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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Capt. Chuck Yeager - 357th Ftr. Grp. - Aug. 27th, 2003
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Posted on 08/27/2003 12:00:44 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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To: radu
Viewing here for a bit, but I don't have a telescope.
I have Binos, but they're completely inadequate for the job.
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posted on
08/27/2003 5:44:22 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("I sense something dark." No you don't!)
To: SAMWolf
Oh yeah.
He had quite the wicked sense of humor as well.
The TllTale Heart showed that.
Having Peter Lorre chase his own head around screaming "Keep that cat away from my head!" was a good touch.
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posted on
08/27/2003 5:46:43 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
("I sense something dark." No you don't!)
To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it; AntiJen; MistyCA; SpookBrat; PhilDragoo; All
Evening everybody! Thanks for the thread, Sam.
"God Almighty!" squadron leader Bud Anderson exclaimed. "There must be a hundred and fifty of them."
Yeager's reaction? "We couldn't believe our luck. We plowed right into the rear of this enormous gaggle of German fighters. There were sixteen of us and over two hundred of them, but then more Mustangs from group caught up and joined in. Christ, there were airplanes going every which way. A dogfight runs by its own clock and I have no idea how long I was spinning and looping in the sky. I wound up 2,000 feet from the deck with four kills...the ground was littered with burning wreckage. It was an awesome sight. That day was a fighter pilot's dream. In the midst of a wild sky, I knew that dogfighting was what I was born to do."
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posted on
08/27/2003 5:49:16 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(The opinions I value are the ones from people I respect… the rest are just comic relief)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Evening Victoria. Like the graphic today.
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:02:39 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
To: SAMWolf
Evening Sam. Thank you.
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:06:39 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(The opinions I value are the ones from people I respect… the rest are just comic relief)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Evening Victoria, nice graphic.
To: snippy_about_it
Hi Snippy. Thanks, I like it as well.
147
posted on
08/27/2003 6:14:34 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(The opinions I value are the ones from people I respect… the rest are just comic relief)
To: snippy_about_it; Darksheare; SAMWolf; Victoria Delsoul; All
Here's a picture that Hubby took of Chuck Yeager in his P-51 Glamorous Glennis escorting an F-15 at Oshkosh EAA Show in 1999. Yours is better, Snippy.
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:23:40 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: Samwise
Cool!
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:36:27 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
To: Samwise
Cool. Mine looks like a professional shot from a plane or maybe a high resolution lens. Yours is neat though.
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Hubby is not a professional, but he has fun.
Unfortunately, at the same air show, a pilot crashed his F4U4 Corsair into an F8F Bearcat and was killed. He has a picture of that too. He was pretty shaken when he came home from the show. The crash put a damper on the remainder of the afternoon for everyone.
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:57:12 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: Samwise
Thank you, Samwise. Are you related to Samwolf? ;-)
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:58:33 PM PDT
by
Victoria Delsoul
(The opinions I value are the ones from people I respect… the rest are just comic relief)
To: Samwise
Sorry to hear about the death at the airshow. I can see where that ywould shake you up.
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posted on
08/27/2003 6:59:07 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
To: Samwise
Oh, that's horrible. Sorry to hear it about the crash.
To: Victoria Delsoul; SAMWolf
SamWolf,
Are you my long, lost cousin? Or maybe my rich uncle?
155
posted on
08/27/2003 7:05:01 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: Samwise
Arrrgh.
Sorry to hear it about the crash.
I'm hanging around SAM so much I'm starting to pick up his typing habits. LOL.
To: snippy_about_it
Not bad typing. It's one of those virus things. The typos pop in a split second after you hit the Send/Post button.
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posted on
08/27/2003 7:07:03 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: Samwise
Rich? Me? I was hoping you were a long lost rich relative.
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posted on
08/27/2003 7:08:14 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
To: Samwise
LOL. Sure.. that's it.
To: snippy_about_it
HeY!!!!
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posted on
08/27/2003 7:09:02 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
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