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.
Aye, tis a beautiful bird but... A friend was FE on -121s. He bitched and moaned about near every flight. They made long hauls, Da Nang to Guam, etc. Nearly every flight featured feathering one engine yet still continued to their destination. Many is the time they had engine fires. This was on different airframes so it wasn't just the one bewitched bird.
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ReplyDeletekeel laid down in 1958- same as me
third to last off the line
was just learning the FE seat
damn I miss that work
greenman
The only other plane that was as beautiful as the Constellation would have to be the B-58 Hustler.
ReplyDeletethe B-58 was one beautiful bird - gorgeous and nasty at the same time! going >Mach just sitting still
DeleteA long time back....
ReplyDeleteOnly Connie pilots can handle three pieces of tail at the same time.....
ReplyDeleteAye, tis a beautiful bird but... A friend was FE on -121s. He bitched and moaned about near every flight. They made long hauls, Da Nang to Guam, etc. Nearly every flight featured feathering one engine yet still continued to their destination. Many is the time they had engine fires. This was on different airframes so it wasn't just the one bewitched bird.
ReplyDeleteRick
My rendition of the MILSPEC Connie:
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