My friend Neil Hansen, better known as Weird Neil, was an Air America pilot in SEA during Vietnam. This is the speech he gave at EAA Oshkosh two years ago. It’s a little long at 51 minutes, but if you’re … Continue reading
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I sure as hell don’t… It appears twenty something Dem congresscritters won’t be at the inauguration of PRESIDENT Trump. If they think their little hissy fit really means anything, they are sadly mistaken. Link, HERE. Re John Lewis, he’s traded … Continue reading
Sadly, I’ve run out of aviation paintings, so after a year this series will end… But the last one is a real goody! h/t Gerry for this one of a kind painting! And the ‘rest of the story’, as they … Continue reading
Once more to the well… Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauded Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo on Wednesday for introducing the Hearing Protection Act, an important bill that eases restrictions on tools that help gun … Continue reading
I’m on the road today, so you get another tease… Usual disclaimers apply… Operations Fargo could smell the heat on the outside of the shuttle as it burned back down into atmosphere. Whoever was driving was damn good. They’d done … Continue reading
This one’s for Rev Paul… 🙂 Back in the day forty or so years ago… “Lovely” Adak, by the way… And from the mid-80s, an always ‘thrilling’ sight- Watching a Harpoon come off the wing, especially from the TACCO seat, … Continue reading
These are ‘sadly’ funny… A visit from a plumber left ThinkProgress senior editor Ned Resnikoff “rattled” due to fear that the plumber may have voted for Donald Trump. Full story, HERE. And there is one about grief from Fusion, HERE. … Continue reading
The left appears to be continuing the meltdown, now 30 days and counting… They cannot rationalize HOW they could possibly lose, much less that they DID lose… To whit- Meryl Streep’s rant at the Golden Globes, HERE. Seems like this … Continue reading
And the report is out… “Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,”says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed … Continue reading
1944 – The Anglo-Argentine pilot Dick ‘Lucky’ Lindsell in his Hurricane MkIIC leads the attack on a bridge in Burma. They were actually part of the RAF’s Third Tactical Air Force, based in SE Asia a little known footnote during … Continue reading