The Grey Man…

It’s almost a book! The cover is complete! Tina did a super job as always!!! The final edits are complete, and proofs have been ordered. I do have a bleg though… If you’ve read TGM- Payback or TGM- Changes and … Continue reading

TBT…

A strange bit of history… I knew this was the first Air Force One, but I ‘thought’ it was actually in the museum at Wright Pat… Sigh… This is truly a shame if it’s lost. Ironically, the Sacred Cow, Roosevelt’s … Continue reading

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Rio Olympics…

I don’t know how many folks are watching the Olympics, but the performances are amazing… Not just the Americans, but all the athletes. Some of the performances are frankly stunning… To win by 8.209 points at the Olympics is just… WOW! … Continue reading

The gloves are coming off…

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT is VERY anti-gun. Now he’s taking it to the next level and the true agenda is coming out… “Gun control has become a litmus test issue for leadership in the Democratic Party,” he told an interviewer. “I … Continue reading

Oldies but ‘goodies’…

Military staffer’s comments… STILL true, if not truer today! 🙁   “Please don’t laugh. This is my job.” Maj (EUCOM) from Protocol, explaining in great detail the approved procedures for dropping off VIPs “If we wait until the last minute … Continue reading

Aviation Art…

Captain Erich Topp steers his Type VIIc U-Boat number U-552 Red Devil towards the sanctuary of the base at St Nazaire after another patrol during the grueling Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. In the skies above, heading back out … Continue reading

Gun statistics…

Real rates of gun deaths. NOT something the left wants to discuss… A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell–and fell sharply. … Continue reading

TGIFF…

You can guess what the ‘other’ F is… Three days of therapy on my back this week about knocked me out… I need a few days off to recover, or at least try to! Anyhoo, it was my turn to … Continue reading

TBT…

Detachments… Better known as “Dets” always were, and still are the bane of an aircrew’s existence, or a welcomed break depending on what was going on where… If you were a straight stick crew, you might get one or two … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday…

Grrr… Apparently my Wordless Wednesday also turned into a postless Wednesday… Sorry!!! … Continue reading