And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Tough mountain flying in Indonesia
It's long, but good enough that I watched it beginning to end.
There were a lot of middle aged guys flying the Porter for Air America, Bird Air and similar groups in Southeast Asia back in the 60's. If you are going to land a larger than Super Cub aircraft on strips like those, the Porter is the way to go.
The Bird Dog was only a two seater, though you could get more in and it stopped on a dime. Some stories that may be of interest: http://tinyurl.com/on98hgl
WoW! Awesome film. But I don't think Greg needs to doing this at 56. Your skills diminish.....and you better be on top of your game doing this.
ReplyDeleteMy hat's off to Greg, going from a plumber to that. He said he wanted to live life, and I think that is exactly what he is doing.
DeleteThere were a lot of middle aged guys flying the Porter for Air America, Bird Air and similar groups in Southeast Asia back in the 60's. If you are going to land a larger than Super Cub aircraft on strips like those, the Porter is the way to go.
ReplyDeleteThe Bird Dog was only a two seater, though you could get more in and it stopped on a dime. Some stories that may be of interest: http://tinyurl.com/on98hgl
DeleteGreat video!! Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteNotice the comment "Tribal warfare had largely ceased until the Government introduced electoral politics...."
ReplyDeleteOnly mad dogs and Englishmen...
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