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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... Subject: More on Powell and the guard From: "Dudley Henriques" Date: 3/5/04 6:17 AM Pacific Standard Time I was 5'11" and couldn't sit straight up in the nose of a B-26 If I did my flak helmet would slide down over my eyes. what a pain. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer I don't know about any "history" involved, but the cockpit of the 51, the P40, and the Jug will easily handle a six footer. Of all the prop fighters I have flown, the F8F was the tightest. Dudley Henriques International Fighter Pilots Fellowship Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired For personal email, please replace the z's with e's. dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt I always love to hear from guys who really flew great stuff. How many different planes did you fly and how many hours did you stack up? It all adds up to experience. The more the better. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer I mean no offense Art, and I realize your request is sincere, but FWIW as a general post to friend and foe alike; It's just a fact of life as an unfortunate circumstance of posting on RAM that the listing of specific experience serves no constructive purpose whatsoever. Actually, this is true of Usenet in general, but specifically on RAM! First of all, the anonymity of Usenet dictates that even a post from the President of the United States might very well be from a sixty five year old Cajon woman with a wart on her ass sitting at a computer console in a shack along the Mississippi :-) Then after you get through that scenario, you have to accept the fact that even if you have an image of the poster, that image could be of someone else. Then, after all this has been solved, and assuming the poster is authentic, the posting of specific experience and qualifications can only be verified by the addition of peripheral personal information that a legitimate poster might not wish to release. In my case, I use my own name. There is literally ton of information on me both in printed media and on the net available to anyone bored enough with their lives to want to dig it up :-) The listing of my quals and experience will impress no one who already knows me, and will only invite hostile posts from those who don't know me, and I no longer wish to deal with this on Usenet. Dudley Henriques International Fighter Pilots Fellowship Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired For personal email, please replace the z's with e's. dhenriquesATzarthlinkDOTnzt |
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
I mean no offense Art, and I realize your request is sincere, but FWIW as a general post to friend and foe alike; It's just a fact of life as an unfortunate circumstance of posting on RAM that the listing of specific experience serves no constructive purpose whatsoever. Actually, this is true of Usenet in general, but specifically on RAM! First of all, the anonymity of Usenet dictates that even a post from the President of the United States might very well be from a sixty five year old Cajon woman with a wart on her ass sitting at a computer console in a shack along the Mississippi :-) Then after you get through that scenario, you have to accept the fact that even if you have an image of the poster, that image could be of someone else. Then, after all this has been solved, and assuming the poster is authentic, the posting of specific experience and qualifications can only be verified by the addition of peripheral personal information that a legitimate poster might not wish to release. In my case, I use my own name. There is literally ton of information on me both in printed media and on the net available to anyone bored enough with their lives to want to dig it up :-) The listing of my quals and experience will impress no one who already knows me, and will only invite hostile posts from those who don't know me, and I no longer wish to deal with this on Usenet. My sentiments exactly, Dudley, however, ironic as hell that you're responding to Kramer, whom as we all know was guilty of behaving exactly like that "Cajon woman with a wart on her ass" that you so aptly described above (e.g: his "Autocollimator" alter ego). |
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