[LRflex] Re: OT P51

Hi Art,

I'm very happy we've all made a long way since the days when you could hav=
e shot each other down. And very pleased you made it through alive.

Even if there may have been some kind of mysterious poetry in the names gi=
ven to russian aircraft; badger, hip, etc.., since M(i)8 now refers to a c=
amera for most of us, I guess we've made some progress (he winks).

Shooting Leica and sharing is much more in line with what I like in life (=
he smiles). And I wouldn't say no to a vintage four-wheeler called Mustang=
 either (but a pink convertible one=21).

Yours
Phil..x =


PS: Still away from home and no way to download my card, but I'll send you=
 a dogfight trails pic that looks the pilots had fun on that one (G 5 ? 6?=
 7? , not the Canon thing).

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>De: NATSTEK=40aol.com
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:11:32 EST
>Sujet: =5BLRflex=5D Re: OT P51
>A: leicareflex=40freelists.org
>
>Actually guy's, =

>My first choice is a nice MacDonnel F4B in flying condition. I'd have to =
lose =

>about fifty pounds to be able to comfortably fit into the front cockpit a=
gain =

>but that's a small price to pay. I'd have to win a lottery just to be abl=
e to =

>keep a Phantom in full afterburner for more than 20 seconds=21 =

>
>Actually, if you have enough money, you can purchase a MiG 29 Fulcrum. =

>
>I actually got to pilot one along with a MiG 21 and a MiG 25 Foxbat, whil=
e on =

>a business trip to Russia several years ago. I had a wonderful flight =

>instructor who happened to be a Colonel in the Russian, (former Soviet) A=
ir Force. He =

>admired my old flight jacket that I had worn to the base. One Squadron pa=
tch =

>that I had on my jacket brought back memories to him, it was the Bengal T=
iger =

>head of VMFA 542, my first squadron in Viet Nam. I asked him if maybe we =
had =

>met in the skies over North Viet Nam and he answered that he had been an =

>=22Advisor=22 in 66=7E67. I had some extra patches and I gave him one for=
 VMFA 542 & VMFA =

>323 (Death Rattlers) my other old squadron in Viet Nam. Needless to say, =
I =

>made a friend.
>
>We reminised over the =22Good Old Days=22 of the Former Soviet Empire, wh=
en you =

>knew, or at least perceived to know, your enemy. At least back then, it w=
asn't =

>every tom, dick and henry, (I'm being politically correct), instead of hu=
rling =

>ethnic slurs.
>
>Just some miscellaneous ramblings from an old =22Jarhead=22
>
>Art Tafil
>
>
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