That was well worth watching. I can't imagine what must have been going through his head while he was on that flight. Powerful stuff.
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June 07, 2019, 07:11 AM
83v45magna
June 07, 2019, 08:43 AM
tacfoley
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Originally posted by Browndrake: That was well worth watching. I can't imagine what must have been going through his head while he was on that flight. Powerful stuff.
I sat here crying my eyes out.
June 07, 2019, 09:04 AM
M-11
Wonderful. Thanks.
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June 07, 2019, 09:29 AM
83v45magna
I also laughed, rather joyfully at the obvious big grin on his face after takeoff and they cut to the view after they had ascended and he was steering with a mild bank angle. I was more happy than sad to watch and listen to him. I am more upset just writing this than when watching and am reminding myself of the George Patton quote:
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
Thanking God - and thank you so much for posting.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 83v45magna,
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11
...But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory, but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. - Psalm 63:11 [excerpted]
June 07, 2019, 11:28 AM
JDHunz
Thanks for sharing that...Greatest Generation indeed...
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June 07, 2019, 02:39 PM
phydough
It's amazing that a pilot was reunited with his old airplane after so many years.
What was the pilot doing with his left hand most all the time?
June 07, 2019, 02:47 PM
Shaql
My neighbor's father was a c47 pilot. On D-Day he made 2 trips there and 1.5 trips back! The stories he told!!
Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed.
June 07, 2019, 09:25 PM
clipper1
If I understood him correctly, there were 72 C47's in his D Day flight. I can't even imagine getting that many airborn at one time and in not very good weather. They were amazing young men that raised the bar high. God bless and God speed all.
June 07, 2019, 10:15 PM
Tooky13
Thanks for posting. How cool is that, 95 years old and fly your old plane a few days before you head for the big hangar in the sky! What a way to go!
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