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.
Build an engine, then construct a flying machine around it
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ReplyDeleteVery likely. Sandbag revetments around each aircraft suggest a war time base.
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ReplyDeleteA lot of responsibility for a mechanic. Forget to tighten just one bolt or line and someone dies.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I have some experience with that "pavement".
ReplyDeleteThe locking lugs are blue murder.
Dad started as a piston engine aircraft mechanic and later on the A-7 SLUF. He was not afraid to open up any engine or transmission.
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