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.
College buddy of mine flew Bush on the "Mission Accomplished" flight. Skip Lussier. He said the S-3's claim to fame was that it had the highest rate of descent in the fleet.
Looks like a S-3B cockpit
ReplyDeleteIt is. VS-35 flew them until they were disbanded in 2005.
ReplyDeleteThe pic is about 20 years old.
Circling around taking a look, getting ready to land on a postage stamp.
ReplyDeleteThose Vikings where a pretty cool looking plane. got those big twin turbo fans. look like they handle very well, like the great old Intruders.
ReplyDeleteCollege buddy of mine flew Bush on the "Mission Accomplished" flight.
ReplyDeleteSkip Lussier. He said the S-3's claim to fame was that it had the highest rate of descent in the fleet.