I recall at the base aero club at one of my childhood stations (service
brat) There was a wall of shirttails autographed and dated.
Regards,
Sonny
http://sonc.com ;<http://sonc.com/look/>
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
USA
On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 11:52 AM David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Howard's was a fascinating story. And one I'd certainly believe.
I checked with a couple more pilot friends and nobody I know has
experienced shirt-tail cutting or any other ritual when gaining their
pilot's license.
David.
On Aug. 8, 2021 3:18 a.m., Peter Stevens <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Good morning, Howard. Thanks for the brief insight into the process and a
confirmation of Chinese “bugging”. It’s another “book” on the shelf of
surveillance right alongside David’s Soviet hotel keys/front-desk
operations volume. :)
Best regards,
Peter S
On Aug 6, 2021, at 3:39 PM, Howard Cummer <hcummer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:take place when full payment was received. Sometimes an aircraft would be
Hi Peter,
The main principle was “no ticket - no laundry”. Transfer could only
completed and the buyer slow to finalize payment so there could be no
delivery. In one case, the VP of Sales of Dehavilland Canada was sitting in
the Library at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, complaining
to me that the Chinese twin otter was already built and if the Chinesedidn’t pay soon it would have to be sent out to short term lease. The next
day, in contract negotiations, the Chinese introduced a new clause to the
contract which stated that no completed aircraft purchased by the Chinese
could be put into short term leasing prior to delivery. That meant, of
course, that the library was bugged. Not surprising really.
Howard.really thinks that your experience would’ve been better, but…another part
From: "Peter Stevens" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
Subject: [LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V18 #215
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 13:37:37 -0400
Hi Neil and thanks for the response and the confirmation. :) Part of me
of me has to laugh at the thought of all those pilots who experienced the
“trim-jobs” giving consideration of the coming event and just wore their
least favorite shirt that day. :)
of air-worthiness I’m certain that the crowd around here would be
Thanks. If you ever want to share an image of your fabric “certificate”
appreciative.
still checking in the site to read this - are there or were there any
Wait. While we’re considering aviation and traditions, and if Howard is
traditions around the transferring an airplane from a sale…I mean besides
making sure that the payment has cleared the bank? And how about when
placing an airplane into service as it comes off the production line for
the first flight?
think some of you may find interesting.
One more thing per aviation - there’s a short film on YouTube that I
unfortunately I don’t think got too much support in their Kickstarted
Here’s the first link to the restoration project’s web-site, that
campaign:
http://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/gaining-altitude-mosquito-reborn.html
and here’s the YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauNQgkOJhU
Best regards,
Peter S
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