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To: nickcarraway

My uncle was a B-17 captain.
After the war, he found flying transports boring with no 88 shells exploding around his plane, so he and his co-pilots would roll empty beer cans, from a bag of empties they brought into the cockpit, down the aisle when they were climbing.
But not during VIP runs.


13 posted on 09/21/2017 2:43:26 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

Funny. :)


23 posted on 09/21/2017 3:05:34 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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