Gabriel, I finally get to the root of your problem. Its not Dabolim, per se, but the Indian Armed Forces who forcibly took Goa in 1961 and created a festering sore in your psyche forever. Best of luck man! I refuse to move from the airport to Dabolim beach, , to where your discussion has shifted. I use Dabolim airport to fly in and out to all parts of the world, whenever I want, with no problem, and I use Dabolim beach( Joes shack) to have my fish and fenim. I sometimes drink with my Navy friends. I admire these guys who devote their lives to the defence of this nation. regards, Gilbert Menezes.
> Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:05:43 +1100 (EST) > From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet]Re: flying clubs > To: goanet@goanet.org > Reply-To: goanet@goanet.org > > Gilbert, > > Please read my posting carefully. > > 1. I stated that training with specific carrier-based > aircraft ought to be carried out on the carriers. > These type of aircraft are wasted on land-based > training. Sure, train the pilots on trainer aircraft > at land-based training school (I believe there are > such schools all around the country), but is Dabolim a > junior training school? > > 2. Taking your analogy, Grand Prix drivers do not > train on normal highways enforcing the authorities to > close these for X number of hours every day. They > train on special grounds, rising in level from > go-karts to F1 standard. Your comparison of GP drivers > to airpilots stands to naught as it brings precisely > to my point - the GP drivers practice on GP tracks, > therefore stands to reason that naval pilots should > train on aircraft carriers. > > Besides, the Air Force has a number of airfileds - > don't they? Why can't the navy pilots train with the > AF boys and girls? Are the navy chaps in any way > different from the AF chaps? > > 3. Re Tom Cruise, you are talking of an air base in > the deseret. Was the air base a civilian one before > it was converted to a navy / airforce one? Or was it a > purpose-built base *for* the use of the armed forces? > > 4. Re your analogy to labrador training, see 2 above. > > Incidentally, where did the navy pilots train before > Dabolim was "captured" in the conquest of 1961? Did > all of a sudden Dabolim, the "prize", became > indispensable for the Navy? > > Why is it that the Navy flexes it muscles and enforces > its rules on what was and should be a *civilian* > airport? If Dabolim has become a training station (as > you state), why is the Navy behaving like a bully boy > on the adjoining Dabolim beach preventing fisherfolk > from earning their livelihood as they had done for > ages before the Indian Navy came on the scene? Are > they any 'danger' to the trainees? > > Cheers, > > Gabriel.
