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.
I remember my first flight on an Electra.....from Friendship Field to Kennedy....cost me 37.00 round trip on the Eastern Student Standby fair....I was always glad to see them find a place in the military that insured their survival, much like the Super Connies as EWACS and Hurricane Hunters into the 80's....
Great photo of that Orion.
ReplyDeleteI remember my first flight on an Electra.....from Friendship Field to Kennedy....cost me 37.00 round trip on the Eastern Student Standby fair....I was always glad to see them find a place in the military that insured their survival, much like the Super Connies as EWACS and Hurricane Hunters into the 80's....
ReplyDeleteSaw that in the early morning more times than I can think about. Magnetic tape box, tool box, flight gear, lunch...
ReplyDeleteIn Flight Tech? I was Sensor 1/2. Vp-56 1975 to 1979.
DeleteYep. VP-19 '81 to '84
DeleteSpent many years maintaining and crewing on early P-3's. Kinda miss it at times. Careful with P-3 photos, you'll get Old NFO all stirred up.
ReplyDeleteNot really ready to go but somebody carefully posed the props. Great airframe.
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