Dan Wilson

Don Its true (or at least it was) that they were getting Air Medals, lots of bitching happened and the pilots in question ended up with aerial achievement medals but I wouldn't doubt that they went back up to air medals for these klowns, its a really pathetic world we live in today - so sad. Watched one crash on landing in Pakistan back in 02, asked the guys if we should run over to the booth and pull the "pilot" out and light him on fire Hey there GreatDesires, outstanding on getting your wings, congrats and welcome to the club

Strangely enough, I belong to the GOA :)

Tiny, there is no requirement to plaster but I want to do it for the "original" feel and look. I am not going to put the lath back up though, I will either put up drywall or plywood and have plaster put over that. hell of a lot easier than re-nailing sixty two lebbinty billion bits of lath back on. Have to shovel out another half ton or so of plaster that just got pulled down, back the truck up to the window and start shoveling it all out the window followed closely by some percocet and morphine :)

E3A's, you know - AWACS, GAYWACs or Helen Keller, those planes

Thank you for the clarification.

I didnt know there were two camp Perry's, when I see that name I think of Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio, where the national rifle matches are held. Sounds like this is the super secret Camp Perry

Looks like 1531 has that new super high flow air conditioning mod LOL

The rocking chair is fully FMC and is a daily flyer Just need to get another one, the wife is pretty competitive on snagging the chair and leaving me standing LOL

Hi Col, soda washing wont be a factor as I am just taking it all down to bare wood, dont take much as most of the exterior paint has already flaked off. I have to pull all the clapboards off to wrap the house. There is nothing between the sheathing and the clapboards so will need to pull it down and put some tyvek sheeting in. The center of the molding under the window was simply lathe and plaster. After it gets re-plastered (the only part I am have to farm out to hired help) I might consider adding something in there besides plain plaster, painted ornamentation or some wood thingymabobs or whatnots.

We're living in our 39ft 5th wheel trailer until we get at least a functioning bathroom up and going a the parlor ready to move into for a bedroom. Only real bummer is the ol lady is afraid to be over here after dark by herself, we have a couple pretty damn active ghosts stirred up. Yep, that plaster dust is a PITA but at least I dont give a damn about the lead paint, what dont kill you ........ LOL

I know the one they pulled out of the lake was a C model and still had its belly turret, which made it the only surviving B-25 belly turret

Pisser is that I cant ride anymore, next to losing my FE seat that was the thing that really really hurt. Especially with some of the gorgeous days here in NW Indiana right now, no humidity, temps in the low 70's --- ouch. (for some reason, chronic vertigo causes problems with riding a sled - go figure)

Glad they are putting more in their outstanding air-park, the T-1 has so much of the AFSOC/23rd AF/earlier history, it was a needed acquisition. (hopefully they save a little space for a pappa when the day comes)

LOL Boy I sure must have participated in that exercise at least 50 or 60 times in my career

Well in the last week I have finally got to level out my front porch, and now getting to disassemble all the fancy woodwork for striping and cleaning, and between that I get to shovel out the piles of plaster in my parlor. I am loving this but its really kicking my butt, boy I am really loving those narcotics right now:cool:

Wow, some shrink would end up with lots to say about those, personally it makes me feel a little queezy just thinking about those!! These people have no concept of correct, they should be forcing someone else to suck on it (the freezer pop that is), not sucking on it themselves LOL

Hey folks I'm back online, been busy living the fred flintstone lifestyle for the last couple of months but finally have electricity, the well is pumping and now phone and internet - life is good. I probably wont be spending too much time on the internet for the next couple of weeks as trying to get as much done as I can before the snow flies but loving every minute of it My email is going to be on my server, you can get me at [email protected] too bad I am going to have to live with DSL, I am sure going to miss that cable internet. Dan

Hey guys, Engineers going off headset for awhile. Will be off the net for a month or so while I move to the new house and set up electrical and get the power company to hook me up. Then I will have to wait for the cable guys to hook me back up on the net, so it may take awhile for all this to happen. Computer is getting pulled down later today so I'll say "see ya" for the next month or so. Dan

Which performance calculation?

Ahh the ol AlYamamma Hotel. Have some pretty funny memory's of that place LOL Dont miss the Camel burgers at all though, ate the hell out of the grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate moose.

Best CHOW HALL would have to be Goose Bay!! Next best would be almost any Navy Galley - mmmmm good food:D Oh and Temptation Island (Masirah) would almost certainly be up towards the top of the list for sure. Still have my original P-38 on my key chain, that thing has been poking holes in my leg for over three decades.

Damn Wayne, you really must have issues! In no way did my post criticize your systems knowledge, hell I dont even know who you are so how could I judge your experience or knowledge? As for Stan Eval, hell I got fired from that job three times even before I was even certified, seems the commanders didn't care for some of my answers, so you see some others of us were a pain in the zero's butt as well:rolleyes: Seems I am chronically "Politically Challanged"

A guy traveling through Mexico on vacation lost his wallet and all of his identification. Cutting his trip short, he attempted to make his way home but was stopped by the U.S. Customs Agent at the border. "May I see your identification, please?" asked the agent. "I'm sorry, but I lost my wallet," replied the guy.. "Sure buddy, I hear that every day. No ID, no entry," said the agent. "But I can prove I'm an American!" he exclaimed. "I have a picture of Ronald Reagan tattooed on one side of my butt and George Bush on the other." "This I gotta see," replied the agent. With that, the guy dropped his pants and showed the agent his behind. "By golly, you're right!" exclaimed the agent. "Have a safe trip back to Chicago ." "Thanks!" he said. "But how did you know I was from Chicago ?" The agent replied, "I recognized Obama in the the middle."

Well the answer I would always give my students when they said what your saying it this: As an FE the more you know about your systems the better your qualified to determine what you can safely fly with and what you need to have fixed before you fly. (The word "safe" is relative though, sometimes safety just has to take back seat to the mission.)

Wow that's a number I haven't thought about in years, it seems we used either 100 or 200 PPH for the goat in planning.