There is a paragraph that describes he and his wing man flying at night and all you see is the blinking lights but if something happens you are on your own all you can do is watch.
There was one outside my dorm in Lackland AFB, I was in basic for aircraft mechanic, I would often look at it from our window just after lights out. Un sundays, I would sit under one of his wongs and read Stranger to the ground, the book where Richard Bach describes in detail, what is like to fly it...
hehe yer cool looking plane although ur wondering how it flew or rather how it actualy failed badly.
reason i looked it up was i just read some article about it in the news paper and they crashed quite often due to feul or navigational failure. id say ur dad is a true hero for flying it and survive it:)
There is a paragraph that describes he and his wing man flying at night and all you see is the blinking lights but if something happens you are on your own all you can do is watch.
jazzerbme 2 months ago
Thank you for your comment! Stranger To The Ground is one of my favorite books, also Wings!
jazzerbme 2 months ago
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jdos2 2 months ago
sorry... wings...
canals22 2 months ago
There was one outside my dorm in Lackland AFB, I was in basic for aircraft mechanic, I would often look at it from our window just after lights out. Un sundays, I would sit under one of his wongs and read Stranger to the ground, the book where Richard Bach describes in detail, what is like to fly it...
Great memories...
canals22 2 months ago
hehe yer cool looking plane although ur wondering how it flew or rather how it actualy failed badly.
reason i looked it up was i just read some article about it in the news paper and they crashed quite often due to feul or navigational failure. id say ur dad is a true hero for flying it and survive it:)
MrKeukendeur 1 year ago
what john wayne movie did you see it in?!!?!?
Ba7ll1er9 1 year ago
The scenes I remember from Jet Pilot featured F-86s and a T-33. Don't remember seeing an F-84...
retchpsarge 1 year ago
This is the one on display at Travis AFB, right?
hosscollar 1 year ago
@hosscollar That is correct! It was cold that day and I was shaking...
jazzerbme 1 year ago
Please, Thank your dad for his military service for our country! Thank you for your post!
jazzerbme 2 years ago
My dad was the crew chief of the 84... He enjoys talking about the days.... fun to listen to...
qwerwtf 2 years ago