Chuck Yeager dislikes the British
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With regards to our own Douglas B my father had in his words the "misfortune" to be in POW camp with him and in his hut. My father was one of the most tolerant and easy going men I have ever had the privilege to meet and to elicit his above comment DB must have been a bit of a handful. Apparently there was a cheer when he was transferred to another camp, possibly Colditz and was not missed at all.
Regards
Mr Mac
Regards
Mr Mac
"You can often learn a lot from the experienced pilot when you do these tests, and I certainly learned from this one!"
Overpaid. Oversexed. Overhere.
Well Chuck, I've done some time over there and while I had no nylons to hand out I cashed in mercilessly on the groundwork carried out by Hugh Grant films.
What goes around...
Well Chuck, I've done some time over there and while I had no nylons to hand out I cashed in mercilessly on the groundwork carried out by Hugh Grant films.
What goes around...
Overpaid. Oversexed. Overhere.
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Pretty sure there were (are still, in all probability) plenty of people in The State Department who are none too keen on Limeys either, judging by the dip clear hoops one had to jump through to get a UK Mil aircraft in and out of the USA.
Admittedly the hoops seemed to disappear quite quickly when ASCOT OPs were presented with The Bahamas as an alternative to entering The USA direct from Curaçao at 6 hours notice...
Admittedly the hoops seemed to disappear quite quickly when ASCOT OPs were presented with The Bahamas as an alternative to entering The USA direct from Curaçao at 6 hours notice...
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I briefly met Douglas Bader when he attended RAF Linton-on-Ouse to present 15 course with their flying badges (the final course to get them after BFTS). I was disappointed, from his arrogant and seemingly rather bad tempered attitude, because he didn't exactly match the mould I thought he was cast from. He seemed to be most keen to tell young aspiring pilots how much better he was than they would ever possibly be.
Errrrr......ahhhhh.....there is but only one Chuck Yeager and at Jet Blast there are....oh never mind!
I had heard alot of the Bader stories including one from a friends father who was Flt Sgt on a station bader was at . But given the guy lost both his legs he needed to be a bloody minded man just to recover to the extent that he did -I don't think iwould be Mr Smileyafter losing both legs as a young man either
Most VC10K captains would share the role of operating pilot leg-and-leg about.
Except, that is, for a certain ex-Victor pilot.
"Morning, Dougie", I once said to his co-pilot.
"Why do you call me Dougie?", he asked.
"Well, you're flying with XXXXXXXXX, aren't you?"
"Yes - so?"
"Well, in that case you won't have any operating legs. Just like Bader!"
Except, that is, for a certain ex-Victor pilot.
"Morning, Dougie", I once said to his co-pilot.
"Why do you call me Dougie?", he asked.
"Well, you're flying with XXXXXXXXX, aren't you?"
"Yes - so?"
"Well, in that case you won't have any operating legs. Just like Bader!"
Being disabled or incapacitated is not in any means an excuse to be a miserable old git.
I've worked with people who had a lot worse physically than Mr. Bader, and for the most part they were the most positive people it has ever been my privilege to associate with.
I've worked with people who had a lot worse physically than Mr. Bader, and for the most part they were the most positive people it has ever been my privilege to associate with.
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I did hear the story once that Bader pitched up at Colt for some function and was rather upset that the guy manning the gate had absolutely no idea whom Tin Legs was and was asking him for ID. Yeager hated Leiston? That is not hard, it is not difficult to understand why the A12 stops being dual carriageway long before it bypasses the place.
I heard a story about an encounter between the two shrinking violets....Alan Bristow and Douglas Bader....when Bader was the Shell Oil Aviation Advisor.
Somehow...for inexplicable reasons the two had some sort of disagreement....who would guess such a thing could happen of course.
At some point during the discussion Bristow is supposed to have chucked Bader into a Swimming Pool....Tin Legs and all and stomped off to quieter places.
It is suggested that may have been the reason Bristow went Years before getting any Shell Contracts.
With those two fellers....it would not surprise me if that yarn was true.
Somehow...for inexplicable reasons the two had some sort of disagreement....who would guess such a thing could happen of course.
At some point during the discussion Bristow is supposed to have chucked Bader into a Swimming Pool....Tin Legs and all and stomped off to quieter places.
It is suggested that may have been the reason Bristow went Years before getting any Shell Contracts.
With those two fellers....it would not surprise me if that yarn was true.
