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Steel Horse Bailey · « **Reply #720 on:** September 23, 2009, 05:56:12 AM »

Such a shame to lose the crews AND the planes. I hope the families are OK.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #721 on:** September 23, 2009, 01:44:36 PM »

The pilot of the A20 was from Fort Worth and about 80 years old at the time. They interviewed his son later and he said his Dad died doing what he loved to do.

Steel Horse Bailey · « **Reply #722 on:** September 23, 2009, 08:02:35 PM »

If ya gotta go ...

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Leo Tanner · « **Reply #723 on:** September 23, 2009, 09:00:01 PM »

If I go doing what I love most it will leave my wife psycologicaly scarred.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #724 on:** September 24, 2009, 07:23:44 AM »

Now you're bragging, Leo.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #725 on:** October 04, 2009, 03:10:17 PM »

The PBS station in Dallas just finished an hour long special about the B17s that are still flying. The CAF has two and the one in Fort Worth, makes me feel good that we have folks that are dedicated to the preservation and flying of these planes.

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #726 on:** October 04, 2009, 03:45:30 PM »

I'd like to see that show. Do you recall the name of it?

Four-Eyed Buck · « **Reply #727 on:** October 04, 2009, 05:29:38 PM »

I'd love to see it, too, TLD

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #728 on:** October 04, 2009, 06:15:13 PM »

B17--Flying Legend

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #729 on:** October 04, 2009, 07:36:56 PM »

Thank ya. Gonna see if I can find it on the net.

Forty Rod · « **Reply #730 on:** October 05, 2009, 10:29:17 AM »

Quote from: Leo Tanner on September 23, 2009, 09:00:01 PM

If I go doing what I love most it will leave my wife psycologicaly scarred.

Yeah, I can see how having the person with the clicker dropping dead in the middle of Dancing With The Stars would have that effect on her.

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #731 on:** October 05, 2009, 10:43:11 AM »

Leo, It sounds like 40 Rod has your number!

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #732 on:** October 05, 2009, 12:37:00 PM »

Now that was just plain funny. Touche'

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #733 on:** October 05, 2009, 12:46:28 PM »

Leo, I hope you don't have any scars from it.

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #734 on:** October 05, 2009, 02:59:34 PM »

Here's a good one.

Arcey · « **Reply #735 on:** October 05, 2009, 03:23:51 PM »

Kindah neat ta bend a l’il take a few steps then stand up with yer head ‘n shoulders in the bomb bay of a fully operational B-25J.

I love prop noise…………

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #736 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:07:22 PM »

All our fire planes are retired Navy. Hearin them things fly low over the house is like music.

Ozark Tracker · « **Reply #737 on:** October 05, 2009, 04:37:27 PM »

course we didn't have no air base around to hear any military planes, but we had more of them single engine spray planes flyin around out there in the country than you could stir with a stick,

most of em took off from a local airport every morning, but would then land at some farmers to fill up with water and poison, my granddad had one guy he'd let land on his pasture and fill up. I was 6 and when Doyle was flyin I'd be down there when he landed, he had one of them converted PIPER CUB, when he'd land he'd kill it and start fillin it up and hop me up in the seat, he showed me what I could touch and what I couldn't, mostly I pulled, pushed and went from side to side with the control stick. thought the world of Doyle for lettin me play in his plane,

the year I turned 10, he crashed at the end of a soybean field, he came in that morning filled up and off he went, he came over the house like any other time, waved the wing at us and next thing we heard was a crash and saw some smoke. killed him instanly I guess according to the farmer that was there flaggin him.

found out through the years, it was dangerous business, saw 3 others killed in spray plane crashes, saw 3 other crashes where they walked away

Texas Lawdog · « **Reply #738 on:** October 05, 2009, 07:46:56 PM »

I helped pull a pilot out of a crashed AG Cat when I was still in the Panhandle, in about 71. The plane was full of fuel and chemicals. We got the pilot out without the plane catching on fire. He was pretty banged up, but alive. Those computer graphics are awesome, it looks real.

Leo Tanner · « **Reply #739 on:** October 05, 2009, 09:41:05 PM »

Heres some real stuff and better music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B69CquvLHgY&feature=related

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