Thread: New Blue Angels Video

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Did I ever tell you guys about flying thru the Gatewayarch in St Louis??????

Jerry, I had a signed, plane to plane picture of "General Jim" Renschen in a F4, doing a fly by, lined up with the legs of the Arch hanging in the shop. One morning several years ago, a new customer asked me where I got that picture after explaining that I knew General Jim,he told me only gaurd members are supposed to have that picture. He then told me thats my bird, turns out he was the crew chief. He then started pointing out the meaning of all the decals and said see these ? He said these are confirmed Mig kills over Vietnam (I think there 5 or 6 of em ) I keep it at home now because the sun comming through the shops office windows was destroying it. General Jim later told me that Revell sells model kits of that plane and it now sits on a pole @ The Mo.Air Gaurd.

In the same vein, a friend sent me this picture this morning. Thought it was appropriate, to put things into perspective....
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Back in 68 or 69 I was taking flying lessons from a friend that was a pilot. One night we left Midway in Chicago flew around for a while did some touch and goes then he said it was time for fun.......He flew under one of the Chicago river bridges. He got in a bunch of trouble for that one.

F-35B Ship Suitability Testing - YouTube


Takes some of the fun out of ops on the flight deck .