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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic - Out on a wing.....

From: Pomeroy RH Ranch <punchbowl4@earthlink.net>
Date: 2010-08-13

Tony -
Great story! My grandfather was a piggyback test engineer in the P-38for Lockheed back in the day. My namesake's father was Lockheed testpilot Milo Burcham who lost his life in a crash testing the P-80 http://www.godickson.com/Milo_Burcham.htm.
Lots of guts those men among men.
Vance

tony1 wrote:
 



Thank you kindly!
Dad, a friend of his, afriend of mine and I attended the largest gathering of P-51s inKissimme, Fl in the Spring of 98. There were 163 present and all inflying condition.
He was on the ship home toform the AAC's first jet figter when news of the German surrenderoccured.
Was to have flow the P-80which as it turns out wasn't mich of an aircraft, IE non delta wing forone.
15th Air Force, 352ndfighter group, 4th squadron, Naples Italy
Hell of a man like most WW2veterans. Naturally I'm biased and I miss him everyday.
 
Tony
 
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Sent:Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:51 PM
Subject:RE: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic - Out on a wing.....

 

P51!

 

……………….“Cadillac of the Skies!”

 

 

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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tony1
Sent: Thursday,August 12, 2010 8:52 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re:[newmellotrongroup] Off topic - Out on a wing.....

 

 

  

I was a solo"glider guider" at age 14. I had a total of 4 1/2 hours of instructortime before my release, while most adults require 24+ hours in aninstructor enviroment.

Doesn't hurtto have had a former WW2 fighter pilot father (P-51s), who kept flyinghis own aircraft until a year before ALS killed him at age 78.

It's awonderful experience and a lot like driving the race cars I enjoy(Formula One car next month), with the exception of having to get theaircraft on the ground in one piece on the first try.

No "goarounds" in an unpowered plane!

 

Try it you'lllike it!

 

Tony1

PS bring aFAT wallet.

 

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Sent: Wednesday, August 11,2010 11:41 PM

Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup]Off topic - Out on a wing.....

 

 

Extra Cool - we have one of the more popularglider ports in So Calif a few miles away. The only real way to knowwhen they're close is hearing the tow plane when it veers off afterdisconnect. I've been buzzed while hiking in the San Gabriel Mtnsbehind us by some pretty ballsy pilots - but this was something else...
Vance

lsf5275@aol. comwrote:

 

I lovesoaring. Blaniks are quite popular here in Virginia. Awesome videos.

 

In amessage dated 8/11/2010 10:01:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,jandjstrz@verizon. net writes:

 

…theview is tremendous.

 

Thesoundtrack music isn’t too bad either (sorry no ‘tron)

 

enjoythe scenery……: )

 

 

http://www.youtube. com/...&feature=related

http://www.youtube. com/...&feature=related

 

 

 

_Jim &Janet