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<DIV>I've read Yeager's book. By the time I was a quarter of the way through it, </DIV>
<DIV>I was thinking - it's amazing this guy is still alive!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Lockhart</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net> <BR><BR>> And there's always the exception: Chuck Yeager. <BR>> <BR>> Ron VP <BR>> <BR>> On Jul 2, 2008, at 12:41 AM, Budd Engineering wrote: <BR>> <BR>> > Hey Chris, <BR>> > <BR>> > There's a saying in the flight test community that comes to mind: <BR>> > <BR>> > "There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots". <BR>> > <BR>> > Jerry <BR>> > <BR>> > Budd Engineering <BR>> > jerry@buddengineering.com <BR>> > http://www.buddengineering.com <BR>> > <BR>> > On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:09 PM, chris moon wrote: <BR>> > <BR>> >> I had a DC-10 flight engineer instructor who used to say you can try <BR>> >> anything you want....once. If you are still alive after that, <BR>>
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> maybe you <BR>> >> can try it again. That was his way of strongly suggesting that you <BR>> >> might want to follow the flight manuals and not get creative on <BR>> >> your own <BR>> >> inside a 400,000lb airplane. I will never forget his message. <BR>> >> <BR>> >> Chris <BR>> > <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > NSRCA-discussion mailing list <BR>> > NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list <BR>> NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org <BR>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>