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I haven't been to Colorado since 1987, looks like a return trip is in order!
We'll get back to Russia tomorrow.
The musings & rants of 3 retired military (2 USAF, 1 USN), 1 former WSO, and 1 AF brat. Old AF Sarge, Juvat, Tuna, LUSH, and Beans.
Helluva story!
ReplyDeleteGreat tale of bravery.
ReplyDeleteWell now..... a History Lesson, just the thing Sarge........ :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting/posting, Sarge! I'm flattered.
ReplyDeletePlease do come out and see the national treasures we have here. Every aircraft that has skin on the wings is flyable - and flown - on a regular basis with one notable exception.
Rob Gale
AWEsome history lesson!
ReplyDeleteLove that bird. And now I have another museum I need to visit.
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They have the best sounds and smells at the museum when they bring the planes out to play. We used to be in an adjacent building and get the exhaust and propwash when they'd do test runs. Now we're across the street and get to see and hear, especially the low passes when the airport allows. The P-38 low pass last July was nuts!
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ReplyDeleteMost excellent presentation with great research. What a story! Where do we get such men, and women?
The ignorance of the citizenry these days is depressing. Most know nothing about WW2, or Korea, or Vietnam, and almost as little about the Gulf Wars or the War on Terror. I blame our schools, our news media, and entertainment (propaganda0 industry) which have focused on making our founders and warriors into evil people focused on oppressing minorities or some such nonsense. Instead they should be telling stories like this about man and women defending our country at great personal risk and sacrifice.
Thanks to Rob Gale for keeping the stories, and the aircraft available so we can remember them.
With the location in Colorado Springs. I wonder how much interaction there is with the USAF Academy. Or, is all the stuff about war too upsetting for the current woke management there?
Yes, I need to visit sometime, too.
John Blackshoe
Many of the folks who work at the Museum are alumni of the Academy, we're USAF " heavy" but all of the services are represented in the crew. One Academy grad went on to retire as an Armor Colonel - figured if he couldn't fly he might as well do something like 2-D flying, I think.
DeleteI'm not aware of formal ties with the Academy; we do get a lot of parents in while they're visiting.
As for "education" we just had an 8th-grade field trip from metro Denver this last week (private school), we get a LOT of home school groups as well - great kids in the main.
The Westpac restoration facility associated with the museum had a program for HS kids to learn A&P skills which was a success but ran afoul of some kind of administrative hitch. They're still trying though.
We have a great cooperative relationship with UCCS (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) in our interactive program; you can "fly" in an N3N biplane trainer; work a Norden bombsight, soon you'll be able to man a waist gun and "defend" against the Luftwaffe. I've been "instructing" on the N3N; it's a lot of fun.
So, please do come out; and don't despair, John, there ARE some good kids out there!
Rob Gale
Plan on a week. There are several along the Front Range and one in Grand Junction.
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