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Got on a roll scanning old slides. Who is PIC, who is on the engine, which DC3, and where? "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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These shots seem to date from April 1980 and were taken at Z-Hills. A lot of good memories although somewhat faded with time. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Finally started going through my thousands of slides of the "old days" and came across these from Z-Hills and the Cessna 196 "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Well, it looks to be the late, great Dave Churchill on the right in the first shot and maybe Randy Thompson on the right in the third. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Looks like a Brittain Norman Islander (BN-2A) to me. We used one at CPI in Ellington, CT back in the '70s. We would bring it in from a small commuter airline, New England Airlines, that operated out of Block Island, usually to Westerly, RI. As I recall, we usually carried 8 jumpers and the aircraft had roughly the same performance as a straight-tail Cessna 182. Occasionally, someone might bounce off the wheel of the main gear. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Interesting stuff. I assume (which I hate to do) that the Van Bibber who had to air out his reserve is "Rip" Van Bibber who spent a number of years on the Army Parachute Team - Golden Knights RW Team in the late '70s. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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I didn't know Tom but knew about his going in. I remember the fatality report in Parachutist, he had shoulder dislocation problems and it was theorized that both of his shoulders dislocated in freefall. The only reason his name was familiar is that I had just suffered my first right shoulder dislocation - downwind accuracy on a PC. I went on to two more dislocations- including one in freefall - over the next year. Got the shoulder operated on and the next year, the other came out coming out of a track. Had it fixed and no problems since. Incident/fatality reports do teach lessons if people are willing to learn from them. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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...and if we HAD touched someone in freefall, we would both have been injured due to the closure rate. At least, that was the case back in '71-'72 for me! "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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What version of the M1A do you own? I've got the basic model and have installed a Harris Bipod, surplus walnut stock, and a Bushnell scope. Mostly I just plink at 100 - 200 yds with this rifle. My preference now is SASS and used to enjoy IPSC. I was "Expert" with the M14 and was quite good out to 350 meters back then...before we converted to M16s "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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SEC. 15. Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state. The above statement is taken verbatim from the Connecticut State Constitution and seems to make it very clear that every citizen has the right to keep and bear arms in their own defense as well as that of the state. It has NOTHING in regard to having to belong to a militia. From what I have read, the vast majority of the states has similar wording in their constitutions. Check yours! It is not hard to find the original intent of the second amendment if you will do some research and read what the various political leaders of that period in our history had to say. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Why? "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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...and now it turns out that these two perps ("alleged") were illegal aliens with criminal records. Why were they still in the USA? Why hadn't the local police turned them over to I.C.E. for deportation? If you can't do the time (forever, in this case) don't do the crime! "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Amazing...I actually remember most of those covers from 1970. Maybe it's only my short-term memory that is the problem. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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I'd go with "Riley Turbo Heron", a Dehavilland Heron converted to Lycoming IO 540 engines. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Can you tell me what the "carrying capacity" of the planet Earth is and explain your methodology in determining this number? "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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No truth whatsoever. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Naval "Aviators"....while "pilots" guide ships into and out of ports. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Flite Suit designer...Gary Carter (AKA "Crater") was it not? Out of CA up somewhere near Pope Valley? "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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The USAF used the T-6 as a FAC during the Korean War. It had marking rockets, I believe. The US Navy referred to this aircraft by North American as an SNJ. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Another mark of a DC-3 pilot is hydraulic oil on a pant leg (right or left depending if you were the captain or F.O.) from the windscreen wipers. Damn, it's been a long time. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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I seem to recall seeing a similar system used on Para-Foils and we tried that with some Pioneer Titans for style/accuracy jumpers. We also used a "snubber" system with a long reefing/bridle line on a few Titans. It was based on a system the Norwegian Airborne showed me. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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I don't remember seeing ANY rust on any of the DC-3s I flew...they all had a light coat of oil over them. In fact, about half the times I pre-flighted the aircraft, I would end up with the round oil stain on the back of my uniform shirt...from backing into the oil cooler while looking inside the wheel wells. ;>) "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Rusty??? Aluminum corrodes; it doesn't rust. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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Jim, there was a right-hand door DC3 at a Turkey Meet at the Hills in the mid-70s. I think it was the year that the 10-way team I was on (the Adams Family captained by Dave Adams) won the award for sequential RW (the year it came into being). "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling
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I'm happy with the Trijicon night sights on my Sig P-239 and Colt LW Commander. Depending on what you think you want/need, you might look at the fiber optic sights. They are less expensive than night sights but are a big improvement over many stock sights. "A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling