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.
We lived in Manassas in the early 90s and also heard them on approach, but more on takeoff. One Sunday morning in church, the PA system in the sanctuary started to pick up the conversation between the pilot and ATC. The plane sounded like it was right over us. We paused the services until it had passed. Nobody lost their testimonies that day, but it was definitely a different experience.
I've seen better sheet metal work on gutters. Don't think I'd of wanted to fly on that.
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DeleteIs that the Concorde?
ReplyDeleteI saw the Brit version at Oshkosh WI at the EAA Fly In back in the day. Never saw the Frenchie example.
ReplyDeleteIt’s French…
ReplyDeleteOne of the great wing design in aviation history
ReplyDeleteUsed to hear them take off from Dulles in Leesburg, VA. LOUD!!
ReplyDeleteWe lived in Manassas in the early 90s and also heard them on approach, but more on takeoff. One Sunday morning in church, the PA system in the sanctuary started to pick up the conversation between the pilot and ATC. The plane sounded like it was right over us. We paused the services until it had passed. Nobody lost their testimonies that day, but it was definitely a different experience.
DeleteMagnificent airplane, but as one headline of the era said, "Mach two, taxpayers zero."
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