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.
Looks like an image from a recent Experimental Aircraft Assoc (EAA) monthly Sport Aviation magazine. There's a compelling article about this aircraft's restoration, and the story behind the rather unusual (but purposeful) paint scheme. In short, in the days before radio in aircraft was common, this was the Navy's way of telling student pilots to get their butts back on the ground, 'cuz some inhospitable weather is inbound.
Want to go for a ride? Madras Oregon, Erickson Aircraft. I did, what a rush! Even flew upside down. I was then wishing I had tightened my rig a couple of more notches.
Looks like an image from a recent Experimental Aircraft Assoc (EAA) monthly Sport Aviation magazine. There's a compelling article about this aircraft's restoration, and the story behind the rather unusual (but purposeful) paint scheme. In short, in the days before radio in aircraft was common, this was the Navy's way of telling student pilots to get their butts back on the ground, 'cuz some inhospitable weather is inbound.
ReplyDeleteCorrect.
DeleteI was thinking a target towing aircraft, but ...OK.
ReplyDeleteThe very first Boeing that suffered a blown out window.
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DeleteWant to go for a ride? Madras Oregon, Erickson Aircraft. I did, what a rush!
ReplyDeleteEven flew upside down. I was then wishing I had tightened my rig a couple of more notches.