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.
That's sitting on the bottom of the fairly shallow Escambia Bay, Pensacola in May, 1978. Pilot error in fog. They weren't monitoring their altitude and ignored the ground proximity warning. Three people died, but 55 survived.
Every plane is a float plane if you try hard enough.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at how well they float.
ReplyDeleteThat's sitting on the bottom of the fairly shallow Escambia Bay, Pensacola in May, 1978. Pilot error in fog. They weren't monitoring their altitude and ignored the ground proximity warning. Three people died, but 55 survived.
ReplyDeleteNational Airlines in Escambia bay, near Pensacola, in May of 1978....
ReplyDeletePlane's name was Donna.
ReplyDelete