#4394496 - 12/12/17 06:40 PM
Re: WWII Pilot Sits in Cockpit After 70 Years
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PanzerMeyer
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Excellent! The F6F Hellcat was a fantastic carrier based fighter.
Last edited by PanzerMeyer; 12/12/17 06:40 PM.
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#4394500 - 12/12/17 07:14 PM
Re: WWII Pilot Sits in Cockpit After 70 Years
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semmern
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That is so great to see!
I was there a few years back when then 97-year-old retired General, former Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and WWII Spitfire pilot Wilhelm Mohr got to fly in a Spit again. The look on his face when he canopy was opened was priceless. The years were removed from his face, which had a boyish grin on it, and he clearly had just had the time of his life.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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#4394501 - 12/12/17 07:29 PM
Re: WWII Pilot Sits in Cockpit After 70 Years
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Dart
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Bonus plan: zero percent chance of Zeroes this time around.
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#4394510 - 12/12/17 08:12 PM
Re: WWII Pilot Sits in Cockpit After 70 Years
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F4UDash4
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Bonus plan: zero percent chance of Zeroes this time around. But where's the excitement in that?? Landing on the carrier. In bad weather. At night.
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#4394568 - 12/13/17 04:35 AM
Re: WWII Pilot Sits in Cockpit After 70 Years
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Sluggish Controls
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What a grin, and of course the solid thumb-up ! Thx for sharing
Cheers, Slug
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