Bob Ackley -> John Massey wrote:
 BA> Replying to a message of John Massey to Bob Klahn:

 BK>>>>>  I kept better men
 BK>>>>>  flying. Which, come to think of it, would not be hard to do.

 JM>>>> You kept no one flying. You fixed radios. Air Craft fly
 JM>>>> just fine with broken radios.

 BK>>>  They won't take off without it.

 JM>> You sure about that?

 BA> I am.  A nonfunctioning radio would cause a delay in takeoff until it
 BA> could be fixed or replaced, and if it couldn't be fixed or replaced (no
 BA> spares)
 BA> the mission was aborted.  Period.

Maybe for pussies in the Air Force, but not in the Army.

 BK>>>  They can't get directions while  flying without it.

 JM>> Oh yes they can.

Close ground support, the type of flying that Army air crews, especially 
helicopter pilots are expected to do, can get directions from troops on the
ground by use of mirrors and Morse code.

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