That is one bone-headed, insensitive comment to make. With people like you around, assholery won’t certainly die...

(Written on 09/09/2018)(Permalink)

Shd've tought about it... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aerobatic_teams

(Written on 01/19/2015)(Permalink)

Indeed, great precision flying, but then again, not surprising from the Spaniards, who have perfected the lethal choreography of the corrida, mere centimeters away from the horns of 2-ton Andalusian Miura bulls... Flying like this or facing toros takes muy cojones... Incidentally, where could one find an exhaustive list of national aerobatics teams with names, type of aicraft flown, etc...? Also, non-military teams of renown would be a good addition. Thanks

(Written on 01/19/2015)(Permalink)

OK Baron, I know that no malice was intended on the part of Gene, but this is where the rub is, for old geezers like me. In my own time I've made this type of comments, admirative and well intended until, when they came of age, my daughters educated me... Now I realize that one cd come across as a well meaning clod but a clod nevertheless. Couldn't resit ribbing Gene a bit. Prejudices die hard, don't they? "Colored" people couldn't fly fighters, could they? Until came the Tuskegee men... The Japanese could'nt be good pilots, what with the coke bottle glasses they all seem to wear in the comics, until Pearl that is... Speaking of which, tomorrow is the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. To be forgiven, surely, to be forgotten, certainly not.

(Written on 12/06/2014)(Permalink)

What with the "female" pilot comment? It's like saying the aircraft is so good that it could RTB in spite of loosing a big chunk of wing AND in spite of a woman in the cockpit... In my book, anyone who has earned the right to wear pilot wings, strap on a warthog and drive it into harm's way to support our troops deserve respect and gratitude, regardless of gender, not this type of condescending sexist, remarks which are not the compliments some think they are. Would have one felt compelled to say "a male" pilot?

(Written on 12/06/2014)(Permalink)

Glass walled toilets!? Is this supposed to enhance the locker room ambiance, the team bonding experience?...

(Written on 09/10/2014)(Permalink)

Let me guess. This outfit gets results with styrofoam machines? No zillion dollars procurement contracts, ergo no complex rules, regulations and directives, no lawyers, lobbyists, consultants fees. Naaah, too cheap, too simple, too uncomplicated...

(Written on 04/24/2014)(Permalink)

For the pilot, not having had his ticket punched in the skies over Europe or the Pacific in 1941-1945 meant 60+ years of cool runnings and then some… For the sky diver, he should have known better than wanting to jump out of perfectly good planes. For both, there definitely was someone with a pair of wings on the shoulders watching over them...

(Written on 03/10/2014)(Permalink)

Indians are not incompetent, far from it. Their successes at home and abroad amply proves it. They seem however to suffer from the Crowd IQ Law which goes like this: "The IQ of a crowd is equal to that of the lowest individual in it divided by the number of people in that crowd"... Bureaucracy corollary to that Law: "In Bureaucracies, the divider is the square number of Bureaucrats that compose them" (and we are not even talking about the politicians who create, support, use, aid and abett such bureaucracies...)

(Written on 12/21/2013)(Permalink)

Indians are not incompetent, their success in many areas, at home or abroad, demonstrates this. They seem however to suffer from the Crowd IQ Law which goes like this: "The IQ of a crowd is that of the lowest individual in it divided by the number of people in that crowd"... See sub-set "Bureaucracy IQ Law"...

(Written on 12/21/2013)(Permalink)