->  ->  ->         It is real funny how memory works. These
figures are stuck in
->  ->  ->   my mind for the last 50 odd years. The total tankage
was 2820 lbs.
->  
->  ->  WC> I don't find it odd or funny.
->  ->  WC> The Canadian Air Force under whatever name it goes by had a
->  ->  WC> considerable investment in keeping you alive and your
plane intact.
->  
->  ->  WC> I suspect an intimate knowledge of your aircraft was integral to
->  ->  WC> both aims ;-)
->  
->  -> We can chat all we want about power to weight ratios, 
->  -> but this is where "The
->  -> rubber meets the road!" Err... Wind meets the wing... Er...

->  WC> Yeah, I'm an admirer myself.                            

-> Something most of us can only dream of. 
   
Know I did.

-> Now that our pinnacle years are behind
-> us, we would have to pay retail for the chance to fly as a *passenger.* No
-> government sponsorship for us! <-;

Well I'd have done it until the injury.
Now I'd pass out or need to be wheeled away from the G forces.

Wish Jean would join memories and to us the details.

I've spent quite a bit of time reading the stories of past fighter jocks
off the internet but here's the real living deal.
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