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#3333774 - 07/03/11 02:29 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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I am so jealous of you guys that get to fly. I've only been up in a private plane once, never a warbird though. Too many domestic airline flights to remember, though they were good for what they were. I tried to post a pic, but I broke the internet.
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#3348971 - 07/23/11 06:48 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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Great pics Jay! You and your wife don't look old enough to have had your 25 year HS reunion.  My wife would love to hear that...she's actually 9 years older than me.  Got me a cougar!  Of course there's some age where age no longer is a factor...we all just become kind of old...lol. I do like to kid her though by saying I was in 4th grade when she graduated. 
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#3350634 - 07/25/11 01:00 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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Me and some members of our Club of military history dared to simulate elite airborne troops, performing an individual parachute jump. We represented various armies of early cold war era, namely Belgian 1ste Bataljon Parachutisten, Israeli airborne troops from Yom Kippur period and Czechoslovak airborne troops. Aeroplane: Antonov An-2 biplane trainer, jump altitude: 1200-1400m ---------------------------------------------------- 6 hours of theoretical and semi-practical training  On the airfield: you will land here and nowhere else  Waiting for the weather window  On the double! (my wife on the far right )  Soon-to-be paratroopers  Venerable Antonov-2 taking off, flying since 1947  Soon-to-be paratroopers II, a bit nervous  Me airborne, proper landing drill performed  Fresh paras + glider infantryman from 82nd abn  Now proudly wearing maroon berets  All armies friends here  We had a tremendous fun and our families are now tired from our non-stop bragging  In the meantime I am going through individual tasks from Pre-parachute selection training for British Para Regiment, which is also fun but not shared by all (just did 1.5 mile in 9:05) 
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#3351359 - 07/26/11 03:38 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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My wife would love to hear that...she's actually 9 years older than me. I'm really stunned to hear that. I would have never guessed she was older than you, much less by 9 years.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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#3368672 - 08/17/11 01:29 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: MarkG]
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Way to go. Good photos and a good achievement. You will always remember that you had the guts to do it. It will always be there for the rest of your life.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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#3378609 - 08/31/11 04:56 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
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Are you being Sarcastic Mr PanzerMeyer? Not at all! She looks more like 30. Seriously. Exactly, she looks like 30. No way would I say 40.
Keep Calm and Check CanopyThere are no ex-paratroopers, only ones off jump statusLearn Economics at: http://www.mises.orgCarthago delenda est
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#3386234 - 09/09/11 11:43 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: jurinko]
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Me and some members of our Club of military history dared to simulate elite airborne troops, performing an individual parachute jump. We represented various armies of early cold war era, namely Belgian 1ste Bataljon Parachutisten, Israeli airborne troops from Yom Kippur period and Czechoslovak airborne troops. Aeroplane: Antonov An-2 biplane trainer, jump altitude: 1200-1400m ---------------------------------------------------- 6 hours of theoretical and semi-practical training On the airfield: you will land here and nowhere else Waiting for the weather window On the double! (my wife on the far right ) Soon-to-be paratroopers Venerable Antonov-2 taking off, flying since 1947 Soon-to-be paratroopers II, a bit nervous Me airborne, proper landing drill performed Fresh paras + glider infantryman from 82nd abn Now proudly wearing maroon berets All armies friends here We had a tremendous fun and our families are now tired from our non-stop bragging In the meantime I am going through individual tasks from Pre-parachute selection training for British Para Regiment, which is also fun but not shared by all (just did 1.5 mile in 9:05) While we don't have the hills here in Belgium we do have an AN-2 at the local airstrip at Sanicole and a plug for the airshow on the 16th-18th September http://www.sanicole.com/ Sadly I'll miss it this year as I have to go to Scotland and this year my step son invited me to work at it too
Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil
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#3394986 - 09/21/11 08:51 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: MarkG]
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The man who most of Hyperlobby chases is actually a pretty mild mannered engineering nerd:  A shot from a dinner party a few weeks back:  Sorry, wife asked that I remove the last one as she is a bit shy.
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If you can defeat me in a fair same altitude duel, you are either Hartmann's ghost or you have a ganja problem that needs treatment.
Like asking weird questions and are good at math? Maybe you can join us at the Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego. Tackling the grand mysteries of the age with science.
At the core of most of life's deep mysteries, is the language that Mother Nature truly speaks in, ..... mathematics.
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#3395008 - 09/21/11 09:24 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: MarkG]
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komemiute
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Dont take it badly WhistlinggDeath, but... uhm, Is that a toupe? Admittedly you look way too young to need one but still I kind of feel like it is.
Nothing bad about it, just... No offence intended.
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#3395052 - 09/21/11 10:15 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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LOL, no, my family just has the bushy hair genes. It's actually the reverse; I've been told since age 13 that I need to get a haircut. Once I do, people still say that. The only time this has not happened is when I served with the Marines after university and had about 1/4 inch of hair all around for 2 1/2 years. In my case almost bald was neater and cooler than hair but took a trip to the base barbershop every single stinking week.
If you can defeat me in a fair same altitude duel, you are either Hartmann's ghost or you have a ganja problem that needs treatment.
Like asking weird questions and are good at math? Maybe you can join us at the Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego. Tackling the grand mysteries of the age with science.
At the core of most of life's deep mysteries, is the language that Mother Nature truly speaks in, ..... mathematics.
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#3395148 - 09/22/11 03:07 AM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: MarkG]
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Just in the way of asking, your not someone I shot down in Hyperlobby are you komemiute ?
If you can defeat me in a fair same altitude duel, you are either Hartmann's ghost or you have a ganja problem that needs treatment.
Like asking weird questions and are good at math? Maybe you can join us at the Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego. Tackling the grand mysteries of the age with science.
At the core of most of life's deep mysteries, is the language that Mother Nature truly speaks in, ..... mathematics.
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#3395339 - 09/22/11 01:09 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
[Re: MarkG]
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komemiute
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HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
Nope, not so skilled to play online :P
Hyperlobby, anyway? Barely heard of it.
In the land of farmers that Italy is, internet is a recent discovery. Imagine about FAST internet...
But if you tell me what flying games you have I'LOVE to give it a try!
Never been afraid of losing and as Tom suggested me I have to take something back.
En garde!
@TOM and evryone else in this thread: I officially apologize, but I've NEVER EVER EVER seen hair so bushy on a man before. It's an italian thing I suppose...
Still, Tom, your comment confirm me you thought the same.
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"Himmiherrgottksakramentzefixhallelujah!"
Para_Bellum
"It takes forever +/- 2 weeks for the A-10 to get anywhere significant..."
Ice
"Ha! If it gets him on the deck its a start!"
MigBuster
"What people like and what critics praise are rarely the same thing. 'Critic' is just another one of those unnecessary, overpaid, parasitic jobs that the human race has churned out so that clever slackers won't have to actually get a real job and possibly soil their hands."
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#3398116 - 09/26/11 09:24 PM
Re: Placing a face with a name
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