Thanks but no thanks. The Navy let me spend a year in Iceland. I've come to DETEST cold. 90 degrees suits me just fine
Spring....?
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LOL- I vividly recall being on the wing of a C 54, pumping fuel. With a rope tied around me, a guy on the ground keeping me ON the wing. In 15 below and 65 knots of wind. Don't want to do that again!
I wonder if that is the same leaky C54 that landed in MD at Andrews on its way to the desert in AZ. We were tasked with patching the wing tanks so it could hold enough fuel to get across country... It was tired old bird. I got to man the Fire Suppression watch. As I recall it was a cold and wet day on the ramp.
Navy 50862. Flew as radioman on that bird for 5 months- Keflavik Iceland to Germany and return once a week. Stops in Scotland, England. R and R flight. She had a pair off 300 gallon tanks aft of flight deck. Had been on Antarctica duty. Crashed on take off over in Arizona after she was retired- all survived. My last flight was May, 1963
Picture on tarmac in Mildenhall, England
I remember the crew had to run out of the plane and stick a tail support under the plane before anyone could get off. Plane had a tendency to rock back on the main gear if too many tried to get off the plane at the same time.
I repaired her radios while in Andrews for the stop over. There were a few in service that came through while I was there. One was outfitted with upscale class seats and a lounge. 1970-73
I repaired her radios while in Andrews for the stop over. There were a few in service that came through while I was there. One was outfitted with upscale class seats and a lounge. 1970-73
A few visions of spring:
My son helping wash the roadster:
The view out my office window: lots of flowers and shrubs waiting to go in the ground:
Fresh Oregon strawberries on breakfast cereal:
(The last one is cheating just a bit; there's a local farm that raises them in hoop shelters; the open field berries won't be ready for another few weeks)
My son helping wash the roadster:
The view out my office window: lots of flowers and shrubs waiting to go in the ground:
Fresh Oregon strawberries on breakfast cereal:
(The last one is cheating just a bit; there's a local farm that raises them in hoop shelters; the open field berries won't be ready for another few weeks)
While we are not getting snow, it is far from warm. Only in the mid 40s today and tomorrow. It is so bad, even one of local weather forecasters is giving up the business.
https://www.syracuse.com/weather/20...y-matott-leaving-tv-to-chase-a-new-dream.html
Rain is our big issue. It hasn't been dry enough to cut the grass in a couple of weeks, much less to get any spring work done on the boat. Any one know where I can rent some sheep? And Lake Ontario keeps rising, it is beginning to look a lot like the 2017 floods.
https://www.syracuse.com/weather/20...y-matott-leaving-tv-to-chase-a-new-dream.html
Rain is our big issue. It hasn't been dry enough to cut the grass in a couple of weeks, much less to get any spring work done on the boat. Any one know where I can rent some sheep? And Lake Ontario keeps rising, it is beginning to look a lot like the 2017 floods.
