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.
Very graceful airplane.
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My very first airplane ride was on a Super Connie. My family moved from Frankfurt, Germany to San Francisco. I was 3 years old in 1949.
ReplyDeleteBack when everyone applauded after the plane landed.
ReplyDeleteLoud ass mfers. They flew over my house in the 50's. A sight to see.
ReplyDeleteCame in so low landing at Midway, Chicago, you could see people waving at you .
ReplyDeleteThe Power Recovery Turbines on the R-3350's were just about the last word in piston engine complexity.
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