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Hey Spook, Just got back from FLA and read your mail abnout the vets in WW2..... At Oshkosh last year they had a WW2 SBD Dauntless on display. I was very excited beacuse I hadn't seen one in a long time. I think it is the only surviving SBD flying. Anyway, I was talking to the pilot and told him that I spent several years flying in the back seat of that old dive bomber and was wondering if I could climb up and try out my old seat just once more. OK he said and I proceeded to climb up on the wing. You know, they must have raised that wing a foot or more cause I had a heck of a time getting up. While I was standing on the wing I looked over and saw the little slot for my foot I was positive that they had modified that Dauntless. I tried to pull myself up with no success and gave up on the idea of getting in the cockpit. Of course back then when I was 18 years old I'd make the wing in one hop and swing into the seat like nothing. No more. Anyway, that same fall I had my first ride in a private plane and it just happened to be a brand new 1946 Ercoupe. I never forgot it and when I got my license I purchased one and have been as Happy as a clam ever since. Hope I haven't rambled on too long but Lots of folks have forgotten about WW2 and I guess I just wanted to make a statement..... Sorry, I wasn't a pilot. I was a back seat radio gunner. Didn't become a pilot until I was 60 years old. Stay loose..... Bill Coons 99822 __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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