Air-Minded: Seeing Mirages
… I saw plenty of Belgian Mirage IIIs during my time in NATO, and once had a semi-close encounter with a pair of French ones while on a cross-country to Spain, a story worth sharing here.
"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
… I saw plenty of Belgian Mirage IIIs during my time in NATO, and once had a semi-close encounter with a pair of French ones while on a cross-country to Spain, a story worth sharing here.
Archie Bunker. That’s who’s in the White House.
A friend, whom I’ll call Tony from Texas, DM’d me about yesterday’s post, Expensive Hobby Update, asking about my watch collection.
I’m following news reports of the “landing incident” aboard the USS Carl Vinson in January, wherein a Navy F-35C pilot misjudged his carrier landing approach in the last seconds, struck the ramp, and ejected as his aircraft slid off the deck, splashed into the South China Sea, and sank.
Not that many years ago I could have gotten in serious trouble for even confessing to flying against a MiG, never mind sharing the details.