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.
Maintenance is the key to those old birds, and the problem of metal fatigue is never fully appreciated until the wing buckles or the tail falls off in flight.
Once I get the money from the Publishers Clearing House, this baby is gonna be mine!
ReplyDeleteYou may not want this one, Phil - think it crashed in 1997 - but maybe a different plane ...
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Maintenance is the key to those old birds, and the problem of metal fatigue is never fully appreciated until the wing buckles or the tail falls off in flight.
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