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). ----Message d'origine---- >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 > > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/=7Etelyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- Noos, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail... Web : webmail.noos.fr ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/