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Plus..........If you have an extra $350 you can go aloft int he EAA's B-17G, Aluminum Overcast. I had the good fortune of going the first year (1994) they did it, when they still gave each person a few minutes in the left seat. (They don't any more. Thanks you FAA.) What an absolute thrill. And oh do I have a whole new found respect for the young men who flew in the war. Try to imagine maintaining formation while at the same time worring about fighter or flak. Saying it could not have been easy, I think, would be a vast understatement. Mike -----Original Message----- From: MIME :[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:MIME :[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 11:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:OFF TOPIC:Fw: [COUPERS] New and Old. Good and Bad. ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- If you love P-51's and B-17's, you have lots of company! If you haven't done so yet, you owe it to yourself to try and get to EAA AirVenture (better known as "Oshkosh"). It's an annual pilgrimage for me (easy enough being in the Chicago area), but anyone with a passion for airplanes must go at least once. At other airshows, you might see a single P-51 in attendance. At OSH they have enough to form a full squadron. Also, just about every significant WWII aircraft is represented, etc. etc. etc. And there's also the 'Coupers' banquet to attend! Regards, Paul --- Georgia Trehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Jack Lewis wrote: > > > > You'll in the middle age category. We won't > promote you until you get a > > ticket. Then you can be old. (I'm just talking > the list here - flying > > keeps you young, so you never age while flying). > > I feel like I'm getting younger, regardless of how I > look. :-) My > enthusiam for and excitement about flying is > kid-like in some ways. > Except that I'm not on to a new thing in 10 minutes. > My enthusiasm is > sustained. And when I have a particularly good > lesson or ride, I don't > stop grinning for hours afterwards. > > Last night my friend Jim was telling me about a > company who, for a large > pricetag, will let one experience flying a tandem > P-51. The more Jim > talked about it the happier I got to feeling and the > faster my heart went. > Jim is very good at describing things, especially > anything to do with > flying. As he talked, I swear I could hear that > Merlin engine. You need > to understand that the P-51 and the B-17 were the > first airplanes I fell > in love with when I intially became interested in > planes a number of years > ago. A few people have accused me of being > unsophisticated or ordinary > for being so fond of those 2 planes rather than the > more exotic/rarer > aircraft of WWII. That's OK, maybe I am > unsophisticated. Regardless, > those two beauties hold a special place in my heart > - and I do like the > others too! > > > > > Once 100LL gets in the blood it don't come out. > Shoulds up on all the blood > > test. > > That does explain the weird numbers that showed up > in my last blood panel. > I'll clue in my doctor. He's been worried. :-) > > > >Stay away to long and you will get withdrawal. > > Oh, absolutely. One week without flying is about my > maximum. After that > I become increasingly antsy, mumble to myself a lot, > and tend to stumble > when I'm walking because I'm gawking at the sky so > much. I'd never been > in a small plane until my intro lesson last year and > now I can't go more > than a week without missing it terribly. This is so > addictive! I > couldn't have possibly guessed... > > > > > I spend a week in > > Hungary and amost had to be carried out. I'm just > now starting to recover. > > Glad you're on the road to recovery. > > > > Spend the last 1.5 hours up over the valley. Did > a intro flight for a young > > man. He had a ball. Great night to fly - storm > coming in tonite, air is > > charged. Perfect. > > Outstanding! I can just imagine you two. > > Cheers, > Spook > > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You > Choose. > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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