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The only one in that list that I have flown is the T-28. The other day I was
in Charlotte and it turns out they have an aviation museum there. Of all
things, they have an H-46 helo from the last Marine squadron I worked at,
HMM-161. That was a weird feeling. :)
"Wayne Paul" <wayne@soaridaho.com> wrote in message
news:12p928m8df1au9b@corp.supernews.com...
> Juan,
>
> You may be correct. Now let me see where I fit. Definately not 90+;
> however, SNJ, SMB, T-33, T2J, T-28, T-34, A3D, A6A, P2V, P5M, R4D. Oh my,
> I must be getting old!!
>
> Wayne
> http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder
>
>
> "Juan Jimenez" <flybd5@prtc.net> wrote in message
> news:4594796e$0$15426$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
>> Nah, when you know you're getting old is when you _start_ finding them in
>> the museum. By the time you can only find them in museums you already
>> know you're an old fart, and you're probably volunteering at the museum.
>>
>> And I just got a flashback of a 90+ yr old volunteer at the Vintage
>> Flying Museum who flew B-17's in WWII and still gives tours, clambering
>> all over the airplane to teach people about the history of the airplane.
>> Everytime I think about that it reminds me what it feels like to see
>> "awesome" in person...
>>
>> "Wayne Paul" <wayne@soaridaho.com> wrote in message
>> news:12p8ijp2j3diee1@corp.supernews.com...
>>>I get the same type of a blank stare when I mention A3D.
>>>
>>> You know you're old when ...the only place you can find an aircraft you
>>> flew during your military career is a museums.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>> HP-14 "6F"
>>> http://www.soaridaho.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> <veeduber@isp.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1167342322.391797.172980@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
>>>> You know you're old when some kid posts a picture of a plane you've
>>>> flown in captioned: 'What the hell is THIS?'
>>>>
>>>> (It's an AJ-2, son. A nice airplane and one of the largest to have
>>>> flown off an Essex-class carrier.)
>>>>
>>>> -R.S.Hoover
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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