-=> JEAN PARROT wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 JP>     I just woke up and found your note, Wayne.

 WC> I mean like 110 H.P. isn't enough for a 530 LB bike?

 JP>         My son also a pilot, kept his Yam 1200 in LA over the winters.
 JP>         That was the last byke that I rode and I never got it to 6th
 JP>         gear, past 4th.


Both of you beat the odds?
Seems to me recalling from "The Right Stuff" some 25 percent of pilots
are Killed training in peace time :-(

 WC> fighter jock, wish I knew what that was like.

 JP>         F-86 fame. I was about to go to Korea when it all stopped. I

That's the Sabre jet right?
Just before my time.
Didn't they change out engines frequently as they
were pushing turbine technology of the time?


 JP> saw
 JP>         a few Migs from across the Curtain, lost or testing our system,
 JP>         we never knew. Also intercepted a few U2s, way before Garry P.
 JP> It
 JP>         was real fun when 22 years old.

You didn't intercept them, U2's, at their flight ceiling I'm guessing.
 
 
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