Posted on 06/07/2007 3:58:40 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
Awesome article. My Grandfather was in WW2, Battle of the Bulge.
Thank you for stopping in. I hope your grandfather was able to tell you some of his experiences.
Nope he died when I was about 2 and we found out he was in the Bulge about 6 months ago. I learned about his service from my dad.
Oh, that’s too bad. We are grateful for his service. Do you know what unit he was in?
He was in the Army Air Corps.
Cool video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aKxAN7bAs
The teacher showed this in Hobbit Lass’s Intro to Engineering class on Friday. After the film, he asked the class how this was possible. Hobbit Lass started rattling off about lift and ailerons. The teacher said she was the only one who had had any kind of answer all day. :^)
Good for HobbitLass.
Is she in college already?
At the tail end of the clip, they mentioned Victor Belenko. I read about him in high school. In the Air Force, I refueled his airplane.
BTW, how many 3-year olds can identify a transistor by sight and name...
Bitty Girl can. Hello!!
Her counselor tried to discourage her from taking it because it was a guy’s class—and boy is she enjoying the guys.
Lock Bitty Girl in her room now before it’s too late.
Ummmm....refueling migs? Cool, I think.
Not very many I would say.
Lock her in her room NOW. There are boys in the engineering classes—lots of them.
Sound lijke Hobbit Lass has learned something from the R’C planes,eh?
Our youngset daughter was often subject to the following line by two of here high school teachers. Particulary regarding with anything to do with the military. “Kelly, don’t answer this” The teacher would then ask ht ewclass if anybody knew what a cruise missle was or some such idea. After not getting an answer from the class the teacher would then ask Kelly to answer the question. ha ha
Regarding Engineering schools, The University of Missouri at Rolla, which used to be known as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy had a young lady to young man ratio of about 1 to 20 when I was going to college back in the old days when dinosaors roamed the earth :-) I think the ratio is now down to about 1 to 15, he he he
Y’all have been warned :-)
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Actually, it was a T38. There was one time with a Hind24 helicopter...
I seem to recall that.
Way back, before the rocks cooled.
Only one itty bitty one that I know of!
Snippy? Are you on?
Sorta makes all that time and money she and Hubby spent worth it. :^)
I think the ratio is now down to about 1 to 15, he he he
Y’all have been warned :-)
Oh, you can laugh--now that yours are all grown up. :^)
WOW! To paraphrase Kurt Jurgens, “We build em good in the USA, huh Heine” A date with our new Suthern Polish Spankentruppen if you know the movie that line came from.
Hobbitlass, future NASA engineer. :-)
Missed ya by a nanosecond. Signed off and went to bed.
I’m here now...
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