Re: Old Machines

[lej2@po.cwru.edu (Lewis E. Jones)]

In article <3133nd$p9b@meaddata.meaddata.com> johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend) writes:

>Boy, I went to an air show in Dayton, Ohio last weekend, and couldn't
>believe what I saw.  It was shocking.  Some of those pilots had the gall
>to fly planes that were no longer in production.  There were WWII B-17s
>and B-29s, and even (horror of horrors!) WWI biplanes doing things their
>manufacturers had never intended.  Even the Thunderbirds were flying F-16s
>that had been designed and built before my Apple IIgs.  I was embarassed
>to be an American, I tell you.  At the same time, though, I kinda felt
>sorry for those poor people who couldn't afford to fly a more modern
>airplane like everyone else.  Either that, or they just weren't smart
>enough to handle the power of today's machines.  Still, someone should do
>something about these people - pass a law banning them from airports or
>something.  No one should be flying anything older than an F-22, let alone
>be having fun at it.  Geez!


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