akflyerbob

During a commercial airline flight an experienced Air Force Fighter Pilot was seated next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the infant as discreetly as possible.



The pilot pretended not to notice, and, upon disembarking, he gallantly offered his assistance to help with the various baby-related items.



When the young mother expressed her gratitude, the pilot responded, "Gosh, that's a good looking baby, and he sure was hungry!"



Somewhat embarrassed, the mother explained that her pediatrician said that the time spent on the breast would help alleviate the pressure in the baby's ears.



The Air Force Pilot sadly shook his head, and in true pilot fashion exclaimed, "HMMM, and all these years, I've been chewing gum."

This happened on a flight getting ready to depart for Detroit.

Bob was sitting on the plane when a guy took the seat beside him.
The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear.

"What's the matter?" Bob asked.

"I've been transferred to Detroit. There are crazy people there.
They've got lots of shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools, and the highest crime rate in the nation."

Jack replied, "I've lived in Detroit all my life. It's not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, go to work, mind your own business.
Enroll your kids in a nice private school. It's as safe a place as anywhere in the world."

The guy relaxed and stopped shaking and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death.
But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck."

This was sent to me in an email...................

The Reno Air Races has been a premier event among aviators for many years and will most likely permanently end as a result of the tragic accident this weekend at Reno.

The aircraft that crashed was called the Galloping Ghost, and was piloted by Jimmie Leeward, a well-established flier who has raced in this event before.

My brother-in-law, owns a P-51, restores P-51 aircraft for others, and has competed in previous Reno events as well. He was to be flying in this same heat, but because of some engine oil leakage problems was in his pit repairing the aircraft, and thus became an eyewitness to the accident. His pit was located about 100 yards from the point of impact on the tarmac. The aircraft impact on the tarmac(thick reinforced concrete) created a 3-ft by 8-ft hole.

As an eyewitness he observed the a/c to instantaneously pitch up from straight and level flight to cause the accident. The violent pitch up was believed to be initiated by the failure of a horizontal trim tab on the a/c elevator assembly.
The trim tab appears to become detached from one mounting point only, and then to extend itself aft much further than from its normal position in the tail assembly. This would serve to alter the a/c’s trim, and with a force much greater than that when the trim tab is in its correct position, because of a longer than normal lever arm to the a/c’s center of gravity. The a/c at this time was estimated to be traveling about 480 mph. I saw a pix of this broken and trailing trim tab on the web yesterday.
The pitch up appears to have created at least 9g of force based on the observation that the tail wheel of the P-51 extended at the same time.
In normal operation the tail wheel retracts at the same time the main gear does. A mechanism at the rear of the a/c then locks the tail wheel up in place. The limit for mechanical failure of that mechanism is about 9g, and the tail wheel extended during the pitch up maneuver, suggesting that at least 9g had been applied to the a/c and its pilot.
While no one can be certain of the exact g forces sustained by Leeward at that moment, it is probably safe to say that he became totally incapacitated or perhaps even fatally injured as a result, and had provided no input with regard to any observed aircraft maneuvers after that. Basically the a/c was guided by other aerodynamic forces that those normally supplied by the pilot. Telemetry for the a/c showed no changes in the power settings of 3600 rpm, and 110 inches of manifold pressure after the pitch up. This would clearly indicate that the pilot was incapacitated.
A side note, he (brother in law) suggested that pilot might have been fatally injured as well by the rapid 9+g maneuver as the aorta can separate from the heart under those conditions.

My brother in law lost some other friends as well as they were seated in the VIP area.

It is a sad day for aviation.

ONLY A GRANDMOTHER WOULD KNOW...

~A Cup of Tea ~

One day my Gramma was out, and my Grampa was in charge of my sister.
She was maybe 3 1/2 years old. Someone had given her a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it was one of her favorite toys.

Grampa was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when she brought him a little cup of 'tea', which was just water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my Gramma came home.

My Grampa made her wait in the living room to watch her bring him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!' Gramma waited, and sure enough, here she came down the hall with a cup of tea for Grampa, and she watched him drink it up.

Then she said, (as only a gramma would know), "'Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water, is the toilet?"

> . A tough looking group of bikers were riding when they saw a girl about to
> jump
> off a bridge so they stopped.
>
>>The leader, a big burly man, gets off his bike and says, "What are you
>> doing?"
>>"I'm going to commit suicide," she says.
>>
>>
>>While he did not want to appear insensitive, he didn't want to miss an
>>opportunity so he asked... "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a
>>kiss?"
>>
>>
>>So she does... And it was a long, deep lingering kiss.
>>
>>After she's finished, the biker says, "Wow! That was the best kiss I have
>> ever
>>had. That's a real talent you are wasting. You could be famous. Why are you
>>
>>committing suicide?"
>>
>>
>>"My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl......"

Willow Run Bomber Plant Video - WWII



Henry Ford was determined that he could mass produce bombers just as he had done with cars. He built the Willow Run assembly plant and proved it. It was the world's largest building under one roof. even then FORD HAD A BETTER IDEA!

This film will absolutely blow you away - one B-24 every 55 minutes. ADOLF HITLER HAD NO IDEA THE U.S. WAS CAPABLE OF THIS KIND OF THING. There is no way he could have even guessed.

For those who live outside of Michigan , Willow Run is near Bellville, Canton and Ypsilanti , MI

It's amazing that one B-24 (built with over 1.225 million parts) came off the assembly line every 55 minutes

Take a few minutes to watch this snapshot of history.



bomber_plant.wmv

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While creating wives, God promised man that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world.


And then He made the earth round.


God does have a sense of humor.


Just counting my blessings.


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> Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their
> days interesting. Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went
> into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5
> minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.
>
> We went up to him and said, "Come on man, how about giving a senior
> citizen a break?"
>
> He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi turd.
> He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires.
> So my wife called him a butt-head. He finished the second ticket and put
> it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third
> ticket.
>
> This went on for about 20 minutes.. The more we abused him, the
> more tickets he wrote...
>
> Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by
> bus and saw the car had an Obama sticker...
>
> We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired..
>
> It's important at our age.
>