Comments on: Flightdeck Friday – Project VALOUR-IT http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: xformed http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/comment-page-1#comment-487 xformed Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:53:36 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/#comment-487 I would step forward and call them on copyright infringement. Basement? Your compassion, brought on by the simple retired life is showing. I was thinking a slit trench full of mud from the banks of the Ashley, complete with a chilled water system would be more accomodating for such apprentices. I would step forward and call them on copyright infringement.

Basement? Your compa**ion, brought on by the simple retired life is showing. I was thinking a slit trench full of mud from the banks of the Ashley, complete with a chilled water system would be more accomodating for such apprentices.

]]> By: Randy Peterson http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/comment-page-1#comment-486 Randy Peterson Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:10:12 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/#comment-486 Love the big beast. Although I never had the honor of military service I had a proud WWII Marine vet as a step father. We grew up in the shadows of B-52s leaving the runway at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. They were never as beautiful as some of the planes most children would grow to love but up close and personal they were a spinestraightening example of pride in strength and peace through superior firepower. When they were moved off base to accomadate the new B-1 fleet we were excited for the arrival of the newest examples of technology but missed the silhouette of the almost daily B-52 flyovers as they practiced takeoffs and landings. As a side note I was friends with one of the base Officers. When I expressed my desire to attend the Air Force Academy he and the base CO arranged a walk through of the first B-1s to arrive. I was told other than the Governor I was the first civilian to be allowed any where near the B1s let alone seated in each of the command seats. Quite a thrill for a 16 year old and still a great memory for a middle-ager. Thanks for the info and entertaining site. Keep it coming and Go MM. Randy Love the big beast. Although I never had the honor of military service I had a proud WWII Marine vet as a step father. We grew up in the shadows of B-52s leaving the runway at Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota. They were never as beautiful as some of the planes most children would grow to love but up close and personal they were a spinestraightening example of pride in strength and peace through superior firepower. When they were moved off base to accomadate the new B-1 fleet we were excited for the arrival of the newest examples of technology but missed the silhouette of the almost daily B-52 flyovers as they practiced takeoffs and landings. As a side note I was friends with one of the base Officers. When I expressed my desire to attend the Air Force Academy he and the base CO arranged a walk through of the first B-1s to arrive. I was told other than the Governor I was the first civilian to be allowed any where near the B1s let alone seated in each of the command seats. Quite a thrill for a 16 year old and still a great memory for a middle-ager. Thanks for the info and entertaining site. Keep it coming and Go MM. Randy

]]> By: Steeljawscribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/comment-page-1#comment-485 Steeljawscribe Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:17:28 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/#comment-485 Careful - you too could end up filling inkpots with the Apprentices in the basement :wink: Actually trying to get out ahead of a busy w/end and hoist the warning signals for V-IT Challenge '07 a pinch early... - SJS Careful – you too could end up filling inkpots with the Apprentices in the basement :wink: Actually trying to get out ahead of a busy w/end and hoist the warning signals for V-IT Challenge ‘07 a pinch early…
- SJS

]]> By: Xformed http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/comment-page-1#comment-484 Xformed Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:17:05 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/2007/09/20/flightdeck-friday-project-valour-it/#comment-484 Flight Deck Friday on Thursday? Is my watch incorrect? :) Great airplane, excellent writeup....I was raised in the shadow of the Boeing Plant in Renton. <a href="http://www.chaoticsynapticactivity.com/2007/07/05/buff-takes-to-the-skies-this-day-in-1954/" rel="nofollow">Some of my "close encounters" with BUFFs documented here</a>. Flight Deck Friday on Thursday? Is my watch incorrect? :)

Great airplane, excellent writeup….I was raised in the shadow of the Boeing Plant in Renton. Some of my “close encounters” with BUFFs documented here.

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