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 knew of a forest fire bomber co-pilot in one of those that got decapitated when the right engine propeller came off in flight. Happened in around 1985 or 86. Washington state, I think.
I want the left seat.
ReplyDeleteI'll defer.
DeleteThese are beasts; love them.
ReplyDeleteLeaking oil.
If there ain't none on it, there ain't none in it.
DeleteAnd they consume 1 gallon of oil per hour; consume = burn and sling.
PBY-Catalina..
ReplyDeleteI am alive today because I didn't.
ReplyDeleteI knew of a forest fire bomber co-pilot in one of those that got decapitated when the right engine propeller came off in flight. Happened in around 1985 or 86. Washington state, I think.
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt with what looks like engine oil or Hydraulic fluid splattered all over the fuselage.
ReplyDeleteYou can trust your car to the man who wears the star.
ReplyDeleteFly hell, have you seen the 60s conversion some guy was doing on those to make winged RVs?! I'd LIVE in one of those!
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