tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post1565613539522887374..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: D-Daydrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-56315260779274318942018-06-07T17:30:20.393-07:002018-06-07T17:30:20.393-07:00There's TWO, count 'em, TWO B-29's lef...There's TWO, count 'em, TWO B-29's left in flying condition out of the 3,970 built, and 26 in museums.<br /><br />My current experience restoring old military things is limited to one battleship, but the process is very similar. Finding parts is the hardest.<br /><br />I've worn a parachute before when I flew in a light aircraft with the doors off, and I didn't like it a bit. The only thing worse was when I flew some photo missions for Sea Launch in the Twin Huey they leased the last five launches. I was well harnessed in, and flying with both side doors off trying to get some good shots was NOT a pleasant flying experience!<br /><br />I did it, but never again.<br /><br />The Boeing photographer was hanging out the side like a monkey, and even that made me pretty queasy....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-1632614102301382242018-06-07T13:24:00.787-07:002018-06-07T13:24:00.787-07:00I love to hear about historic aircraft being prese...I love to hear about historic aircraft being preserved. There are few enough of them left around.<br /><br />I went through the Army's Airborne course at Fort Benning in the summer of 1973. I was a reluctant "volunteer." It was one of those "all those who don't want to volunteer, take one step forward." Still, it was an experience. I don't think I would have cared to be a paratrooper going into Normandy. The scenes from "Band of Brothers" about Normandy killed any ardor I may have felt for that! More power to the guys who did it, like Gunga Din, they were better men than me. ;-)Harry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-12623615185444096712018-06-07T12:39:17.251-07:002018-06-07T12:39:17.251-07:00She's finished and flying again, and will be i...She's finished and flying again, and will be in France for the 75th.<br /><br />I used to hang around the Planes Of Fame museum in Chino. I volunteered for a while there right after I moved to Kalifornia.<br /><br />I never worked on any aircraft other than to pass tools and help clean up, but it was worth every minute of my time. The commute from Torrance/Lomita to Chino was a killer though.<br /><br />To walk up to these historic aircraft and touch them was a powerful feeling....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-8372252869858144252018-06-07T12:35:21.243-07:002018-06-07T12:35:21.243-07:00Really! Every time I went to an air show with WWII...Really! Every time I went to an air show with WWII aircraft I always wondered the same thing.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-65429729195012588722018-06-07T12:33:50.885-07:002018-06-07T12:33:50.885-07:00I never understood why almost all of the WWII vets...I never understood why almost all of the WWII vets I knew growing wouldn't talk about it until I got older, and some of my friends came back from 'Nam.<br /><br />Then I started to understand....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-54939022969787776862018-06-07T08:51:12.895-07:002018-06-07T08:51:12.895-07:00I'm very pleased to hear that she's being ...I'm very pleased to hear that she's being restored.<br /><br />Restoring war birds always brings a ray of sunshine into my heart.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-37132186035519826212018-06-06T18:58:42.399-07:002018-06-06T18:58:42.399-07:00Amen... If that old bird could only talk...Amen... If that old bird could only talk...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-17983078979257991642018-06-06T18:35:41.917-07:002018-06-06T18:35:41.917-07:00There was a ex airborne veteran who jumped on D-Da...There was a ex airborne veteran who jumped on D-Day and later was a POW in our company, circa 1965. He never talked about it. The only way anyone knew was the one or two times a year he had to stand formation in Class As.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.com