On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:46:15 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:04:28 -0700, Ed Rasimus
wrote:

During that entire time,
you are on full time active duty and every time you kick the tires and
light the fire in a single-engine, single-seat Century Series jet, it
can kill you--all by itself without help from an enemy.

Nicely said. May I quote it?

Absolutely! It's one of my favorite memories of a life well lived.
Walking away from the "big iron", turning back at the beast and
thinking, "she coulda killed me." It's a damn good feeling.



Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8