Great Pics.

Post #91,822 by mmoffitt 3/26/03 11:53:04 AM Reply	Great Pics. In response to the question, "If you could own any aircraft without regard to how much it costs, what would it be?" most people say a Cessna Citation, Lear, King Air or something like that. Mine hasn't changed since I was 5 years old. A DC-3 is what I'd want. The next question I'm usually asked after that reply is, "So, your medication has worn off already?" I don't know what it is, but there's always been something magical about that bird for me. bcnu, Mikem Osama bin Laden's brother could fly in US airspace 9/15/01, but I had to wait for FBI and CIA background checks, 'nuff said?
Post #91,829 by deSitter 3/26/03 12:10:14 PM Reply	Great Pic Rick: And the names are Mr. and Mrs. Victor Laszlo. Ilsa: But...why my name, Richard? Rick: Because, you\ufffdre getting on that plane. Ilsa: I don\ufffdt understand, what about you? Rick: I\ufffdm staying here with him until the plane gets safely away. Ilsa: No, Richard, what\ufffds happened to you? Last night... Rick: Last night we said a great many things. You said I was to do the thinking for both of us. Well I\ufffdve done a lot of it since then, and it all adds up to one thing: You\ufffdre getting on that plane with Victor where you belong. Ilsa: But Richard, no I... Rick: Now, you\ufffdve got to listen to me. Do you have any idea what you\ufffdve got to look forward to if you stay here? Nine chances out of ten, we\ufffdd both wind up in a concentration camp. Isn\ufffdt that true, Louis? Politisjefen (Louis): I\ufffdm afraid Major Strasser would insist. Ilsa: You\ufffdre saying this only to make me go. Rick: I\ufffdm saying it because it\ufffds true. Inside of us, we both know you belong with Victor. You\ufffdre part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground, and you\ufffdre not with him, you\ufffdll regret it. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. Ilsa: But what about us? Rick: We\ufffdll always have Paris. We didn\ufffdt have. We\ufffdd lost it until you came to Casablanca. We got it back last night. Ilsa: When I said I would never leave you. Rick: And you never will. But, I\ufffdve got a job to do too. Where I\ufffdm going, you can\ufffdt follow. What I got to do, you can\ufffdt be any part of. I\ufffdm no good at being noble, but it doesn\ufffdt take much to see that the problems of three little people don\ufffdt amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you\ufffdll understand that. (Ilsa begins to weep) Rick: Now, now. Here\ufffds looking at you, kid. CLACK CLACK CLACK - BARUUMMMP! -drl
Post #91,834 by mmoffitt 3/26/03 12:24:03 PM Reply	Heh. I'm not that romantic. I just like the airplane :-) Er, maybe subconsciously, ...... That was very cool. Thanks. bcnu, Mikem Osama bin Laden's brother could fly in US airspace 9/15/01, but I had to wait for FBI and CIA background checks, 'nuff said?
Post #91,954 by CRConrad 3/26/03 5:27:45 PM Reply	So, got that off a .no site, didja? (Or was it a .dk one?)
Post #92,000 by deSitter 3/26/03 8:36:21 PM Reply	Knew you'd spot that! What, you think I've got Casablanca memorized? Only the plot. -drl
Post #91,897 by Ashton 3/26/03 3:22:59 PM Reply	Somewhere in the lore I recall a remark ~ "the DC-3 may have been the most nearly perfect execution of an aircraft design goal" (One could add, "with available techno.. unexciting but reliable, predictable, able to fly with many parts with holes in them, survive hellish weather" yada) And IIRC - they were the heroes of the Burma run in WW-II; over mountains, lousy fields, overloaded etc. I guess Berlin airlift was the biggest project (?) But no stereo headphones or A/C :( Possibly related, and I've mentioned it before: the ex-Russ pilot who defected by driving his Fulcrum / MIG-29 to Turkey.. in an exciting night takeoff -- dragging the starter unit behind him until the cable broke off! He laid out a similar design philosophy for USSR fighters: no fancy schmancy techno-rebuild of 8? hours for every flight hour; movable intake filters so you could land / take off at rotten dusty fields. This while being capable of virtually hovering, like our cranky special-purpose thingies. (Think you might enjoy Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire, by Alexander Zuyev 1992 Warner Books.) Ashton
Post #91,973 by mmoffitt 3/26/03 7:40:58 PM Reply	Amazon.com here I come - Thanks Ashton! bcnu, Mikem Osama bin Laden's brother could fly in US airspace 9/15/01, but I had to wait for FBI and CIA background checks, 'nuff said?

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