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41 posted on 08/21/2009 6:51:07 AM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)

That wasn’t you on the wing was it? :P

42 posted on 08/21/2009 6:51:32 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

43 posted on 08/21/2009 6:51:42 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)

Looks like tech help is needed

44 posted on 08/21/2009 6:51:57 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)

I served 20 years in the Navy, 10 of them on board aircraft carriers. One day, while watching aircraft recovery (also known as landing or controlled crash) from “vulture’s row” on the side of the island I observed an officer in a flight suit who was also watching. He was white as a sheet and visibly shaking. Upon closer examination I saw that his flight suit said “U.S. Air Force.”

The USAF song says “Nothing can stop the US Air Force.” Nothing, that is, except the thought of a carrier arrested landing. 150 knots to 0 in 500 feet and three seconds.

Navy pilots are the best.

45 posted on 08/21/2009 6:52:12 AM PDT by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)

Is that a new paint job on AF1?

46 posted on 08/21/2009 6:53:36 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)

To: fredhead; Taxman

You betcha!

Pinging the bestest of all the tailhookers!

47 posted on 08/21/2009 6:55:18 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)

48 posted on 08/21/2009 6:57:23 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

Sure you could carry a handgun, but that's just for threats in the cabin. What about those on the tarmac, in the reeds running along the edges of runways, small single engined planes, etc...

49 posted on 08/21/2009 6:58:15 AM PDT by Sax

50 posted on 08/21/2009 6:59:34 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

51 posted on 08/21/2009 7:00:15 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)

52 posted on 08/21/2009 7:01:03 AM PDT by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)

53 posted on 08/21/2009 7:04:36 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

To: Lucky9teen; reagan_fanatic; a real Sheila; 50mm; Lizavetta; Roscoe Karns; edzo4; Netizen; ...

54 posted on 08/21/2009 7:04:43 AM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)

Little Johnny Meets Obama

Little Johnny is at it again...
President Obama was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.

The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion on the word ‘tragedy’?

So our illustrious president asked the class for an example of a ‘tragedy’.

One little boy stood up and offered:

‘If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a tragedy?’

‘No,’ said Obama, ‘that would be an accident.’

A little girl raised her hand: ‘If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff,
killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.’ ‘I’m afraid not,’ explained Obama. ‘That’s what we would call great loss.’ The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Obama searched the
room. ‘Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?’ \
Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens that would be a
tragedy.’

‘Fantastic!’ exclaimed Obama. ‘That’s right. And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?’

‘Well,’ says the boy, ‘It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss... and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.

55 posted on 08/21/2009 7:10:37 AM PDT by highnoon (Congressional Democrats - the TRUE domestic terrorists.)

That picture is a hoot!

Happy Friday everyone!

56 posted on 08/21/2009 7:12:04 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Welcome to the Revolution.)

57 posted on 08/21/2009 7:13:10 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

58 posted on 08/21/2009 7:14:13 AM PDT by Califreak (If it's Astroturf, why are you trying to mow it?(sign seen at a town hall meeting))

..now if I can get him to run to 120 mph...we have lift off

tack a few flies on. that might help!

59 posted on 08/21/2009 7:17:39 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)

60 posted on 08/21/2009 7:17:41 AM PDT by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)

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