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To: wjcsux
Also his unit and the aircraft they were flying was going bye bye. That's always an easy time to say can I go home now? The age of the birds he was flying took GUTS to strap on. A carrier landing takes guts in any fixed wing, heck rotary wing too look how many accidents we recently had in helicopters. I love this!! W is a great man and the dims are making him greater. He's becoming a Legend.
34 posted on 05/12/2003 9:34:13 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Smokers are people too, most are good people. But Will Rogers never met me.)
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To: Flurry
The age of the birds he was flying took GUTS to strap on.
I believe the TX ANG was flying F-102's and F-105's at that time. The F-102 was built in the mid 50's and the F-105 was built in the late 50's. I think W flew the 102's. This wasn't an easy bird to fly, even when it was new. It was a fast airplane that was very unforgiving to incompetent pilots.
44 posted on 05/12/2003 9:46:40 AM PDT by wjcsux
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