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And before acting, he had enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 17 and was trained as an aerial gunner, but was too young by the end of WWII to have deployed overseas.

I understand this has been around for a while (couldn't find anything on the search), but just saw the commercial on TV for the first time tonight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ud4_p-AMM

I understand (second hand info, for what it's worth) that the aircraft went into a flooded wash area and that they are having to drain the water from the area before they can access a good portion of the wreckage.

(Edit to add AP article - MK)

Not sure of the "technical term" but it seems to me that someone needs a couple of 2AM B-1 'speed runs' to recalibrate their hearing... In my book, these are all real estate pluses to me. I'm about 20 mi north of Bragg/Pope and I've got a seven year old that runs out of the house at any hour of the day or night to watch when the Herc's roar by...

You know they're headed for Walmart.

I agree Steve, the Bulldog crash isn't a good example for "ranking the importance of individual regulations". It was probably a 'learning opportunity' that I'd bet he'd have rather not gone through, though. (...although given his reputation I don't think I'd have asked him about it...) I was more thinking about his pushing against the regulations that would let him fly. While it was only approved because of the war, in the end, you've got to admit, it worked out pretty well and in some cases opened the door for others to follow, WWII and beyond. Sorry to take this off topic, I'm done now.

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools." - Douglas Bader ___________________________ Sir Douglas Bader was a WWII Royal Air Force Group Commander who decided to fight the rules that active pilots must have legs - he'd lost his in a pre-war flying accident. The RAF, citing their standing regulations fought hard to keep him from the cockpit. In the end, it worked out well for him, and the RAF, as he ended with over 20 kills flying Hurricanes and Spitfires before becoming a POW and escaping his captors several times. With his leadership, the 'Big Wing' tactics changed the air war in Europe and may well have affected the future of the conflict. He was honored by leading the victory flypast over London at VE Day. Imagine if he'd decided it wasn't worth it to fight something so insignificant as wearing sunglasses on your head. If you hammer the mission win above all, the amount of pride that can develop in a unit, if you play it right, will more than take care of the shoeshines, haircuts and patches. Build morale by kicking ass in the Mission and the small stuff will take care of itself, rather than kicking ass with the queep and hoping that will help the Mission.

...and from the looks of it the same engine as a '67 VW Bug...

Why on Earth wasn't I informed there there was even an opening for this position, I could have gotten a resume right out. Bet it pays well for the amount of work required. For that matter, who'd have thought that there was a UN Office for Outer Space Affairs? Imagine walking into that office each morning...

Putin' on the Ritz... I have to admit, I'm really surprised it's that high. Back in the early-90's my sister was going to school at Syracuse. She told me that her professor was doing a discussion and screening of a movie on a Friday night and asked if I'd ever heard of it - Dr. Strangelove. I told her all about the movie and she invited me up - as long as I didn't ask any questions. Great movie, as everyone knows, but before and after the professor, who claimed to everyone to be 'an expert' on Cold War delivery systems (or something like that), gave a quite lecture on the aircraft of the Cold War and the background of what all the oblivious students were seeing in the movie. In overall concepts he was on the right page, and he sure puffed himself up to impress everyone, but on the details he was all over the place. It was all I could do to not yell out corrections to his facts every other sentence and call him an asshat in front of his students - but I understand that professors don't care for that sort of thing. Well, that story went on too long, must be the beer. By the way, the civil version of the Lancaster was the Avro Lancastrian, originally developed from a Canadian Car and Foundry-built late war Lancaster Mk.X.

Large difference between US / North American and overseas shows. While Europe had tightened up on their regulations, especially after the 1988 Frecce Tricolori crash at Ramstein, you will still see things at shows there that wouldn't be permitted here. Other places in the world, it's the wild west - anything goes - with results like the 2002 Su-27 crash at Lviv in Ukraine. PS - in before the lock.

From the ACC, Navy, and Canadian Tac Demo pilots I know, it seems to be much like the Thunderbirds / Blue Angels. Incredibly scripted shows that are highly practiced without any margin for 'pushing it up' at any show more than others. We lost Maj. Brison "Moose" Phillips, of the Shaw based Viper East, at NAS Kingsville, Texas, 19 Mar 2000. That same year in June, Lt. Bill Dey and Lt. David Bergstrom of the F-14 Tomcat Demo Team were lost at NAS Willow Grove.

Worst part is if we and a bunch of Patriot Guard riders were to say, protest at the Westboro Baptist Church, the same judge would probably find against us for disrupting their rights. WTF.

While this post is next to worthless without pictures, I think a couple of avatars here come pretty close.

From the article, with a quick edit for accuracy:

Bring these in and let everyone know that this what you've got in mind... 614th TFS Lucky Devils Phan Rang AB, Vietnam 1967 Here's a better shot of the squadron artwork, seen at their '06 Reunion. Since the Air Force likes to think that "heritage" is important to them, it shouldn't be difficult to press through...

Here's a quote from PADI, the '06-07 East Coast Hornet Demo pilot, from over at ASB.tv: The Canadians years in the past not only did the high alpha pass, but 'walked' the aircraft in a 360 degree circle around the field. I believe they only made that pass for a year or two before it was removed - at least from what I remember, over safety concerns.

I understand that Booser is now out of the hospital and in good shape. Here's some better video: http://www.leaderpost.com/news/crashes+Alberta+airport/3315220/story.html

After living pretty comfortably here in the US on Russia's dime for the last decade or two, what sort of 'pension' do you think outed spies get back in the Motherland? Somehow I'm not seeing a nice cushy job with lots of foreign travel...

I only had an opportunity to see two 'live' SR's. One as a twelve-year old at the Andrews airshow in 1980 (61-7964) where I had my shoes soaked in JP-8, and the second when we had one IFE into MacDill in the late 80's (61-7979). That one I ended up standing up on the bird during the preflight, and next to the marshaller as it left chocks. I'll never forget the noise as the pilot put the coals to it at the end of the runway - or the burner flames as he lit, and departed, after making a pass down the flightline...

Pretty sad, when I touched down in Doha back in Sept of '90 I was given an in-brief by the First Shirt that probably lasted three minutes and I thought MORE than covered everything that was important. If you treat people like adults, they might just surprise you, and act like them...