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Delusions of Adequacy |
Feb. 15, 1961. The entire US Figure Skating Team, along with coaches and many family members, died in a 707 crash enroute to the World Championships. The loss of so much talent and coaching knowledge had repercussions for many years. Seems like the event is largely forgotten today. It was also the first crash of a 707. http://www.espn.com/espn/etick...=110215/skatingcrash I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | ||
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I never even heard about this story. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I actually never did either. What an incredible tragedy at the time. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Spinnin' Chain |
Thanks for posting. I had no idea. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I had never heard of this tragedy either and read up on it and it’s interesting to note that the consequence was to push the younger up and coming surviving skaters to develop faster and they lost almost all their American coaches so they had to hire foreign coaches. One of those skaters was a then 12-year-old Peggy Fleming. To this day the US Skating Team is never allowed to travel as one group aboard a single aircraft. | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
Me neither. I was 14 at the time and the only things I was interested in were boobs and baseball.  Interesting story. Thanks for posting. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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| Too old to run, too mean to quit! |
I was in Iran as a military advisor. So far out in the boonies that on a rare day the local phones actually worked. We got zero world news unless it was via mail from home. Elk There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour) "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. " -Thomas Jefferson "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville FBHO!!! The Idaho Elk Hunter | |||
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There is a small memorial to the Hickox siblings at my high school. They grew up in Berkeley. I’m not sure if either of my parents knew them. An incredible loss of talent. | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
I had never even heard of this before. Thank you for posting. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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