Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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hog88 said:
I read an interview in Forbes where he said he didn't want to be in the Mercury project because those guys had no control and weren't flying. So I don't know, he deserved to be included if he wanted to be in it.
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They touched on these comments in the movie The Right Stuff. The test pilots were adamant they were PILOTS and if they couldn’t fly they didn’t need a pilot a chimp would do.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I think James actually wins then. I was wrong Olds was in Germany during Korea. Some amazing individuals came out of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Not really a competition so to speak lol

Of the Tuskegee Airmen, James was the most accomplished that's for sure. He and Robin Olds were a really great pair.

The USAF needs more like Olds and James IMO. Warriors and fighters first.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Not really a competition so to speak lol

Of the Tuskegee Airmen, James was the most accomplished that's for sure. He and Robin Olds were a really great pair.

The USAF needs more like Olds and James IMO. Warriors and fighters first.
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ASAF doesn't like to fly low.
 
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hog88 said:
More than once the USAF couldn’t provide CAS because they couldn’t identify the targets and yet they weren’t allowed to fly low enough to identify the targets.
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Most of that has changed by this point.

Also depends on the platform.
 
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hog88 said:
That he was. I never knew he never went to college.
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Many WW2 era pilots didn't. I think most were RIF'd after WW2. Very few reached the heights that Yeager did. Many more like my dad lasted to retirement before being forced out and never advanced beyond major or even captain.

I remember seeing Yeager's last flight in an F-15 on TV - how smooth it looked. I was telling my brother about it, and he said that was what they called flying it down the struts.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Can one of you come get your cat?

I have a hard time picking which food it wants...
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Try Fancy Feast Classic Paté Ocean Whitefish & Tuna or some Purina One Vibrant Maturity (dry food). I haven't seen one that would turn either of those away.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I think James actually wins then. I was wrong Olds was in Germany during Korea. Some amazing individuals came out of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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A lot of WW2 fighter pilots were not retained after WW2. Many of those who were recalled were used in other roles and didn't make the conversion to jets until later. My dad flew P-47s and some P-51s in WW2, but went to Korea in 1950 as a radar controller - they wanted pilots retrained in radar to guide air strikes especially fighter/bomber attacks over N Korea at night. His unit was actually on the ground north of Pyongyang when the Chinese crossed the Yalu; the site had to be destroyed in place because there was no time to get the equipment out. He had a lot of interesting stories and pictures of Marine Corsairs and Tigercats that barely made it back to Kimpo after night missions. He came back in 1951 and flew P-51s at Tyndall (Panama City) until he converted to jets. A lot of AF WW2 fighter pilots don't seem to have made it into jets in time for Korea even though they may have flown in Viet Nam.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I thought he did. He was on active duty during Korea. I do know Olds did.
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My first car..Delta 88 with a 455 Rocket (2 barrel). Freaking tank. Just like this one. Green but black landaeu top

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