Re: Surviving WW I Pilots ?
Erik Pilawskii (xopowo@u.washington.edu)
Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:11:45 -0700 (PDT)
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> Isn't Brooks SPAD XIII in the Smithsonian?
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Yeah. It was a nice 'unveiling' ceremony, too (parts of which, in fact,
are on Video-- available from the NASM Bookstore). Ray talked extensively
about his flying exploits (he shoulda been a fisherman...:^), and flying
the SPAD in particular. Great stuff! He explained all sorts of little
details, as well, which was fascinating (like the origin of those little
R.I.P. grave-stones along the fuselage bottom).
Erik
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" ...But, alas, a Fool and his *opinions* are rarely parted...."
Maximillian Kunst [in reference to Comrade
Stalin's economic "policy"], Before the
Supreme Soviet, 1925
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