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, November 21, 2020
Danish PBY-5A Catalina cruising near the Faroe Islands, 1968
May I at least claim the flight engineer's position? You'll need a flight engineer for sure and it might as well be me. So long as I won't be left with myself for company at night.
It should be me at the controls, CW. Really should be.
ReplyDeleteYou on the left, me on the right, and the back slammed with fine heifers.
DeleteMay I at least claim the flight engineer's position? You'll need a flight engineer for sure and it might as well be me. So long as I won't be left with myself for company at night.
DeleteWhat a glorious picture! I retired as a B737 Captain, but I will always be grateful I had the opportunity to fly old recips early in my career.
ReplyDeletetough old salt. the electrical system was a nightmare though. never enough current.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine how cold that water must be!
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