[Roadsters] OT: vintage pics for aircraft buffs

[Bubba]

My dad had a cousin in the USAF.  Although they knew of each other,it wasn't 
until about 8 years ago that my dad finally tracked him down.  They spoke on 
the phone, and e-mailed regularly, and in 2003, my parents were invited to 
visit, and drove down from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Oregon, where cousin George 
lived.  George reminisced about his career, (WWII 2.5 kills, and Korea 8 
kills included) and brought out all his log books.  If I recall, George had 
some 25,000 + hours flying in over 225 different aircraft.

At one point George went on an exchange with the US Navy, flying off a 
Carrier, and apparently ticked off the Navy pilots, by having over 200 
landings over 6 or so months, and catching the 3rd wire on every one of 
them.  A replica of his F86 Sabre is on a pedestal at the US Air Base in 
Spain, where he was Squadron Commander at one time.  Lack of a University 
degree kept him out of the Space Program.

Long story short, I love to see the F86's.  The attached link takes you to a 
pic of his plane, where the drawing shows all 8 kills, and the photo at the 
bottom was taken when he had 4.  The 3 yellow stripes in front of the 
cockpit designated him as the Squadron Commander.  George is still with us 
and is in his late 80's.

Bob Winslade
1966-1600 Missy
1967-1600 Bender


http://www.humboldt1.com/~outcast26/KoreaEraWar.htm
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From: "O'Farrell, Fergus" <Fergus.OFarrell at ngc.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:31 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] OT: vintage pics for aircraft buffs


> Pics from local (Chino, CA) vintage airshow, 5/17/2008.
> http://www.vg-photo.com/airshow/chino2008/kcno2008.html
> Enjoy!
> Fergus O
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