On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:51:18 -0800 (PST), Tom wrote in
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... he told me that it was hard to
watch your friends die. I hadn't know it was that tragic, or I would
have not brought it up. ...

I've talked with one former aerobatic pilot.

He said much the same thing about watching
friends die. He told me about a couple of his
close calls when he used up pretty much all of
the adrenaline his body could produce.

Reminds me of Ernest K. Gann and his book,
Fate is the Hunter.

Marty

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