(Peter Stickney) wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

Exactly right. Based on your online persona, you would most definitely
would NOT be on my short list of candidates to fly an IFR approach
with OR plop an ultralight down onto a helicopter landing pad (much
less fly into combat!) Stick to posting aviation stats and figures on
RAM, Pete. Everything else is beneath ya.

I don't get into Boasting Games, sport. If I were you, my posts would
be full of being conceived in a J-3 Cub,

Wrong. If I were conceived in a stinkin' J-3 Cub I damn sure wouldn't
brag about it.

Soloing at 14, learning mountain flying in some of the most unpredictable
weather in the world - you Floridians have absolutely no idea - looking at
the Earth's curvature from 50,000', or watching the jump-up on the Airspeed/Mach
Indicator as the shockwave formed.

Correct. We Floridians have "absolutely no idea."

Or spending 4 hours above 35,000', watching a strong Aurora Borealis
play along the entire Northern Horizon. Or the incredible greenness of North
America after a year in the Stinking Desert. Of feeling the heavy feel, but crisp
reponse of the De Havilland Vampire, or the instant response of the SGS 1-26,
the concnetration and precision needed to get the best out of an Mu-2.

Good grief!

Yeah, I don't fly much any more - UV at high altitude roasts your
eyes, and for some of us with the right genes, you've got screwed up
eyes for the rest of your life.

Just turned 43 years myself and (knock on wood!) still have 20/20
in both eyes....

I've managed to have some great experiences, though. I've had the
pleaser of being shot at and shooting back, of flying an airplane faster
than sound, of going to exotic places to do dangerous things, and, best
of all, holding my newborn daughter in my arms.

Wow!

But, you see, I'm not anything special, in that regard. nor have I
really done any great things. But I know folks who have, and I'm glad
to sit and listen to them any time.

Gotta' disagree. Whether you like it or not, you're damn sure
something "special," Gord.


Doncha' just love aviation?