwing his way. The bottom line is this. You have on this
group a real assorted bunch of extremely talented and knowledgeable people.
If you intend to hang around here for any length of time, you might want to
rethink your approach a bit.
I'll let it go at this and instead of listing for you the four pages of my
"qualifications", I'll hope instead that you reconsider where you want to go
with this group and perhaps give it another try in a different direction.
All the best,
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/CFI Retired
For personal e-mail, use
dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt
(replacezwithe)