Thanks, Sonny. Reading that you saw the display on a base makes me think that
what I experienced back in the early 1990s at the old Army Air Corp “shack” and
have also confirmed with older friends who had parents that worked at the WWII
training facility down at Buckingham base, east of Ft Myers that it was an
USAAC tradition. So, David, I’ll leave it at that the Canadians once more show
up as a more “reasonable-folk” in their behaviors. :)
Best regards,
Peter S.
On Aug 8, 2021, at 1:17 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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:
Hi Peter,
The main principle was “no ticket - no laundry”. Transfer could only take
place when full payment was received. Sometimes an aircraft would be
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 Chinese
didn’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.
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
really thinks that your experience would’ve been better, but…another part
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. :)
Thanks. If you ever want to share an image of your fabric “certificate” of
air-worthiness I’m certain that the crowd around here would be
appreciative.
Wait. While we’re considering aviation and traditions, and if Howard is
still checking in the site to read this - are there or were there any
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?
One more thing per aviation - there’s a short film on YouTube that I think
some of you may find interesting.
Here’s the first link to the restoration project’s web-site, that
unfortunately I don’t think got too much support in their Kickstarted
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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