Posted on 08/20/2007 9:19:52 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
?? I wasn’t calling anyone anything, I was just picking up on the comment about learning to drive on the right side of the road. As the tongue-in-cheek comment in the article said, if our Aussie friends can learn to drive on the right then I’m sure we can find many other ways to work together!! I have the utmost respect for anyone able and willing to learn to land on a carrier. I’m all for offering such training to our best allies so long as it doesn’t take away anything from our own training and operations.
fwiw, my uncle flew A-1s and A-4s over 20 years in the USN. I have loved his stories and photos for as long as I can remember.
Didn't think you were.
I was just decoding "Kato's" comment about sending the Aussies to the boat. I've known Kato for about 8 years. He was on staff at Top Gun when I went through the class. Great dude.
This whole article looks like an Aussie newspaper taking a few traps as a sign that the Australian military as getting back in the carrier business.
OH, sorry, my bad.... I thought you took my flippancy as an insult to Aussie pilots or something...... just ignore me. :^)
No. I love Aussie pilots, especially since they can get the embassy to ship them cases of Victoria Bitter. :)
I remember the Melbourne being in Hong Kong for RR at the same time our ship was there. Great bunch of mates.
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