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"Coors runs" to NAS Meridian, MS from more blessed points west were comme il faut during the late 1960s - early 1970s before Coors achieved national distribution. Pretty standard drill - cross-county a T-2 from NMM to NAS Dallas, Buckley ANGB, or any other Coors-infested part of the west, buy your stock (no more than ~3 cases - the limit in the T-2 nose void), and wing your way back to The Heart Of The New South.

Normal return was ~0300 Monday. You always gave a strato-chilled six-pack to the duty line crew (for later, off-duty consumption).

Many folks will never appreciate how welcome this beverage was in a land of "county-option" liquor consumption and the likes of the much-despised Pearl beer brand.

--
Mike Kanze

Republican Sen. John McCain berated fellow lawmakers for "spending money like a drunken sailor." But one of his constituents took offense at this comparison, saying, "As a former drunken sailor, I take offense at being compared to Congress!"


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message ...
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:38:57 GMT, Dave wrote:

I used to work at OMD in B'wick ('70 - '73), and helped many an aircrew
load lobsters, into everything from a C-118 with no seats, to an A-37
Tweet.

Dave in San Diego

While I was serving in purgatory (Willie Air Patch flogging a T-37
with UPT students--a reward for my F-105 tour), we often would take a
Tweet on a Friday afternoon out-and-back to Navy North Island.

Hop on the ferry (AKA "nickel-snatcher") because this was before the
Coronado Bridge and hit the fish market. Pack up some fresh seafood in
a styrofoam box with dry ice and RTB to Willie in time for a nice
evening fish-fry and drink-a-thon.

Junior guy got to ride in the right seat with the box on his lap.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

Mike Kanze wrote:
"Coors runs" to NAS Meridian, MS from more blessed points west were comme il faut during the late 1960s - early 1970s before Coors achieved national distribution. Pretty standard drill - cross-county a T-2 from NMM to NAS Dallas, Buckley ANGB, or any other Coors-infested part of the west, buy your stock (no more than ~3 cases - the limit in the T-2 nose void), and wing your way back to The Heart Of The New South.

Normal return was ~0300 Monday. You always gave a strato-chilled six-pack to the duty line crew (for later, off-duty consumption).

Many folks will never appreciate how welcome this beverage was in a land of "county-option" liquor consumption and the likes of the much-despised Pearl beer brand.

Dave MacCallister, CO of the old 142nd ftr sqd Delaware ANG was from the
MacCallister Catering family in Springfield Pa. They made what was
considered probably the best Snapper Soup in the entire world. Dave used
to fill the ammo cans of his F86H "Cindy Lind" with the soup and deliver
it all over the United States.
MAN, that was GOOD soup!!!!
:-)
Dudley Henriques

Dudley Henriques wrote in
:

Mike Kanze wrote:
"Coors runs" to NAS Meridian, MS from more blessed points west were

Dave MacCallister, CO of the old 142nd ftr sqd Delaware ANG was from
the MacCallister Catering family in Springfield Pa. They made what was
considered probably the best Snapper Soup in the entire world. Dave
used to fill the ammo cans of his F86H "Cindy Lind" with the soup and
deliver it all over the United States.
MAN, that was GOOD soup!!!!
:-)
Dudley Henriques



Chuck Yeager tells of loading all kinds of food supplies into
the bomb bay of his B-57 while flying visits to squadrans in SEA
they joke was "Here come Col Yeager in his C-57"

and flying back home from hunting in the states with elk meat in
the B-57 bomb bay.

Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest in the
nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg created a "step"
that gave you an additional eight knots at best cruise and insured a warm
mid-October welcome from the gang at home in Port Lyautey....

"Boomerang" wrote in message
...
Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest in
the nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg created a
"step" that gave you an additional eight knots at best cruise and insured
a warm mid-October welcome from the gang at home in Port Lyautey....

Hey I was stationed in Lahooch from 01-56 til 07-56 while waiting for ATA
school in Memphis!

I've got a few pictures of that forsaken place.

My father (former WWII Naval aviator, almost 92 years young) often told me of the hogshead of rum his air group liberated from Efate in the weapons bay of a TBF.

--
Mike Kanze

Republican Sen. John McCain berated fellow lawmakers for "spending money like a drunken sailor." But one of his constituents took offense at this comparison, saying, "As a former drunken sailor, I take offense at being compared to Congress!"


"Boomerang" wrote in message ...
Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest in the
nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg created a "step"
that gave you an additional eight knots at best cruise and insured a warm
mid-October welcome from the gang at home in Port Lyautey....

"Boomerang" wrote in
:

Nothing in the Pilots handbook mentioned that two kegs of Oktoberfest
in the nose turret of a P4M-1Q on the Germany-Morocco return leg
created a "step" that gave you an additional eight knots at best
cruise and insured a warm mid-October welcome from the gang at home in
Port Lyautey....




There are photos on the net, of a Spitfire with a keg or two of Ale
on bomb shackles. "something for the troops" during ferry flights.

Chuck Yeager also references stopping in France returning from
fighter sweeps and bringing a case of Champagne back on his lap.