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.
Damn… how did ever stay together… especially with all the air rushing in while flying and then again upon landing with all that weigh bearing toward the rear wheel…??
"...and last I saw of Jimmy, he was spinning end over end somewhere over the Sea Of Japan, with little pieces of burning silk fluttering all around him, and he was flapping his arms pretty fast..."
Damn… how did ever stay together… especially with all the air rushing in while flying and then again upon landing with all that weigh bearing toward the rear wheel…??
ReplyDeleteIt should buff right out.
ReplyDeleteMight need some Duct tape in addition.
DeleteSpeed tape, aka 500 mph fairing.
DeleteYou should see the other guy...
ReplyDeleteI would appreciate the back story on this incredible return
ReplyDeleteResearch the 91st BG. They were in the thick of it.
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I would have had to change my skivvies and trousers after that experience!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Marine---glad to stay on the ground. These guys were Ballsy!
ReplyDeleteIs the ball turret touching the tarmac?
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
They came with skidplates. Wheels up landings were a little rough on them.
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