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| Author: | Dice [ 23 Mar 2004, 05:58 ] |
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Where did the tradition of placing a US flag in the forward waindscreen come from and is this an CAF wide tradition or local? HMFIC |
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| Author: | D.B. [ 23 Mar 2004, 06:49 ] |
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I don't know, but one of our pilots in the 45th had one that when you flipped it over it said "F@@k You Commies". Cheers db Being responsible means sometimes pissing people off. Gen Colin Powell ret |
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| Author: | TheLastRaven [ 23 Mar 2004, 09:48 ] |
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Our pilots tended to keep nude pictures on the backs of theirs, and they'd flip them around when they came through the hot pits. As far as the tradition of it, I'm not sure... If I had to guess, though: Map packs/cases may have had various pictures and Old Glory just kind of stuck around out of all of them. A kind of Pilot's nose art, if you will... --Raven "'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'" |
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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 23 Mar 2004, 09:52 ] |
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I remember a 'Panther' Hog visiting the Mildenhall Air Fete the year Frank Sinatra died, proudly displaying a Time magazine with the great man on the cover in the usual spot reserved for the Stars 'n' Stripes (or maps) |
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| Author: | Type 7 [ 23 Mar 2004, 11:23 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I remember a 'Panther' Hog visiting the Mildenhall Air Fete the year Frank Sinatra died, proudly displaying a Time magazine with the great man on the cover in the usual spot reserved for the Stars 'n' Stripes (or maps) <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> I keep a New Mexico flag posted in the windscreen. |
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| Author: | Hogmender [ 23 Mar 2004, 11:41 ] |
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I know there was a pilot at Shaw that did in '93ish. Not sure where the tradition started though. Go Ugly Early ! No body's ugly after 2:00 A.M. |
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| Author: | Dice [ 23 Mar 2004, 14:12 ] |
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Well I known a lot more than I did about this issue but I still don't know where it cam from.....<img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> HMFIC |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 15:45 ] |
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Dice, I remember in the late 80's some drivers at Woodbridge did that, loke some have allready said the were nice pictures on the flip side. HTH JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 23 Mar 2004, 15:55 ] |
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I think it was Woodbridge where I saw the first flag, it was in a Blue Streak jet in about August 88. Some of the WR birds had flags on both sides of the cockpit. |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 16:07 ] |
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BB, yep that was when I was stationed there in the 91st 88-90 JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 23 Mar 2004, 16:27 ] |
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On jet 80-280 to be exact!!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 16:33 ] |
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I worked 80-0205, 80-0271 while I was over there, 280 was Leons' jet. JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | Bacon Bits [ 23 Mar 2004, 17:16 ] |
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I may have mentioned it before, I remember seeing both 205 and 271 together at the same airshow at Biggin Hill in June 1990. The lead pilot was Tim McDonald who in 91 had the honour of being the last USAFE Hog Demo pilot. |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 17:50 ] |
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I worked 271 when I first go there, but it was taken away from me when it went to gunsmoke in 89. The pilots name dosent sound famiular. JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | Dice [ 23 Mar 2004, 18:50 ] |
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EVERYBODY...HANDS UP... AND STEP AWAY FROM YOUR KEYBOARDS...THIS IS A HIGHJACKING!!! <img src=newicons/Whatever_anim.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_cussing.gif border=0 align=middle> HMFIC |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 18:53 ] |
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breath in ......breath out..ok........ Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | Dice [ 23 Mar 2004, 18:59 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> breath in ......breath out..ok........ Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> <img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle> HMFIC Edited by - Dice on Apr 03 2004 06:12 AM |
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| Author: | jbpig [ 23 Mar 2004, 19:04 ] |
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awsome door! I takled to Bobby(whoster) and right now he can not find his door art photos. He as recently got hitched and stuff got re-arranged, and he is fixin to get deployed again next week. JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! |
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| Author: | MrMudd [ 23 Mar 2004, 19:40 ] |
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<font size=6>PILSUNG!!!</font id=size6> Damn it was only a decade and a half ago i was at Kunsan! "The power to Destroy the planet, is insignifigant to the power of the Air Force----Mudd Vader |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 23 Mar 2004, 21:12 ] |
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"He (h)as recently got hitched " Send him my condolences... "US Snipers, Providing surgical strikes since 1776" |
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| Author: | Dice [ 24 Mar 2004, 04:53 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> awsome door! I takled to Bobby(whoster) and right now he can not find his door art photos. He as recently got hitched and stuff got re-arranged, and he is fixin to get deployed again next week. JB Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> Not a problem JB, like I said I belive he sent me what he had before but, if he ever finds more (them) I will gladly take anything he would like to donate. HMFIC |
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| Author: | TheLastRaven [ 24 Mar 2004, 06:30 ] |
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Dice: Again, no real help to the original question, but at Spang, I'd say 80%+ of our drivers kept flags in the windscreen...unfortunately all the "cool" pictures on the flipside seem to gone by the way side as some of them rotated out. On a related note, we had one pilot roll through hot pits, and we asked himw hy he didn't have any nice pictures with him...after some ball busting, he finally pulled out his grease pencil and drew some boobs on his canopy and flew his last go with them. Oddly enough, he drew them on the right spot so that when he taxied in at the end of his second sortie, it looked like they had been drawn to look like they were on him. --Raven "'When it comes to my turn, will you want me to go?' 'For democracy, any man would give his only begotten son.'" |
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| Author: | Coach [ 24 Mar 2004, 06:38 ] |
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About half of the guys (mostly the young ones) flew with flags on the glareshield when I was at Bentwaters in 84. Coach |
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| Author: | majormadmax [ 24 Mar 2004, 08:55 ] |
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Coach! Bentwaters?!? 1984?!?! I left in April of that year, where were you? Which squadron? Bentwaters or Woodbridge? Great times! Cheers! M2 |
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| Author: | Coach [ 24 Mar 2004, 22:00 ] |
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I arrived in the 510th on 24 Mar 84...20 years ago today! Brand new butterbar with 85 hours in the jet. Coach |
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